| 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
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Last Updated: May 4, 2006