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2002 Annual Meeting Program & Awards

SDB 61st Annual Meeting
July 21-25, 2002
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI


President - Sean Carroll
Local Organizing Committee - John Fallon, Mary Halloran, John Doebly, Judith Kimble, Rick Amasino, Grace Panganiban, Allen Laughon, Seth Blair, Karen Downs, John White, and Jeff Hardin

Best Poster Awards
PROGRAM
    PDF file of PROGRAM  
     
  Numbers in Italics indicate Program Abstract Number.
For multiple authors, underlined name indicates speaker
.
     
Sunday July 21st  
  Meeting Registration   
  9am-5pm
Union Theater Foyer
Education Symposium I   
  9:00am - 12:00pm  
  Plenary I
Union Theater
    Chair: Karen Crawford  
 
9:00
Introductory remarks. S. Carroll. Univ. of Wisconsin.
1
9:05
Evolutionary developmental biology: a new way of teaching evolution. S. Gilbert. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
  Workshop 1
Play Circle
2
10:00
Getting the point: using PowerPoint for teaching and research. R. Beach and K. Crawford. Hollins Univ., Roanoke, VA; and St. Mary's Col. of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD.
  Workshop 2
Union Theater
 
10:00
Laboratories for Developmental Biology-Two different approaches. S. Singer, E. Cole and M. Montgomery. Carleton College, St. Olaf College and Macalester College.
     
Page Top
 
Noon
Lunch at Lakefront Café  
       
Education Symposium II   
  1:00 - 5:00pm  
  Workshop 3
Union Theater
3
1:00
Career opportunities in developmental biology and related fields. I. Chow. Soc. for Dev. Biol., Bethesda, MD. Co-sponsored by NIGMS
    Chair: Ida Chow  
    Panelists: Hans-Georg Simon (Northwestern - Academia vs. Industry) 
    Melissa Carpenter (Geron Corp. - Biotechnology) 
    Toby Horn (District of Columbia Public Schools - K-12 Education) 
    Larry Kerr (Office of Science and Technology Policy - Policy and Legislation) 
    Tyl Hewitt (NICHD - Grants and Program Administration) 
    Jennifer Weller (Virginia Tech - Bioinformatics) 
Plenary II  
Union Theater
 
2:30
The role of developmental biology in the 21st century curriculum. J. Hardin. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Education Posters and Resource Booth  
  3:30-5:00pm
Great Hall
  Education Resource Booth  
    Organizer: Diana Darnell. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 
  Education Posters  
     
  5:30 Dinner at Lakefront Café  
   
Presidential Symposium   
   7:00 - 9:00 PM
Union Theatre
    Chair: Sean Carroll  
 
7:00
Introductory remarks. S. Carroll. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
 
7:05
Fishing for the secrets of vertebrate evolution. D. Kingsley. Stanford Univ., CA
 
7:40
Decoding cis-regulatory information in metazoan genomes. M. Levine. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
20
8:15
An extraordinary dinosaur nesting site from Patagonia: understanding the reproductive behavior and early development of the largest land animals. L.M. Chiappe. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA.
   
Poster Session I and Opening Reception   
   9:00 - 11:00 PM Great Hall and Tripp Commons
 
Poster Session I:
Development and Evolution
Signaling
Gene Regulation
Functional Genomics
Early Embryo Patterning
Morphogenesis
Cell Proliferation
Molecular Medicine and Development
   
Monday July 22nd  
 Meeting Registration   
   8am-5pm
Union Theater Foyer
Funding Opportunities in Developmental Biology 
   8-9am
Humanities 2650
    Moderator - Ida Chow. Society for Developmental Biology, Bethesda, MD 
    Representatives from NSF, NIH, American Cancer Society, March of Dimes and other agencies. 
   
