Conference Program
 
Developmental Biology

June 24-29, 2001
Proctor Academy
Andover, NH

Chairs:
Marianne Bronner-Fraser & Mark Krasnow

Vice Chairs:
Barbara J. Meyer & Elizabeth Robertson

Sunday PM: Germline, stem cells, and regeneration
Discussion leader: Elizabeth Lacy
  • Allan Spradling (25') - regulation of germ line stem cell proliferation and differentiation in Drosophila and mice
  • Suma Dhatta (15') - the perlecan Trol is a co-receptor for Hedgehog
  • Trudi Schupbach (25') - patterning the Drosophila egg
  • Philip Newmark (15') - planarian regeneration
  • Patricia Labosky (15') - Foxd3 and the control of stem cell fate in the blastocyst, epiblast, and neural crest
Monday AM:Axis development and early patterning
Discussion leader: Chris Wright
  • Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard (25') - patterning the zebrafish embryo
  • Liz Robertson (25') - extra-embryonic tissues in mouse
  • John Klingensmith (15') - the mouse organizer
  • Elizabeth Gavis (15') - mRNA localization and translational control in A-P patterning
  • Malcolm Whitman (15') - nodal signaling
  • Gail Martin (25') - FGF signalling in limb development
Monday PM: Evolution and development
Discussion leader: Gerold Schubiger
  • David Kingsley (25') - use of stickleback fish to identify the genetic basis of skeletal evolution
  • Artyom Kopp/Sean Carroll (15') - genetic control and evolution of sexually dimorphic pigmentation in Drosophila
  • Eric Davidson (25') - evolution via changes in cis regulation
  • Marty Cohn (15') - development and evolution of external genitalia
Tuesday AM: Developmental signaling and gene regulation
Discussion leader: Kevin Moses
  • Tom Kornberg (25') - communication via cytonemes in fly and mouse
  • Suzanne Eaton (15') - intercellular vesicle movement during imaginal disc development
  • Mike Simon (15') - planar polarity
  • Ken Irvine (25') - Fringe glycosyltransferases and Notch signaling
  • Jim Posakony (15') - repression: hairless and suppressor of hairless
  • Debbie Andrew (15') -salivary gland development
Tuesday PM: Organogenesis
Discussion leader: Mary Mullins
  • Judith Kimble (25') - gonad morphogenesis in C. elegans
  • Mark Krasnow (25') - branching morphogenesis of the Drosophila airways
  • Doug Melton (25') - development of the pancreas
  • Susan Mango (15') - development of the C. elegans pharynx
Wednesday AM: Neural development
Discussion leader: Lou Reichardt
  • Cori Bargmann (25') - olfaction in worms
  • Marianne Bronner-Fraser (25') - induction of vertebrate neural crest
  • Jonathan Eggenschwiler (15') - dorsoventral patterning of mouse spinal cord
  • Sam Pfaff (25') - motor neuron pathfinding
  • Judith Eisen (25') - neuronal specification in zebrafish
  • Bruce Hay (15') - cell death in the Drosophila eye
Wednesday PM: Cell migration, guidance and morphogenesis
Discussion leader: Ed Giniger
  • Ruth Lehmann (25') - germ cell migration
  • Stefan Schulte-Merker (25') - zebrafish angiogenesis
  • Eric Wieschaus (25') - morphogenesis during fly gastrulation
  • John Wallingford (15') - convergent extension movements and calcium waves in Xenopus
Thursday AM: Modern techniques for studying normal development and developmental disorders
Discussion leader: Clifford Ragsdale
  • Scott Fraser (25') - imaging techniques to analyze developmental systems
  • Nancy Hopkins (25') - large scale insertional mutagenesis of zebrafish development
  • Theresa Nicolson (15') - zebrafish hair cell mutants and human deafness genes
Discussion leader: Elizabeth Grove
  • Stuart Kim (25') - genomics and the single worm
  • Barbara Meyer (25') - genetic control of sex determination in C.elegans
  • York Marahrens (15') - X inactivation
Thursday PM: Growth and aging
Discussion leader: Victor Ambros
  • Bruce Edgar (25') - regulation of cell proliferation and organ growth
  • Ernst Hafen (25') - insulin pathways and the control of body size
  • Cynthia Kenyon (25') - aging in C. elegans
  • Steve Helfand (25') - Drosophila aging

Last Updated: May 4, 2006