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 WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 24
9:00 - 5:00 pm |
ANCILLARY WORKSHOP
GPCR Signaling in Drosophila
Organizer: Paul H. Taghert
Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO
Contact: Paul Taghert, taghertp@pcg.wustl.edu
telephone: office (314)362-3641,
lab (314) 362-3645 |
*LOCATION:
National Institutes
of Health
National Institute
of Mental Health,
Bethesda,
Maryland |
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| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 |
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| 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Ecdysone Workshop
Organizers: Laurie H. von Kalm, University of Central Florida, Orlando; and Lucy Cherbas, Indiana University, Bloomington |
Hoover Room |
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| 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Drosophila Board of Directors Meeting |
Maryland C |
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| 7:00 pm - 9:15 pm |
Opening General Session |
Marriott Salon 1/2 |
| 7:00 pm |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Paul Lasko, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
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| 7:15 pm |
Presentation of the Drosophila Image Award Finalists
David Bilder, University of California, Berkeley. |
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| 7:20 pm |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Howard Lipshitz, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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| 7:30 pm |
Keynote Address
Pattern Formation: from Flake to Avalanche
Peter A. Lawrence, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK. |
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| 8:15 pm |
Genetics Society of America Award Presentations
Terry Orr-Weaver, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, GSA Vice-President; Scott Hawley, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Member, GSA Board of Directors; and Trudi Schüpbach, Princeton University, Member, GSA Board of Directors |
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| 8:20 pm |
Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture
Introduction
Ross Cagan, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. |
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| 9:15 pm |
Opening Mixer |
Marriott Salon 3 |
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| THURSDAY, MARCH 25 |
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| 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Plenary Session I
Moderator: Paul Lasko, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Marriott Salon 1/2 |
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Making and shaping the tiny tubes of the Drosophila tracheal system
Mark A. Krasnow, Stanford University, CA |
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The regulation and execution of apoptosis in development
Kristin White, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown |
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Investigating rhomboids in Drosophila and beyond
Matthew Freeman, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK |
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How: a post-transcriptional regulator of tissue differentiation
Talila Volk, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
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Biology in the era of complete genomes
Francis S. Collins, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD |
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| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Community Resources Meeting |
Marriott Salon 1/2 |
| 12:00 pm |
Helen Francis-Lang, Exelixis, Inc. Distribution of Exelixis Drosophila collection to academic researchers. |
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| 12:10 pm |
Question and answer period with Helen Francis-Lang, Kevin Cook (Yale University School of Medicine), and Doug Dimmlich (Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Center) about Exelixis stocks. |
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| 12:25 pm |
Susan Armknecht, Harvard Medical School, RNAi screening center. |
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| 12:40 pm |
Justen Andrews, Indiana University, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center (DGRC) |
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| 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
FlyBase Demonstrations with Presentations
2:30 pm-2:50 pm: The Apollo Annotation Viewer and Editor with new cross species sequence comparison functionality.
2:50 pm-3:10 pm: FlyBase - The Next Generation. New and improved query tools and resources. |
Carolinas' Room |
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Poster Session I and Visit Exhibits
Even-numbered Poster Authors
Odd-numbered Poster Authors |
Exhibit Hall B/C |
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| 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions I |
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Techniques and Genomics
Moderator: J. Timothy Westwood, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 1 |
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Organogenesis
Moderator: Dorothea Godt, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 2 |
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Meiosis, Mitosis and Cell Division
Moderator: Shelagh Campbell, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Marriott Salon 3 |
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8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm |
Poster Session II and Visit Exhibits
"A" Poster Authors
"B" Poster Authors
"C" Poster Authors |
Exhibit Hall B/C |
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| FRIDAY, MARCH 26 |
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| 8:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions II |
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Cytoskeleton and Cellular Biology
Moderator: Frieder Schöck, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Marriott Salon 1 |
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Neurogenetics and Neural Development
Moderator: Yong Rao, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Marriott Salon 2 |
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Signal Transduction I
Moderator: Marc Therrien, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Marriott Salon 3 |
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| 9:00 am - 6:00 pm |
FlyBase Demonstrations with Presentations
2:30 pm-2:50 pm: The Apollo Annotation Viewer and Editor with new cross species sequence comparison functionality.