Concurrent Symposia   
9 AM - 12:15 PM
Each symposium has talks by invited speakers (30 min) and by authors selected from contributed abstracts (15 min), with coffee break at 10:30am.
Symposium 1 -- Regulation of Morphogenetic Signaling
Humanities 2650
    Chair: Arthur Lander  
185
9:00
Interplay of receptors, co-receptors, and molecular diffusion in the regulation of developmental signaling. A.D. Lander, K. Ding, E. Kanakubo, A. Kumbasar, Q. Nie, L. Pham, J.A. Sanchez and F.Y.M. Wan. Univ. of California, Irvine, CA.
186
9:30
FGF signaling is governed by distinct heparan sulfate domains during mouse development. B.L. Allen and A.C. Rapraeger. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
187
9:45
Syndecan 2 is asymmetrically regulated by PKC during early Xenopus left-right development. K.L. Kramer and H.J. Yost. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
188
10:00
Regulation of cell polarity during zebrafish gastrulation. L. Solnica-Krezel, F. Marlow, J. Topczewski, J. Jessen and D. Sepich. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN.
 
10:30
Break  
189
10:45
Xlefty antagonizes both Nodal and Wnt signaling during gastrulation. W.W. Branford and H.J. Yost. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
190
11:00
Regulation of extracellular signaling by cell surface sulfatases. X. Ai, D. Spillmann, U. Lindahl and C.P. Emerson, Jr. Univ. of Pennsylvania Sch. of Med., Philadelphia, PA; and Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden.
191
11:15
?-catenin is differentially degraded along the animal-vegetal axis of early sea urchin embryos in a GSK-3?-dependent manner. H.E. Weitzel and C.A. Ettensohn. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA.
192
11:30
Characterization of the in vivo substrate activities of the mammalian BMP-1/Tolloid-related metalloproteinases: analysis of the Bmp1/Tll1 double knockout. W.N. Pappano and D.S. Greenspan. Univ. of Wisconsin Med. Sch., Madison, WI.
193
11:45
Functional genomic analysis of cellular morphology using high-throughput RNAi screens. A. Kiger, B. Baum, S. Armknecht, M. Chang, M. Jones, A. Coulson, S. Jones, B. Sšnnichsen, C. Echeverri and N. Perrimon. HHMI/Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA; Wellcome Trust Sanger Inst., Cambridge, UK; and Cenix BioScience GmbH, Dresden, Germany
   
Symposium 2: Making and Connecting the Brain
Humanities 3650
    Chair: Mary Halloran. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. WI 
194
9:00
Genetic analysis of the roles of BMPs and FGFs in forebrain patterning. S.K. McConnell and J. Hébert. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA.
195
9:30
Dual roles for FGF signaling in promoting zebrafish hindbrain development. L. Maves and C.B. Kimmel. Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
196
9:45
Generating the mammalian neocortical area map. E.A. Grove. Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
197
10:15
Coordinate regulation of neuronal fate by homeodomain factors Exex, dNk6, and Ddbx. H. Broihier, A. Kuzin, Y. Zhu, W. Odenwald and J. Skeath. Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, MO; and NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
10:30
Break  
198
10:45
Genetic analysis of axonal guidance in the zebrafish embryo. J. Zhang, S. Zhao and M. Granato. Univ. of Pennsylvania Sch. of Med., Philadelphia, PA.
199
11:15
EphA4-ephrin interactions in axon pathfinding. C.E. Krull, J. Eberhart, M.E. Swartz and E.B. Pasquale. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and Burnham Inst., La Jolla, CA.
200
11:30
Identification of a cell autonomous neuronal function for Commissureless in axon guidance. V.L. McGovern and M.A. Seeger. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH.
11:45
Axon guidance and synaptogenesis in Drosophila. Kai Zinn. Caltech, Pasadena, CA
     
 
12:15
Lunch at Lakefront Café  
 
NIGMS 40th Anniversary Symposium -- Dealing with Complexity 
   1:00 - 3:30 PM
Union Theatre
    Chair: Stuart Kim  
201
1:00
Global analysis of gene expression in C. elegans. S.K. Kim. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA.
202
1:30
Unraveling the genetic hierarchy of muscle development using genetics and genomics. E.E.M. Furlong, R.D. Artero, M.K. Baylies and M.P. Scott. HHMI/Stanford Univ. Med. Sch., Stanford, CA; and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., New York, NY.
 
2:00
Genome regulatory networks in living cells. R. Young. MIT, Cambridge, MA
 
2:30
A functional genomics approach to the discovery of cis-regulatory DNA. D. Keys. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
 
3:00
Genome wide RNAi screening in C. elegans and its application to studying early cell polarity. J. Ahringer. Univ. of Cambridge, U.K.
 
3:30
Break  
   
Imaging Cells and Molecules Workshop   
  3:45 - 5:30 PM
Union Theatre
    Chair: John White  
203
3:45
Common mechanisms underlying growth cone guidance and axon branching. K. Kalil, F. Tang and E.W. Dent. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
204
4:10
Using multiphoton microscopy to explore the dynamics of embryonic development. J.M. Squirrell. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
4:35
Real time observation of the physiology of apoptosis in cells. B. Herman. Univ. of Texas Hlth. Ctr. at San Antonio, TX
205
5:00
Single-molecule physiology under an optical microscope: how molecular machines may work. K. Kinosita, Jr. Okazaki Natl. Res. Inst., Okazaki, Japan.
Meet the SDB Directors - Reception for students and postdocs
   5:00 - 6:00 PM
Inn Wisconsin
       
 
5:30
Dinner at Lakefront Café  
 
Plenary I: The Development of Cell, Organ, and Organismal Size 
   7:00 - 9:00 PM
Union Theatre
    Chair: Martin Raff  
206
7:00
Size control. M. Raff. Univ. Col. London, London, UK.
7:30
Cell-cell communication during Drosophila eye development. E. Hafen. Univ. of ZŸrich, Switzerland
8:00
The roles of functionally overlapping gene families in regulating stem cell identity. S. Clark. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
207
8:30
The control of body size in Manduca sexta. F. Nijhout. Duke Univ., Durham, NC.
   
Poster Session I and Mixer   
   9:00 - 11:00 PM
Great Hall and Tripp Commons
 
Poster Session I:
Development and Evolution
Signaling
Gene Regulation
Functional Genomics
Early Embryo Patterning
Morphogenesis
Cell Proliferation
Molecular Medicine and Development
   
Tuesday July 23rd  
  Gene-Tools Breakfast Tutorial
Humanities 2650
  7:30 - 8:45AM Morpholino antisense: Mechanism & design. P. Morcos and S. Knuth. Gene-Tools, LLC
Meeting Registration   
  8am-5pm
Union Theater Foyer
Set up for Poster Session II   
  8-11:30am
Great Hall and Tripp Commons
   
Concurrent Symposia   
9 AM - 12:15 PM
Each symposium has talks by invited speakers (30 min) and by authors selected from contributed abstracts (15 min), with coffee break at 10:30am. 
Symposium 3: Signaling into the Cytoskeleton
Humanities 2650
    Chair: Jeff Axelrod  
208
9:00
Regulation of cell migration by Rho GTPases. H. Daub, S. Etienne-Manneville and A. Hall. Univ. Col. London, London, UK.
209
9:30
Drosophila inhibitor of apoptosis (DIAP1) affects the actin cytoskeleton and is required for border cell migration. E.R. Geisbrecht and D.J. Montell. Johns Hopkins Sch. of Med., Baltimore, MD.
210
9:45
Cell biological studies of ephrin-B1 signaling in avian neural crest cell migration. A.J. Ewald and S.E. Fraser. Caltech, Pasadena, CA.
211
10:00
Two-component circuitry in Arabidopsis cytokinin signal transduction. I. Hwang and J. Sheen. Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA.
10:30
Break  
212
10:45
Rac and Rho act in parallel in signaling pathways that ultimately converge to control convergent extension during Xenopus gastrulation. E. Tahinci and K. Symes. Boston Univ. Sch. of Med., Boston, MA.
213
11:00
Finding their way - role of PI3K in directional sensing. R.A. Firtel, S. Funamoto and R. Meili. Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
214
11:30
A secreted cell-number counting factor represses intracellular glucose levels to regulate group size in Dictyostelium. W. Jang, B. Chiem and R.H. Gomer. HHMI and Rice Univ., Houston, TX.
215
11:45
Feedback loops and gradients determine cortical domains during planar cell polarity signaling. D. Ma, D. Tree, C-H. Yang, M. Simon and J. Axelrod. Stanford Univ. Sch. of Med., Stanford, CA.
 
Symposium 4: Development of Sensory Systems
Humanities 3650
    Chair: Connie Cepko  
216
9:00
Scents and sensibility: development of chemosensory neurons in C. elegans. P. Sengupta. Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA.
217
9:30
FGF signaling and early ear development in the zebrafish. B.B. Riley, B.T. Phillips, S-J. Kwak and R. Heck. Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX.
218
10:00
BMP gradient and Tbx genes determine the dorsal-ventral polarity of eye. K. Koshiba-Takeuchi, J. Takeuchi, T. Suzuki and T. Ogura. Nara Inst. of Sci. and Technol., Nara, Japan.
219
10:15
Establishing the pre-placodal region. A. Litsiou, K.W. McLarren and A. Streit. King's Col., Guy's Hosp., London, UK.
10:30
Break  
220
10:45
Lamina selective synapse formation in the visual system. J.R. Sanes, J.A. Weiner and M. Yamagata. Washington Univ. Med. Sch., St. Louis, MO.
221
11:15
Formation of the rod photoreceptor cell mosaic. J.M. Fadool. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL.
222
11:30
Prospero: from inner photoreceptor to R7 cell fate. T. Cook and C. Desplan. New York Univ., New York, NY.
11:45
Genomics approaches to photoreceptor development and disease. C. Cepko. Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA.
       
 
12:15
Lunch at Lakefront Café  
 
SDB Business Meeting - Membership vote on changes to SDB's Articles of Incorporation
  1:30 - 2:00 PM
Humanities 2650
   
Poster Session II   
  2:00--5:30pm
Great Hall and Tripp Commons
 
Poster Session II
Patterning and Transcription Factors
Cell Motility and Guidance
Cell Fate Specification
Germ Cells and Gametogenesis
Fertilization
Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration
Organogenesis
 
Concurrent Symposia  
2 - 5:15 PM
Each symposium has talks by invited speakers (30 min) and by authors selected from contributed abstracts (15 min), with coffee break at 3:30pm.
Symposium 5: Organogenesis
Humanities 2650
    Chair: John Fallon
363
2:00
Limb development in the absence of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) and Gli3 function. J.F. Fallon, Y. Litingtung, Y. Li, R.D. Dahn and C. Chiang. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN.
364
2:30
Two linked hairy/enhancer of split-related zebrafish genes, her1 and her7, function together to refine alternating somite boundaries. C.A. Henry, M.K. Urban, K.K. Dill, J.P. Merlie, M.F. Page, C.B. Kimmel and S.L. Amacher. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
365
2:45
Initiation and elaboration of leaves. S. Hake, A. Hay, H. Smith and M. Tsiantis. Plant Gene Expression Ctr., Albany, CA; and Oxford Univ., Oxford, UK.
366
3:15
Flower development in pea: role of Proliferating inflorescence meristem, an AP1 homolog. S. Singer, S. Maki, J. Sollinger, J. Plotz, K. Fitzgerald, J. Fishbach and H. Mullen. Carleton Col., Northfield, MN; and Southern Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR.
3:30
Break  
367
3:45
Regulation of ectodermal organogenesis by TNF signaling. I. Thesleff. Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
368
4:15
The ventral midline endoderm constitutes a molecularly distinct population of cells. Y-X. Li, M. Zdanowicz, H. Stadt and M. Kirby. Duke Univ. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC.
4:30
Determining the principles of Hedgehog signaling in patterning the vertebrate embryo. A. McMahon. Harvard Univ.
369
5:00
STRUBBELIG and the control of organ size and early organogenesis in plants. D. Chevalier, M. Schellenberg and K. Schneitz. Univ. of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and Tech. Univ. of MŸnich, Freising, Germany.
 
Symposium 6: Evolution of Morphological Diversity
Humanities 3650
    Chair: David Baum. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 
370
2:00
Evolution of a well-characterized embryonic promotor: the Endo16 cis-regulatory system of sea urchins. G.A. Wray. Duke Univ., Durham, NC.
371
2:30
Engrailed expression in 3 polychaete annelids: a possible role in chaetogenesis. E.C. Seaver and M.Q. Martindale. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.
2:45
Axial specification in vertebrates. A. Burke. Wesleyan College.
372
3:15
Antagonism between bone morphogenesis proteins and Noggin in the branching morphogenesis of feathers. M. Yu, P. Wu and C-M. Chuong. USC, Los Angeles, CA.
3:30
Break  
3:45
The molecular evolution of plant shoot architecture. M. Purugganan. North Carolina State Univ.
373
4:15
Activation of FLC by ART1, ART2 and FRI is required for the altered body plan of the Sy-0 ecotype of Arabidopsis. B. Poduska, T. Humphrey, A. Redweik and V. Grbic. Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
374
4:30
Evolution of vulva development in nematodes: from genetics and genomics to gene function. R.J. Sommer. Max-Planck Inst. for Devl. Biol., Tuebingen, Germany.
375
5:00
Rapid coevolution of the nematode sex-determining genes fem-3 and tra-2. E.S. Haag, S. Wang, D. Bernstein, M. Wickens and J. Kimble. HHMI/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
       
 
5:30
Dinner at Lakefront Café  
 
Plenary II: Making Boundaries   
  7:00 - 9:00 PM
Union Theatre
    Chair: Seth Blair, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 
376
7:00
Lineage compartments and signaling boundaries in the wing of the fruitfly. S.S. Blair. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
7:30
Positional information in leaf polarity determination. K. Barton. Carnegie Institution of Washington/Stanford Univ., CA
377
8:00
Linking morphogen gradients to morphogenesis. E. Bier, J. Trimble, K. Lunde and O. Cook. Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
378
8:30
The establishment of crustacean segments. N.H. Patel. Univ. of Chicago/HHMI, Chicago, IL.
   
Poster Session II and Mixer   
  9 - 11 PM
Great Hall and Tripp Commons
 
Poster Session II
Patterning and Transcription Factors
Cell Motility and Guidance
Cell Fate Specification
Germ Cells and Gametogenesis
Fertilization
Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration
Organogenesis
 
Wednesday July 24th  
  Meeting Registration  
   8am-5pm
Union Theater Foyer
     
Plenary III: Developmental Timing 
   9:00 - 11:15 AM
Union Theatre
    Chair: Rick Amasino. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 
379
9:00
MicroRNAs and heterochronic genes. V. Ambros, R. Lee, A. Abbott, L. Sempere, A. Lavanway, N. Sokol and D. Jewell. Dartmouth Med. Sch., Hanover, NH.
380
9:30
Genetic regulation of vegetative phase change in plants. S. Poethig. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
381
10:00
Light control of Arabidopsis development, a role of protein degradation. X.W. Deng. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT.
10:30
Break  
382
10:45
Does the segmentation clock measure embryonic time? O. Pourquié, K. Dale, M-L. Dequeant, J. Dubrulle, T. Iimura, C. Jouve, M. McGrew, P. Malapert, M. Maroto and S. Millet. CNRS, INSERM-Univ. de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
 
Conklin Award Lecture   
  11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Union Theater
    Gail Martin. Univ. of Calif. San Francisco, CA 
    FGF signaling in vertebrate development. 
       
