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WEDNESDAY, April 3 |
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6:00 pm |
Ecdysone Workshop
Organizers: Robert Ward, University of Kansas; and Ginger Carney, Texas A & M University | | Delaware
Lobby Level |
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| 3:00 pm |
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5:00 pm |
Federal Funding Opportunities & the Proposal Review Process
A GSA Career Development Workshop
Organizers: Joyce Fernandes, National Science Foundation; Leslie Pick, National Science Foundation, University of Maryland; Michael Bender, NIH; and Stefan Maas, NIH | | Washington Room 6
Exhibition Level |
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| 3:00 pm |
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6:00 pm |
Drosophila Board of Directors Meeting | | Wilson
Mezzanine Level |
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| 3:00 pm |
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6:30 pm |
Speaker Ready Room | | Park Tower Suite 8228
Lobby Level |
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| 3:30 pm |
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9:00 pm |
Registration and Book/T-Shirt Pickup Open | | Convention Registration Desk
Lobby Level |
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| 5:00 pm |
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12:00 am |
Posters Open | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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| 5:00 pm |
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7:00 pm |
GSA Education Special Interest Group Mixer | | Virginia Suite
Lobby Level |
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| 7:00 pm |
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9:00 pm |
Opening General Session
Moderators: Richard Mann, Columbia University, New York; and Kristin Scott, University of California, Berkeley | | Marriott Ballroom Salons 1-3
Lobby Level |
| 7:00 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Richard Mann, Columbia University, New York
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| 7:15 pm | GSA Welcome and Update
Adam Fagen, Genetics Society of America, Bethesda, Maryland
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| 7:25 pm | Larry Sandler Award Presentation
Ken Irvine, Rutgers University, Waksman Institute, Piscataway, New Jersey
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| 7:30 pm | Larry Sandler Lecture | | |
| 8:00 pm | Jules Hoffmann Introduction
Kristin Scott, University of California, Berkeley
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| 8:05 pm | Innate Immunity : From Flies to Humans
Jules A. Hoffmann, IBMC, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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| 8:50 pm | Presentation of George W. Beadle Award to R. Scott Hawley, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Therese Markow, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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| 9:00 pm |
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11:00 pm |
Mixer/Reception
Sponsored by the journals GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics | | Washington Room 2-6
Exhibition Level |
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THURSDAY, April 4 |
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| 12:01 am |
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12:00 am |
Posters Open | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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| 7:00 am |
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3:00 pm |
Speaker Ready Room | | Park Tower Suite 8228
Lobby Level |
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| 7:15 am |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast | | Marriott Ballroom Foyer
Mezzanine Level |
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| 7:15 am |
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8:30 am |
Publishers Breakfast | | Virginia Suite
Lobby Level |
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| 8:00 am |
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5:00 pm |
Registration and Book/T-Shirt Pickup Open | | Convention Registration Desk
Lobby Level |
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| 8:30 am |
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12:30 pm |
Plenary Session
Moderator: David Stern, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia | | Marriott Ballroom Salons 1-3
Lobby Level |
| 8:30 am | Image Award Presentation
David Bilder, University of California, Berkeley
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| 8:35 am | Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Degeneration
Marc R. Freeman, Dept Neurobiology, Univ Massachusetts Med Sch/HHMI, Worcester, MA
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| 9:05 am | Genetic Approaches to Dissecting Neural Computation in the Visual System
Tom Clandinin, Dept of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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| 9:35 am | The Genomics of Speciation and Pattern Evolution in (butter)flies
Chris Jiggins, Dept Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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| 10:05 am | Break | | |
| 10:30 am | Creating Gradients by Morphogen Shuttling
Naama Barkai, Weizman Institute, Rehovot, Israel
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| 11:00 am | Maintenance of Niche Function and Tissue Homeostasis During Aging
Leanne Jones, Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Inst, La Jolla, CA
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| 11:30 am | Histone Genetics in Drosophila
Jürg Müller, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Bavaria, Germany
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| 12:00 noon | Presentation of FASEB Excellence in Science Award to Terry Orr-Weaver
Judith Bond, President, FASEB, Bethesda, MD
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| 12:05 pm | Diamonds in the Rough: Finding Paradigms in Drosophila Developmental Strategies
Terry Orr-Weaver, Whitehead Institute, MIT, Cambridge Massachusetts
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| 8:30 am |
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12:30 pm |
The Genetics Conference Experience | | Delaware A
Lobby Level |
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| 10:05 am |
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10:30 am |
Refreshment Break | | Marriott Ballroom Foyer
Mezzanine Level |
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| 12:45 pm |
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2:00 pm |
GSA Career Luncheon
Sponsored by US Biological | | Virginia Suite
Lobby Level |
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| 1:00 pm |
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5:00 pm |
FlyBase Demo Room Open for Tutorials and Discussion
Presentations:
2:00-2:15 pm:
Navigating modENCODE data in FlyBase
2:20-2:35 pm:
New data types/updates: physical interactions & human diseases | | Maryland A-B
Lobby Level |
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| 2:00 pm |
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4:00 pm |
Exhibits Open & Poster Presentations | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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| 4:30 pm |
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6:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions
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Techniques and Functional Genomics/Systems Biology | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Lobby Level |
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Cell Division and Growth Control | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
Lobby Level |
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Physiology and Aging | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Lobby Level |
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| 6:30 pm |
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8:00 pm |
Undergraduate Student Mixer | | Marriott Ballroom Foyer
Mezzanine Level |
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| 6:30 pm |
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8:00 pm |
GSA Awards Presentation (invitation only) | | Delaware
Lobby Level |
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| 8:00 pm |
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11:00 pm |
Exhibits Open & Poster Viewing | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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FRIDAY, April 5 |
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| 12:01 am |
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12:00 am |
Posters Open | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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| 7:00 am |
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3:00 pm |
Speaker Ready Room | | Park Tower Suite 8228
Lobby Level |
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| 8:30 am |
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10:15 am |
Concurrent Platform Sessions
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Evolution and Quantitative Genetics I | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Lobby Level |
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Cell Biology and Signal Transduction I | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
Lobby Level |
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Immunity and Pathogenesis | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Lobby Level |
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| 8:30 am |
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5:00 pm |
Registration and Book/T-Shirt Pickup Open | | Convention Registration Desk
Lobby Level |
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| 10:15 am |
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10:45 am |
Refreshment Break | | Marriott Ballroom Foyer
Mezzanine Level |
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| 10:45 am |
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12:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions
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Evolution and Quantitative Genetics II | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Lobby Level |
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Cell Biology and Signal Transduction II | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
Lobby Level |
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RNA Biology | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Lobby Level |
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| 12:30 pm |
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2:00 pm |
GSA Advocacy Lunch | | Marriott Ballroom Balcony B
Mezzanine Level |
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| 1:00 pm |
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6:00 pm |
FlyBase Demo Room Open for Tutorials and Discussion
Presentations:
3:45-4:00 pm:
Navigating modENCODE data in FlyBase
4:05-4:20 pm:
New data types/updates: physical interactions & human diseases | | Maryland A-B
Lobby Level |
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| 1:30 pm |
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4:00 pm |
Undergraduate Plenary Session and Workshop
Organizers: Karen Hales, Davidson College, North Carolina; and Beth Ruedi, Genetics Society of America, Bethesda, Maryland | | Delaware B
Lobby Level |
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| 1:45 pm |
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3:45 pm |
Concurrent Workshops
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The Future of Drosophila Genomics
Organizers: Susan Celniker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, ; and Gary Karpen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, | | Delaware A
Lobby Level |
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Apoptosis, Autophagy and other Cell Death Mechanisms
Organizers: Andreas Bergmann, University of Massachusetts Medical School; and Michael Brodsky, University of Massachusetts Medical School | | Virginia B-C
Lobby Level |
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex
Organizers: Michelle Arbeitman, Florida State University; and Mark Siegal, New York University | | Virginia Suite A
Lobby Level |
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Effectively Integrating Undergraduates into a Research Program
Organizers: Joyce Fernandes, Miami University, Oxford, OH; Larry Wimmers, Biology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research; and Elizabeth Ambos, CUR | | Maryland Suite C
Lobby Level |
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| 2:00 pm |
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4:00 pm |
Dedicated Exhibit Time | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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| 4:30 pm |
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6:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions
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Neurophysiology and Behavior | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Lobby Level |
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Cell Biology and Cytoskeleton | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
