Total matched authors: 1194
| Presenter's Name | Partial Abstract Title | Session Assignment | Program # | Presentation Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A, Aswathy | Neuronal circuits and molecular pathways involved in olfactory imprinting in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
665B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Abraham, Elijah | Histone methyltransferase inhibitor chaetocin strongly and specifically affects metal responsive genes |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
522C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Abrams, Joshua | A polarity pathway for exocyst-dependent intracellular tube extension |
Poster
Cell Biology |
198C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Ackley, Caroline | Gravitaxis in C. elegans requires touch receptor neuron tubulins and TRPA-1 |
Poster
Neurobiology |
666C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Adeyemi, Kayode | Isolation, Characterization, and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Staphylococci from the Indoor Air of the Students’ Halls of Residence at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
464B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Afzal, Khoula | Rescuing the Paralysed Phenotype of unc-18 e81 Mutant C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
899B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Agarwal, Priti | Distal tip cell-specific mRNA profiling sheds light on the molecular mechanism of gonad morphogenesis |
Poster
Development |
364A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Aharonoff, Abraham | CUT&Tag in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
595A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Ahluwalia, Rhea | Discerning the Role of Neuropeptide(s) in C. elegans Thermotaxis Behavior |
Poster
Neurobiology |
667A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Ai, Ruixue | A combination of artificial intelligence and C. elegans in identifying neuronal mitophagy inducers |
Poster
Neurobiology |
844A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Albarqi, Mennatalalh | The 3'UTR is required for MEX-3 expression pattern and contributes to animal fecundity |
Poster
Development |
337A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Alcantara, Alfredo Jr. | Simulated Microgravity Impairs C. elegans Gut Immunity |
Poster
Physiology |
1157B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Alexander, Courtney | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Extract Improves Lifespan and Thermotolerance in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
962B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ali, Irtiqa | Investigating the basis of severe stress resistance in ageing |
Poster
Physiology |
963C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ali, Munira | Effects of a new bacterial pathogen, Bordetella atroposiae, on the genetic fitness of Oschieus tipulae |
Poster
Physiology |
1158C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Allen, Anna | The proteasome is not only about degradation- using the C. elegans germ line to study proteasome assembly dynamics and subunit specific germ line functions in vivo |
Poster
Cell Biology |
228C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Allen, Parker | Role of the conserved cholinesterase family member CEST-1.1 and its modular metabolite products in life span control |
Poster
Physiology |
964A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Almendáriz-Palacios, Carla | The impact of calorie restriction mimetics on cellular phenotypes triggered by an Alzheimer disease-related presenilin-1 protein splice variant in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
965B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Alvarez, Luis | Detecting signatures of evidence accumulation in the feeding circuit |
Poster
Neurobiology |
668B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Alves, Carla | The effects of venlafaxine on behavior and central nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
422B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Amar, Ani | Modeling the C. elegans Germline Stem Cell Genetic Network using Automated Reasoning |
Poster
Development |
338B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Amrit, Francis RG | TCER-1-regulated alternative splicing promotes stress resilience |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
126 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Andersen, Erik | The Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource: expanded and enhanced |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
496A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Andersen, Natalia | Protective roles of imidazolium salts in C. elegans models of stress and neurodegeneration |
Poster
Physiology |
966C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Angeles-Albores, David | Transcriptomic analyses of hermaphrodite responses to the male pheromone |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
37 |
Monday, June 21 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM |
| Angeli, Suzanne | The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Activates a Maladaptive Mitochondrial Unfolded Protein Response |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
125 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Antonio, Jessica | The role of FGF signaling in C. elegans’ aging |
Poster
Physiology |
967A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Aoki, Ichiro | Specific (co-)transmission of two neuropeptide species from the AVK interneuron |
Poster
Neurobiology |
900C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Aoki, Yuki | Behavioral and Ca2+ imaging analysis of odor and temperature sensory integration in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
669C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Aquino Nunez, Wendy | In vivo modeling of tau polymerization using Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
859A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Aragon, Caroline | A role for L1CAM/SAX-7 in fluid regulation and vulva development |
Poster
Neurobiology |
789C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Arai, Mary | Diacylglycerol content controls proper memory utilization through switching between forgetting and retrieving |
Poster
Neurobiology |
670A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Arata, Yukinobu | Insulin signaling underlies a heavy-tailed temporal organization in C. elegans episodic swimming |
Poster
Neurobiology |
671B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Araujo Agarrayua de Souza, Danielle | Safaty evaluation of nanoparticles prepared with differents polymers in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Other |
1209C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Arena, Anthony | Defining the function of EXC-4/CLIC in Ga-Rac signaling using TurboID to identify physical interactors |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
109 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Arnold, Meghan | An aggresome-like collection mechanism functions in neuronal expulsion of disease-aggregates |
Poster
Neurobiology |
860B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Artan, Murat | Interactome analysis of C. elegans synapses by TurboID-based proximity labeling |
Poster
Neurobiology |
845B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Artiles, Karen | A tool for warp speed genetics in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
596B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ashe, Alyson | Disruption of mitochondrial factor SDHA-2 affects sperm motility and male fertility |
Poster
Physiology |
1105A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Asif, Muhammad Zaka | Determining the Effects of 1-Hydroxyphenazine Exposure on UGT Mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1106B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Asselstine, Isabella | Exploring the Role of Neuropeptide receptor 14 (NPR-14) in Caenorhabditis elegans Sleep Behaviour |
Poster
Neurobiology |
672C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Assie, Adrien | WormBiome: A pipeline to predict functional profiles of C. elegans associated microbial communities |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
497B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Ayyadevara, Haarika | C. elegans precision AD models confirm transcriptional disruption of autophagy by APOE4 but not APOE3, and help to characterize E4-specific drugs |
Poster
Neurobiology |
861C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Baccas, Marissa | Dissecting the structure-function mechanism of SEM-2/SoxC in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
523A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Baer, Charles | Direct estimate of the distribution of fitness effects (DFE) of spontaneous mutations in C. elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
472A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Bahr, Laura | Lipid-Metabolic Genes that Coordinate Innate Immunity and Fertility |
Poster
Physiology |
1107C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Bai, Xiaofei | Deciphering the functional roles of PIEZO mechanosensors in reproduction |
Poster
Development |
390C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Bailey, Cynthia | The role of ATX-2 and VPR-1 in sperm positioning within the C. elegans meiotic embryo |
Poster
Cell Biology |
229A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Bainbridge, Chance | Sex differences in behavioral, cellular, and physiological responses to nutrient restriction in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
673A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Baker, Emily | T-box radiation: A window into evolution in real time |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
138 |
Thursday, June 24 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Balaji, Vishnu | Ubiquitin-Dependent Dimer-Monomer Switch Defines Substrate Specificity and Processivity of the E3 Ligase CHIP |
Poster
Physiology |
969C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Banerjee, Navonil | Distinct neural circuits establish similar chemosensory behaviors across life stages in C. elegans |
Oral
Behavior |
62 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Banerjee, RUDRA | Characterization of sperm components required for female meiosis II in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
230B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Banse, Stephen | All trans retinoic acid extends C. elegans lifespan in an aak-2 and hsf-1 dependent manner by modulating metabolism. |
Poster
Physiology |
970A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Barbieri, Sofia | The dynamic partnered dance between PLK-1 and MEX-5: interpreting gradient formation with computational modelling. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
199A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Bardan Sarmiento, Mario | Characterization of downstream steps in the Intracellular Pathogen Response-mediated thermotolerance in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
971B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Barker, Trevor | Multiple lipocalins are required for apical extracellular matrix organization |
Poster
Development |
365B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Barmaver, Syed Nooruzuha | The role of novel identified regulator, SFXN-1.2 in mitochondrial dynamics in neurons and establishing linked neurological disease models |
Poster
Cell Biology |
270C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Barrett, Alec | Integrating bulk and single cell transcriptomics for accurate detection of tissue-specific gene expression |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
568A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Barrett, Lindsey | CBP-1/p300 acetyltransferase regulates the heat shock response in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
972C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Barriere, Antoine | Imaging of native transcription and transcriptional dynamics in vivo using a tagged Argonaute protein |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
54 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Bartoletti, Mathieu | Identifying C. elegans genes that suppress neurodegeneration induced by an expanded GGGGCC repeat |
Poster
Neurobiology |
862A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Bastien, Brandon | Wandering versus waiting worms: Loss of nrx-1 decreases hyperactivity induced by food deprivation and octopamine |
Poster
Neurobiology |
674B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Battista, Bernabe | Oxidative regulation of cholesterol transport in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
271A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Bauer, Jack | Cytokinesis incompletion drives the initial expansion of the C. elegans syncytial germline |
Poster
Development |
339C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Baxter, Kieran | Using genetic code expansion to develop a photo-activatable FLP recombinase. |
Poster
Other |
1210A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Bayansan, Odvogmed | Insight into the effect of tubulin post-translational modifications on axonal transport |
Poster
Cell Biology |
272B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Bayer Horowitz, Lauren | Deciphering how the Ubiquitin Proteasome System executes Linker Cell-type Death |
Poster
Cell Biology |
172A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Beer, Madeline | Investigating the Role of sRNA and Argonautes in Intercellular Communication |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
610A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Behera, Sibaram | Enhanced functional restoration through axon regeneration by swimming exercise |
Poster
Neurobiology |
863B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Bell, Avery | Regulatory differences in wild C. elegans strains from investigation of allele-specific expression |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
446B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Bellver-Sanchis, Aina | Discovery of new small molecule inhibitors of methyltransferase G9a for Alzheimer’s disease treatment |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
503B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Bendelstein, Moshe | Mechanisms in the role of the DBL-1/BMP Pathway in the Innate Immune Response of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Development |
391A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Bergs, Amelie | The optogenetic voltage clamp (OVC) – A closed-loop all-optical approach for true optogenetic control of muscles and neurons in live animals |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
120 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Bhadra, Joyita | Exercise using an Acoustic Gym can rescue neuronal loss in worms |
Poster
Neurobiology |
846C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Bhandari, Nirajan | Investigating the role of 5'-tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (tdpt-1) Mediated Suppression of DNA Topoisomerase 2 (top-2) during meiosis in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
231C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Bhatnagar, Sanjana | Deciphering a cis-regulatory code for tissue-specific alternative splicing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
569B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Bianchini, Matheus | Thimerosal toxicity in the reproductive system in C. elegans |
Poster
Other |
1211B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Biard, Marie | The role of the extracellular matrix in maintaining neuronal architecture against increased mechanical stress |
Poster
Neurobiology |
864C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Binti, Shaonil | A Life cycle alteration can correct defects in molting |
Poster
Development |
392B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Birnbaum, Susanna | Characterizing a Matrix Protease important for epithelial tissue shaping in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
366C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Birol, Onur | The effect of age on epigenetic transgenerational reprogramming in the C. elegans germline |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
504C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Biswas, Kasturi | Exploring muscarinic regulation of oxidative homeostasis during neuromuscular transmission |
Poster
Physiology |
973A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Blackburn, Dana | Genetic determinants of host-microbiome interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
139 |
Thursday, June 24 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Blackwell, Alexander | Studying chromatin regulation at single cell resolution during C. elegans postembryonic development |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
524B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Blaxter, Mark | A catalogue of nematode karyotypes |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
570C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Blazie, Stephen | Eukaryotic initiation factor EIF-3.G augments mRNA translation efficiency to regulate neuronal activity |
Poster
Neurobiology |
901A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Bokman, Eduard | Encoding principles of a compact sensory system |
Poster
Neurobiology |
902B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Bonacossa-Pereira, Igor | Neuro-epidermal adhesions protect hyper-fragile axons from mechanical strain |
Poster
Neurobiology |
865A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Bonnard, Elsa | Vibrations inhibit feeding behavior through a neural bottleneck in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
676A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Bosco, James | GLH protein at the heart of P granule network |
Poster
Cell Biology |
232A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Bott, Laura | A multi-modal biosensor for monitoring proteostasis in stress and aging |
Poster
Physiology |
