Friday April 27th, 2018
HSEB 5100B
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
9:00 am – Keynote Speaker
+ Iqbal Hamza, PhD, Professor of Avian and Animal Sciences and Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland
“Hematology from the ground-up: Lessons from bloodless worms”
10:00 am
+ Amanda Mixon, BS (Sigala Lab), Biochemistry
“Probing the role of Plasmodium heme oxygenase during blood-stage malaria”
10:30 am – Coffee Break in HSEB 5100D
10:45 am
+ Laurie Jackson, PhD (Phillips Lab), Hematology
“Metabolic precursors for heme synthesis during erythropoiesis”
11:15 am
+ Mattie Casey, BS (Engel Lab), Oncological Sciences
“Taking Charge: GFI1B in hematopoietic lineage allocation”
11:45 am – Break for Lunch (provided) and career panel discussion in HSEB 5100D
1:00 pm – Keynote Speaker
+ Hélène Puccio, PhD, Research Director, Translational Medicine and Neurogenetics, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC)
“Fe-S cluster biogenesis: can we bypass frataxin and the role of ISCA”
2:00 pm
+ Carol Ferreira dos Santos, PhD (Leibold Lab), Molecular Medicine and Hematology
“Iron-dependent regulation of insulin production in pancreatic β-cells”
2:30 pm
+ Eric Fredrickson, PhD (Rutter Lab), Biochemistry
“Vms1 is a release factor for the ribosome-associated quality control complex”
3:00 pm – Closing Remarks, Followed by Refreshments in 5100D
Contact diane.mcveyward@path.utah.edu or betty.leibold@genetics.utah.edu
2018 Hematology and Metals in Biology Symposium
8:30 am – Arrival and Breakfast in HSEB 5100D
Sponsored by the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, the Departments of Medicine, Hematology Division and Biochemistry and NIDDK-sponsored CIHD Cores and T32 Hematology Training Program