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Day 1:   Saturday, April 12

Morning 9–10 a.m. New member orientation
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Emerging investigator seminar
(advance registration required)
9:30–11:30 a.m.
10:30–11 a.m. Undergraduate student orientation
Early afternoon 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Undergraduate poster competition judging orientation and workgroup
12–1 p.m. Journal of Biological Chemistry editorial board and associate editor lunch
(by invitation)
12–2 p.m.
12–3:30 p.m. Undergraduate poster competition
Mid-afternoon 1–4 p.m. Journal of Biological Chemistry editorial board meeting
(by invitation)
2:30–4:30 p.m.
4–5 p.m. Journal of Biological Chemistry reception
(by invitation)
Evening 5–5:30 p.m. Welcome address
ASBMB President Joan Conaway, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5:35–6:10 p.m.
Cell signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases: From basic principles to cancer and other therapies
Joseph Schlessinger, Yale University School of Medicine
Recipient of the 2025 Herbert Tabor Research Award
6:15–8 p.m.
  • Graduate Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Travel Award winners' posters
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Meetups

Day 2:   Sunday, April 13

Morning 9–10:30 a.m.
9–11:25 a.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Melissa J. Moore
Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Chief Scientific Officer emerita, Moderna
Early afternoon 12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch break
12:30–6:30 p.m. Exhibit hall activities
  • Poster viewing
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Career-development talks (1:30–4 p.m.)
  • Exhibitor tech talks/product demos (4:30–6 p.m.)
  • Meetups
  • One-on-one mentoring
  • Meet the editors at the booth
Mid-afternoon 1:50–3:05 p.m.
Embracing collaborations: Loving what we do and doing what we love
Neena Grover, Colorado College
Recipient of the 2025 ASBMB William C. Rose Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education
1:50–4:15 p.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
2–3:30 p.m.
3:20–4:20 p.m.
Speed networking
Evening 4:30–6:30 p.m. Poster sessions & Meetups
6:45–9 p.m.
Nicole C. Woitowich, Northwestern University
Recipient of the 2025 ASBMB Emerging Leadership Award
(advance registration required)

Day 3:   Monday, April 14

Morning 9–10:30 a.m.
9–11:25 a.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
11:35 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Maintaining genome stability
Andre Nussenzweig, National Cancer Institute
Recipient of the 2025 Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science
12:10–12:30 p.m.
An unlikely career in science and academia
Benjamin A. Garcia, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Recipient of the 2025 ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award
Early afternoon 12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch break
12:50–1:50 p.m. A wellness walk
Organized by the Women in BMB committee
12:30–6:30 p.m. Exhibit hall activities
  • Career fair (1:30–6 p.m.)
  • Poster viewing
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Funding agency talks (1:30–4 p.m.)
  • Exhibitor tech talks/product demos (4:30–6 p.m.)
  • Meetups
  • One-on-one mentoring
  • Meet the editors at the journal booth
Mid-afternoon 1:50–3:50 p.m.
Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ insights into antimalarial drug resistance
David A. Fidock, Columbia University
Recipient of the 2025 Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Parasitology
1:50–4:15 p.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
2–3:30 p.m.
Evening 4:30–6:30 p.m. Poster sessions & Meetups

Day 4:   Tuesday, April 15

Morning 9–10:30 a.m.
9–11:25 a.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
9–11:25 a.m. Community day
(by invitation)
11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Expanding the kinome
Vincent Tagliabracci, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Recipient of the 2025 Earl and Thressa Stadtman Young Scholar Award
12:10–12:30 p.m.
Phase separation in cells: Insights from biophysical computations
Rohit V. Pappu, Washington University in St. Louis
Recipient of the 2025 ASBMB DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences
Early afternoon 12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch break
12:30–6:30 p.m. Exhibit hall activities
  • Poster viewing
  • Exhibitor products and services
  • Funding agency talks (1:30–4 p.m.)
  • Meetups
  • One-on-one mentoring
  • Meet the editors at the booth
Mid-afternoon 1:30–3 p.m.
1:50–2:25 p.m.
Functional analysis of intracellular lipid-binding proteins
Judith Storch, Rutgers University
Recipient of the 2025 Avanti Award in Lipids
2:25–3:00 p.m.
The contribution of fatty acid oxidation to diet-induced hepatocellular carcinoma
Robert N. Helsley, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Recipient of the 2025 Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research
1:50–4:15 p.m.
includes talks selected from volunteer abstracts
3:10–4:10 p.m.
Richard Silverman
Professor, Northwestern University
4:30–5:30 p.m.
Evening 4:30–6:30 p.m. Poster sessions & Meetups
7:30–10:30 p.m.
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry