11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Career Panel Discussion
Panelists: Hsiao-Tuan Chao (Baylor College of Medicine), Quinn Rother-Carter (Chan Zuckerberg Biohub), Francesca Soncin (UC San Diego), Sumin Jang (UChicago)
12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch - Registration required
1:00 - 1:40 pm | Hsiao-Tuan Chao, MD, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine)
Role of inhibitory neurons in neurodevelopmental disease using fly and mouse models
1:40 - 2:20 pm | Francesca Soncin, PhD (UC San Diego)
Trophoblast stem cells and normal versus diseased pregnancies using stem cells and a variety of animal models
2:20 - 2:45 pm | Student Talks
2:45 - 3:05 pm | Coffee Break
3:05 - 3:30 pm | Student Talks
3:30 - 4:10 pm | Quinn Roth-Carter, PhD (Chan Zuckerberg Biohub)
Inflammatory disease states of the skin with emerging biosensing and organoid technologies
4:10 - 4:50 pm | Sumin Jang, PhD (University of Chicago)
Motor neuron differentiation and molecular properties across species with applications to human-specific motor neuron diseases
ART SHOW
The symposium will include an Art Show to highlight the creativity of our community. Submissions are open to anyone attending the symposium. Please find the details below:
- Submit any science/research-inspired art or craft project that you have made yourself! We welcome 2D (microscopy images, sketches, prints, paintings, etc) and 3D (sculptures, crocheting, carvings, etc). You must be able to transport your item to campus, and it should not exceed 4ft x 4ft or 30lbs unless you request and receive permission from the symposium organizing committee.
- Submit a picture or a very detailed description of the artwork that you will exhibit here: https://forms.gle/fFnZWmpCBM5Sva2P7
- Submissions are due on April 1st, 2026.
The symposium is sponsored by the University of Chicago's Developmental Biology and Growth & Development T32 Training Programs
and the Center for Motor Neuron Disease.
Registration is required to attend the symposium.