42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Schedule of Sessions
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 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 |
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12:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Ecdysone Workshop
Moderators: Claude V. Maina and George Tzertzinis, New England Biolabs
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Maryland Suite A/B |
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2:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Fly Board of Directors Meeting |
Maryland Suite C
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7:00 PM - 8:45 PM |
Welcome and Opening General Session
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Ballroom Salons 1/2 |
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Opening Remarks
Mariana Wolfner, Cornell University
Introduction
Mike Goldberg, Cornell University |
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7:15 PM |
Keynote Address
Gerald M. Rubin, University of California Berkeley
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8:00 PM |
Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture
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9:00 PM |
Mixer/Reception |
Ballroom Salon 3
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| THURSDAY, MARCH 22 |
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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Plenary Session I
Moderator: John Ewer, Cornell University
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Ballroom Salons 1/2
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9:00 AM |
Probing the arthropod Bauplan with Hox genes
Thomas C. Kaufman, Indiana University |
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9:30 AM |
Drosophila gene targeting
Kent Golic, University of Utah
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10:00 AM |
The mechanism of mRNA localisation in the embryo and oocyte
Ilan Davis, Edinburgh University
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10:30 AM |
Break |
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11:00 AM |
Asymmetric segregation of cell fate determinants in the embryonic nervous system
Andrea H. Brand, Wellcome/CRC Institute
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11:30 AM |
What does daddy do? Genetic analysis of sperm function and paternal effects in Drosophila
Barbara Wakimoto, University of Washington
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Business meeting |
Ballroom Salon 3
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1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
FlyBase Demonstrations |
Ballroom Balcony A
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1:45 PM - 4:15 PM |
Concurrent Platform Sessions I
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Organogenesis
Moderator: Rick Fehon, Duke University
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Ballroom Salon 1 |
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Techniques and Genomics
Moderator: Susan Celniker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Ballroom Salon 2 |
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Pattern Formation I
Moderator: Elizabeth Gavis, Princeton University
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Ballroom Salon 3 |
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4:45 PM - 6:45 PM |
Visit Exhibits and Posters
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Hall C |
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4:45 PM - 6:45 PM |
Workshops
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Drosophila Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
Moderators: Karen Hales, Davidson College; Janna McLean, Truman State University; Nancy Pokrywka, Vassar College; Elaine Reynolds, Lafayette College
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Maryland Suite C |
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Signaling Through Heterotrimeric G Proteins
Moderator: Michael Forte, Oregon Health Sciences University
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Ballroom Salon 1 |
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Distribution, Structure and Function of Cytonemes and Filopodia in Drosophila Tissue
Moderators: Thomas Kornberg, University of California San Francisco, and Akira Chiba, University of Illinois, Urbana
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Maryland Suite A/B |
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8:00 PM - 9:40 PM
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Video-Enhanced Poster Presentations |
Park Tower
Suite 8228 |
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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Poster Session and Visit Exhibits |
Hall C |
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8:00 PM
9:00 PM
10:00 PM
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Authors present "A" posters
Authors present "B" posters
Authors present "C" posters
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| FRIDAY, MARCH 23 |
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8:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Concurrent Platform Sessions II
Evolution
Moderator: Christian Schlotterer, University of Vienna
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Ballroom Salon 1 |
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Chromosome Structure and Function
Moderator: Andrew Dingwall, Syracuse University
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Ballroom Salon 2 |
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Neural Physiology and Behavior
Moderator: Konrad Zinsmaier, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Ballroom Salon 3 |
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
FlyBase Demonstrations
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Ballroom Balcony A |
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12:00 PM - 1:15 PM |
Brown-bag Lunch Discussion: Funding for Drosophila Research at NIH and NSF
Moderator: Laurie Tompkins, NIH |
Maryland Suite A/B
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1:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
Techniques Workshop
Moderator: Ken Burtis, University of California Davis
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Ballroom Salon 1/2 |
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1:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
Visit Exhibits and Posters
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Hall C |
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4:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
Concurrent Platform Sessions III
Immune System and Apoptosis
Moderator: Tony Ip, University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Ballroom Salon 1 |
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Cell Division I
Moderator: Alisa Katzen, University of Illinois Chicago
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Ballroom Salon 2 |
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Signal Transduction I
Moderator: Joe Duffy, Indiana University
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Ballroom Salon 3 |
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
Visit Exhibits and Posters
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Hall C |
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
Workshops
Genetics of Non-Drosophilid Insects
Moderators: Mary Anne Pultz, Western Washington University; John H. Werren, University of Rochester
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Maryland A/B |
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DNA Microarrays
Moderator: Alan M. Michelson, Harvard University
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Ballroom Salon 2 |
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| SATURDAY, MARCH 24 |
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9:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Concurrent Platform Sessions IV
Gene Regulation
Moderator: Sarah Smolik, Oregon Health Sciences University
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Ballroom Salon 1 |
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Reproduction
Moderator: Haifan Lin, Duke University Medical Center
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Ballroom Salon 2 |
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Neural Development
Moderator: Joyce Fernandes, Miami University of Ohio |
Ballroom Salon 3 |
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
FlyBase Demonstrations |
Ballroom Balcony A
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1:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Visit Exhibits and Posters
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Hall C |
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1:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Workshops
Fate Choices and Asymmetric Cell Divisions
Moderator: Angela Giangrande, University of Strasbourg
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Ballroom Salon 2 |
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Hematopoiesis/Cellular Immunity
Moderators: Shubha Govind, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research; Marie Meister, CNRS, Strasbourg, France |
Ballroom Salon 1 |
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RNA Processing
Moderator: Helen Salz, Case Western Reserve University
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Ballroom Salon 3 |
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4:15 PM - 6:45 PM |
Concurrent Platform Sessions V
Pattern Formation II
Moderator: Stephan Small, New York University
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Ballroom Salon 1 |
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Cell Division II / Cytoskeleton
Moderator: Sharon Bickel, Dartmouth College
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Ballroom Salon 2 |
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Signal Transduction II
Moderator: Andy Andres, Northwestern University
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Ballroom Salon 3 |
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8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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Poster Session and Visit Exhibits |
Hall C |
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8:00 PM
9:00 PM
10:00 PM
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Authors present "A" posters
Authors present "B" posters
Authors present "C" posters
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 25 |
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9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Plenary Session II
Moderator: David Deitcher, Cornell University
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Ballroom Salon 1/2
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9:00 AM |
Creative deletions: Evolution’s chad
Daniel L. Hartl, Harvard University
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9:30 AM |
Establishment of Drosophila embryonic polarity by RNA localization and translational control
Anne Ephrussi, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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10:00 AM |
Control of distal antennal identity by spineless (ss), the Drosophila homolog of the mammalian dioxin receptor
Ian W. Duncan, Washington University
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10:30 AM |
Break |
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11:00 AM |
Meiotic pairing and chromosome segregation in Drosophila oocytes
R. Scott Hawley, University of California Davis
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11:30 AM |
Cellular mechanisms that generate and regulate neural activity
Mani Ramaswami, University of Arizona |
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12:00 PM |
Dissecting transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in vivo: Combining high-resolution analysis of promoter architecture and function with rapid disruption of transcription factors
John T. Lis, Cornell University |
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12:30 PM |
Closing Remarks
Mariana Wolfner, Cornell University
Meeting adjourns
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