Program

The program features nationally recognized exceptional early-career research scholars who have demonstrated scientific achievements in cancer biology and neuroscience.

Time, events and speakers for the Rising Stars Symposium are subject to change. If there are updates, they will be published on this page. Times listed below are Central time.

All activities take place in Phillips Hall, which is on the first floor of the Siebens Building.

To attend the symposium virtually, use the links below.

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024

5 p.m. Welcome
5:15 p.m. Plenary Talk: Sex-Biased Genetic Factors in Obesity, Lipid Absorption and Adverse Drug Effects Karen Reue, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
6 p.m. Reception — Hors d'oeuvres and Social Hour Phillips Hall

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

Metabolic Pathways in Disease

8:55 a.m. Greeting Isobel A. Scarisbrick, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
9 a.m. Mitochondrial Transporters and the Control of Cellular Metabolism Nora Kory, Ph.D.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
9:40 a.m. Lipid Dependent Regulation of Cellular Plasticity in Gliomas Nika Danial, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
10:20 a.m. Endothelial Lipid Droplets Link Metabolic Syndrome to Blood Pressure Elevation Boa Kim, Ph.D.
McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina
11 a.m. Break
11:10 a.m. The Right Place at the Right Time: Mechanisms of Selective Protein Targeting and Trafficking Allyson F. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Neurobiology

11:50 a.m. Regulation of Dynein Activity in Cellular Space Morgan DeSantis, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:10 p.m. Tour Tour of Mayo Clinic in Rochester for visiting speakers

Neurobiology

1:50 p.m. Ubiquitin-Fold Modifier 1 and Its Role for Alzheimer's Disease Fabienne Fiesel, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic

Tumor Biology

2:30 p.m. Mechanisms of Liver Fibrosis Progression Enis Kostallari, Ph.D., M.S.
Mayo Clinic
3:10 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m. "Neu" Roles for Old Players: Transcriptional Rewiring by RTKs in Therapy Resistance Utthara Nayar, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4 p.m. Nature Meets Innovation: Advanced Bio-Synthetic Approaches to Enhance Cancer Therapy Autumn J. Schulze, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
4:45 p.m. Adjourn