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2024 Agenda


15th Annual GoldLab Symposium – May 16th & 17th, 2024

In-person and live streamed on our website.

Muenzinger Auditorium
1905 Colorado Ave
Boulder, CO 80309 (Map)

Day 1 : Thursday, May 16th
9:00-9:05am Larry Gold
Symposium Welcome
SESSION 1: PAIN
Moderator: Richard Deckelbaum
9:05-9:40am Glenn Treisman
Chronic Pain and Pain Amplification: Seeing the Whole Elephant
9:40-10:15am Scott Falci
Novel Approaches to Understanding and Treating Spinal Cord Injury Neuropathic Pain
10:15-10:45am Break
10:45-10:50am Richard Deckelbaum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: New Frontiers
10:50-11:25am Ru-Rong Ji
Using Molecular Pathways of Omega-3 Fatty Acids to Block Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain
11:25-12:00pm Adina Michael-Titus
Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Treatment of Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injuries
12:00-12:30pm Roundtable Discussion of Pain
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
SESSION 2: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
Moderator: Roy Parker
2:00-2:45pm Duey Freeman
Exploring Attachment: The Foundation of Our Relational Lives
2:45-3:30pm Dayna Matthew
What To Do When The Law is Bad For Your Patients’ Health
3:30-4:00pm Break
4:00-4:45pm Tony Wyss-Coray
Young Blood for Old Brains
4:45-5:30pm Larry Gold
Broad Proteomics and Health Management
Day 2 : Friday, May 17th
9:00-9:10am Larry Hunter
Day 2 Welcome
SESSION 3: BIOLOGY AND CULTURE
Moderator: Tim Harris
9:10-9:55am Tom Cech
RNA – A Catalyst for Public Engagement with Science
9:55-10:40am Colin Hill
Digital Twins and the Discovery of New Drugs for Rare Diseases
10:40-11:10am Break
11:10-11:55am Keolu Fox
Guns, Germs, and Alleles
11:55-12:40pm Julie Gerberding
Re-Earning Trust in Science: A Health Imperative
12:40-2:00pm Lunch
SESSION 4: BIG DATA & INTELLIGENCE
Moderator: Michelle Holko
2:00-2:45pm Chris Lunt
Discovery Through Scale. The All of Us Research Program.
2:45-3:30pm John Wilbanks
A Small Matter of (Scientific) Programming
3:30-4:00pm Break
4:00-4:45pm Max Bennett
The Evolution of Human Intelligence: Why It Matters and What It Teaches Us About Ourselves,
Neuroscience, and AI
4:45-5:30pm Alex Morgan
Ten Years to Be an Overnight Success: Investing in the Future Takes Time