1143C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Brar, Harjot Kaur | Dendrite regeneration in PVD neuron is controlled by the RAC GTPase CED-10 and the RhoGEF TIAM-1 |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
155 |
Thursday, June 24 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Breimann, Laura | Precise quantification of mRNAs across all C. elegans embryonic stages through a microscopy and machine learning-based approach |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
525C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Breton, Celine | Sub-toxic concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) dose-dependently delay C. elegans larval development and population growth |
Poster
Development |
328A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Bringmann, Henrik | Innate Immunity Promotes Sleep through Epidermal Antimicrobial Peptides |
Poster
Physiology |
1159A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Brissette, Benjamin | Neural and Molecular Mechanisms of Microbe-sensing in the Control of Animal Behavior |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
423C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Brittin, Christopher | Multicellular rosettes organize neuropil formation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
790A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Brittin, Christopher | Nerve ring reconstructions reveal principles of brain organization across larval development |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
19 |
Monday, June 21 12:00 PM - 12:18 PM |
| Brivio, Sarah | Transgenic hph::gfp gene fusion allows streamlined screening for C. elegans gene knockouts |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
597C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Brocal-Ruiz, Rebeca | Forkhead transcription factor FKH-8 is a master regulator of sensory cilia |
Poster
Neurobiology |
791B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Brose, Lotti | Exploring neuron death in a C. elegans model of Alzheimer’s disease |
Poster
Neurobiology |
866B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Brown, Jordan | Sensitized piRNA reporter identifies multiple RNA processing factors involved in piRNA-mediated gene silencing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
611B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Brozek, Alicja | Towards a quantitative gene network underlying robustness of seam cell fate |
Poster
Development |
307A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Bryant, Astra | Neural mechanisms underlying temperature-driven host seeking by a human-parasitic nematode |
Poster
Neurobiology |
903C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Bujarrabal, Arturo | The DRM complex functions as master regulator of somatic DNA repair capacities |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
35 |
Monday, June 21 1:18 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Bulut, Reyyan | Positioning sea-2 and lin-66 in the heterochronic pathway in the context of continuous and L2d-interrupted development |
Poster
Development |
308B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Bunte, Myrna | Unravelling the identity of phosphorylcholine-transferring enzymes in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1108A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Burns, Andrew | Selective Control of Parasitic Nematodes with Bioactivated Nematicides |
Poster
Physiology |
1109B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Burton, Nick | Intergenerational adaptations to stress are evolutionarily conserved, stress specific, and have deleterious trade-offs |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
33 |
Monday, June 21 12:54 PM - 1:06 PM |
| Butcher, Rebecca | A Large Family of Enzymes Responsible for the Modular Architecture of Nematode Pheromones |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
163 |
Thursday, June 24 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Butt, Allison | How NLP-3 neuropeptides work with serotonin to activate the C. elegans egg-laying circuit |
Poster
Neurobiology |
904A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Buvarp, Elisabeth | Effect of Base Excision Repair, Ung-1 Deletion, on Tau Pathology in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
867C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Bykov, Aleksandr | Studying cell-fate convergence in the mesodermal lineage of C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
309C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Byrd, Dana | A C. elegans model for human PACS1 syndrome |
Poster
Neurobiology |
792C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Byrnes, Catherine | Nematode hunters: a citizen science approach to identifying new systems for the study of host-virus interactions |
Poster
Education |
495C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Cai, Tao | FRKsrc-2 is a Novel Candidate as a Hemifacial Microsomia and Mandibular Dysplasia Gene that Exhibits Developmental Defects in Zebrafish (D. rerio) and C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
367A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Calovich-Benne, Canyon | Alternative mec-2 isoforms exhibit neuron type-specific expression and function |
Poster
Neurobiology |
677B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Calvi, Ida | A GSP-2/PKC-3 balance is required for polarity establishment in C. Elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
200B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Campagna, Christina | A new role for the conserved G-protein regulator RIC-8/Synembryn in primary cilia biogenesis |
Poster
Cell Biology |
273C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Campos, Juliane | Mitochondrial fusion and fission balance is required for exercise-induced benefits in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
974B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Cannon, Kelli | LITE-1 mediates behavioral responses to X-rays in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
678C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Cao, Dong | Reverse complementary matches simultaneously promote both back-splicing and exon-skipping |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
612C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Cao, Dong | An autoregulation loop in fust-1 for circular RNA regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
526A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Cao, Mengyi | Developing Steinernema hermaphroditum as a model system to study symbiosis |
Poster
Other |
1212C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Caprini, Davide | The C.elegans AWCON olfactory neuron responds to tangential component of mechanical stimuli and its activation is mediated by TAX-4 cGMP-gated cation channel |
Poster
Neurobiology |
905B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Cardona, Eric Andrew | Relation between endogenous TAU levels and neurodegeneration in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
868A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Carlton, Peter | Models predicting the partitioning of phosphorylated domains on C. elegans fusion chromosomes |
Poster
Cell Biology |
233B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Caro, Lews | Dissecting the Molecular Mechanism of the peel-1/zeel-1 Selfish Genetic Element |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
476B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Carpenter, Brandon | C. elegans establishes germline versus soma by balancing histone methylation |
Poster
Development |
310A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Carstensen, Heather | Steroid Hormone Pathways Coordinate Developmental Diapause and Olfactory Remodeling |
Poster
Physiology |
1100B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Casar, Jason | Force sensitive upconverting nanoparticles as a direct, noninvasive assay for force generation by muscles |
Poster
Physiology |
1144A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Casorla-Perez, Luis | The lipid biosynthesis master regulator sbp-1 is critical for Orsay virus infection in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1160B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Castaneda, Perla | Gα/GSA-1 works upstream of PKA/KIN-1 to regulate calcium signaling and contractility in the Caenorhabditis elegans spermatheca |
Poster
Development |
393C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Català-Castro, Frederic | Local compression mechanosensing by DVA proprioceptors curbs body bends during locomotion |
Poster
Other |
1213A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Catalano, Federico | Characterization of a new model of Wilson disease to find innovative targets and pathways to attenuate Cu toxicity |
Poster
Physiology |
1161C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Cerdeira, Victoria | Novel neurodevelopmental genes in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
793A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Chabi, Yann | Age-related neuronal changes, lifespan pathways and maintenance of neuronal architecture |
