Friday, October 21, 2022 (Online Kickoff held in Virtual Chair platform)
3:00 - 5:00PM On-line poster kick-off event/happy hour
- 3:00 - 3:30 PM Networking
- 3:30 - 4:15 PM poster session 1
- 4:15 - 5:00 PM poster session 2
Saturday, October 22, 2022
1:00 PM In-person registration at Allerton Park and Retreat Center
1:30 – 1:45 PM - Opening Remarks
1:45 – 3:00 PM Platform presentation session: Development
- 1:45 PM Prostaglandins Limit Nuclear Actin to Control Nucleolar Activity During Oogenesis. Danielle Talbot – Laboratory of Tina Tootle, University of Iowa
- 2:00 PM Control of Crag’s Localization and Activity in the Polarized Deposition of Basement Membrane Proteins in Epithelial Cells. Hemin Shah – Laboratory of Olivier Devergne, Northern Illinois University
- 2:15 PM The Histone Chaperone NASP Maintains H3-H4 Reservoirs in The Early Drosophila Embryo. Reyhaneh Tirgar – Laboratory of Jared T. Nordman, Vanderbilt University
- 2:30 PM How the Thanos Requirement Leads to an End Game on Wing Fate During Ectopic Eye Formation. Allie Smith – Laboratory of Justin Kumar, Indiana University
- 2:45 PM Trithorax is an Essential Regulator of Cardiac Hox Gene Expression and Anterior-Posterior Patterning of the Embryonic Dorsal Vessel. Adam J. Farmer – Laboratory of Kristopher R. Schwab, Indiana State University
3:00 – 3:30 PM Break Opportunity for Socializing/Networking
3:30 – 4:45 PM Platform presentation session 2: Evolution and Resource Updates
3:30 PM Prevention of Ribosome Collision-induced Neuromuscular Degeneration by SARS CoV-2- encoded Nsp1. Xingjun Wang – Laboratory of Bingwei Lu, Stanford University
3:45 PM Rapid Evolutionary Diversification of the flamenco Locus Across simulans Clade Drosophila. Sarah Signor, North Dakota State University
4:00 PM Fly-CURE, a Multi-institutional CURE, Has a Positive Impact on Students’ Self-efficacy, Sense of Belonging, and Interest to Pursue Additional Research Experiences. Julie Merkle, University of Evansville
4:15 PM BDSC Update. Cale Whitworth, Indiana University
4:25 PM Flybase Update. Brian Calvi, Indiana University
4:35 PM DGRC Update. Arthur Luhur, Indiana University
4:45 – 5:00 PM short break
5:00 – 6:00 PM Keynote Presentation: Control of the Drosophila Germline Stem Cell Lineage by Diet, Temperature, and Whole-Body Physiology. Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, University of Wisconsin
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Poster Session 1
8:00 PM -9:00 PM Poster Session 2
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Social Time
Sunday, October 23, 2022
8:00 - 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 AM Platform presentation session 3: Neuroscience and Signaling
- 9:00 AM A Role for SIFa Receptor in the Regulation of Drosophila Circadian Feeding Rhythms. Andi Beaudouin – Laboratory of Daniel Cavanaugh, Loyola University
- 9:15 AM A FMRP-Dependent Pathway for the Glial Phagocytosis of Brain Neurons. Jagarlamudi Rincon – Laboratory of Kendal Broadie, Vanderbilt University
- 9:30 AM Drosophila Models of SNRNP200-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa Exhibit Photoreceptor Abnormalities. Sara K. Mayer – Laboratory of Lori L. Wallrath, University of Iowa
- 9:45 AM Velvet Ant Venom Activates Pain-Sensing Neurons Through Pickpocket and Balboa, Homologs of DEG/ENaC and ASIC Channels. Lydia J. Borjon – Laboratory of Daniel Tracey, Indiana University
- 10:00 AM Rho GTPases Play an Important Role in Germ Cell Migration. Mia Seohee – Laboratory of Afshan Ismat. University of Saint Thomas, Minnesota
10:15 - 10:45 AM Break Opportunity for Socializing/Networkingand group photo
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Platform presentation session 4: Gene Expression and Models
- 10:45 AM Obesity is not a Direct Cause of Infertility. Nunes Rodrigo Dutra – Laboratory of Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, University of Wisconsin
- 11:00 AM Loss of E2F Regulation on The Expression of Phosphoglycerate Kinase (Pgk) Gene Exerts Broad Effects on Metabolism. Maria Paula Zappia – Laboratory of Maxim V. Frolov, University of Illinois Chicago
- 11:15 AM Ataxin-3 Ubiquitination at Lysine 117 Impacts its Toxicity in Drosophila Models of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3. Nikhil C. Patel – Laboratory of Sokol V. Todi, Wayne State University
- 11:30 AM Role Of M1BP, A Transcriptional Pausing Factor in JNK-mediated Cell Death During Eye Development. Anuradha Venkatakrishnan Chimata – Laboratory of Amit Singh, University of Dayton
- 11:45 AM CDK11 Active Site Phosphorylation is Crucial for Cell Cycle Progression. Abdulrahman Aljabri – Laboratory of Daimark Bennett, Taibah University, KSA and University of Liverpool
12:00 - 12:20 PM Awards and Business Meeting
12:20 PM Departure
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