2010 Hilde Mangold Postdoctoral Symposium

 

Each speaker received a $400 travel award sponsored by Genentech. 

Program abstract numbers are in Italics.  Published in Developmental Biology 344 (2010), A1-A152

 

1^st Prize: SDB Best Postdoctoral Presentation Award to attend the Developmental Biology Teaching Workshop at Darling Marine Center of the University of Maine (by Leland Johnson and Eric Cole) the following year (http://www.dmc.maine.edu/courses.html#devbiocourse); or another conference / workshop of choice upon approval. 

375  Flotillin2 inhibits the activity of an epidermal wound response sensor.  Michelle T. Juarez, William McGinnis.  UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093.

 

2^nd Prize: $500 cash award sponsored by Molecular Reproduction and Development published by Wiley-Blackwell.

190  Going rogue: In vivo analysis of axon transport in zebrafish.  Catherine M. Drerup, Stefanie Kaech, Gary Banker, Alex Nechiporuk.  Dept. of Dev. Biol., OHSU, Portland, OR, USA.

 

360  Quantitative analysis of cis-regulatory genes and networks.  Jongmin Nam, Eric H. Davidson. Division of Biology, CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, USA.

178  brambleberry mutants reveal new molecular insight into the mechanics of nuclear division during early embryonic development.  Elliott W. Abrams, Florence Marlow, Lee Kapp, Tripti Gupta, Mary Mullins.  Dept. of Cell and Dev, U Penn.

130  Oocyte polarity and the patterning of zygotic gene expression are regulated by maternal PCP genes.  Sang-Wook Cha, Emmanuel Tadjuijde, Christopher Wylie, Janet Heasman.  Div. of Dev. Biol., CCHMC, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

115  Fritz regulates the membrane stability mediated by septins dynamics during Convergent Extension in Xenopus embryo.  Asako Shindo, Tae Joo Park, Su Kyoung Kim, John B. Wallingford.  Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

201  Planar polarized cellular protrusions break the symmetry of EGFR signaling during the fate determination of bract cells in Drosophila.  Ying Peng, Jeff Axelrod.  Dept. of Pathology, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA.

175  Loss of primary cilia affect neural crest cell behavior and leads to craniofacial defects.  Samantha Brugmann, Nancy C. Allen, Aaron W. James, Zesemayat Mekonnen, Elena Madan, Jill A. Helms.  Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

 

 

SDB 2010 Best Student Poster Competition Winners

 

Program abstract numbers are in Italics.  Published in Developmental Biology 344 (2010), A1-A152

 

Graduate Students

1^st prize: Trip to BSDB Spring Meeting in UK, an exchange program between BSDB and SDB. 

317  Signaling through BMP receptors promotes respiratory identity in the foregut through repression of SOX2. Eric T. Domyan, Yuji Mishina, Xin Sun. Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

 

2^nd prize: $1,000 cash award sponsored by genesis, published by Wiley-Blackwell.  

219  Tubular extension and cell epithelialization are coordinately regulated and influenced by adjacent tissues. Yuji Atsuta, Emi Ohata, Ryosuke Tadokoro, Daisuke Saitou, Yoshiko Takahashi. Grad. Sch. of Biosci., Nara Inst. of Sci. and Tech., Nara, Japan.

 

3^rd prize: $500 cash award sponsored by Molecular Development and Reproduction, published by Wiley-Blackwell.  

162  Using the brainbow to trace lineages in early mouse development. Inna Tabansky, Ryan W. Draft, Jacqueline Rosains, Jean Livet, Jeff W. Lichtman, Joshua R. Sanes, Kevin C. Eggan. Depts of MCB and SCRB, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Stowers Biomedical Institute, Cambridge, MA; CBS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Dept of MCB, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; INSERM, Institute de Vision and UPMS University of Paris, Paris, France.

 

The winners will also receive one-year online subscription to Developmental Biology, sponsored by SDB and one-year subscription to Development, Growth & Differentiation, sponsored by JSDB and Wiley-Blackwell Asia Pacific.

 

Undergraduate Students

Tied for first place and splitting the SDB cash prize, $100 each:

329  Suppression of C. elegans aph-1 Mutants by Increasing mRNA Levels. Phoebe Arbogast, Valerie A. Hale, Caroline Goutte. Dept. of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. USA

 

298  Calcium Channel Antagonists and Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification. Brittany B. Lewis, Lauren E. Miller, Margaret S. Saha. Dept. of Biology, College of William and Mary, VA, USA.

 

 

John Doctor Best Education Poster Award

 

Tied for the first place and splitting the SDB cash prize, $500 each:

69  Humanoids: a creative application project for developmental biology courses. Judith M. Thorn^a,  Larissa E. Roy^a,b, Erin A. Jezuit^a, Jacqueline W. Brittingham^c.  ^aDept. of Biology, Knox College, Galesburg, IL; ^bDept. of Education, Illinois State Univ.; ^cDept. of Biology, Simpson College, Indianola, IA.  For copies please email Judy Thorn at [email protected]

 

24  Impacting K-12: What makes Project BioEYES work? Jamie Shuda^a, Susan Artes^b, Steven A. Farber^b. ^aInst. of Reg. Med, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ^bDept of Embryology, Carnegie Inst. for Science, Baltimore, MD.  For details: http://www.bioeyes.org


 

2010 SDB Awards
 

The 2010 Edwin G. Conklin Medal will be awarded Noriyuki Satoh, of the Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology, Japan, for his revitalization of the field of ascidian developmental biology in which Conklin himself galvanized in 1905. Satoh applied molecular methods to this classical system identifying the molecular clock in the ascidian egg, conducting molecular phylogenetic studies, and spearheading the sequencing of the Ciona genome. 

The Developmental Biology-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded to Margaret Buckingham of the Pasteur Institute in France, for her continued contribution to our understanding of the molecular components of both skeletal and cardiac muscle development.  Her transgenic mouse work led to the identification of a second heart field. 

The Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize recipient is Maxine Singer of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, for her dedication to science education through programs like First Light, a Saturday science school for elementary school students in Washington, DC, and the Carnegie Academy for Science Education, a training program to enhance the science competency of primary school teachers.