OPENING/GENERAL SESSIONS
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Wednesday, April 3 7:00 PM–9:00 PM
Opening General Session
Thursday, April 4 8:30 AM–12:35 PM
Plenary Session I
Co-Moderators: Richard Mann, Columbia University, New
York and Kristin Scott, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salons 1-3, Lobby Level
Presentations
:
7:00
pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks.
Richard
Mann. Columbia University, New York.
7:15
pm
GSA Welcome and Update.
Adam Fagen.
Genetics Society of America, Bethesda, Maryland.
7:25
pm
Larry Sandler Award Presentation.
Ken
Irvine. Rutgers University, Waksman Institute,
Piscataway, New Jersey.
7:30
pm
Larry Sandler Lecture.
8:00
pm
Jules Hoffmann Introduction.
Kristin Scott.
University of California, Berkeley.
8:05
pm
Innate Immunity : From Flies to
Humans.
Jules A. Hoffmann. IBMC, University of
Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
8:50
pm
Presentation of George W. Beadle Award to
R. Scott Hawley, Stowers Institute for Medical
Research.
Adam Fagen. Genetics Society of America,
Bethesda, MD
Moderator: David Stern, Janelia Farm Research
Campus, Ashburn, Virginia
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salons 1-3, Lobby Level
Presentations
:
8:30
am
Image Award Presentation.
David Bilder.
University of California, Berkeley.
8:35
am
Molecular Mechanisms of Axon
Degeneration.
Marc R. Freeman. Dept Neurobiology,
Univ Massachusetts Med Sch/HHMI, Worcester, MA.
9:05
am
Genetic Approaches to Dissecting Neural
Computation in the Visual System.
Tom Clandinin.
Dept of Neurobiology, Stanford University, CA.
9:35
am
The Genomics of Speciation and Pattern
Evolution in (butter)flies.
Chris Jiggins. Dept
Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge,
United Kingdom.
10:05
am –
Break
10:30
am
Creating Gradients by Morphogen
Shuttling.
Naama Barkai. Weizman Institute,
Rehovot, Israel.
11:00
am
Maintenance of Niche Function and
Tissue Homeostasis During Aging.
Leanne Jones.
Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Inst, La Jolla, CA.
11:30
am
Histone Genetics in Drosophila.
Jürg
Müller. Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am
Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Bavaria,
Germany.
12:00
noon
Presentation of FASEB Excellence in
Science Award to Terry Orr-Weaver.
Judith Bond.
President, FASEB, Bethesda, MD.
12:05
pm
Diamonds in the Rough: Finding
Paradigms in Drosophila Developmental
Strategies.
Terry Orr-Weaver. Whitehead Institute,
MIT, Cambridge Massachusetts.
