James Zou, Ph.D., assistant professor, biomedical data science, computer science and electrical engineering, Stanford University

2:15 p.m.: Sarah Cai, graduate fellow, de Lange and Walz Laboratories, The Rockefeller University, Welcoming Remarks

2:20 p.m.: Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., president, Carson Family Professor and head, Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, The Rockefeller University, Presentation of the Poster Awards

2:30 p.m.: Serena Nik-Zainal, Ph.D., clinician scientist, University of Cambridge, Utilizing the Full Potential of Whole Genome Sequencing

3:15 p.m.: Thomas Cech, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder; investigator, HHMI, Telomere Replication, Epigenetic Silencing, and Cancer

4:15 p.m.: Cynthia Wolberger, Ph.D., professor and director, department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Roles of Histone H2B Ubiquitination in Transcription Regulation

5:00 p.m.: Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science, professor, department of molecular biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; investigator, HHMI, Igniting an Immune Response with cGAS

Barbara Kee, Ph.D., professor, department of pathology, chair, Committee on Cancer Biology, University of Chicago