The suggested reading list for this summer's PiTP program can be found here. We ask that participants review the items on the list to be adequately prepared for the lectures.
Lecturer bio can be found here.
Please note, on Monday, July 15th, the program times differ until lunch. Times can be found in bold above the talk titles.
*Program schedule is subject to change.
Week #1 - July 15 - 19
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Monday, |
Tuesday, |
Wednesday, |
Thursday, |
Friday, |
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| 8:00 - 9:15 am |
Registration/ |
Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| (9:30 - 10 am) Welcome and Introduction by Arnold Levine video |
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| 9:15 -10:45 am |
(10-11:15 am) |
"Evolutionary Dynamics and Population Genetics" - Michael Desai |
Viruses Overview - Tom Shenk |
Cancer Origins and Overview |
Immunology Overview - Arnold Levine video |
| 10:45-11:15 am | Break (11:15-11:45am) |
Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:15 am - 12:45 pm |
(11:45am-12:45pm) "Repetitive DNA: What is the genome made of and what can it do?" |
"Learning Phylogeny Through Simple Statistical Genetics" |
"Evolution of Influenza" |
"Some Quantitative Problems in Evolution and Heterogeneity of Human Cancers" |
"Learning to Read the Cellular Adaptive Immune Repertoire" |
| 12:45 - 2:00 pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm |
"What Life is" |
"Rethinking |
"Retroviruses: Replication and Consequences for Evolution of Their Hosts" |
"Circadian Rhythms: Past, Present and Future" |
"The Statistical Ensemble Approach to Adaptive Immunity" |
| 3:30- 4:00 pm | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Participant Introductions | Virus Discussions | Discussions | Problem Sets with Raul Rabadan | Discussions |
| Evening Events |
Dinner |
Director's Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Week #2 - July 22 - 26
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Monday, |
Tuesday, |
Wednesday, |
Thursday, |
Friday, |
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| 8:00 - 9:15 am | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:15 - 10:45 am |
"Immune Checkpoint Blockade: Blurring the Line between Autoimmunity and Tumor Immunity" |
"Telomeres and cancer: tumor suppression and genome instability" |
"Large-scale Connectomics of Cerebral Cortical Networks" |
"Modeling Proteins: From Sequences to Structure and Fitness" |
"Memory in Bacterial Adaptations to Fluctuating Stress" |
| 10:45 -11:15 am | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:15 am - 12:45 pm |
"Mitochondria Control Physiology and Diseases: Beyond ATP" |
"Epigenetic Clocks and Predictors of Lifespan" |
"Towards a Computational Model of the Brain: Tools for Mapping and Perturbing Neural Circuits" |
"Novel Approaches to Study Metabolism" - Shawn Davidson |
"Machine Learning Approaches for Molecular-level Understanding of Human |
| 12:45 - 2:00 pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm |
"Epigenetics of Human Health and Disease" |
"Design Principles of Physiological Circuits and Their Aging Process" |
"From Receptors to Behavior" |
Discussions |
PROGRAM ENDS WITH LUNCH ON FRIDAY |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm |
"Metabolism Revisited" |
Discussions with Raul Rabadan | Discussions with R. Clay Reid and Uri Alon | Discussions | |
| Evening Events | Dinner (6:00 - 7:00 pm) |
Pizza and Pool Party (6:00 - 8:00 pm) |
Dinner (6:00 - 7:00 pm) |
Dinner (6:00 - 7:00 pm) |