2005 Chem IGERT Retreat Program (pdf)
First Annual ChemGen IGERT Retreat UCLA LAKE ARROWHEAD CONFERENCE CENTER SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2005
Purpose Participants Program Future Dates

Purpose

As the scientific community moves into the post-genomic era, it becomes essential that communication barriers between disciplines be minimized. To prepare students for the interdisciplinary future, the ChemGen IGERT program holds an intensive two-day retreat at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center each September (2005-2010). The retreat agenda is designed to foster effective interaction and communication between students and faculty of different academic backgrounds, and includes: presentations on current and future projects by participating faculty; an invited keynote speaker who presents on a novel research perspective that is apropos or ancillary to chemical genomics; open discussions; team building activities; interactive workshops; and concludes with formal presentations by students. As the student number increases, the retreat will be extended by half a day to accommodate the student presentations. The first annual ChemGen IGERT Retreat was held September 16-18, 2005 and attended by 28 participating faculty and students.

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Participants

The first annual ChemGen IGERT Retreat (2005) was attended by the following faculty and students:

NAME	TITLE	LAB/DEPT	EMAIL
Julia Bailey-Serres (Program Director)	Professor of Genetics	Botany & Plant Sciences	julia.bailey@ucr.edu
Katherine Borkovich	Professor & Plant Pathologist	Plant Pathology	katherine.borkovich@ucr.edu
David Carter	Academic Coordinator, Microscopy/Imaging	Center for Plant Cell Biology	dcarter@ucr.edu
Xuemei Chen	Associate Professor of Plant Cell & Molecular Biology	Botany & Plant Sciences	xuemei.chen@ucr.edu
Craig Boucher	Graduate Student	Computer Science & Engineering	cebouche@cs.ucr.edu
Sean Cutler (Keynote Speaker)	Assistant Professor, CRC in Plant Functional Genomics	Department of Botany, University of Toronto	cutler@botany.utoronto.ca
Shou-wei Ding	Professor and Plant Pathologist	Plant Pathology	shou-wei.ding@ucr.edu
Erin Duncan	Graduate Student	Graduate Program in Chemistry	edunc001@student.ucr.edu
Samer Elkashef	Graduate Student	Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics	selka001@student.ucr.edu
Thomas Eulgem	Assistant Professor of Plant Cell Biology	Botany & Plant Sciences	thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu
Thomas Girke	Academic Coordinator, Bioinformatics	Center for Plant Cell Biology	thomas.girke@ucr.edu
Glenn Hicks	Research Plant Cell Biologist	Center for Plant Cell Biology	glenn.hicks@ucr.edu
Charles Jang	Graduate Student	Graduate Program in Chemistry	cjang001@student.ucr.edu
Hailing Jin	Assistant Professor	Plant Pathology	hailing.jin@ucr.edu
James Kim	Graduate Student	Cell, Molecular, & Developmental Biology Graduate Program	jamesdmkim@yahoo.com
Colleen Knoth	Graduate Student	Plant Biology Graduate Program	cknoth2@msn.com
Julian Krause	Undergraduate Student	Computer Science & Engineering	krausej@cs.ucr.edu
Jiayu Liao	Assistant Professor (eff. 1/06)	Chemical & Environmental Engineering (eff. 1/06)	jiayu@scripps.edu
Stefano Lonardi	Assistant Professor	Computer Science & Engineering	stefano.lonardi@ucr.edu
Elizabeth Lord	Professor of Botany; Vice Provost-Academic Personnel	Botany & Plant Sciences/Chancellor's/EVC&Provost Office	elizabeth.lord@ucr.edu
Christiana Merrywell	Graduate Student	Graduate Program in Chemistry	cmerr001@student.ucr.edu
Marcela Pierce	Postgraduate Researcher	Botany & Plant Sciences	marcela.pierce@ucr.edu
Michael Pirrung	Professor and UC Presidential Chair in Chemistry	Chemistry
Natasha Raikhel	Distinguished Professor of Plant Cell Biology, Director	Center for Plant Cell Biology	natasha.raikhel@ucr.edu
Jerome Schultz	Distinguished Professor	Chemical & Environmental Engineering	jerome.schultz@ucr.edu
Harley Smith	Assistant Professor of Plant Cell Biology	Botany & Plant Sciences	harley.smith@ucr.edu
Yinsheng Wang	Assistant Professor of Chemistry	Chemistry	yinsheng.wang@ucr.edu
Zhenbiao Yang	Professor of Cell Biology	Botany & Plant Sciences	zhenbiao.yang@ucr.edu

2005 IGERT Retreat Participants (pictured at Lake Arrowhead)

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Program

The first annual retreat of the ChemGen IGERT Program held at the UCLA Conference Center on September 16-18, 2005 was coordinated by Julia Bailey-Serres, the IGERT Program Chair. Sean Cutler, from the Department of Botany at the University of Toronto, who is an active "chemical genomicist," presented the keynote talk titled "Probing Natural Variation with Small Molecules." Please view the program (link below) for additional presentations.

• 2005 Program/Itinerary (pdf)

Future Dates

The next CEPCEB ChemGen IGERT Retreat will be held October 20-22, 2006 at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center.

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