| Session 1: Sunday PM |
Physiology of gametes and preimplantation embryos |
| Discussion leader: Jay Baltz
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| Jay Baltz |
Osmoregulatory pathways in the mouse zygote |
Harvey Florman,
Tufts University School of Medicine |
Calcium channel expression and function in the mouse spermatogenic lineage |
Douglas Kline,
Kent State University |
Attributes and dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum in oocytes, eggs, and early embryos.
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| Session 2: Monday AM |
Cell-cell communication regulating gamete and preimplantation embryo development |
| Discussion leader: Jerry Kidder
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Daniel Goodenough,
Harvard Medical School |
Abnormal folliculogenesis in connexin37 knockout mice |
Jerry Kidder,
University of Western Ontario |
Arrested folliculogenesis in connexin37 knockout mice |
Barbara Vanderhyden,
Ottawa Regional Cancer Center |
Kit receptor and its ligand mediate cell-cell communication in the ovary |
Joanne Orth,
Temple University School of Medicine
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Somatic cell-germ cell interactions in the developing testis
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Horacio Merchant-Larios,
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomed |
Somatic cell interactions at the onset of testis differentiation |
Rolf Kemler,
Max-Planck Institute for Immunobiology |
Cadherin/catenin adhesion complex in early mouse development |
| Session 3: Monday PM |
Genomic modification in gametes and preimplantation embryos |
| Discussion leader: Marisa Bartolomei
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Marisa Bartolomei,
University of Pennsylvania |
Epigenetic control of H19 gene imprinting |
Keith Latham,
Fels Institute, Temple University School of Medicine |
Maternal Control of Embryonic Genome Function and Imprinting Effects, or: How Mothers Have the Last Word. |
Jacquetta Trasler,
McGill-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute
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Differential control of DNA methylation in the male and female germlines.
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| Session 4: Tuesday AM |
Gene expression in gametes and preimplantation embryos |
| Discussion leader: Carol Warner
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Carol Warner,
Northeastern University |
Genetic regulation of preimplantation embryo survival |
Hans Scholer,
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg |
Oct-4 gene regulation and function in the mouse germline |
Jurrien Dean,
National Institutes of Health |
Developmental expression of zona pellucida genes |
Tom Fleming,
University of Southampton |
Gene expression and epithelial differentiation in the preimplantation mouse embryo
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Megan Munsie,
Monash University |
Novel method in demonstrating nuclear contribution and monitoring nuclear reprogramming in mouse nuclear transfer |
| Session 5: Tuesday PM |
Regulation of meiosis |
| Discussion leader: Pat Hunt
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Pat Hunt,
Case Western Reserve University |
Chromosome behavior and meiotic cell cycle dynamics |
Margaret Fuller,
Stanford University School of Medicine |
Coordinate developmental control of spermatid differentiation and meiotic cell cycle progression during male gametogenesis |
Nick Duesbery,
National Cancer Institute |
First meiotic spindle formation |
Paul Burgoyne,
National Institute for Medical Research, UK
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The 'synapsis checkpoint' in male meiosis |
Paula Cohen,
Albert Einstein School of Medicine |
Role of mismatch repair proteins in the regulation of mammalian meiosis |
| Session 6: Wednesday AM |
Development of human gametes and preimplantation embryos |
| Discussion leader: Alan Handyside
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David Page,
Whitehead Institute |
Genetic studies of germ cell development in humans and mice |
Kate Hardy,
Hammersmith Hospital |
Apoptosis in the human preimplantation embryo |
John Gearhart,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
Human primordial germ cells in culture: are they EG cells? |
Jerry Schatten,
Oregon Regional Primate Research Center
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Molecular reconstitution of the centrosome during human fertilization: implications for infertility
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| Session 7: Wednesday PM |
Translational and post-translational control mechanisms in germ cells and early embryos |
| Discussion leader: Bob Braun
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Bob Braun,
University of Washington |
Repression and activation of translation during murine spermatogenesis |
Joel Richter,
University of Massachusetts |
Translational control of early development |
Norman Hecht,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
RNA-binding proteins that regulate transcription, translation, and mRNA localization |
Barbara Knowles,
The Jackson Laboratory |
Transcript stability and controlled translation govern the oocyte/embryo transition
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Mary Murray,
Wayne State University |
Analysis of evolutionarily conserved germ cell translational masking mechanism |
| Session 8: Thursday AM |
Chromatin structure-function relationships in gametes and preimplantation
embryos |
| Discussion leader: Hugh Clarke
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Hugh Clarke,
Royal Victoria Hospital |
Linker histone transitions during oogenesis and early embryogenesis |
Alan Wolfe,
National Institutes of Health |
Constraining gene commitment through chromatin modification in early embryogenesis |
Richard Schultz,
University of Pennsylvania |
Chromatin-based changes underlying the maternal-to-zygotic transition |
Lawrence Smith,
Université de Montréal |
Reprogramming of histone H1 onto chromatin after nuclear transfer transplantation |
Mark Westhusin,
Texas A & M University |
Gene expression in bovine embryos produced by nuclear transplantation
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Ian Lyons,
University of Adelaide |
Histone H2A.Z is essential for mouse development |
| Session 9: Thursday PM |
Post-banquet speaker |
Ian Wilmut,
Roslin Institute
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Cloning by transfer of somatic nuclei: progress, prognosis, and profit |