Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Functions of the Synaptonemal Complex
Discussion Leader: Jeff Sekelsky (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
Scott Hawley (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States)
"What Does the Synaptonemal Complex Do?"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Meiotic Initiation, DSB Induction, Recombination
Discussion Leader: Francesca Cole (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Wenxin Xie (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States)
"Histone Methylation Reader ZCWPW1 Drives Chromosome Pairing by Coupling Meiotic Recombination With Nuclear Envelope Dynamics"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Emely Larios (MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, United States)
"Investigating the Role of ATM in Age-Dependent Regulation of Crossing Over in Mouse Spermatocytes"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Alyssa Centonza-Brenie (McGill University, Canada)
"Regulation of Crossover Designation and Interhomolog Meiotic DSB Repair"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Adrian Gonzalo (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Manipulating Crossover Rates to Stabilize Polyploid Meiosis"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Zachary Bush (University of Oregon, United States)
"Sex-Specific Chromatin States in C. Elegans Germ Cells Shape the Sexually Dimorphic Recombination Landscape"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Tolkappiyan Prem Kumar (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States)
"Interplay Between Ectopic Recombination Pathway Choice and Intragenomic Conflict"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis
Discussion Leader: Lexy von Diezmann (University of Minnesota, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Marion Peuch (IJPB Versailles (INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay), France)
"Uncovering SCEP3’s Role in Regulating Crossovers in A. Thaliana "
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Karine Levy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Coordinated Control of Chromosomal Pairing and Centrosome Regulation by the Bouquet-MTOC Machinery in Meiosis and Oocyte Polarity"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Emma Kane (Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany)
"Structural and Mechanistic Insights of the Ectocarpus Sp. Meiotic Checkpoint Network"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Alyssa Rodriguez (University of California San Diego, United States)
"Architecture and Function of the Meiotic Metazoan HORMAD Chromatin Binding Region (CBR)"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Kazumasa Takemoto (University of Connecticut, United States)
"Vertebrate-Specific Role of Minor Intron in Spermatogenesis Associated Gene Expression"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Martina Balboni (University of Hamburg, Germany)
"Live Cell Imaging of Meiosis in Maize"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mechanisms of Chromosome Segregation and Quality Control
Discussion Leader: Karen Schindler (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Emmanuel Nsamba (Stanford University, United States)
"Evidence That Bipolar Spindle Assembly During C. Elegans Oocyte Meiosis Requires a Balance Between Microtubule Crosslinking Activity and Katanin-Mediated Microtubule Severing"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
Federica Giannini (Yale University, United States)
"Illuminating Spindle Actin Assembly Mechanisms in Mouse Oocyte Meiosis"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Adriana Schlachter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
"Meiosis Modifications and Evolutionary Theories for Asexual Reproduction in a Tardigrade"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes