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2026 Agenda


17th Annual GoldLab Symposium – May 14th & 15th, 2026

In-person and live-streamed on our website.

Muenzinger Auditorium
Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building
3415 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80303 (Map)

 

Day 1 : Thursday, May 14
9:00 AM Welcome
Larry Gold and Larry Hunter
Session 1: Dreaming of Inspirational Biology
Moderator: Tim Harris
9:05 – 9:50 AM Richard Losick
Revisiting a Breathtaking Publication in the History of Molecular Biology
9:50–10:35 AM Sean Eddy
The T4 rll Genes and the History of Molecular Genetics
10:35 – 11:05 AM Break
11:05 – 11:50 AM Susan Dutcher
From Pond Scum to Human Disease: Using Evolution to Understand Ciliary Defects
11:50 – 12:35 PM Philippa Marrack
Mysteries and Surprises of Autoimmunity
12:35 – 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 2: Dreaming of a Better Future
Moderator: Krystal Tsosie
2:00 – 2:45 PM Courtney Streett
Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Recognizing, Revitalizing, and Guiding Us Forward
2:45 – 3:30 PM Joseph Yracheta
Indigenous Led Science and Repositories Will Advance Science and Be a Hedge Against AI
Dystopia
3:30 – 4:00 PM Break
4:00 – 4:45 PM Susan Monarez
AI in Biomedical R&D and Healthcare: Breakthrough, Band-Aid, or Existential Risk?
4:45 – 5:30 PM Kyle Datta
Will the “War Not of our Choosing” be the Catalyst for the Energy Future of
our Choice?
Day 2 : Friday, May 15
9:00 AM Welcome
Larry Gold and Larry Hunter
Session 3: Dreaming of Biological Principles
Moderator: Tom Cech
9:05 – 9:50 AM Jack Szostak
Information at the Dawn of Life
9:50–10:35 AM Michael Rosbash
What is Interesting about Circadian Rhythms: Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Human
Biology
10:35 – 11:05 AM Break
11:05 – 11:50 AM Gary Stormo
Operating System of the Cell: Regulation of Gene Expression
11:50 – 12:35 PM Yamuna Krishnan
Exploring the Insides of the Insides of our Insides
12:35 – 2:00 PM Lunch
Session 4: Dreaming of a Different Kind of Medicine
Moderator: Nebojsa Janjic
2:00 – 2:45 PM Margaret Mitchell
Generative AI for Health: Promises and Pitfalls
2:45 – 3:30 PM Nima Keivan
Why Model Design Still Matters in the Age of Scale
3:30 – 4:00 PM Break
4:00 – 4:45 PM Jody Platt
Patient Expectations and Experiences of Health AI: Implications for System Change
4:45 – 5:30 PM Betsy Larrabee
Beyond the Breakthrough: What Families Teach Us About the Future of Medicine