speaker and topic list


DAILY TALK SCHEDULE

Thursday evening, August 15th: Behavior and neural patterning
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
*Amy Bejsovec, session chair

Cori Bargmann, UCSF Signaling and neural connectivity in C. elegans
Ulrike Heberlein, UCSF Molecular genetics of drug-related behaviors in Drosophila
Claude Desplan, New York University Photoreceptor differentiation and color vision
BREAK
Sharon Low-Zeddies, Northwestern University Chimera analysis of the mouse Clock mutant
Marnie Halpern, Carnegie Institution Setting up left-right differences in the zebrafish forebrain
Scott Clark, Skirball Institute Axon guidance in C. elegans


Friday morning, August 16th: Patterning of tissues I /Emerging technologies
8:30 AM - 12:00 noon
*Richard Fehon , session chair

Chuck Kimmel, University of Oregon Cell motions in the zebrafish embryo
Elizabeth Chen, UT-Southwestern Genetic dissection of myoblast fusion in Drosophila
Anne Calof, UC-Irvine Negative regulation of neurogenesis by GDF11
BREAK
Rob Grainger, University of Virginia Xenopus tropicalis: a new model for vertebrate developmental genetics
Scott Fraser, Caltech In vivo imaging of cells and signals
Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School High throughput RNAi screens in Drosophila tissue culture cells


Friday evening, August 16th: Signaling I
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
* Grace Panganiban, session chair

Kathryn Anderson, Sloan Kettering Institute Genetics of early neural patterning in the mouse
Amy Bejsovec, Duke University Epidermal patterning in Drosophila
Gerold Schubiger, University of Washington The role of peripodial cells in regeneration and normal development of imaginal discs of Drosophila
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Ira Blitz, UC-Irvine Role of Twisted Gastrulation in BMP signaling during early frog embryogenesis
Suzanne Eaton, Max Planck Institute Argosomes and the spread of Wingless through the disc epithelium
Steve Cohen, EMBL, Heidelberg Wg movement in patterning the imaginal disc
Arthur Lander, UC-Irvine Do morphogen gradients arise by diffusion?


Saturday morning, August 17th: Signaling II - modulation and response
8:30 AM - 12 noon
*Kathryn Anderson, session chair

Ilaria Rebay, MIT Signal integration during retinal development
Ken Irvine, Rutgers University Regulation of Notch signaling by glycosylation
Rick Fehon, Duke University Pattern, proliferation, and the apical junctional domain: a genetic approach
BREAK
Jeff Axelrod, Stanford University Gradients, feedback loops, and fidelity in planar cell polarity signaling
Sergei Sokol, Harvard Medical School Nuclear localization is required for Dishevelled function in Wnt/beta-catenin signaling
Mark Peifer, UNC-Chapel Hill Cell adhesion, signal transduction and cancer: the armadillo connection


Saturday evening, August 17th: Gene Regulation
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
*Richard Mann , session chair

John Tamkun, UC-Santa Cruz Diverse roles of chromatin remodeling factors during Drosophila development
Jessica Treisman, New York University Developmental functions of the Drosophila mediator complex
Susan Strome, Indiana University Chromatin regulation in the germline of C. elegans
BREAK
Betsy Goodwin, UW-Madison Post-transcriptional control of sexual development in C. elegans
Henry Krause, University of Toronto Transcript localization and intercellular signaling
Stuart Kim, Stanford University Global analysis of gene expression in C. elegans


Sunday morning, August 18th: Regionalization of the embryo
8:30 AM - 12 noon
*Kathy Barton, session chair

Joel Rothman, UC-Santa Barbara Molecular and environmental switches in C. elegans germ layer development
Robb Krumlauf, Stowers Institute Patterning the neural crest and WISE ways to regulate vertebrate development
Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Caltech Neural crest induction and migration
BREAK
Stephen Small, New York University Enhancer-mediated mechanisms of pattern formation in Drosophila
Laurel Raftery, Massachusetts General Hosp. SMADs and dorsoventral patterning in the Drosophila embryo
Phil Benfey, New York University, Duke Radial patterning in Arabidopsis: a moving target


Sunday evening, August 18th: Patterning of tissues II - appendage and organ morphogenesis
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
*Steve Cohen, session chair

Richard Mann, Columbia University Combinatorial control of development by homeodomain proteins
Grace Panganiban, UW-Madison Differential patterning of homologous Drosophila limbs
Lee Niswander, Sloan Kettering Institute Limb patterning in vertebrates
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Thom Kaufman, Indiana University Hox genes and the development of arthropod gnathal appendages
Bill McGinnis, UC-San Diego Hox protein mutation and limb evolution in arthropods
Andrew Dudley, Harvard Medical School A re-examination of the progress zone model of limb patterning


Monday morning, August 19th: Patterning of tissues III
8:30 AM - 12 noon
*Andrew Chisholm, session chair

Scott Poethig, University of Pennsylvania The regulation of organ polarity in Arabidopsis
Kathy Barton, Carnegie Institution Axis determinacy in Arabidopsis
Vicky Prince, University of Chicago Retinoic acid signaling is required for a critical early step in zebrafish pancreas development
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Ruth Lehmann, Skirball Institute Germ line stem cell development in Drosophila
Judith Kimble, UW-Madison Patterning the germline of C. elegans
Elizabeth Lacy, Sloan-Kettering Dissecting the role of Amnionless in gastrulation and organogenesis


Monday afternoon, August 19th: Morphogenetic movements
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
*Scott Fraser, session chair

Andrew Chisholm, UC-Santa Cruz C. elegans morphogenesis: roles of Eph signaling and intermediate filaments
Mark Krasnow, Stanford University Branching morphogenesis
Daphne Preuss, University of Chicago Pollen tube guidance in Arabidopsis: the role of the haploid genome
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Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University Cellularization and gastrulation in the Drosophila embryo
Dan Kiehart, Duke University Cell sheet morphogenesis during dorsal closure and wound healing in Drosophila
John Wallingford, UC-Berkeley Dishevelled signaling, convergent extension and neural tube closure