1999 Developmental Biology Conference GRC

Session 1: Early Patterning
Marnie Halpern, Chair Trudi Schüpbach - Establishment of dorsoventral pattern in Drosophila oogenesis Amy Bejsovec - Drosophila APC2: a cytoskeletally associated protein which regulates Wingless signaling in the embryonic epidermis Liz Robertson - How the mouse gets a head in life Jonathan Cooke - Primary dorsalisation and neural induction; Involvement of a novel gene in chick axial patterning Marnie Halpern - Meddling in the midline with zebrafish mutants
Session 2: Behavior
Victor Ambros, Chair Jay Dunlap - The circadian clock regulating development in Neurospora Mike Young - Molecular control of circadian behavioral rhythms Victor Ambros - Developmental timing in C. elegans Ann Rougvie (short) - lin-42: A molecular link between developmental and circadian timing Richard Mooney - The influence of androgens and audition on the development of vocal learning circuits Jay Hirsh - The genetics of cocaine responsiveness in Drosophila Bill Schafer (short) - Genetic analysis of nicotine adaptation in C. elegans
Session 3: Evolution and Development
Sean Carroll, Chair Sean Carroll - Selector genes and the tissue-specific responses to common signaling proteins Mike Levine - Transcriptional control of Drosophila and Ciona embryogenesis Nipam Patel - The evolution and manipulation of body patterning Paul Sternberg - C. elegans vulva development Billie Swalla - Evolution and development of the chordate body plan
Session 4: Signalling and Aging
Gary Ruvkun, Chair Richard Harland - Neural development in Xenopus Jeff Wrana - TGFß, BMP's and Smad signalling Chris Wright - Antagonistic signaling in left-right axis specification Gary Ruvkun - Neuroendocrine control of the C. elegans life cycle and lifespan Benny Shilo - Signaling by the Drosophila EGF receptor
Session 5: Chromosome-wide Gene Expression during Development
Jeannie Lee, Chair Barbara Meyer - X-chromosome dosage compensation in C. elegans Rick Kelley - Drosophila roX RNA and dosage compensation Jeannie Lee - Regulation of X-chromosome inactivation in mammals Camilynn Brannan - Imprinting in the Prader-Willi syndrome region Victor Corces - Chromatin insulators and transcription
Session 6: Germline
Cynthia Kenyon, Chair Ruth Lehmann Germ cell Migration in Drosophila Allan Spradling Regulation of oocyte production Thomas Cline Functioning of "female-specific" genes in male Drosophila germ cells: new insights into germline sex determination Tim Schedl Control of C. elegans germ cell development by GLD-1 Michael Hengartner Programmed cell death in C. elegans Cynthia Kenyon Signals that regulate the life span of C. elegans
Session 7: Organogenesis
Peter Lawrence, Chair Mark Krasnow Genetic control of branching morphogenesis Brigid Hogan BMP's and organogenesis or lung branching morphogenesis Anne Grapin-Botton Organogenesis of the pancreas Didier Stainier Endoderm formation in zebrafish Susan Mango Pharynx organogenesis in C. elegans Peter Lawrence The adult Drosophila abdomen: The antartica of the fly
Session 8: Guidance and Migration
Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Chair Marianne Bronner-Fraser - Generation of the neural crest Joe Culotti - Molecular mechanisms of cell migration and axon guidance in C. elegans Gian Garriga - Guidance of cell and growth cone migrations along the C. elegans A/P axis Ed Giniger - How do the MP growth cones choose their paths? -- some answers, and their questions Daphne Preuss - Cell adhesion and mating interactions in Arabidopsis Ann Calof (short) - BMPs Inhibit Neurogenesis By a Mechanism Involving Degradation of a Transcription Factor
Session 9: Cell Specification and Communication
Chris Wylie, Chair Chris Wylie - Placing determinants correctly in the egg Stuart Kim - MAP kinase signaling in C. elegans Roel Nusse - Specificity of Wnt-frizzled signaling in Drosophila Norbert Perrimon - Roles of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in FGF, Wg and Hh signaling Pao-tien Chuang - Hedgehog signaling during vertebrate embryogenesis

Session 1: Early Patterning

Marnie Halpern, Chair

Trudi Schüpbach - Establishment of dorsoventral pattern in Drosophila oogenesis
Amy Bejsovec - Drosophila APC2: a cytoskeletally associated protein which regulates Wingless signaling in the embryonic epidermis
Liz Robertson - How the mouse gets a head in life
Jonathan Cooke - Primary dorsalisation and neural induction; Involvement of a novel gene in chick axial patterning
Marnie Halpern - Meddling in the midline with zebrafish mutants

Session 2: Behavior

Victor Ambros, Chair

Jay Dunlap - The circadian clock regulating development in Neurospora
Mike Young - Molecular control of circadian behavioral rhythms
Victor Ambros - Developmental timing in C. elegans
Ann Rougvie (short) - lin-42: A molecular link between developmental and circadian timing
Richard Mooney - The influence of androgens and audition on the development of vocal learning circuits
Jay Hirsh - The genetics of cocaine responsiveness in Drosophila
Bill Schafer (short) - Genetic analysis of nicotine adaptation in C. elegans

Session 3: Evolution and Development

Sean Carroll, Chair

Sean Carroll - Selector genes and the tissue-specific responses to common signaling proteins
Mike Levine - Transcriptional control of Drosophila and Ciona embryogenesis
Nipam Patel - The evolution and manipulation of body patterning
Paul Sternberg - C. elegans vulva development
Billie Swalla - Evolution and development of the chordate body plan

Session 4: Signalling and Aging

Gary Ruvkun, Chair

Richard Harland - Neural development in Xenopus
Jeff Wrana - TGFß, BMP's and Smad signalling
Chris Wright - Antagonistic signaling in left-right axis specification
Gary Ruvkun - Neuroendocrine control of the C. elegans life cycle and lifespan
Benny Shilo - Signaling by the Drosophila EGF receptor

Session 5: Chromosome-wide Gene Expression during Development

Jeannie Lee, Chair

Barbara Meyer - X-chromosome dosage compensation in C. elegans
Rick Kelley - Drosophila roX RNA and dosage compensation
Jeannie Lee - Regulation of X-chromosome inactivation in mammals
Camilynn Brannan - Imprinting in the Prader-Willi syndrome region
Victor Corces - Chromatin insulators and transcription

Session 6: Germline

Cynthia Kenyon, Chair

Ruth Lehmann Germ cell Migration in Drosophila
Allan Spradling Regulation of oocyte production
Thomas Cline Functioning of "female-specific" genes in male Drosophila germ cells: new insights into germline sex determination
Tim Schedl Control of C. elegans germ cell development by GLD-1
Michael Hengartner Programmed cell death in C. elegans
Cynthia Kenyon Signals that regulate the life span of C. elegans

Session 7: Organogenesis

Peter Lawrence, Chair

Mark Krasnow Genetic control of branching morphogenesis
Brigid Hogan BMP's and organogenesis or lung branching morphogenesis
Anne Grapin-Botton Organogenesis of the pancreas
Didier Stainier Endoderm formation in zebrafish
Susan Mango Pharynx organogenesis in C. elegans
Peter Lawrence The adult Drosophila abdomen: The antartica of the fly

Session 8: Guidance and Migration

Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Chair

Marianne Bronner-Fraser - Generation of the neural crest
Joe Culotti - Molecular mechanisms of cell migration and axon guidance in C. elegans
Gian Garriga - Guidance of cell and growth cone migrations along the C. elegans A/P axis
Ed Giniger - How do the MP growth cones choose their paths? -- some answers, and their questions
Daphne Preuss - Cell adhesion and mating interactions in Arabidopsis
Ann Calof (short) - BMPs Inhibit Neurogenesis By a Mechanism Involving Degradation of a Transcription Factor

Session 9: Cell Specification and Communication

Chris Wylie, Chair

Chris Wylie - Placing determinants correctly in the egg
Stuart Kim - MAP kinase signaling in C. elegans
Roel Nusse - Specificity of Wnt-frizzled signaling in Drosophila
Norbert Perrimon - Roles of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in FGF, Wg and Hh signaling
Pao-tien Chuang - Hedgehog signaling during vertebrate embryogenesis