The 2024 Mary K. and Randolph T. Wedding Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Symposium will take place, in-person, on Thursday, September 12th at the Genomics Auditorium, starting at 9:00 AM (PST). Below is the tentative schedule of events that includes various speaker presentations, including a talk by our keynote speaker, Dr. Christian Metallo, Salk Institute. The day will conclude with a poster session to be conducted in the Genomics courtyard and the presentation of awards.
Schedule of Events
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:30 - 9:45 am | Introductory Remarks |
| 9:45 - 10:05 am | Dr. Megan Norris: "Functional and Regulation of Subcellular RNA Localizations" |
| 10:10 - 10:30 am | Dr. Adam Norris: "RNAs in strange shapes and sizes" |
| 10:30 - 10:40 am | BREAK |
| Session Chair: TBA | |
| 10:40 - 10:55 am | Xinyi Chen |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Kun Wu |
| 11:20 - 11:35 am | Kevin Menjivar |
| 11:40 - 11:55 am | Zengyu Shao |
| 11:55 - 12:30 pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:30 - 12:50 pm | Wedding Prize Award Ceremony |
| Session Chair: TBA | |
| 1:00 - 1:15 pm | Breanna Jones |
| 1:20 - 1:35 pm | Yuxin He |
| 1:40 - 1:55 pm | Matthew Guevara |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Christian Metallo, Salk Institute Talk Title: "TBA" Introduction by Kevin Menjivar |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | BREAK |
| 3:15 - 4:15 pm | Poster Session |
| 4:15 - 4:30 pm | Awards Ceremony |