#  15th Annual HSCI Retreat: Translating Science to the Clinic 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 20, 2020** 

 08:45AM - 01:15PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Online via Zoom — URL to be shared with registrants**  



 

 



 

 Registration is now closed.

##  Agenda

Sort    8:45–9:00 a.m. 

  Welcome *Brock Reeve, Harvard Stem Cell Institute* 

    9:00–9:45 a.m. 

  To the Clinic: Sickle Cell Gene Therapy "Remembrance of things past: Turning on fetal hemoglobin to treat hemoglobin disorders" *Stuart Orkin, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute* "Sickle cell gene therapy: Our clinical trial experience at Boston Children's" *Erica Esrick, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital* 

    9:45–10:00 a.m. 

  Trainee 1 and 2 presentations *Hannah Uckelmann (Armstrong Lab)* and *Juan Alvarez (Melton Lab)* 

    10:00–10:15 a.m. 

  Break 

    10:15–10:30 a.m. 

  "Knee in a dish: An ESC model of joint cell specification" *April Craft, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital* 

    10:30–10:45 a.m. 

  Trainee 3 and 4 presentations *Michael Florea (Wagers Lab)* and *Ryoko Hamaguchi (Lian Lab)* 

    10:45–11:00 a.m. 

  Audience votes for top trainee presentation Break 

    11:00–11:30 a.m. 

  "Reclaiming the narrative: Why social media needs more scientists" *Sarah Mojarad, Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California* 

    11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

  "Toward the Correction of Monogenic Muscle Disorders by Gene Editing" *Eric Olson, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center*  

    12:00–12:10 p.m. 

  Award presentations Barry Family HSCI Innovation Award for Early Investigators  
Top trainee presentation 

    12:10–12:25 p.m. 

  Lunch break 

    12:25–1:15 p.m. 

  Trainee Breakout Sessions Getting an Academic Job  
Panelists: Jeffrey Macklis, MD | Vicki Rosen, PhD | David Sykes, MD, PhD | Jessica Whited, PhD  
Moderator: Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD Finding the Right Scientific Question to Pursue  
Panelists: Amy Wagers, PhD | Len Zon, MD  
Moderator: Jonathan Hoggatt, PhD 

 



##  Retreat co-chairs

Sort      ![Jon Hoggatt headshot image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/hoggatt_cropped2.jpg?itok=65m9cePg) 

 

 

    ![Zuzana Tothova headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/tothova_z.jpg?itok=z68YwW-1) 

 

 

    Jonathan Hoggatt, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital 

  Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 

 





 

 



 

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