Saturday, July 10 |
8 PM |
Mixer |
Sunday, July 11 |
AM |
Hormonal Regulation of Metamorphosis |
Discussion Leader: L. I. Gilbert (University of North Carolina) |
9:00 |
Janis Weeks (University of Oregon)
Ecdysteroid regulation of synaptic reorganization and neuronal death during Manduca metamorphosis |
9:40 |
Fred Nijhout (Duke University)
Diversity and complexity in the hormonal control of metamorphosis |
10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break |
10:50 |
Robert Denver (University of Michigan)
Development and function of the neuroendocrine system during amphibian metamorphosis |
11:20 |
Tyrone Hayes (University of California, Berkeley)
Integrative approaches to amphibian metamorphosis: the role of environment, hormones, and genes |
12:10-12:25 |
Selected short presentation |
4:30-6 PM |
Poster Session |
8:00 PM |
Keynote Speaker: Donald D. Brown (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
The multiple genetic programs of metamorphosis |
Monday, July 12 |
AM |
Gene Activation and Repression |
Discussion Leader: William Segraves (Yale University) |
9:00 |
Alan Wolffe (NIH)
Transcriptional repression strategies and transcriptional control by TR/RXR and v-erbA that make use of chromatin modification and disruption |
9:40 |
Michael Stallcup (University of Southern California)
Multiple coactivators that mediate transcriptional activation by nuclear receptors |
10:20-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
10:50 |
Beatrice Darimont (University of California, San Francisco)
Mechanism of ligand dependent activation of nuclear receptors. |
11:30 |
Michael Levine (University of California, Berkeley)
Transcriptional control of Drosophila and Ciona embryogenesis |
12:10-12:25 |
Selected short presentation |
4:30-6 PM |
Poster Session |
PM |
Hormonal Receptors and Gene Regulation |
Discussion Leader: Donald Brown (Carnegie Institution of Washington) |
7:30 |
Peter Cherbas (Indiana University)
EcR/USP as a switch: alternative activation domains, dimerization, and ligand responses |
8:10 |
Michael Bender (University of Georgia)
Use of conditional ecdysone receptor (EcR) mutants to examine receptor requirements during metamorphosis and reproduction |
8:40 |
Kiyoshi Hiruma (University of Washington)
Regulation of nuclear hormone receptors by juvenile hormone |
9:20 |
Selected short presentation |
Tuesday, July 13 |
AM |
Transcription Factor Cascades |
Discussion Leader: David Hogness (Stanford University) |
9:00 |
Carl Thummel (University of Utah)
Hormonal regulation of Drosophila metamorphosis |
9:40 |
David Champlin (University of Washington)
Metamorphosis of the Manduca visual system provides new views on hormone action |
10:20-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
10:50 |
David Furlow (University of California, Davis)
Thyroid hormone regulation of transcription factor genes during Xenopus laevis metamorphosis |
11:20 |
Susan Cumberledge (University of Massachusetts)
Suppressor of Hairless [Su(H)] is required for ecdysone-mediated cell death in the larval salivary glands |
12:10-12:25 |
Selected short presentation |
4:30-6 PM |
Poster Session |
PM |
Evolution of Metamorphosis |
Discussion Leader: Billie Swalla (Pennsylvania State University) |
7:30 |
Jim Truman (University of Washington)
Endocrine insights into the evolution of insect metamorphosis |
8:10 |
John Youson (University of Toronto)
The lability and antiquity of lamprey metamorphosis |
8:50 |
Vincent Laudet (CNRS, Lyon)
Evolution of metamorphosis: the role of nuclear hormone receptors |
9:20-9:35 |
Selected short presentation |
Wednesday, July 14 |
AM |
Cellular Specification and Differentiation During Metamorphosis: Invertebrates |
Discussion Leader: Judy Willis (University of Georgia) |
9:00 |
Donald Riddle (University of Missouri)
Signals, receptors, and transcription factors controlling C. elegans dauer larva morphogenesis |
9:40 |
Govindan Bhaskaran (Texas A & M University)
Is juvenile hormone acid the metamorphic hormone of insects? |
10:20-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
10:50 |
Ian Duncan (Washington University)
Patterning in the adult abdomen of Drosophila |
11:20 |
Linda Restifo (University of Arizona)
Hormonal control of CNS reorganization: genetic and cell culture approaches |
4:30-6 PM |
Poster Session |
PM |
Cellular Alterations During Metamorphosis: Amphibians |
Discussion Leader: Gail Burd (University of Arizona) |
7:30 |
Yun-Bo Shi (NIH)
Roles of cell-ECM interactions during thyroid hormone-dependent apoptotic intestinal remodeling |
8:10 |
Nick Marsh-Armstrong (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Proliferation and projection changes in the Xenopus laevis retina |
8:50 |
Y. Yaoita (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience)
The analysis of a myoblastic cell line derived from amphibian tadpole tail |
9:20-9:35 |
Selected short presentation |
Thursday, July 15 |
AM |
Cell Death During Metamorphosis |
Discussion Leader: J.R. Tata (National Institute for Medical Research, London ) |
9:00 |
Katsutoshi Yoshizato (Hiroshima University)
Mechanism of conversion of larval epidermal cells to adult ones during anuran metamorphosis |
9:40 |
Eric Baehrecke (University of Maryland)
Steroid regulation of programmed cell death during Drosophila metamorphosis |
10:20-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
10:50 |
Steve Robinow (University of Hawaii)
Transcriptional regulation of cell death genes in the post-embryonic nervous system of Drosophila |
11:20-11:35 |
Selected short presentation |