Speakers
Keynote Addresses

Vivian Irish
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University

Alan Spradling
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Former Director, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Professor of Biology and of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

David Stern
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus
Invited Talks

Merci Best
Graduate research student
BIMS Program
University of Virginia Health System

Lance Davidson
Associate Professor
Wellington C Carl Faculty Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering
Adjunct Professor
Department of Developmental Biology and Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie-Mellon University

Gregory Davis
Associate Professor and Acting Chair
Department of Biology
Bryn Mawr College

Danelle Devenport
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University

Juan Dong
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology
Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Anna Edlund
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Lafayette College

Graham Hatfull
Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Biological Sciences
Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology
Unversity of Pittsburgh

Nicholas Kaplinsky
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Swarthmore College

David Parichy
Pratt-Ivy Distinguished Professor of Morphogenesis
Department of Biology
University of Virginia

Jia Song
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Delaware

Heather Szabo-Rogers
Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Center for Craniofacial Regeneration
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

Eli Zunder
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science