| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Recombination Initiation |
| Discussion Leader: Neil Hunter |
| Bernard de Massy, CNRS Montpellier
Analysis of an Initiation Site for Meiotic Recombination in the Mouse Genome |
| Alain Nicolas, Institute Curie
Initiation of meiotic recombination in S. cerevisiae: targeted stimulation of Spo11-dependent DSBs |
| Thomas Petes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Genetic regulation of meiotic recombination activity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Gerry Smith, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Meiotic recombination in S. pombe with and without Rec12 (Spo11) |
| Wayne Wahls, University of Arkansas
Initiation of Recombination in Fission Yeast |
| Michael Lichten, National Cancer Institute
Long-distance chromosome context impacts the initiation of meiotic recombination |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Recombination Mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: Bernard de Massy |
| Patrick Sung, Yale University
DNA Strand Exchange by the Human Meiotic Recombinase Dmc1 |
| Neil Hunter, University of California, Davis
In vivo evidence that dHJs can form by a concerted mechanism of strand-invasion plus strand-annealing |
| Edgar Hartsuiker, Genome Damage and Stability Centre
Detector and effector functions of S. pombe Rad50 |
| Paul Russell, Scripps Institute
Mus81-Eme1 and Holliday Junction Resolution in Fission Yeast |
| Matthew Whitby, Oxford University
Pathways of recombinational DNA repair in fission yeast |
| Jeff Sekelsky, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Molecular analysis of Recombination in Drosophila mei-9 Mutants |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Prophase Nuclear Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Abby Dernburg |
| Nancy Kleckner, Harvard University
Functional coordination and regulatory surveillance of chromosomal events at the leptotene/zygotene transition |
| Aurora Storlazzi, Université Paris-Sud
Chromosome organization and recombination in a rec8 mutant of Sordaria macrospora |
| Yasushi Hiraoka, Kansai Resource Center
Dissociation of the Nuf2 complex releases centromeres from the spindle-pole body during meiotic prophase |
| Harry Scherthan, MPI for Molecular Genetics
Meiotic telomeres, double-stranded DNA breaks and chromosome polarization |
| Josef Loidl, University of Vienna
Unconventional organization and pairing of chromosomes in Tetrahymena meiosis |
| Zacheus Cande, University of California, Berkeley
Unraveling the meiotic chromosome condensation network using maize mutants |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Regulation of Recombination |
| Discussion Leader: Scott Keeney |
| Dan Camerini-Otero, National Institutes of DDK, National Institutes of Health
Defining the roles of some kinases (Atm, Atr and Chk2) and recombination proteins (Hop2) during meiotic prophase I in mice |
| Jennifer Gerton, The Stowers Institute for Medical Research
The relationship between the function of MND1/HOP2 and meiotic recombination |
| Akira Shinohara, Osaka University
The role of proteins necessary for assembly of and the cooperation with two RecA homologues Rad51 and Dmc1 during meiotic recombination |
| Marie-Pascale Doutriaux, CNRS
A role for Brca2 during meiosis in Arabidopsis |
| Simon Boulton, London Research Institute
CeBRC-2 is essential for the repair of meiotic and radiation-induced DNA breaks in C. elegans |
| Nancy Hollingsworth, SUNY, Stony Brook
Mek1 kinase activity promotes meiotic interhomolog crossing over by preventing sister chromatid recombination |
| Paula Cohen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dynamics of MutL homolog association with meiotic chromosome cores in mice |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CO Control / Evolution |
| Discussion Leader: Scott Hawley |
| Barbara Meyer, University of California, Berkeley
DPY-28 Regulates Meiotic Crossover Interference in C. elegans |
| Scott Keeney, Sloan Kettering
Crossover homeostasis in yeast |
| Frank Stahl, University of Oregon
"One-sided" aberrant segregation is mismatch-repair-dependent |
| David Kirkpatrick, University of Minnesota
Factors Controlling the Meiotic Stability of Minisatellite DNA |
| John Logsdon, University of Iowa
Phylogenomic analyses of the origins and evolution of meiosis |
| Matthew Meselson, Harvard University
Evidence for and possible implications of asexual evolution of Bdelloid Rotifers |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Homologue Juxtaposition and Synapsis |
| Discussion Leader: Harry Scherthan |
| Miriam Zolan, Indiana University
Role of Rad50 in meiotic chromosome structure |
| Shirleen Roeder, Yale University
Double-strand break-independent centromere pairing and regulation of the Rad51-recombination pathway during meiosis in budding yeast |
| Anne Villeneuve, Stanford University |
| Christa Heyting, Wageningen University
Recombination proteins along meiotic prophase chromosomes of wildtype and Sycp1 deficient mice |
| Peter Moens, York University
Mouse meiotic prophase protein expression patterns as a source of sexually dimorphic responses to genetic modifications |
| Bruce McKee, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Chromosomal Proteins and Nuclear Structures Essential for Stable Homolog Pairing in Late Prophase of Drosophila Male Meiosis |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chromosome Segregation |
| Discussion Leader: Miriam Zolan |
| Terry Orr-Weaver, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Release of Sister-Chromatid Cohesion in the Meiotic Cell Cycle |
| Yoshinori Watanabe, University of Tokyo
A Novel Meiotic Kinetochore Protein Moa1 Crucial for Mono-polar Attachment in Fission Yeast |
| Scott Hawley, Stowers Institute
Studies of a Simple Meiotic System |
| Audrey Lynn, Case Western Reserve University
Studies of Meiosis in the Female Mouse: Determination of Recombination Levels and Causes for Nondisjunction |
| Franz Klein, University of Vienna
Securing the Securin: Mnd2 is an inhibitor of the meiotic APC, preventing premature cohesin destruction |
| Angelika Amon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Control of Chromosome Segregation |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cohesion, Condensation, and Axis Morphogenesis |
| Discussion Leader: Angelika Amon |
| Christer Höög, Karolinska Institute
The Role of the Mammalian Meiosis-specific Proteins SCP3 and SCP2 in Axis Morphogenesis |
| Rolf Jessberger, Mt Sinai School of Medicine
SMC1 is Required for Meiotic Chromosome Dynamics, Sister Chromatid Cohesion, and DNA Recombination |
| Christine Mezard, INRA de Versailles
SCC3 in Arabidopsis is involved in meiosis and mitotic cell division |
| Julio Sánchez Rufas, University Autónoma de Madrid
Loading, location and release of cohesin subunits in grasshopper meiosis |
| Sharon Bickel, Dartmouth College
Stable association of cohesion subunits with pachytene chromosomes depends on ORD |
| Douglas Koshland, Carnegie Institute of Washington
Condensin function in resolving meiotic bivalents |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Meiotic Progression |
| Discussion Leader: Yoshinori Watanabe |
| Abby Dernburg, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
How homologs get together and what happens when they don't |
| Ting-Fang Wang, Academica Sinica
Posttranslational modification of Red1 protein is controlled by meiotic cell cycle program |
| Robert Malone, University of Iowa
Recombination Initiation and the Start of the 1st Division |
| F. Chris. H Franklin, University of Birmingham
Regulation and progression of synapsis and recombination in Arabidopsis meiosis |
| Tim Schedl, Washington University Medical School
Coordination of Meiotic Prophase Progression and Gametogenesis in C. elegans |
| Randy Strich, Fox Chase Cancer Center
New Roles for Mitotic Cell Cycle Regulators in Meiosis |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |