Concurrent Platform Sessions
SATURDAY, APRIL 6 8:30-10:15 am
Program number is in
bold
above title. The first author is the presenter. Full abstracts can be found online
39
Stem Cells
Co-Moderators: Katja Bruckner, University of California, San
Francisco and Allan Spradling, Carnegie Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Room: Marriott Ballroom Salon 3, Lobby Level
105
- 8:30
Chinmo prevents male-to-female sex transformation of somatic stem
cells in the adult
Drosophila
testis.
Qing Ma
1
,
Matthew Wawersik
2
,
Erika Matunis
1
.
1)
Cell Biology Dept, The Johns Hopkins Sch Med,
Baltimore, MD; 2) Biology Dept, The Col of William & Mary,
Williamsburg, VA.
106
- 8:45
Identification of genes modifying epigenetic plasticity during follicle
cell differentiation.
Ming-Chia Lee
1
,
Andrew Skora
2
,
Allan
Spradling
1
.
1)
Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Baltimore, MD; 2) Ludwig Center for Cancer Genomics
and Therapeutics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
107
- 9:00
The Hox gene
Abd-B
controls stem cell niche function in
the
Drosophila
testis.
Fani Papagiannouli
1
,
Lisa Schardt
2
,
Nati Ha
1
,
Janina-Jacqueline Ander
1
,
Ingrid Lohmann
1
.
1)
Developmental
Biology, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg, Germany;
2)
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
108
- 9:15
Niche appropriation by
Drosophila
intestinal stem cell
tumors.
Parthive H. Patel
1,2
,
Devanjali Dutta
2
,
Bruce A. Edgar
1,2
.
1)
Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, WA USA; 2) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and
Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH) Alliance,
Heidelberg, Germany.
109
- 9:30
Gastric Stem Cells Maintain the Adult Drosophila Stomach.
Craig A.
Micchelli, Marie Strand.
Developmental Biology, Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
110
- 9:45
Neuron-produced Activinβ supports hematopoiesis in
the
Drosophila
larva.
Kalpana Makhijani
2
,
Brandy Alexander
2
,
Sophia Petraki
2
,
Michael O'Connor
4
,
Katja Brückner
1,2,3
.
1)
Eli and
Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell
Research; 2) Department of Cell and Tissue Biology; 3) Department of
Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;
4)
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
111
- 10:00
A genome-wide RNAi screen for Neuroblast cell cycle exit
in
Drosophila
.
Catarina Homem, Juergen Knoblich.
IMBA, Vienna,
Austria.
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