Lobby Level |
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Chromatin and Epigenetics | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Lobby Level |
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| 8:00 pm |
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11:00 pm |
Exhibits Open & Poster Presentations | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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SATURDAY, April 6 |
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| 12:01 am |
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10:00 pm |
Posters Open | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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| 7:00 am |
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3:00 pm |
Speaker Ready Room | | Park Tower Suite 8228
Lobby Level |
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| 8:30 am |
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10:15 am |
Concurrent Platform Sessions
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Drosophila Models of Human Diseases I | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Lobby Level |
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Regulation of Gene Expression I | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
Lobby Level |
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Stem Cells | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Lobby Level |
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| 8:30 am |
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3:00 pm |
Registration and Book/T-Shirt Pickup Open | | Convention Registration Desk
Lobby Level |
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| 10:15 am |
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10:45 am |
Refreshment Break | | Marriott Ballroom Foyer
Mezzanine Level |
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| 10:45 am |
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12:30 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions
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Drosophila Models of Human Diseases II | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Lobby Level |
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Regulation of Gene Expression II | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
Lobby Level |
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Pattern Formation | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Lobby Level |
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| 1:30 pm |
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3:30 pm |
Exhibits Open & Poster Presentations | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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| 4:00 pm |
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6:00 pm |
Concurrent Platform Sessions
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Cell Cycle and Cell Death | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 1
Lobby Level |
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Gametogenesis and Organogenesis | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 2
Lobby Level |
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Neural Development | | Marriott Ballroom Salon 3
Lobby Level |
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| 6:45 pm |
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8:45 pm |
Concurrent Workshops
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Myofibril Assembly
Organizer: Frieder Schoeck, McGill University | | Maryland Suite B
Lobby Level |
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Drosophila As A Model For Drug Discovery
Organizers: Daniela Zarnescu, University of Arizona; and Daniel Marenda, Drexel University | | Maryland Suite A
Lobby Level |
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Drosophila Research and Pedagogy at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI)
Organizers: Justin DiAngelo, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; Hemlata Mistry, Widener University, Chester, PA; Jennifer Kennell, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY; and Scott Ferguson, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY | | Maryland Suite C
Lobby Level |
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Wound Healing and Regeneration
Organizers: Adrian Halme, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville; and Rachel Smith-Bolton, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | | Delaware
Lobby Level |
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A Practical Guide to Understand the Concept of Bistability: From Models to Biological Behavior
Organizer: Francisco José Pereira Lopes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | | Virginia Suite A
Lobby Level |
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| 7:00 pm |
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10:00 pm |
Exhibits Open & Poster Viewing | | Exhibit Hall B South/C
Exhibition Level |
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SUNDAY, April 7 |
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| 8:30 am |
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12:00 noon |
Plenary Session
Moderator: Hannele Ruohola-Baker, University of Washington, Seattle | | Marriott Ballroom Salons 1-3
Lobby Level |
| 8:30 am | Poster Awards
Hannele Ruohola-Baker, University of Washington, Seattle
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| 8:35 am | Information, Enhancers, and Cell Signaling: a View from the Binding Site
Scott Barolo, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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| 9:05 am | “The piRNA Pathway: a Small RNA-Based Innate Immune System”
Greg Hannon, HHMI, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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| 9:35 am | Transcription Factor Network Dynamics in Development
Ilaria Rebay, Ben May Dept, Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| 10:05 am | Break | | |
| 10:30 am | The Role of Nuclear Pore Proteins in Developmental Gene Regulation
Martin W. Hetzer, Salk Inst for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
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| 11:00 am | Stem Cells to Synapses: Regulation of Self-Renewal and Differentiation in the Nervous System
Andrea H. Brand, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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| 11:30 am | Neurodegeneration and Aging: Insight from Drosophila
Nancy M. Bonini, Dept Biol, 306 Leidy Labs, Univ Pennsylvania/HHMI, Philadelphia, PA
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