| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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