Symposium Schedule

Saturday, June 6, 2026  •  Whitehead Institute Auditorium

455 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

8:00 AM   Breakfast & Catch-Up

Welcome & Opening

9:00 AM
Welcome
9:10 AM
Opening Remarks
  • Art HorwichSterling Professor of Genetics, Yale

Science Session 1 — 1990s

Moderated by Stirling Churchman

9:25 AM
  • Jade WangProfessor of Bacteriology, UW-MadisonGrad Student, 1996–2002
  • Ben TuProfessor of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern; HHMIGrad Student, 1998–2003
  • Lev OsherovichCSO, Nonsense TxGrad Student, 1997–2003
10:25 AM   Coffee Break

Science Session 2 — 2000s

Moderated by Britt Adamson

11:00 AM
  • Moto TanakaTeam Director, RIKEN Center for Brain SciencePostdoc, 2002–2006
  • Martin JonikasProfessor of Molecular Biology, Princeton; HHMIGrad Student, 2004–2009
  • Nick IngoliaProfessor of MCB, UC BerkeleyPostdoc, 2006–2010
  • Gloria BrarProfessor of MCB, UC BerkeleyPostdoc, 2008–2013

Group Photo

12:20 PM
Group Photo

We want everyone in the picture!

12:30 PM   Lunch
Whitehead cafeteria

Science Session 3 — 2010s

Moderated by Marco Jost

1:30 PM
  • Noam Stern-GinossarProfessor, Weizmann InstitutePostdoc, 2010–2013
  • Luke GilbertCore Investigator, Arc Institute; Assoc. Prof., UCSFPostdoc, 2012–2017
  • Britt AdamsonAssoc. Professor of Molecular Biology, PrincetonPostdoc, 2013–2018
2:30 PM   Coffee Break

Science Session 4 — Last Decade

Moderated by Karina Smolyar

3:00 PM
  • Michelle ChanAsst. Professor of Molecular Biology, PrincetonPostdoc, 2014–2020
  • Dian YangAsst. Professor of Systems Biology, ColumbiaPostdoc, 2017–2023
  • Alina GunaAsst. Professor of Biochemistry, UCSFPostdoc, 2018–2025
4:00 PM   Break

Keynote & Closing

4:10 PM
Keynote
  • Peter KimVirginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford
5:00 PM
Closing Remarks
  • Jonathan