The Program
This Year’s Conference will Focus on Systems Biology Approaches to the Following:
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Aging-related Diseases
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Inflammation and Vaccines
Featured speakers this year include:
Steven Altschuler, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Alan Attie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Anne Calof, University of California, Irvine, USA
Marco Binder, German Cancer Research Center, Germany
Yuval Dor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Tentative)
Nan Hao, University of California, San Diego, USA
Arthur Lander, University of California, Irvine, USA
Andre Levchekno, Yale University, USA
Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv, Harvard Medical School, USA
Maik Pietzner, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Maike Sander, University of California, San Diego, USA
Greg Szeto, Allen Institute for Immunology, USA
Curtis Thorne, University of Arizona, USA
Lani Wu, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Ioannis Zervantonakis, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Poster and Oral Abstract Presentations
In addition to talks given by invited speakers, the SBHD program includes ~20 short talks from submitted poster abstracts and two poster sessions. To be considered for oral and poster presentations, please submit an abstract by May 27th. You will be notified by June 2nd.

SBHD 2022 Program
SUNDAY, JUNE 19 | Activity |
5:00pm | Opening reception at Commodore Bar and Grille: |
MONDAY, JUNE 20 | |
8:30am | Light Breakfast and Welcome Coffee |
Registration | |
9:00am | Opening remarks from Vito Quaranta |
Symposium A | |
9:10am | Speakers Andre Levchekno, Yale University, “Phenotypic mapping: a systems approach to rational disease treatments” Ioannis Zervantonakis, University of Pittsburgh “Modeling cancer-fibroblast crosstalk and resistance to HER2-targeted therapy” Lani Wu, University of California, San Francisco “Cancer Cell Fate Decisions” |
11:20am | Junior Speakers Raphaëlle Lesage, KU Leuven Amy Pomeroy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Capria Rinaldi, University of California, San Francisco Rishabh Kapoor, Harvard University |
12:20pm | Lunch Break |
1:30 – 2:30pm | Poster Session A |
Symposium B | |
2:30pm | Speakers Nan Hao, University of California, San Diego “Reprogramming single-cell aging in yeast” Curtis Thorne, University of Arizona, “Coordinating Across Distance: Erk Waves Control Homeostasis of Colonic Epithelium” Marco Binder, German Cancer Research Center “The Winner Takes it All, and COVID19 Likes to Win – Dynamics of Viral Replication vs. Cell-Intrinsic Immunity” |
5:00pm | Coffee break |
5:15pm | Junior Speakers Kiran Vinaja, Yale University Tomasz Bednarski, Vanderbilt University Olivia Debnath, Berlin Institute of Health & Charité Universitätsmedizin Matthew Leventhal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mohammad Aminul Islam, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York |
6:00pm | Adjourn |
TUESDAY, JUNE 21 | |
8:30am | Breakfast |
Symposium C | |
9:10am | Speakers Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv, Harvard Medical School “TNF Controls a Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff in the Cell Death Decision to Restrict Viral Spread” Maik Pietzner, Berlin Institute of Health “From Association to Function in Population-based Cohorts” Alan Attie, University of Wisconsin-Madison “System Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes” |
11:20am | Junior Speakers Leonard Harris, University of Arizona Stefan Kallenberger, Heidelberg University Hospital Cody Heiser, Vanderbilt University Jens Hansen, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Adam Palmer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
11:45am | Lunch Break |
1:30 – 2:30pm | Poster Session B |
Symposium D | |
2:30pm | Speakers Steven Altschuler, University of California, San Francisco “Dual authentication in mitophagy decision making” Maike Sander, University of California, San Diego “Insights into diabetes from single-cell genomics and genetics” |
3:50pm | Coffee Break |
4:05pm | Junior Speakers Sophie Bekisz, University of Liége Danny Ben-Zvi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Robert Lorenz Chua, Berlin Institute of Health & Charité Universitätsmedizin Gregor Neuert, Vanderbilt University Elisa Domínguez-Hüttinger, Instuto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM Nikita Tysba, Vanderbilt University Daria Doncevic, Medical Faculty Heidelberg & BioQuant |
5:45pm | Adjourn |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 | |
8:30am | Breakfast |
Symposium E | |
9:00am | Yuval Dor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Anne Calof, University of California, Irvine “Transcriptomopathies: A Window on the Earliest Developmental Origins of Birth Defects” Arthur Lander, University of California, Irvine “The Unexpected Fragility of Controlled Growth“ |
11:20am | Junior Speakers Austin Oleskie, Vanderbilt University Dora Odobo, Vanderbilt University Julius Upmeier zu Belzen, Berlin Institute of Health – Charité University Medicine |
12:00pm | Artem Sokolov, Harvard University Anne-Heidenthal Prize for Fluorescence Research |
1:05 pm | Closing remarks |
1:20 pm | Lunch/Adjourn |