Registration: 8-9am
Opening remarks: 8:45-9:00am
Keynote #1: 9:00-9:30
Paul Sternberg on Micropublications
Session 1 Meiosis: 9:30-10:10am
9:30 Albert Hinman. Identification of DSB-3, a Novel Component of the Meiotic Double-Strand Break Machinery.
9:50 Elizabeth Vargas. Spherical spindle shape contributes to meiotic spindle rotation by preventing isometric cortical pulling on both spindle poles.
Coffee break and Poster session #1 (odd numbered posters): 10:10-11:00am
Session 2 RNA world: 11:00-12:00
11:00 Makena Pule. Ribosome clearance during RNAi.
11:20 Al Zahler. PRP8 and the tri-snRNP 27K protein engage in cryptic 5' splice site choice.
11:40 Aarati Asundi. The Role of Nuclear RNAi Pathway Machinery in Mitosis and Cell Cycle.
Lunch: noon-1:00pm
Engineering courtyard, rooms E192 and E194
Breakout lunches for trainees with faculty
Session 3 Cell Biology: 1:00-2:00pm
1:00 Claire Richardson. State-dependent regulation of signaling endosomes modulates dendrite morphology.
1:20 Maria Sallee. Tissue-specific degradation of essential centrosome components reveals distinct microtubule populations at microtubule organizing centers.
1:40 Alakananda Das. A Cre-lox strategy for cell-specific fluorescent labeling of C. elegans proteins.
Coffee break and Poster session #2 (even numbered posters): 2:00-3:00pm
Session 4 Gene regulation from Transcription Factors to Topology: 3:00-4:00pm
3:00 David Angeles. Analysis of allelic series using transcriptomic phenotypes.
3:20 Erika Anderson. Disruption of X chromosome topology by deleting Dosage Compensation Complex binding sites.
3:40 Sanjib Guha. HMBX-1, a novel SKN-1/Nrf2 regulator modulates α-dicarbonyl induced pathologies in a C. elegans model of Diabetic complications and Parkinson’s disease.
Keynote #2: 4:00-5:00pm
Tim Schedl.
Closing remarks: 5:00-5:15pm
Reception: 5:15-6:15pm