The CGRB 2019 Fall conference registration is now open! Please join us for our annual event this September for informative talks, posters and a reception. This year the Fall Conference will also include lighting talks.
Important Information:
- When: Friday, September 20, 2019
- Where: CH2M Hill Alumni Center – Oregon State University
- Registration: here
- Registration fee: $25 (includes lunch and social hour)
- NOTE: registration fee is waved for:
- Undergrads presenting their research poster
- Lightning talk presenters
- Deadlines:
- Lightning Talk Submission: August 15th
- Poster Registration: September 7th
- Conference Registration: September 13th (registration fee increases to $35 after Sept 13)
Featured Speakers

Ed Kelly
Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of Washington

Daniel Liefwalker
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular and Medical Genetics
Oregon Health and Science University

Doris Taylor
Director
Regenerative Medicine Research
Texas Heart Institute
Conference Agenda
Time | |
8:00-8:50 | Registration & refreshments (Poster & sponsor setup) |
8:50-9:15 | Brett Tyler, Director, CGRB Introduction, CGRB update |
Morning Session | Hosted By Jaga Giebultowicz |
9:15 – 9:40 | Andrew Annalora, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Exploring Splice Variant Biology in Nuclear Receptor and Cytochrome P450 Genes |
9:40 – 10:30 | Ed Kelly, University of Washington Organs on a Chip – Chips in Space |
10:30 – 10:55 | Break (Poster and Sponsor displays) |
10:55 – 11:35 | Morning Lightning Talks (8 talks) – moderated by Jeff Anderson |
11:35– 12:00 | Felipe Barreto, Integrative Biology Genomics in the Tidepool: Functional and Population Genetics of Adaptation and Speciation in a Tiny Crustacean |
12:00 – 12:25 | Kevin Brown, College of Pharmacy Adventures in Complex Systems |
12:25 – 1:25 | Lunch (Poster and Sponsor displays) |
Afternoon Session | Hosted By Craig Marcus |
1:25 – 1:50 | Afua Nyarko, Biochemistry and Biophysics Selectivity and Specificity in Cancer Regulatory Proteins |
1:50 – 2:40 | Daniel Liefwalker, Oregon Health and Science University Therapeutic strategies targeting c-MYC |
2:40 – 3:20 | Afternoon Lightning Talks (8 talks) – Moderated By Viviana Perez |
3:20 – 3:45 | Break 25 mins (Poster and Sponsor displays) |
3:45 – 4:10 | Morgan Giers, Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Regenerating the Intervertebral Disc: Developing Effective Therapies in a Nutrient Limited Environment |
4:10 – 5:00 | Doris Taylor, Texas Heart Institute Building Solutions for Heart Disease: A 2019 Update |
5:00 – 7:30 | Poster Session / Reception, Sponsor Displays |
Call for posters!
Invitation to present a Poster at the 2019 CGRB FALL CONFERENCE (Sept 20, 2019)
Students, Post Docs, Research Staff and Research Faculty are invited to present their research as a Poster. Presenters are strongly encouraged but not required to consider utilizing a revolutionary new trend in poster format: https://twitter.com/mikemorrison


https://osf.io/ef53g
(Posters in any format displayed at recent meetings are also welcome)
Prizes for Best Posters: $100 (Undergraduate, Graduate and Post Doc Categories).
All fields and research topics welcome. To submit a Poster, please navigate to https://beav.es/ZPd
DEADLINE Sept. 7, 2019.

Call for lightning talks!
Invitation to present a Lightning Talk at the 2019 CGRB FALL CONFERENCE (Sept. 20, 2019)
https://cgrb.oregonstate.edu/fall-conference
Students, Post Docs, Research Staff (FRA, Res. Associates, etc.), and Research Faculty are invited to present their research as a 5-minute Lightning Talk at the annual CGRB Fall Conference, Friday Sept. 20, 2019.
First Prize for Best Lightning Talk = $100
Conference Registration Fee is waivedfor all Lightning Talk Presenters
All fields and research topics welcome. To submit a lightning talk: Please navigate to beav.es/ZPA

Talks are limited to 5 minutes and 5 slides maximum. Please Submit no Later Than: August 15, 2019.
Talks will be selected by the Program Committee and Presenters notified by Aug. 31, 2019.
Committee Members
Thank you to our 2019 Fall Conference Committee:
Jaga Giebultowicz, Department of Integrative Biology
Craig Marcus, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Jeff Anderson, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Viviana Perez, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics