June 06, 2018 – 2nd Boston Area Drosophila Meeting at Harvard Medical School
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Michael Rosbash |
AGENDA
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM |
NKT is required in the mushroom body for night sleep regulation. |
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM |
Does the fly larva get hungry? How internal state affects olfactory preference. |
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM |
Kinetochore proteins have a post-mitotic function in Drosophila neurodevelopment. |
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
Isoform-selective genome editing revealed expression and nociceptive function of Drosophila TrpA1 channel. |
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM |
Mapping neural circuits for alcohol reward in Drosophila. |
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM |
Plasma membrane localization of apoptotic caspases for non-apoptotic functions. |
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM |
Mispositioned nuclei: Distinct mechanisms drive similar phenotypes. |
11:15 AM – 11:20 AM |
[Lightning Talk] Restriction of apoptosis in Drosophila neuroblasts. |
11:20 AM – 11:25 AM |
[Lightning Talk] The role of Hippo signaling in epithelial cell fate determination. |
11:25 AM – 11:30 AM |
[Lightning Talk] Gene expression analysis in the developing ovary. |
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
LUNCH – Discussion Groups (NRB Cafeteria) |
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM |
Protein-protein interactions that modulate Polycomb function. |
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM |
Mechanotransduction via the LINC complex regulates DNA replication and chromosome organization in myonuclei. |
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM |
BAD romance: enrichment of a fly dosage compensation GAGA motif in the human X chromosome. |
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM |
FlyBase 2018: new look, new features. |
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM |
Regulation of endosomal microautophagy by cellular stress in Drosophila. |
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM |
Disco modulates apoptosis and hyperplasia downstream of the Notch-JNK signaling axis. |
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM |
Proteomics of protein trafficking by in vivo tissue-specific labeling. |
2:45 PM – 2:50 PM |
[Lightning Talk] Trans inter-homolog pairing in haplotype-resolved genomes. |
2:50 PM – 2:55 PM |
[Lightning Talk] Probabilistic Modeling of Drosophila Sleep Reveals Mechanisms Regulating Sleep Duration and Structure. |
2:55 PM – 3:00 PM |
[Lightning Talk] TRiP CRISPR fly stock update. |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM |
BREAK |
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University. Introduction by Stephanie Mohr, Harvard Medical School |
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September 23, 2016 – Inaugural Boston Area Drosophila Meeting at University of Massachusetts Boston
AGENDA
Talks: Campus Center Ballroom (3rd Floor, Ballroom C)
Movie: University Hall, Room 2300
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM |
"Resistance is Futile: Using the Fly to Overcome Stem Cell Drug Resistance" |
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM |
"A new role of E2F in endocycling fatbody cells" Ana Guarner Peralta, Nick Dyson Lab, Harvard Medical School |
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM |
"Ionotropic Receptors mediate detection of humidity" Zach Knecht, Paul Garrity Lab, Brandeis University |
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM |
"fs(1)h dependent neuroblast apoptosis" Antoine Borensztejn, Kristin White Lab, Harvard Medical School |
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM |
"Interaction of neurodegenerative APP and HTT proteins during axon growth via the proto-oncogene ABL" Lee Fradkin, UMass Medical School |
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM |
"Interaction between transcriptional co-activators and PRC1 on developmental genes" Hyuckjoon Kang, Mitzi Kuroda Lab, Harvard Medical School |
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM |
“Serotonergic activity controls sleep architecture in Drosophila” Chang Liu, Leslie Griffith Lab, Brandeis University |
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Refreshment break |
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM |
“Mechanisms of myonuclear movement” Torrey Mandigo, Eric Folker Lab, Boston College |
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM |
”Functional genomics and bioinformatics resources at the HMS DRSC & TRiP” Stephanie Mohr, Harvard Medical School |
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM |
“Optogenetic pacing in Drosophila melanogaster” Airong Li, Harvard Medical School |
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM |
“A new toolbox for the fly Sciara – a new/old model system” Susan Gerbi, Brown University |
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM |
“An optimized approach for CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activation in vivo” Ben Ewen-Campen, Norbert Perrimon Lab, Harvard Medical School |
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Walk to University Hall, Room 2300 |
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM |
Introduction and screening of “The Fly Room”![]() |