Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Cell Diversity and Embryonic Patterning
Discussion Leader: Swathi Arur (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
Claudio Stern (University College London, UK, United Kingdom)
"Some Mechanisms that Position the Embryonic Axis and Recent Progress with Understanding How Monozygotic Twins Arise."
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Anna Kicheva (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
"Morphogens and the Organization of Spinal Cord Development"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metabolic Fluxes in Development
Discussion Leader: Marianne Bronner (California Institute of Techno, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Aurelio Teleman (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany)
"Nuclear Position Affects its Chromatin State"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Jason Tennessen (Indiana University, United States)
"Exploring Metabolic Plasticity during Drosophila Melanogaster Larval Development"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
Tina Mukherjee (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, India)
"Immune Metabolic States as Developmental Sensors of Animal Physiology"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Marianne Bronner (California Institute of Techno, United States) and Ken Poss (Duke University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gene Regulation
Discussion Leader: Anna Kicheva (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Samantha Morris (Washington University in St Louis, United States)
"Engineering and Determining Pluripotent Cell Fate and Identity in Mammals"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Martha Bulyk (Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Gene Regulation in Context of Early Development and Neuroblastoma"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Wei Xie (Tsinghua University, China)
"Epigenetic Regulation of Transcription in the Mammalian Genome that Governs Development and Related Human Diseases"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Regeneration
Discussion Leader: Claudio Stern (University College London, UK, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Mansi Srivastava (Harvard University, United States)
"Hofstenia Miamia, as a New Model Acoel Species for Studies of Regeneration"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Ken Poss (Duke University, United States)
"Signal Control During Tissue Regeneration"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
Dasaradhi Palakodeti (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, India)
"Sneak Peek into Mechanisms that Regulate Cellular Plasticity and Regeneration"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Dynamic Signaling at Tissue Scale
Discussion Leader: Sally Dunwoodie (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, Australia)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Daniel Ríos Barrera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
"Morphogenesis across Scales: How Trafficking and Adhesion Contribute to Drosophila Tracheal Development."
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Ajay Chitnis (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, United States)
"Determining Pattern and Form in Development - Lessons from the Zebrafish Posterior Lateral Line Primordium"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lineage Tracing Revisited in the Age of Single Cell Genomics
Discussion Leader: Samantha Morris (Washington University in St Louis, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Marianne Bronner (California Institute of Techno, United States)
"Signaling and Transcriptional Interactions that Lead to Neural Crest Formation Both at the Tissue and the Molecular Level"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Celina Juliano (UCD, United States)
"Mechanisms of Development and Regeneration in Hydra"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
Allon Klein (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"On the Requirement for Cell Cycle Progression during Cellular Differentiation: A Problem Revisited with Single Cell Genomics"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Tissue Mechanics and Morphogenesis
Discussion Leader: Daniel Ríos Barrera (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Charlotte Kirchhelle (ENS de Lyon, France)
"A Concept for Edge-Based Growth Control in Plants"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Madhav Mani (Northwestern University, United States)
"Tissue Mechanics in Embryonic Development"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Miltos Tsiantis (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany)
"Leaf Development and Diversity: From Understanding to Reconstructing"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Developmental Origin of Disease
Discussion Leader: Martha Bulyk (Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Sally Dunwoodie (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, Australia)
"Identifying Genetic and Environmental Causes of Congenital Malformation"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Anwesha Dey (Genentech, United States)
"Targeting the Hippo Pathway in Cancers."
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
Richard Gilbertson (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Deep Learning Mapping of Aging, Inflammation and Cancer in Multiorgan Species"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Transgenerational Inheritance
Discussion Leader: Ajay Chitnis (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Eric Miska (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Transgenerational Inheritance in C. Elegans"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Shosei Yoshida (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)
"Wave and cycle patterning of mammalian spermatogenesis"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure