The Fellows of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant would like to invite you to join us for our 2020 Chemistry-Biology Interface Summer Retreat on Friday, July 24th, which will be held virtually over zoom.The symposium will take place from 9:00am – 1:30pm. We are currently accepting abstract submissions for short (15 min) oral presentations. Talks may cover any topic within Chemistry and Biology. There will be no poster session this year due to the virtual event, so please consider giving a 15-minute talk (you will receive a CBI t-shirt if you participate)! The deadline to be considered for a talk is July 10^th. 

Our keynote speakers this year are Yael David (MSK), Cynthia Wolberger (Johns Hopkins SOM), and Alexis Komor (UCSD). Please see the current schedule attached.

Please register using the following link: https://forms.gle/JmXgYnhTVSNEz1ij8

You can visit our CBI website (https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbit32/) for information on past symposia.

Join the Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences online on April 28th beginning at 9AM for the all-day MINS Year of Brain Science Technology UnRetreat! Guest speakers include, Polina Anikeeva from MIT, Tony Zador from Cold Spring Harbor, and Michael Yartsev from UC Berkeley.

There will be mini symposia on recording/imaging and behavior with Penn faculty speakers, and parallel sessions with short talks. If you are at UPenn, please submit an abstract for short talk sessions. Submissions are open immediately as part of event signup.

The UnRetreat will also feature a “Brain Buddies” matchmaking program that will match registrants with others who have shared interests for future interaction. Regardless where you are, please submit an abstract for one-on-one matching.

Please sign up here (this is also where the meeting will happen and where all talks will be available afterwards): https://crowdcast.io/e/Yobst

The Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens will be hosting its first symposium, titled “The Coronavirus Outbreak” on Friday, April 3 from 11am to 5pm. The symposium will feature insights on coronaviruses from Penn experts. A detailed agenda of the symposium can be found here. 

The symposium will be presented online and is accessible from a web browser, mobile browser, or phone. See below for access instructions.

• Web Bowser: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/ccexhucb
• Phone: Dial 1.800.520.9950 (US) and enter the pin 8220579#
• Mobile device: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/ccexhucb
  • Download the app if you don’t have it already
  • Enter event ID: ccexhucb

The Fellows of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant would like to invite you to join us for our 2019 Chemistry-Biology Interface Fall Symposium on Friday, November 15th, in the Lynch Auditorium (Chemistry Building).  The symposium will take place from 9:30am – 5:00pm, and will include breakfast, lunch, and a reception during the afternoon poster session. The poster session will be held in Nobel Hall. We are currently accepting abstract submissions for short (20 min) oral presentations as well as poster presentations from graduate students and postdocs. Talks and posters may cover any topic within Chemistry and Biology.

Our keynote speakers this year are Amy Palmer from CU Boulder, Eranthie Weerapana from Boston College, and Nevan Krogan from UCSF.

Please register using the following link: https://forms.gle/3XeQXQkeWcAZ3eQa9 

You can visit our CBI website (https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbit32/) for information on past symposia. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

Best,

The CBI Planning Committee
Yekaterina Kori (yekaterinakori@gmail.com) 
Katie Bustin (kateann@sas.upenn.edu)
Hee Jong Kim (heejong@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)
Juan Serrano (juan.serrano@pennmedicine.upenn.edu)

The Fellows of the Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant will host the 2019 Chemistry-Biology Interface Summer Retreat on Friday, July 26th, at the University of the Sciences.  The symposium will take place from 9:30am – 5:15pm, and will include breakfast, lunch, and a reception during the afternoon poster session. They are currently accepting abstract submissions for short (20 min) oral presentations as well as poster presentations from graduate students and postdocs. Talks and posters may cover any topic within Chemistry and Biology.

The keynote speakers this year are Martin Wuhr from Princeton, Daniel Hebert from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Ralph Kleiner from Princeton.

Please register using the following link: https://forms.gle/f6atE2q3ncyP2PsKA

You can visit the CBI website (https://www.med.upenn.edu/cbit32/) for information on past symposia.

Please also mark your calendars for the CBI Fall Symposium, scheduled for Friday November 15th, 2019.