Poster
Neurobiology |
869B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Chai, Cynthia | Discovery of a Highly-conserved Behavioral Role for an Interneuron Neuropeptide Receptor |
Poster
Neurobiology |
679A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Chan, Wesley | BAR-1/β-catenin and PRY-1/Axin show asymmetric and complementary expression in neuroblasts during C. elegans ventral nerve cord assembly |
Poster
Development |
368B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Chandler, Luke | The role of furrow-associated collagen DPY-7 in regulating stress responses varies during larval development |
Poster
Development |
394A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Chandra, Rashmi | Sleep is required for odor exposure to consolidate memory and remodel olfactory synapses. |
Oral
Behavior |
60 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Chang, Andrew | Imaging neuronal dynamics during recovery from anesthesia in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
906C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Chapman, Hannah | Does programmed organismal death promote fitness at the C. elegans colony level? |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
424A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Chaudhary, Shivesh | Deep learning tools for C. elegans whole-brain imaging |
Poster
Neurobiology |
847A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Chauhan, Badal Singh | Identification of novel regulators involved in transport of synaptic vesicle proteins |
Poster
Cell Biology |
274A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Chauve, Laetitia | A neuronal thermostat controls membrane fluidity in C. elegans |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
128 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Chavez, Ivan | Skin-penetrating nematodes exhibit life-stage-specific interactions with host-associated and environmental bacteria |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
426C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Chavez, Sindy | Characterization of a potential gene interaction between spr-5, met-2, and mep-1 in determining germline versus soma in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
613A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Cheerambathur, Dhanya | A novel function for the kinetochore machinery in neural circuit assembly |
Poster
Neurobiology |
794B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Chen, Barbara | Evaluating the effects of individual Orsay virus proteins on the C. elegans Intracellular Pathogen Response |
Poster
Physiology |
1162A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Chen, HuiCheng | DYF-4 regulates patched-related/DAF-6-mediated sensory compartment formation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
795C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Chen, Jian | GLP-1 Notch - LAG-1 CSL control of the germline stem cell fate is mediated by transcriptional targets lst-1 and sygl-1 |
Poster
Development |
340A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Chen, Jingxian | AGE-1/PI3K Signaling-Independent Effects of DAF-18/PTEN on Starvation Resistance During L1 Arrest in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
975C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Chen, Yen-Chih | A microbial metabolite synergizes with endogenous serotonin to trigger C. elegans reproductive behavior |
Poster
Neurobiology |
680B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Chen, Yuan-Hua | Distinct neural circuits drive bimodal ethanol chemotaxis in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
681C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Chen, Yu-Hao | Characterization of the transition between meiosis I and meiosis II during spermatogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
234C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Cheng, Eric | The role of the Insulin Signaling Pathway in C. elegans Germline Stem Cell Mitosis |
Poster
Cell Biology |
184A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Cheng, Yuzhu | Significance of RNA Binding Motif Protein (RBM-39) in developmental processes in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
341B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Cheon, YongJin | ascr#3 imprinting is mediated by chromatin remodeling |
Poster
Neurobiology |
682A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Chhan, Crystal | Regulation of the Intracellular Pathogen Response by purine metabolism in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1163B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Chinchankar, Meghna | A novel proteostasis adaptation in the long-lived Caenorhabditis elegans rpn-10 proteasome subunit mutant |
Poster
Physiology |
976A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Chism, Kyra | Computational Analysis of UDP-glycosyltransferase Variation across Strains of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
571A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Cho, Jihye | Identify the function of mechanosensitive channel PEZO-1 in C. elegans males |
Poster
Neurobiology |
683B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Choi, Jung-Hwan | Opponent vesicular transporters regulate the strength of glutamatergic neurotransmission in a C. elegans sensory circuit |
Poster
Neurobiology |
907A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Choi, Rebecca | Age-dependent changes in C. elegans gut microbiome composition and their consequences |
Poster
Physiology |
977B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Choi, Ukjin | Multiple GPCRs function in the head mesodermal cell to rhythmically activate it during a rhythmic behavior in C. elegans. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
908B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Choi, Woochan | A chemosensory GPCR is required for a concentration-dependent behavioral switch in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
684C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Choi, Yun | Using First-year Students To Do Research While Learning Biology |
Poster
Education |
479B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Chomyshen, Samantha | Genetic regulators of stress-induced RNA mis-splicing in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
978C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Choudhary, Bikash | Spliceosomal component PRP-40 regulates alternative splicing of microexons. |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
45 |
Monday, June 21 1:18 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Christensen, Ryan | A partial nuclear atlas of the post-twitching Caenorhabditis elegans embryo |
Poster
Development |
369C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Christian, Courtney | UNC-45 has a crucial role in preventing sarcopenia in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
979A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Chuang, Edward | Material states of protein cargo in neuronal exophers |
Poster
Physiology |
980B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Chung, Christine | Putative role of Caenorhabditis elegans huntingtin in stress response |
Poster
Physiology |
981C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Chung, George | Genomic mechanisms of asexual reproduction |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
470B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ciccarelli, Emma | Determinants of Signaling Specificity for DBL-1/BMP in the Immune Response of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1164C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Cieri, Federica | B-Raf contribution to motoneuron degeneration |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
154 |
Thursday, June 24 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Cipriani, Patricia Giselle | LOTUS-domain containing proteins recruit C. elegans Vasa to germline granules and control the formation and size of the condensates |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
107 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Civale, Sabrina | Removal of cell body haze with inverse square fit |
Poster
Cell Biology |
264C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Clippinger, Amy | Role of MAPK/ERK signaling in neurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
685A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Clites, Benjamin | Genetic architecture of alcohol sensitivity in C. elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
447C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Clouet, Alexandre | A screen to identify new genes involved in homeostatic regulation of germline stem cell proliferation |
Poster
Cell Biology |
235A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Clupper, Michael | Intraflagellar transport is required for enrichment of CLHM-1 into a distinct subpopulation of extracellular vesicles released from ciliated sensory neurons |
Poster
Cell Biology |
275B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Cockx, Bram | Peptidergic modulation of dispersal behavior in pathogenic and free-living nematodes |
Poster
Physiology |
1101C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Colinas Fischer, Susana | Circuit and Molecular Mechanisms of an Associative Learning Task |
Poster
Neurobiology |
909C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Collings, Becca | Wnt signaling regulates a post transcriptional mechanism for synaptic choice |
Poster
Neurobiology |
910A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Comas, Rosina | The kynurenine pathway and biosynthesis of NAD+ and Rhodoquinone in worms |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
169 |
Thursday, June 24 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Cornes, Eric | piRNAs regulate transcriptional programs during germline development |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
614B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Correa, Edgar | The conserved transcription factor UNC-30/PITX1-3 coordinates synaptogenesis with cell identity in C. elegans GABA motor neurons. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
796A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Coskun, Peren | 3’ UTR mediated post-transcriptional regulation of glp-1 in the germline of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Development |
342C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Costa, Marta Daniela Araujo | Balancing aging, proteostasis and nervous system function: differential effects of multiple lifespan-extending genetic manipulations in MJD/SCA3. |
Poster
Physiology |
982A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Cote, Lauren | Intestinal-rectal valve cells form an epithelial bridge between two different tissues |
Poster
Cell Biology |
201C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Courtney, Amy | A Comprehensive Characterisation of C. elegans Neurotransmitter GPCRs Reveals a Novel Adenosine Receptor |
Poster
Neurobiology |
911B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Cowen, Mara | Developmental sleep disruption induces neuronal plasticity mediated by conserved autism-associated synaptic adhesion molecules |
Poster
Neurobiology |
912C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Crawford, Michael | Mutations in the mRNA export complex NXF-1/NXT-1 affect heat-shock driven gene-expression |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
527B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Crittenden, Sarah | FBF binding elements in the gld-1 3’UTR and their role in germline regulation |
Poster
Development |
343A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Crocker, Olivia | Interrogating the role of paternally contributed tRNA fragments in C. elegans fertilization and development |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
82 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Croft, Jaime | The transgenerational accumulation of repressive H3K9me2 affects health and lifespan in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
505A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Crombie, Tim | Repeated Sampling of Caenorhabditis elegans Across the Hawaiian Islands Reveals Spatiotemporal Patterns of Genetic Diversity |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
133 |
Thursday, June 24 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Crossen, Tyler | Lipidomic analysis of the effects of exposure to ethanol on worms. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
686B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Cubillas, Ciro | The alg-1 gene is necessary for Orsay virus infection of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
72 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Curtis, Brian | Identification of Novel Uric Acid Gluconucleosides in C. elegans regulated by insulin signaling |
Poster
Other |
1214B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| da Veiga Beltrame, Eduardo | Single Cell Tools for WormBase |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
498C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Daghar, Hiba | Developing C. elegans models for SRD5A3-CDG and Cori rare congenital diseases |
Poster
Physiology |
1110C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Dahal, Anuja | ztf-16 opposes adult cell fate after dauer in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Development |
311B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Dahlberg, Caroline | Using student annotations of published data in the C. elegans database, WormBase, to foster collaboration during an online laboratory course |
Poster
Education |
480C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Dai, Hui | RNA polyphosphatase PIR-1 regulates endogenous small RNA pathways |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
615C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| D'Almeida, Romina | Commercial Citrus paradisi and Citrus reticulata essential oils from Argentina rescue Caenorhabditis elegans from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection |
Poster
Physiology |
1165A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Danggen, Kaling | Pseudomonas aeruginosa Associated Volatiles Drive Chemotactic Behaviour and Immune Response In C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
687C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Dardiry, Mohannad | Dissecting the genetic architecture underlying mouth dimorphism in Pristionchus pacificus identifies cis -regulatory variation in a supergene locus. |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
437B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Das, Alakananda | Conserved extracellular proteins determine mechanoelectrical transduction channel localization and function in C. elegans touch receptor neurons |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
151 |
Thursday, June 24 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Das, Aniruddha | UFD-2 modulates the E4 activity of the chaperone-assisted E3 ligase CHN-1/CHIP to regulate organismal proteostasis and lipid metabolism. |
Poster
Physiology |
1111A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Das, Debabrata | Regulation of oocyte number in C.elegans: Counting on RAS/ERK pathway |
Poster
Cell Biology |
236B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Das, Moushumi | Condensin I organizes the C. elegans interphase genome |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
528C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Daskalaki, Ioanna | Local regulation of mRNA fate governs mitochondrial biogenesis during ageing in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
984C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Davies, Andrew | Investigating the overlap between on-food exploration behavior and off-food behavioral responses to alcohol |
Poster
Neurobiology |
778A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Davo Martinez, Carlota | Persistent DNA repair complex binding in the absence of DNA damage excision impairs neuron functionality |
Poster
Physiology |
985A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| de Castro da Silva, Aline | Fe3O4@Ag nanoparticles synthesized by biogenic route cause reprotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Other |
1215C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| De Fruyt, Nathan | Neuropeptidergic modulation of C. elegans learning behavior |
Poster
Neurobiology |
688A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| De La Cruz Ruiz, Patricia | Heterochromatin protein 1 regulates longevity and the mitochondrial unfolded protein response |
Poster
Physiology |
986B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| De La Cruz Ruiz, Patricia | Prohibitin depletion extends lifespan of a TORC2/SGK-1 mutant through autophagy and the mitochondrial UPR |
Poster
Physiology |
987C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| de Oliveira Pereira, Flávia Suelen | Effects of Purple Pitanga extract in C.elegans transgenic strains for Alzheimer´s disease |
Poster
Neurobiology |
870C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| DeBardeleben, Hilary | Transcriptional response to UVC irradiation in sleep deficient animals |
Poster
Neurobiology |
689B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Debnath, Arunima | Neuromodulation and the relationship between Ca2+ transients and neuronal states |
Poster
Neurobiology |
913A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| DeGroot, Melisa | The secreted modular calcium binding protein (SMOC-1) can function as both a long-range and a short-range modulator of BMP signaling in C. elegans |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
110 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Dejima, Katsufumi | Analysis of endomembrane-resident zinc transporter mutants that suppress the systemic RNAi defects of rsd-3 mutant |
Poster
Cell Biology |
276C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Delaney, Colin | Concentrates of histone methyltransferase MET-2 promotes gene silencing independent of its H3K9 methyltransferase catalytic activity |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
83 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Delattre, Marie | Meiosis modifications at the origin of asexuality in Mesorhabditis pseudogamous nematodes |
Poster
Cell Biology |
237C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Delgado, Scarlett | Intracellular calcium management is key in diapause-induced neuroprotection |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
153 |
Thursday, June 24 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Demirbas, Burak | Stress discrimination by body-wide, stochastic DAF-16/FoxO nuclear translocation pulses |
Poster
Physiology |
988A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Demirbas, Burak | Temporal scaling in C. elegans larval development |
Poster
Development |
329B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Demouchy, Flora | The polarity protein PAR-4 controls intestinal cell number by regulating cell fate in C. elegans embryos |
Poster
Development |
312C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Deng, Jichao | DAF-18/PTEN functions in the muscles and proximal somatic gonad to couple to promote oocyte arrest in the absence of sperm |
Poster
Cell Biology |
238A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Dennis, Nathan | Uncovering microbiome-mitochondrion interactions in the worm-bug model |
Poster
Other |
1216A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Desbois, Muriel | Ubiquitin ligase activity inhibits CDK-5 to promote axon termination |
Poster
Neurobiology |
797B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Deshe, Noa | Inheritance of associative memories in C. elegans |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
131 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Devkota, Ranjan | A Genetic Titration of Membrane Composition Reveals its Importance for Multiple Cellular and Physiological Traits |
Poster
Physiology |
1112B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Dey, Swagata | Kinesin-13 mediated regulation of dendritic branch remodeling during the development of PVD neuron |
Poster
Neurobiology |
798C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Dhakal, Pravat | Gαq acts via DAG signaling to modulate serotonin motor circuit activity in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
914B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| di Luccio, Eric | N-NOSE is an innovative, non-invasive and highly sensitive cancer screening method based on the chemotaxis of C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1145B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| DiBernardo, Mercedes | Exposure to human microbiota isolates during development impacts Caenorhabditis elegans susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection |
Poster
Physiology |
1166B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| DiLoreto, Elizabeth | Non-transgenic Functional Rescue of Neuropeptides |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
598A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| DIMA, Raphael | Heparan sulfate proteoglycans, guidance molecules and Rho-family GTPases regulate the number of cellular extensions in developing polarized cells |
Poster
Development |
395B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Ding, Siyu Serena | Using high-throughput behavioural assays to identify heritable natural genetic variants in three Caenorhabiditis species |
Poster
Neurobiology |
690C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Diomede, Luisa | Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis modelled in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1167C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Diviak, Bridget | Characterization of the Role of the Terminal Adenosine Located at the pre-mRNA Cleavage Site |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
530B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Do, Nathan | Quantifying Pathogen Load of Geographical Isolates of Caenorhabditis elegans. |
Poster
Physiology |
1168A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Doering, Kelsie | Nuclear Hormone Receptor NHR-49 controls a HIF-1-independent hypoxia adaptation pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
989B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Donnelly, Bridget | Developmentally regulated microRNA decay of the mir-35 family is seed sequence dependent |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
616A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Dos Santos, Stephany | The bli-4/proprotein convertase genetically interacts with pmr-1/calcium ATPase during cell migration in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
213C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Driesschaert, Brecht | Applying the Q system in Caenorhabditis elegans: observed issues and challenges |
Poster
Physiology |
1146C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Drury, Florence | A novel pair of receptor tyrosine kinases are required for oomycete pathogen recognition by C. elegans and resistance to infection |
Poster
Physiology |
1169B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Duan, Ye | Critical contribution of 3’ non-seed base pairing to the in vivo function of the evolutionarily conserved let-7a microRNA. |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
43 |
Monday, June 21 12:54 PM - 1:06 PM |
| Duan, Ye | Modelling mutations in human Argonaute AGO1 that cause neurodevelopmental disorders: Identical mutations in the C. elegans homolog alg-1 impair in vivo microRNA function, with global gene expression perturbance. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
531C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Dubie, Joseph | Dissecting the Sequential Evolution of a Selfish Mitochondrial Genome in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
137 |
Thursday, June 24 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Dubois, Clément | Intraspecific evolution of QR.pax final position in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
799A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Duker, Nancy Marian | Characterizing the Role of Sperm-Supplied Proteins, SPE-11 and F07A5.2, during Spermatogenesis and the Early Embryonic Development in C.elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
239B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Durning, Daniel | PRG-1 and ZNFX-1 act in parallel to regulate small RNA-mediated transgenerational epigenetic inheritance |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
617B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Dutt, Sohini | Loss of adaptor protein complexes bypasses mrp-5 deficiency and restores heme deficit in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1114A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Dyczkowska, Aneta | Characterizing the roles of ETS-4 transcription factor in fat metabolism |
Poster
Physiology |
1115B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Earley, Brian | Cadmium hijacks the high zinc response by binding and activating the HIZR-1 nuclear receptor |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
532A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Eder, Matthias | A faster and more efficient RNASeq protocol supports new approaches for studying gene regulation and tissue composition in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
599B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Edwards, Hunter | Effect of individual members of gut microbiome on C. elegans stress resistance, lifespan and healthspan |
Poster
Physiology |
990C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Elaswad, Mohamed | The role of MAP Kinase in modulating condensation of RNA binding proteins in the germ line |
Poster
Cell Biology |
240C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Elder, Corrina | Tissue-Specific Roles of microRNA Argonaute Proteins in Aging |
Poster
Physiology |
991A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Ellenbecker, Mary | DLC-1 promotes germ granule integrity in C. elegans embryo |
Poster
Development |
344B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ellis, Ronald | Translation of fem-3 is regulated somatically to prevent abnormal TRA-1 activation |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
438C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Emerson, Soren | Acetylcholine Signaling Genes are Required for Cocaine-Stimulated Egg Laying in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
691A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Endo, Yuto | Whole-brain imaging with neuronal identities to elucidate the mechanism of a sensory processing |
Poster
Neurobiology |
915C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Eroglu, Matthew | Transgenerational regulation of sex determination |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
108 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Escudero, Julianna | Defining the molecular determinants by which EXC-4/CLICs regulate Rho-family GTPase signaling |
Poster
Development |
396C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Eskandari, Nasim | Investigating the basis for the aak-1-specific requirement in homeostatic regulation of GSC proliferation |
Poster
Development |
