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June 06, 2018 – 2nd Boston Area Drosophila Meeting at Harvard Medical School
 
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Michael Rosbash
Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, Professor of Biology | Brandeis University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Nobel Laureate - Physiology or Medicine (2017)

AGENDA

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

NKT is required in the mushroom body for night sleep regulation.
Lauren Crowe, R. Jackson Lab, Tufts University

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Does the fly larva get hungry? How internal state affects olfactory preference.
Katrin Vogt, A. Samuel lab, Harvard University

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Kinetochore proteins have a post-mitotic function in Drosophila neurodevelopment.
Guoli Zhao, T. Schwarz Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

Isoform-selective genome editing revealed expression and nociceptive function of Drosophila TrpA1 channel.
Yang Xiang, University of Massachusetts Medical School

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Mapping neural circuits for alcohol reward in Drosophila.
Kristin Scaplen, K. Kaun Lab, Brown University

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Plasma membrane localization of apoptotic caspases for non-apoptotic functions.
Alla Amcheslavsky, A. Bergmann Lab, University of Massachusetts Medical School

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Mispositioned nuclei: Distinct mechanisms drive similar phenotypes.
Mary Ann Collins, Folker Lab, Boston College

11:15 AM – 11:20 AM

[Lightning Talk] Restriction of apoptosis in Drosophila neuroblasts.
Katherine Harding, K. White Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

11:20 AM – 11:25 AM

[Lightning Talk] The role of Hippo signaling in epithelial cell fate determination.
Heya Zhao, A. Veraksa Lab, University of Massachusetts, Boston

11:25 AM – 11:30 AM

[Lightning Talk] Gene expression analysis in the developing ovary.
Shreeharsha Tarikere, C. Extavour Lab, Harvard University

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

LUNCH – Discussion Groups (NRB Cafeteria)
• Chromatin/DNA repair – Mitzi Kuroda
• Tools/Techniques/Disease models – Michele Markstein
• Neurobiology – Troy Littleton
• Cell death/apoptosis – Kristin White

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Protein-protein interactions that modulate Polycomb function.
Hyuckjoon Kang, M. Kuroda Lab, Harvard Medical School

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Mechanotransduction via the LINC complex regulates DNA replication and chromosome organization in myonuclei.
Shuoshuo Wang, T. Lionnet lab, New York University

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

BAD romance: enrichment of a fly dosage compensation GAGA motif in the human X chromosome.
Edridge D'Souza, M. Markstein lab, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM

FlyBase 2018: new look, new features.
Gil dos Santos, FlyBase, Harvard University

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Regulation of endosomal microautophagy by cellular stress in Drosophila.
Ana Mesquita, A. Jenny Lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM

Disco modulates apoptosis and hyperplasia downstream of the Notch-JNK signaling axis.
Diana Ho, S. Artavanis-Tsakonas Lab, Harvard Medical School

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Proteomics of protein trafficking by in vivo tissue-specific labeling.
Ilia Droujinine, N. Perrimon Lab, Harvard Medical School

2:45 PM – 2:50 PM

[Lightning Talk] Trans inter-homolog pairing in haplotype-resolved genomes.
Jelena Erceg, T. Wu Lab, Harvard Medical School

2:50 PM – 2:55 PM

[Lightning Talk] Probabilistic Modeling of Drosophila Sleep Reveals Mechanisms Regulating Sleep Duration and Structure.
Timothy Wiggin, L. Griffith Lab, Brandeis University

2:55 PM – 3:00 PM

[Lightning Talk] TRiP CRISPR fly stock update.
J. Zirin, DRSC/TRiP-FGR, Harvard Medical School

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"
Michele Markstein, UMass Amherst

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”
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