Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Neural Crest Cell Migration
Discussion Leader: Eva Hamrud (King's College London, United Kingdom)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Peter Lwigale (Rice University, United States)
"Mechanisms That Regulate Neural Crest Cell Migration and Differentiation during Ocular Development"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Understanding Multipotency, Cell Lineage Decisions And Tissue Interactions
Discussion Leader: Ryan Samuel (University of California San Francisco, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Joshua Moore (Rice University, United States)
"The BMP Signaling Pathway Plays Stage-Specific Roles during Early Enteric Nervous System Development in Zebrafish"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Margaret Hines (University of Maryland, College Park, United States)
"The Role of Elp1 in Trigeminal Ganglion Development"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Alexandre Thiery (Kings College London, United Kingdom)
"A Gradient Border Model for Cell Fate Decisions at the Neural Plate Border"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Christine Hirschberger (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Insights into Vertebrate Electroreceptor Evolution from the Lamprey Lateral Line"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Vishruth Venkataraman (University of Chicago, United States)
"Development of the Elasmobranch Mechanosensory Lateral Line- Insights from the Little Skate"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Alek Erickson (Karolinska Insitutet, Sweden)
"Clonal Analysis of Neural Crest Cell Fate Decisions in Mouse Embryos"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Characterisation Of Mechanisms And Dynamics During Tissue Regeneration, Development And Disease
Discussion Leaders: Carmen Moreno Gonzalez (The Francis Crick Institute & Kings College London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Soma Dash (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States)
"Reduction in Rrna Transcription Prevents Neural Crest Cell Colonization of the Gut and Leads to Hirschsprung Disease"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
William Barrell (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"GSK3 Dependent Phosphorylation of Zo-2, Novel Regulation of Murine Neural Crest Cell Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Elaine Kushkowski (University of Chicago, United States)
"Fate Mapping the Zebrafish Neural Crest Using a Photoconvertible Lineage Label"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Blanka Mrazkova (Institute of Molecular Genetics, AS CR, Czech Republic)
"Trabd2B Sustains the Balance between Wnt and Shh Signaling Gradients during Mouse Head and Brain Development"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
jordan Allard (IAB, Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS UMR5309, INSERM U1209, Grenoble, France, France)
"Schwann Cell Metabolism and Perineural Invasion of Lung Adenocarcinoma"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Marco Antonaci (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
"Keep Your Eye in Shape: The Role or Mir-204-1 in Eye Development"
10:55 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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Panel Discussion: Navigating A Career In Research
Discussion Leader: Shashank Gandhi (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Navigating A Career In Research
Lindsey Barske (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, United States)
Vicki Metzis (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Erica Hutchins (University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes