CEB-2025 Speakers



Keynote Speakers

Marcus E. Peter, Ph.D.

Tom D. Spies Professor of Cancer Metabolism, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Marcus E. Peter
Illana Gozes, Ph.D.

Director, Elton Lab. for Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Illana Gozes
Wen-Xing Ding, Ph.D.

William Warner Abercrombie Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, The University of Kansas Medical Center, KS

Wen-Xing Ding
Myriam Gorospe, Ph.D.

Chief, Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, NIH, Baltimore, MD


Myriam Gorospe
Vojo Deretic, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor and Director, Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM


Vojo Deretic
M. Cristina Cardoso, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany



M. Cristina Cardoso
Mulchand S. Patel, Ph.D.

SUNY Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,University at Buffalo, NY


Mulchand S. Patel
Celeste M. Nelson, Ph.D.

Wilke Family Professor in Bioengineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ



Celeste M. Nelson
Thomas J. Webster, Ph.D.

Hebei University of Technology, China; Division of Pre-College and Undergraduate Studies, Brown University, Boston, MA


Thomas J. Webster
Anthony Koleske, Ph.D.

Ensign Professor of Molecular Biophysics, Biochemistry and Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT


Anthony Koleske

Featured Speakers

Stelios Andreadis, Ph.D.

SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Amherst, NY


Stelios Andreadis
Martha L. Bulyk, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine & Pathology, Co-Chair, Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard, Medical School, Boston, MA

Martha L. Bulyk
Laura Segatori, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Bioengineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, TX


Laura Segatori
Robert Piper, Ph.D.

Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, IA


Robert Piper
Yong Sun Lee, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, South Korea

Yong Sun Lee
Haiming Luo, Ph.D.

Professor,
School of Biomedical Engineering,
Hainan University, China


Haiming Luo
G.W. Gant Luxton, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA

G.W. Gant Luxton
Sushant Bhatnagar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

Sushant Bhatnagar
Sebastian Oltean, MBBS, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, UK


Sebastian Oltean
Abul Hassan Samee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX


Abul Hassan Samee
Sayem Miah, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, WPRCI, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Sayem Miah
Alys Peisley, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Scientist, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Alys Peisley
Francesca Zappa, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist I, Altos Labs Bay Area Institute of Science, Altos Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Francesca Zappa
Kai Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Kai Yang
Padmanabhan Pattabiraman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Padmanabhan Pattabiraman
Xinxin Song, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Xinxin Song
Xianzun Tao, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Xianzun Tao
Jie Xu, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Jie Xu
George Fu-Cheng Liang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX

George Fu-Cheng Liang
Nouf Laqtom, Ph.D.

Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Nouf Laqtom
Je-Hyun Yoon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor,
Department of Oncology Science,
University of Oklahoma,
Oklahoma City, OK


Je-Hyun Yoon
Peter Zage, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA

Peter Zage
James Chappell, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biosciences Department, Rice University, Houston, TX

James Chappell
Taeyoung Hwang, Ph.D.

Investigator, Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Taeyoung Hwang
Tae-Hyung Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM

Tae-Hyung Kim
Simin Zafardoust, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Avicenna Infertility Clinic, Iran

Simin Zafardoust
Jing Cheng, Ph.D.

Otolaryngology Teaching and Research Group of Clinical Department, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, China

Jing Cheng
Yousef Nikmanesh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medical Virology, Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Yousef Nikmanesh
Li Lily Wang, Ph.D.

Department of Translational Hematology & Oncology Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Li Lily Wang
Najam Sharif, Ph.D.

Vice President and Global Head, Research and Development, Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., Dallas, TX

Najam Sharif
Andrei V. Bakin, Ph.D.

Professor of Oncology, Department of Cancer Genetics and Genomics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

Andrei V. Bakin
Se Hoon Choi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Se Hoon Choi
Wei Hsu, Ph.D.

Professor of Developmental Biology, The ADA Forsyth Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Wei Hsu
Robin Ketteler, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Human Medicine, Medical School Berlin, Germany

Robin Ketteler
Jason Northey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Canada

Jason Northey
Wenjing Qi, Ph.D.

Group Leader, Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biology III, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany

Wenjing
Mohammad Alinoor Rahman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Mohammad Alinoor Rahman
Dmitri S. Kudryashov, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH

Dmitri S. Kudryashov
Shangqin Guo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Shangqin Guo
Golnaz Karoubi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology University of Toronto, Canada

Golnaz Karoubi
Parisa Kalantari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA

Parisa Kalantari
Avital Eisenberg-Lerner, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Ophthalmology Research Laboratory, Kaplan Medical Center, Israel

Avital Eisenberg-Lerner

Young Researchers

Alessandra Dall'agnese
Alessandra Dall'agnese, Ph.D.

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA

Prithviraj Rajebhosale
Prithviraj Rajebhosale, Ph.D.

Section on Genetics of Neuronal Signaling, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Muhammad Tahir
Muhammad Tahir, Ph.D.

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, NY

Ritu Som
Ritu Som, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, IA

Federica Banche Niclot
Federica Banche Niclot, M.S., Ph.D.

Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX

Yi Fang
Yi Fang, Ph.D.

Biologist, Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Durham, NC

Maisa Alkailani
Maisa Alkailani, Ph.D.

Lecturer, College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Poster Presentations

Akraam Ali

PhD Student, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Nika Nikmanesh

Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Md Rafikul Islam

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Preeti Nagar

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Mojnu Miah

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Minchul Lee

Department of Sports Medicine, CHA University, South Korea

Ravina Kajare

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Kristine Yohanna

Master’s Student, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Agata Borkowska

Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, Poland

Jacek Kubiak

Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Innovative Therapies, Military Medical Institute-National Research Institute, Poland

Hyo Youl Moon

Seoul National University, South Korea