2:50 pm-3:10 pm: FlyBase - The Next Generation. New and improved query tools and resources. |
Carolinas' Room |
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| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Workshops I |
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Genetics of Non-Drosophilid Insects: Emerging Models
Organizers: Jack Werren, University of Rochester, NY; and Claude Desplan, New York University, New York. |
Maryland A |
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Functional Genomics of Mitochondria
Organizer: David Rand, Brown University, Providence, RI |
Maryland B |
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Olfactory Learning and Memory
Organizers: Scott Waddell, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester; and Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Vari, Greece |
Maryland C |
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| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Posters and Exhibits
Open Poster Viewing |
Exhibit Hall B/C |
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| 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions III |
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Signal Transduction II
Moderator: Bruce Reed, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 1 |
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Immune System and Cell Death
Moderator: Armen Manoukian, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 2 |
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Pattern Formation I
Moderator: Laura Nilson, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Marriott Salon 3 |
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8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm |
Poster Session III and Visit Exhibits
"C" Poster Authors
"B" Poster Authors
"A" Poster Authors |
Exhibit Hall B/C |
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| SATURDAY, MARCH 27 |
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| 8:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions IV |
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Gametogenesis and Sex Determination
Moderator: Julie Brill, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 1 |
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Neural Physiology and Behavior
Moderator: Gabrielle Boulianne, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 2 |
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Regulation of Gene Expression
Moderator: Vett Lloyd, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Marriott Salon 3 |
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| 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
FlyBase Demonstrations with Presentations
2:30 pm-2:50 pm: The Apollo Annotation Viewer and Editor with new cross species sequence comparison functionality.
2:50 pm-3:10 pm: FlyBase - The Next Generation. New and improved query tools and resources. |
Carolinas' Room |
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Poster Session IV and Visit Exhibits
Odd-numbered Poster Authors
Even-numbered Poster Authors |
Exhibit Hall B/C |
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| 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Session V |
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Genome and Chromosome Structure
Moderator: Hugh Brock, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
Marriott Salon 1 |
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Pattern Formation II
Moderator: Ulrich Tepass, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 2 |
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Evolution and Quantitative Genetics
Moderator: Peter Andolfatto, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 3 |
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| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
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RNA Biology
Organizer: Susan R. Haynes, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD |
Maryland B |
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Chromatin Structure and the Cell Cycle
Organizer: John Manak, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA |
Maryland A |
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Stem Cells
Organizers: Sumana Datta, Texas A&M University, College Station; and Haifan Lin, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC |
Maryland C |
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Drosophila Research and Pedagogy at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
Organizers: Karen Hales, Davidson College, NC; Cris Cheney, Pomona College, CA; Bev Clendening, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; and Elaine Reynolds, Lafayette College, Easton, PA |
Virginia B |
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| 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm |
Posters and Exhibits
Open Poster Viewing |
Exhibit Hall B/C |
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| 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
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Mechanisms of Translation
Organizer: Rolando Rivera Pomar, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany |
Maryland B |
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Cell Cycle Checkpoints
Organizers: Tin Tin Su, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Claudio Sunkel, Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
Maryland A |
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Immunity, Pathogenesis and Hematopoiesis
Organizer: Catherine Brennan, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY |
Maryland C |
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Extracellular Matrix Interactions and Signaling
Organizers: Rolf Bodmer, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA; and Hannele Ruohola-Baker, University of Washington, Seattle |
Virginia A |
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Gravity and the Fly
Organizers: Kathleen M. Beckingham, Rice University, Houston, TX; and Sharmila Battacharya, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA |
Virginia B |
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 28 |
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8:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Plenary Session II
Moderator: Howard Lipshitz, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Marriott Salon 1/2 |
| 8:30 am |
Looking for needles in a haystack: Drosophila nuclear receptors and their elusive ligands
Henry M. Krause, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| 9:00 am |
Regulation of Gurken expression in oogenesis
Trudi Schüpbach, Princeton University, NJ |
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| 9:30 am |
Can flies help man treat neurodegenerative diseases?
J. Lawrence Marsh, University of California, Irvine |
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| 10:00 am |
Systematic mapping of developmental genomic regulatory networks
Kevin P. White, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
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| 10:30 am |
Break |
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| 10:50 am |
Presentation of the 45th Annual Drosophila Research Conference Awards for Best Platform Presentation and Best Poster
Terry Orr-Weaver, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, GSA Vice-President
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| 11:00 am |
Drosophila as a model organism for research into aging
Linda Partridge, University College, London, UK |
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| 11:30 am |
Genetic manipulations at the Fruit Fly Fight Club
Ed Kravitz, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
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| 12:00 pm |
Balancing spermatogonial stem cell self-renewal and differentiation
Erika L. Matunis, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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