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With the goal of building synergistic connections within the SSPB community and showcasing our exciting research to prospective students, this event will feature rapid-fire research presentations from a diverse selection of current students and faculty members. Attendees will also have opportunities to connect with the presenters and fellow attendees at designated virtual breakout sessions.

Zoom Link: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/96060035259?pwd=Yll2ZjNWaXJlUmRoWTg0UXhOL1Budz09
(Meeting ID: 960 6003 5259; Passcode: 276587)

Event Schedule

Introduction (12:00 PM - 12:30 PM CT)

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM			Welcome Remarks
			Dr. Joff Silberg SSPB Program Director Professor of Bioengineering, BioSciences, and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
			Dr. Seiichi Matsuda Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Professor of Chemistry and BioSciences
			Dr. Yousif Shamoo Vice Provost for Research Professor of BioSciences

Session 1: Microbial Systems & Synthetic Biology (12:30 PM - 2:00 PM CT)

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM			Student Presentations
12:30 PM			Matthew Carpenter, Ajo-Franklin lab
12:35 PM			Cole Grandel, Bennett lab
12:40 PM			Lauren Gambill, Chappell lab
12:45 PM			Kathryn Brink, Tabor lab
12:50 PM			Ilenne D. Del Valle, Silberg lab
12:55 PM			Swetha Sridhar, Masiello lab
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM			Faculty Presentations
1:00 PM			Dr. Ross Thyer Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
1:15 PM			Dr. George Lu Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM			Optional: Breakout Rooms
			Breakout Room 1: Carpenter, Grandel
			Breakout Room 2: Gambill, Brink
			Breakout Room 3: Del Valle, Sridhar
			Breakout Room 4: Thyer, Lu

Session 2: Mammalian Systems & Synthetic Biology (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM			Student Presentations
2:00 PM			Lucas Brown, Bao lab
2:05 PM			Samira Aghlara-Fotovat, Veiseh lab
2:10 PM			Olivia Frasher, Bashor lab
2:15 PM			Daniela Barrios Santos, Segatori lab
2:20 PM			Lizhong (Li) Liu, Warmflash lab
2:25 PM			Rosa Guerra Resendez, Hilton lab
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM			Faculty Presentations
2:30 PM			Dr. Jerzy Szablowski Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
2:45 PM			Dr. Natasha Kirienko Assistant Professor of BioSciences
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM			Optional: Breakout Rooms
			Breakout Room 1: Brown, Aghlara-Fotovat
			Breakout Room 2: Frasher, Barrios Santos
			Breakout Room 3: Liu, Guerra Resendez
			Breakout Room 4: Szablowski, Kirienko

Session 3: Experimental and Theoretical Biological Physics (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT)

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM			Student Presentations
3:30 PM			Carlos Bueno Basurco, Wolynes lab
3:35 PM			Esteban Dodero Rojas, Onuchic lab
3:40 PM			Qi (Maria) Wang, Treangen lab
3:45 PM			Shubham Tripathi, Levine lab
3:50 PM			Guanyi (Nina) Xie, Zhang lab
3:55 PM			Jeannette Ingabire, Robinson lab
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM			Faculty Presentations
4:00 PM			Dr. Anna-Karin Gustavsson Assistant Professor of Chemistry
4:15 PM			Dr. Vicky Yao Assistant Professor of Computer Science
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM			Optional: Breakout Rooms
			Breakout Room 1: Bueno, Dodero Rojas
			Breakout Room 2: Wang, Tripathi
			Breakout Room 3: Xie, Ingabire
			Breakout Room 4: Gustavsson, Yao

Event Details

Event Structure

Please see above for the full event schedule. Attendees are welcome to attend the entire event or parts of it. During the three sessions, each student presentation will be 3 minutes long with 2 additional minutes of Q&A, while each faculty presentation will be 10 minutes long with 5 additional minutes of Q&A.

During these sessions, we ask attendees to keep their microphones on mute and not interrupt or distract the presenters and other attendees. If you have a question, kindly remain muted and use the “Raise Hand” feature on Zoom to indicate to the session moderators that you have a question. During the designated Q&A period, the session moderators will call on those who have raised their hands to unmute themselves and ask their questions to the presenters.

Breakout Sessions

Each session will conclude with an opportunity for attendees to engage with the session presenters in a series of breakout rooms. Once the breakout rooms are opened by the session moderators, you will have the ability to move between the breakout rooms as needed. Please see the event schedule above to view the breakout room assignments for each session.

Technical Assistance

If you need technical assistance or have any questions or concerns before or during the event, please do not hesitate to email or use the Chat feature to directly message any of the following individuals during the event:

• Felix Flores, SSPB Program Administrator (ff13@rice.edu)
• Lesa Tran Lu, SSPB Program Manager (lesa@rice.edu)