| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Nuclear Transfer and
Reprogramming |
| Discussion Leaders: Matteo Avella (National Institutes of Health, USA) and Francisco Romero (Biotechnology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Shoukhrat Mitalipov (Oregon Health and Science University, USA)
"Nuclear Transfer and
Reprogramming" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | A Comparative View of Fertilization |
| Molecular mechanisms governing successful gamete recognition and fusion. |
| Discussion Leaders: Antonio Alvau (University of Masachussetts Amherst, USA) and Elizabeth Bromfield (University of Newcastle, Australia) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Elisa Dioguardi (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
"Molecular Basis of Egg-Sperm Interaction in Mammals" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Enrica Bianchi (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom)
"Mammalian Gamete Recognition: Izumo1, Juno and Beyond" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Yoav Politi (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"The Mechanisms of Paternal Mitochondrial Destruction After Fertilization in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Robert Shaw (Harvard School of Public Health, USA)
"Molecular Mechanisms
of Mosquito Reproduction" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | The Activation of Development from Plants to Vertebrates |
| New insights
in zygote genome activation. |
| Discussion Leaders: Ida Björkgren (University of California, Berkeley, USA) and Maria Gracia Gervasi (University of Massachusetts, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Esperanza Mata-Martinez (Biotechnology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)
"Real Time Monitoring of the Acrosomal Reaction and Intracellular Ca2+ in Human Sperm" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Nan Zhang (Northwestern University, USA)
"The Zinc Spark Is a Non-Invasive Marker of Mammalian Egg and Embryo Quality" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Miler Lee (Yale University, USA)
"Mapping Chromatin Dynamics During the Vertebrate Maternal-to-Zygotic
Transition" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Gerardo Del Toro (Langebio, Cinvestav, Mexico)
"Towards an Understanding of Cis and Trans Regulation of
Gene Activity During Arabidopsis Zygotic Genome Activation" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Grantsmanship |
| Discussion Leaders: Melissa Miller (University of California, Berkeley, USA) and Ana Romarowski (Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Argentina) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "How to Get Funding for the Research that Excites You" |
|
- Gary Hunnicutt (National Institutes of Health, USA)
- Stuart Moss (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