345C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ewald, Collin | End-of-life targeted auxin-mediated degradation of DAF-2 Insulin/IGF-1 receptor promotes longevity free from growth-related pathologies |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
29 |
Monday, June 21 12:00 PM - 12:18 PM |
| Ewe, Chee Kiang | Recursive Transcriptional Feedforward Loops Ensure Robust Endoderm Development in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
330C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Fabry, Martin | A single cell multiomics approach to resolve genomic drivers of C. elegans development |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
104 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Faerberg, Denis | Discerning the temporal organization of development |
Poster
Development |
370A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Fakieh, Razan | The RAP-2 Small GTPase and MIG-15 MAP4 kinase promote tertiary fate in C. elegans VPC Patterning |
Poster
Development |
313A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Fantz, Douglas | Nfya-1 functions as a substrate of ERK-MAP kinase during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval development |
Poster
Development |
397A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Faravelli, Giulia | C. elegans expressing human amyloidogenic proteins: a useful model for studying amyloidosis |
Poster
Physiology |
1170C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Fausett, Sarah | Complex interactions among quantitative trait loci explain natural variation in C. elegans germ stem cell niche activity |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
135 |
Thursday, June 24 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Fay, David | Regulation of vesicular trafficking by NEK family kinases |
Poster
Cell Biology |
277A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Fazeli, Gholamreza | TORC1, BORC, and ARL-8 drive tubulation of cell corpse phagolysosomes in C. elegans embryos |
Poster
Cell Biology |
278B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Feng, Weidong | The C. elegans Hox gene ceh-13/labial/Hox1 controls motor neuron terminal identity |
Poster
Neurobiology |
800B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ferdous, Ahlan | Regulation and function of the “PUF hub” governing C. elegans germline stem cells |
Poster
Development |
346A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Feresten, Abigail | ccd-5, a novel cdk-5 binding partner, regulates C. elegans ventral nerve cord pioneer axon guidance |
Poster
Neurobiology |
801C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ferguson, James | Identifying the In Vivo Role of Non-centrosomal Microtubule Organizing Centers During Cell Migration |
Poster
Cell Biology |
214A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ferguson, Kelsey | Membrane-anchored UNC-6/Netrin reveals roles of both close- and long-range interactions in regulating VD growth cone dorsal outgrowth |
Poster
Neurobiology |
802A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Fernandez, Anita | MEL-28-mediated regulation of microtubule motors affects oogenic fertility |
Poster
Cell Biology |
279C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Fernandez, Eliana Mailen | C. elegans as tool to study chronic stress implications |
Poster
Neurobiology |
692B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Fernandez, Jesus | A glial Cl- channel is the master regulator of ASH neurons’ response to touch |
Poster
Neurobiology |
693C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ferreira, Helder | Characterising single-stranded telomere binding proteins in C. elegans |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
15 |
Monday, June 21 1:18 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Filipowicz, Adam | TRPM channels mediate learned pathogen avoidance following intestinal distention |
Poster
Neurobiology |
694A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Fisher, Kinsey | Insulin-like signaling and starvation resistance via daf-16/FoxO-dependent and independent gene regulatory pathways |
Poster
Physiology |
992B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Flautt, Leah | Visualization of Synaptic Remodeling |
Poster
Neurobiology |
803B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Florman, Jeremy | Chemical in vivo activation of C. elegans neurons using a histamine-gated cation channel |
Poster
Neurobiology |
848B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Foltz, Ashley | Microbiome perturbations moderately modulate Caenorhabditis elegans health and life history traits |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
425B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Fouad, Anthony | Rethinking the worm pick: Alternative materials and sterilization methods |
Poster
Physiology |
1147A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Fragkiadaki, Persefoni | Insecticide resistance and toxicity mechanisms in malaria vectors and C. elegans |
Poster
Other |
1217B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Frand, Alison | Plugs and sheaths made to molt |
Poster
Development |
371B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Frankel, Elisa | SYG-2/nephrin mediates incorporation of new synapses into preexisting circuits |
Poster
Neurobiology |
804C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Frankel, Elisa | Neurexin clustering at synapses is mediated by active zone scaffold intrinsically disordered domains |
Poster
Neurobiology |
805A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Franklin, Latisha | Understanding Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency locomotion deficit using C. elegans as a model |
Poster
Physiology |
1171A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Froehlich, Jonathan | Parallel genetics of regulatory sequences using induced genome editing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
533B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Fujiwara, Manabi | The regulation of olfactory circuit by EGL-4/PKG |
Poster
Neurobiology |
916A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Fukumoto, Akihisa | HACD-1 functioning in neural cells regulates cold acclimation in C.elegans. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
695B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Fung, Wendy | A sex-specific switch in glial gene expression is controlled by a cell-autonomous program involving MAB-3 and NFYA-1 |
Poster
Neurobiology |
806B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Gaarenstroom, Tessa | Proliferation/differentiation control by the SWI/SNF nucleosome remodeler in vivo |
Poster
Development |
314B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Gaeta, Anthony | Dietary Composition Modulates Neurodegeneration in a C. elegans Parkinson’s Disease Model |
Poster
Cell Biology |
173B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Gajjar, Gita | Two eIF4E isoforms regulate distinct mRNAs and effect one another in germ cells |
Poster
Development |
347B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Galagali, Himani Anand | Negative feedback between NHR-23 and let-7 regulates developmental pace and number of molts in C. elegans |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
99 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Gang, Spencer | Analysis of PALS-25 as an activator of the Intracellular Pathogen Response in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1172B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ganne, Akshatha | 14-3-3 and its interacting proteins in aging and neurodegeneration |
Poster
Physiology |
993C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Gao, Shangbang | K2P channel TWK-40 Regulates Rhythmic Motor Program in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
696C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Garcia Montes de Oca, Melissa | Probing the molecular mechanism of receptor tyrosine kinase activation through the analysis of heterodimers of the C. elegans FGF receptor, EGL-15 |
Poster
Development |
398B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Garcia-Sanchez, Juan | Ubiquitin-related modifying enzymes in the regulation of HLH-30 signaling during S. aureus infection |
Poster
Physiology |
1173C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Garrigues, Jacob | C. elegans transposable elements harbor diverse transcription factor DNA-binding motifs |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
573C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Gąsienica, Paulina | Genes essentiality in various genetic backgrounds |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
574A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Gaylord, Olivia | RNA helicase RHA-1 safeguards thermosensitive sperm fertility by promoting small RNA-mediated mRNA clearance |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
618C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Geens, Ellen | Rationing yolk affects offspring quality, not quantity, in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
