Agenda for the Pharmacology Research Retreat

8:00 - 8:45 am 
Continental Breakfast and Poster Setup

8:45 am
Welcome and Introduction to Program
Stefan Strack, Ph.D.

8:50 - 10:20 am  Session 1: Oral presentations - chaired by DP Mohapatra, Ph.D. and Toshi Kitamoto, Ph.D.

8:50 - 9:05 am
Adele Stewart, Graduate Student
Regulation of G Protein Signaling 6 (RGS6) Promotes Anxiety and Depression by Attenuating Serotonin-Mediated Activation of the 5-HT_1AReceptor-Adenylyl Cyclase Axis

9:05 - 9:20 am
Andrew Shepherd, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Distinct Pathways Underlying Pain Hypersensitivity Caused by C-Type Natriuretic Peptide

9:20 - 9:35 am
Arianne Lark, Graduate Student
Regulation of Sleep Under Starvation Stress via a G-Protein Coupled Dual Receptor for Dopamine and Steroids in Drosophila

9:35 - 9:50 am
Emily Petruccelli, Graduate Student
Drosophila Dopamine Ecdysone REceptor (DopEcR) Modulates Ethanol-Induced Sedation and Hyperactivity

9:50 - 10:20 am
Yuriy M. Usachev, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Distinct Functions of Mitochondrial Ca²⁺ Uniporters MCU and MCUb in Neurons

10:20 - 10:50 am
Break and Poster Viewing

10:50 - 12:20 pm  Session 2: Oral presentations chaired by Matt Potthoff, Ph.D.

10:50 - 11:05 am
Kyle Flippo, Graduate Student
Inhibition of PP2A/Bb2 and Mitochondrial Fission as a Potential Therapy for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

11:05 - 11:20 am
Kathleen Markan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Targeting Endogenous FGF21 Activity to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity

11:20 - 11:35 am
Jacqueline Reilly, Graduate Student
Depleting the Isoprenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in a Murine Model of Prostate Cancer Metastasis

11:35 - 11:50 am
Amy Guimarães-Young, Graduate Student
Generation of a Novel Spontaneous Transgenic Mouse Model of Node Positive Metastatic Vulvar Cancer

11:50 - 12:20 pm
Kamal Rahmouni, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Molecular Basis of Neural Control of Blood Pressure

12:20 - 1:30 pm
Lunch Break and Poster Viewing

1:30 - 3:30 pm  Session 3: Oral presentations chaired by Justin Grobe, Ph.D.

1:30 - 1:45 pm
Colin Burnett, Graduate Student
The Fire of Life: Surprisingly, Only 93% Aerobic.  Can We Treat Obesity by Targeting the Other 7%?

1:45 - 2:00 pm
Madeliene Stump, Graduate Student
Targeting Brain PPARg: Generation of Neuron-Specific Transgenic Mice

2:00 - 2:30 pm
Anne E. Kwitek, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Genetic Regulation of Traits and Transcriptome in a Rat Metabolic Syndrome Model

2:30 - 3:30 pm
Yuriy Kirichok, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco
Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Thermogenesis

3:30 pm
Awards and Closing