Bell Symposium Schedule | Marine Biological Laboratory

Friday, June 23, 2023
Cornelia Clapp Auditorium

Sessions Open to the Community; Pre-Registration Required for Meals

Time	Event
8:00 – 8:30 AM	Coffee and Pastries, MBL Quad
Session 1 • 8:30 – 10:30 AM Moderator: Andrew Gillis, Associate Scientist, Bay Paul Center
8:30 – 8:40 AM	Welcome Remarks Jen Morgan, Senior Scientist and Director, Bell Center
8:40 – 9:00 AM	Thinking About Regeneration Across Scales Jane Maienschein, MBL Fellow; Professor and Director, Center for Biology and Society, Arizona State University
9:00 – 9:30 AM	Germline Regeneration in the Crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis Nipam Patel, MBL Director
9:30 – 10:00 AM	Patterning the Cephalopod Body Plan Carrie Albertin, Assistant Scientist, Bell Center
10:00 – 10:30 AM	Cellular Mechanisms of Reproductive Longevity in the Sea Star Zak Swartz, Assistant Scientist, Bell Center
10:30 – 11:00 AM	Coffee Break, MBL Quad
Session 2 • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Moderator: Zak Swartz, Assistant Scientist, Bell Center
11:00 – 11:30 AM	Molecular Mechanisms of Regeneration: Insights from Axolotls Karen Echeverri, Associate Scientist, Bell Center
11:30 – 11:45 AM	Illuminating Mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease Using the Lamprey Giant Synapse Cristina Román-Vendrell, Postdoc, Morgan Lab
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM	Xenopus Models of Human Disease Nikko-Ideen Shaidani, National Xenopus Resource Lab Manager
12:00 – 1:30 PM	Lunch, MBL Quad Pre-Registration Required
Session 3 • 1:30 – 3:30 PM Moderator: Juan Diaz Quiroz, Research Scientist, Bell Center
1:30 – 2:00 PM	Building a Sensory System: Using the Zebrafish to Understand Anterior Lateral Line Development Vicky Prince, Professor, Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago
2:00 – 2:15 PM	Deciphering High-Level A-to-I RNA Recoding in Cephalopods Gjendine Voss, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rosenthal Lab
2:15 – 2:45 PM	Ultrafast Physiological Color Change in Cephalopods Roger Hanlon, Senior Scientist, Bell Center
2:45 – 3:15 PM	Astrangia poculata, a New Model System for Coral Symbiosis and Calcification Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist, Bell Center
3:15 – 4:00 PM	Coffee Break
Session 4 • 4:00 – 6:00 PM Moderator: Anne Sylvester, MBL Director of Research
4:00 – 4:30 PM	Democratizing Science Communication Ron Vale, Vice President and Executive Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus
4:30 – 5:00 PM	Imaging at MBL: From True and Trusted to Cutting Edge Rudolf Oldenbourg, Senior Scientist, Bell Center
5:00 – 5:30 PM	Quantitative Label-Free Microscopy Using Polarization of Light Michael Shribak, Senior Scientist, Bell Center
5:30 – 6:00 PM	Eavesdropping on the Developmental Mechanics of the Embryo with Multimodal Imaging Scott E. Fraser, Provost Professor of Biology and Bioengineering, Director of Science Initiatives, University of Southern California
6:00 – 6:10 PM	Closing Remarks Jen Morgan, Senior Scientist and Director, Bell Center
Celebration and Friday Evening Lecture
6:10 – 7:30 PM	Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres, Swope Terrace Pre-Registration Required
8:00 – 9:00 PM	Friday Evening Lecture Molecular Engineering for Turning Immunity On and Off Jeff Hubbell, Eugene Bell Professor in Tissue Engineering, Vice Dean and Executive Officer of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago