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Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., president and Carson Family Professor, Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, The Rockefeller University, Introductory Remarks

1:15 p.m.: Moderator: Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., president emeritus, The Rockefeller University, Panel Session One: Laureates' Paths to Discovery

Richard Axel, M.D., professor, co-director, The Mind Brain Behavior Initiative, department of neuroscience; Columbia University Medical Center; member, The Kavli Institute for Brain Science

Roderick MacKinnon, M.D., John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor and head, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University

2:00 p.m.: Moderator: Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., president emeritus, The Rockefeller University, Panel Session Two: Science Goes Global: Building International Bridges in the 21st Century

Pierre Magistretti, M.D., Ph.D., president and dean, division of biological and environmental sciences and engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal; professor, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, International Brain Research Organization

Rebecca Rimel, president and chief executive officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Ellis Rubinstein, president and chief executive officer, The New York Academy of Sciences

3:00 p.m.: Torsten Wiesel, A Self-portrait through Art and Music, a combination of live performances, images, and an audio documentary record of Torsten Wiesel's reflections on art and artists in his life

Aviv Regev, Ph.D., core member, Broad Institute; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Johanna Joyce, Ph.D., associate member, cancer biology and genetics program, Sloan Kettering Institute

Marco Colonna, M.D., Robert Rock Belliveau, M.D. Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine

Yang Shi, Ph.D., professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School

6:00 p.m.: Welcome: Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., president, Carson Family Professor and head, Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, The Rockefeller University

Joseph Goldstein, M.D., Julie and Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Research; chairman, department of molecular genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Introductory Remarks and Moderator

Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and head, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Michael S. Brown, M.D., Paul J. Thomas Professor of Molecular Genetics and director, Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Phillip Gorden, M.D., senior investigator, diabetes, endocrinology and obesity branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D., dean and Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D., co-director, Institute of Metabolic Research; director, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories; director, Metabolic Diseases Unit; professor, clinical biochemistry and medicine, University of Cambridge

Doreen Cantrell, Ph.D., professor of cellular immunology, Wellcome Trust Principle Research Fellow, vice principal and head of college, University of Dundee

Yifan Xu, biomedical fellow, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior, The Rockefeller University

Alexander Schier, Ph.D., Leo Erikson Life Sciences Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Ajay Chawla, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, departments of physiology and medicine, University of California

Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Ph.D., member, developmental biology program, Sloan Kettering Institute

Ananda Goldrath, Ph.D., associate professor, molecular biology, University of California, San Diego

1:00 p.m.: Sally Rockey, Ph.D., deputy director for extramural research, National Institutes of Health

2:00 p.m.: Barry Coller, M.D., physician-in-chief, vice president for medical affairs and David Rockefeller Professor, The Rockefeller University, http://www.rucares.org/clinicalresearch/accts

2:00 p.m.: Julianne Imperato-McGinley, M.D., associate dean for translational research and education, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Distinguished Professor, Clinical and Translational Science Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, http://weill.cornell.edu/ctsc/about_us/leadership_and_governance.html

2:00 p.m.: Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Alfred E. Mirsky Professor and head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University

2:00 p.m.: Laura Liberman, director, Office of Faculty Development; attending radiologist, Breast Imaging Service; professor of radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

2:00 p.m.: Carla Boutin-Foster, M.D., associate professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

2:00 p.m.: Ana Pereira, M.D., instructor in clinical investigation, The Rockefeller University

2:00 p.m.: Samantha Sheppard, Ph.D., research fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

2:00 p.m.: Teresa Evering, M.D., associate attending physician and assistant professor of clinical investigation, The Rockefeller University Hopsital and Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center

2:00 p.m.: Jonathan Ipsaro, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

2:00 p.m.: Kwame Osei-Sarfo, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, Weill Cornell Medical College

Joshua Brickman, Ph.D., professor of stem cell and developmental biology, The Stem Cell Center, University of Copenhagen

Amy Harmon, Journalist, New York Times, Amy in GMOland