Join us at the UC Davis Putah Creek Lodge on Friday, September 5th, 2025!
Photo Credits: CBP Trainee Bryant Luu
Keynote
Dr. Andrea Gomez
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology
UC Berkeley
Dr. Andrea Gomez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Gomez received her Ph.D. in Developmental Genetics from New York University and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her work is devoted to understanding the instructive cues that sculpt patterns of brain activity. Her efforts led to the discovery of RNAbased programs that are critical for synaptic organization and plasticity. Gomez started her lab at UC Berkeley in January 2020 and has received several awards, including the European Molecular Biology Organization Advanced Fellowship, a Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator, a Rose Hills Innovator Award, a Sloan Research Fellow, and is a McKnight Scholar.
UC DAVIS PUTAH CREEK LODGE:
The closest visitor parking lot to Putah Creek Lodge is the Putah Creek Lodge Parking Lot, though we encourage cycling and walking as able as the lot is a smaller one.
Purchase of a valid UC Davis parking permit is required to park on campus Monday - Friday from 7am - 10pm. Purchase of a parking permit is not required on weekends or University holidays, except during special events when parking attendants are present