- Peter J. Bryant (University of California, Irvine)
Growth factors in insect development
Monday AM, July 2 | Nuclear Receptors |
- Paul Wade (Emory University)
Nuclear receptors and corepressors - who's on first?
- Lori Pile (NIH)
Transcriptional repression in Drosophila, the role of the SIN3/RPD3 complex
- Tarlochan Dhadiella (Rohm and Haas)
Characterization of the EcR ligand-binding domain
Monday PM, July 2 | Genetic Approaches |
- Lucy Cherbas (Indiana University)
Genetic studies of the ecdysone receptor: Tissue-specific isoform requirements and genetic interactions
- Alex Schreiber (Carnegie Institution)
F0 genetics: A new approach to epithelium-mesenchyme interactions during amphibian metamorphosis
- Marcela Chavez (Center for Human Genetics, Leuven)
The genetics of ecdysone biosynthesis in Drosophila
- Lynn Riddiford (University of Washington)
Juvenile hormone and Broad Complex: Regulation of metamorphic switching
- Donald Riddle (University of Missouri)
Hormones and novel target genes for larval diapause and adult longevity in C. elegans
- Grace Jones (University of Kentucky)
Structural and Functional Analysis of USP: A Mediator of JH Regulation of
Transcription
Tuesday PM, July 3 | Molecular Switches I |
- Kevin White (Yale University)
Genomic approaches to understanding hormone-controlled gene networks in Drosophila.
- Gary Ruvkun (Harvard University)
Regulation of larval stage-specific transitions by tiny regulatory RNAs in C. elegans and beyond
- Carl Thummel (University of Utah)
Molecular mechanisms of ecdysone action in Drosophila
Wednesday AM, July 4 | Molecular Switches II |
- David Champlin (University of Southern Maine)
Cell cycle regulation by ecdysteroid and nitric oxide during metamorphosis of Manduca sexta
- Cynthia Bayer (University of Central Florida)
Genetic analysis of RhoA signaling in Drosophila leg morphogenesis
- Jean-Antoine Lepesant (University of Paris)
Temporal and spatial control of an ecdysone response by transcriptional activators and repressors in Drosophila
- Kevin Moses (Emory University)
Molecular switches in the fly eye: Seeing straight
Wednesday PM, July 4 | Tissue Morphogenesis |
- Yun-bo Shi (NIH)
Requirement for matrix metalloproteinases in apoptosis and cell migration during tissue remodeling
- Ronald Booker (Cornell University)
A cellular and genetic analysis of neurometamorphosis
- Andrew J. Andres (Northwestern University)
Glue exocytosis in the Drosophila salivary gland requires ecdysone-stimulated Ca[2+] elevations and activation of myosin motors
Thursday AM, July 5 | Evolution of Metamorphosis |
- James W. Truman (University of Washington)
Embryonic hormones and the origins of metamorphosis in insects
- Brad Davidson (University of Washington)
"A developmental role for the immune system in urochordate metamorphosis: Molecular and morphological investigations of ascidian metamorphosis reveal elements of an innate immune response"
Thursday PM, July 5 | Metamorphosis of the Nervous System |
- Liqun Luo (Stanford University)
Regulation of mushroom body axonal and dendritic pruning during Drosophila metamorphosis
- Darcy Kelley (Columbia University)
Hormones that control metamorphosis open the critical period for sexual differentiation
- Eric Rulifson (Stanford Univesity)
Insulins in Drosophila
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