Schedule
Thursday, March 5th, 2020
4:00 – 5:45 pm
Poster Session
STEW 214
Friday, March 6th, 2020
8:15 – 8:45 am
Symposium registration/Continental breakfast
STEW 218
8:45 am
Symposium begins/Welcome
9:00 – 10:00 am
Natalia Dudareva, Distinguished Professor, Purdue University
10:00 – 10:20 am
Break
10:20 – 11:20 am
Lecturer: Klaas van Wijk, Cornell University
11:20 am – 11:40 am
Xing Liu, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
11:40 – Noon
Joe Lynch, Associate Research Scientist, Purdue University
“Expanding our horizons on phenylalanine biosynthesis in plants”
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Buffet
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Lecturer: Frederic Berger, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
“Precognitive chromatin landscape in sperm: How dad controls your future”
2:00 – 2:20 pm
Joe Ogas, Professor, Purdue University
“Multiple roles for ATP-dependent remodelers in homeostasis of repressive chromatin”
2:20 – 2:40 pm
Break
2:40 – 3:40 pm
Lecturer: John M. Archibald, Dalhousie University
“Mergers and acquisitions: endosymbiosis and gene flow in microbial eukaryotes”
3:40 – 4:00 pm
Greg Gavelis, Postdoctoral Scholar, Purdue University
4:00 – 4:10 pm
Closing Remarks
The Biochemical Horizons Symposium is built upon the Department of Biochemistry’s current David W. Beach and Axelrod endowed lecture series, which support the growth and development of Purdue as a premier research institution in the life sciences. Department of Biochemistry faculty members Natalia Dudareva and Sujith Puthiyaveetil are co-chairs of the event.