 
12:15
Lunch at Lakefront Café  
       
Concurrent Symposia   
1:30 - 5:00 PM
Each symposium has talks by invited speakers (30 min) and by authors selected from contributed abstracts (15 min), with coffee break at 3:00pm. 
Symposium 7: Control of Gene Expression
Humanities 2650
    Chair: Allen Laughon. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 
1:30
Regulation of gene expression in primary spermatocytes by male specific transcription machinery. M. Fuller. Stanford Univ., CA
2:00
The role of genomic imprinting in seed development. U. Grossniklaus. Univ. of ZŸrich, Switzerland
383
2:30
Transcription factor networks in development: deciphering regulatory links using single cell expression profiles and computational analysis. K. Birnbaum, J. Jung, G. Lambert, D.W. Galbraith and P.N. Benfey. New York Univ., New York, NY.
384
2:45
Nuclear localization of Dishevelled is required for Wnt/beta-catenin signal transduction. K. Itoh, B. Brott, M. Ratcliffe and S. Sokol. Harvard Med. Sch. and Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr., Boston, MA.
3:00
Break  
385
3:15
BMP signals positively regulates Nodal expression during early somite stage in the chick embryo--implications for left-right development. M.E. Piedra and M.A. Ros. Univ. de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
386
3:30
ENU-induced allelic series of Smad4 mutations in murine ES cells. Y. Chen, J. Vivian, D. Yee, E. Schneider and T. Magnuson. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
3:45
How to build an organ: PHA-4 and foregut development in C. elegans. Susan Mango. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
387
4:15
Tracheal branching morphogenesis in Drosophila as a model system to analyze cell migration in vivo. M. Affolter. Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland.
 
Symposium 8: Germ Cells 
Humanities 3650
    Chair: Ruth Lehmann  
388
1:30
Exclusion of germ plasm components from somatic lineages by localized protein degradation. C. Derenzo, K. Reese and G. Seydoux. Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Med., Baltimore, MD.
389
2:00
FBF controls germline stem cells in Caenorhabditis elegans. S.L. Crittenden, D.S. Bernstein, J.L. Bachorik, B.E. Thompson, G. Moulder, R. Barstead, M. Wickens and J. Kimble. HHMI and Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and Oklahoma Med. Res. Fndn., Oklahoma City, OK.
390
2:15
Separation of the germ line at the 8-cell stage - the invariant cell lineage of the amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis. M. Gerberding, W. Browne, S. Lall and N. Patel. HHMI/Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
391
2:30
Recognition and rejection of self in plant reproduction. J.B. Nasrallah. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY.
3:00
Break  
392
3:15
Translational control of maternal mRNA. Q. Cao, I. Groisman, J. Tay and J.D. Richter. Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Sch., Worcester, MA.
393
3:45
Oocyte determination in Drosophila. C. Navarro, M. Grunwald and R. Lehmann. HHMI/Skirball Inst., New York Univ. Med. Ctr., New York, NY.
394
4:00
A mutagenesis screen to identify maternal factors required in early zebrafish development. D.S. Wagner, R. Dosch, B.A. Holloway, W.Y. Mei, K.A. Mintzer and M.C. Mullins. Univ. of Pennsylvania Med. Sch., Philadelphia, PA.
395
4:15
Germline development in Drosophila. R. Lehmann, L. Gilboa, R. Martinho and J. Stein. Skirball Inst. and HHMI, New York Univ. Sch. of Med., New York, NY.
   
Awards Ceremony and Banquet   
   6:00-11:00 PM
Lakefront Café
Awards Ceremony   
  Lifetime Achievement Award - David S. Hogness. Stanford Univ., CA
  Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize - Scott Gilbert. Swarthmore Coll., PA
  Best Poster Competition -Winners to be selected
  Awards Banquet and Entertainment   
   
Thursday July 25th
  Departure
   
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
Photographs used in the poster and cover of the Program/Abstract Booklet were generously provided by:
  Phil Benfey
  Sean Carroll
  Karen Crawford
  Brigid Hogan
  Sally Moody
  Gary Schoenwolf
  Chris Wright
   
Grants:  
  National Science Foundation
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  National Institute of Deafness and Communicative Diseases
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
   
Sponsors:  
  Academic Press/Elsevier Science
  Carl Zeiss, Inc.
  Gene Tools, LLC
  Merck Research Laboratories
  Promega Corporation
   
Exhibitors:  
  Blackwell Publishing
  Elsevier Science
  Fine Science Tools
  Intavis, Inc.
  John Wiley & Sons
  Protech International, Inc.
  R & D Systems, Inc.
  Rockefeller University Press
  Sinauer Associates, Inc.
  The Company of Biologists, Ltd.
   
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