994A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Geisler, Florian | Perturbed intermediate filament regulation causes aggregate toxicity |
Poster
Cell Biology |
215B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Gems, David | Three programmatic mechanisms of aging in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
995B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Gheorghe, Ioana | A genome-wide RNAi screen for factors of tissue growth coordination |
Poster
Development |
399C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ghojeh Biglou, Sanaz | Investigating the role of neuropeptide receptors npr-16 and npr-24 in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
697A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Ghosh, Bhaswati | A fat-promoting botanical extract from Artemisia scoparia acts as longevity modifier in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1116C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Gibson, Sophia | Updating the Caenorhabditis elegans Natural Diversity Resource Variant Browser |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
499A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Giorgi, Victoria | C. elegans as a model for studying Cannabis sativa extracts |
Poster
Other |
1218C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Gkikas, Ilias | Synthesis and trafficking of mitochondrial phospholipids determines survival under hypoxia |
Poster
Physiology |
1117A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Gleason, Ryan | Developmentally programmed H3 expression changes embryonic plasticity and reinforces cell fate specification |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
149 |
Thursday, June 24 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Gleeson, Padraig | The OpenWorm Project: progress update, available resources and future plans |
Poster
Physiology |
1148B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Godbole, Adwait | Understanding the role of SAM synthases under heat stress |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
507C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Goldman, Gal | The role of network topology in the performance of the circuit for nociceptive behaviors in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
917B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Gómez Escribano, Ana Pilar | Neurohormonal signalling modulates polyQ aggregation by controlling fat metabolism |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
159 |
Thursday, June 24 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Gómez Saldivar, Georgina | Tissue-specific transcription footprinting in C. elegans using RNA PoI DamID (RAPID) and Nanopore sequencing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
600C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Gong, Ting | C. elegans maximize the number of euploid progeny from zim-2 parents with crossover failure on chromosome V. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
241A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Gonzalez de la Rosa, Pablo Manuel | New ends with new technology: chromosome diminution in Oscheius nematodes |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
575B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Gonzalez Rangel, Alan | DAF-16/FoxO are necessary to induce Germ Cell apoptosis under starvation |
Poster
Cell Biology |
242B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Gonzalez, Gilberto | Investigating The Phase Transition of EFA-6 and Its Role In Microtubule Regulation |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
161 |
Thursday, June 24 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Gonzalez, Xavier | Defining the microbiota host defense response in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1174A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Goodwin, Kimberly | HLH-3 is required for the terminal differentiation of AIM interneurons in adult males |
Poster
Neurobiology |
807C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Gorgon, Szymon | Detection of clinically relevant ERK/MAPK signaling inhibitors using C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
400A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Goss-Sampson, Evie | Visualising neuropeptide spatial range of action within the nervous system. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
918C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Goswamy, Debanjan | Nuclear receptors downstream of HLH-30/TFEB modulate host defense responses. |
Poster
Physiology |
1175B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Gourgou, Eleni | C. elegans learning strategy in T-mazes and aging-related interventions |
Poster
Neurobiology |
698B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Gourgou, Eleni | 3-dimensional behavioral arenas for C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
699C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Govind, Shamitha | Comparative analysis of nematode small-RNA pathways using Gametocyte specific factor-1 (GTSF-1) |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
619A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Goya, Maria | Uncovering protective mechanisms of the probiotic Bacillus subtilis against α-synuclein aggregation |
Poster
Physiology |
996C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Grana, Theresa | Wormfinding: a semester-long CURE for introductory biology |
Poster
Education |
481A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Grana, Theresa | Using worms in a Molecular Biology course to teach cloning. |
Poster
Education |
482B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Graziano, Bianca | Glial KQT-2 K+ channels are needed for aversive response to octanol |
Poster
Neurobiology |
919A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Grimbert, Stephanie | C. elegans Anterior Morphogenesis: A Tale of Three Tissues |
Poster
Development |
372C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Griñán Ferré, Christian | Synergistic Neuroprotective Effects of Mix Extract from Biosearch Life Product Against AD-hallmarks and Cognitive Decline in Caenorhabditis elegans and SAMP8 Mice Model |
Poster
Other |
1219A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Groombridge, James | Investigating the metabolic impact of inhibiting bacterial folate synthesis: A novel method to measure amino acids in agar beneath the bacterial lawn. |
Poster
Other |
1220B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Grooms, Noa | Expression of trx-1 correlates with intrinsic regenerative capacity |
Poster
Neurobiology |
871A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Grosshans, Helge | A molecular clock to control skin regeneration |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
150 |
Thursday, June 24 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Grover, Manish | Neuronal C-type lectin receptors mediate recognition of oomycete pathogens in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1176C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| GU, Sam | Distinguishing between self and non-self siRNA encoded in the C. elegans genome |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
620B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Gu, Weifeng | A convenient strategy for generating small RNA/mRNA high-throughput sequencing libraries |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
621C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Guan, Guoye | Establishment of a morphological atlas of the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo using deep-learning-based 4D segmentation |
Poster
Development |
373A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Guan, Guoye | Computable early C. elegans embryo with a data-driven phase field model |
Poster
Development |
374B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Guan, Guoye | Speed and fate diversity tradeoff in nematode's early embryogenesis |
Poster
Development |
315C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Guang, Shouhong | Antisense ribosomal siRNAs inhibit RNA polymerase I-directed transcription in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
622A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Guasp, Ryan | Stress-induced increases in neuronal exopher extrusion require lipid biosynthesis and FGF/RAS/MAPK signaling |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
160 |
Thursday, June 24 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Gubert, Priscila | Honey bee (Apis mellifera) venom toxicity in breast cancer cells and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Other |
1221C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Guha, Sanjib | The Role of Alzheimer's disease relevant Tau modifications in Neurodegeneration and Mitochondrial dysfunction |
Poster
Neurobiology |
849C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Guha, Sujay | Developing a high content, whole organism behavioral screening platform for specialized metabolites synthesized by plants |
Poster
Physiology |
1149C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Guisnet, Aurelie | A deep learning approach to calcium imaging analysis |
Poster
Neurobiology |
850A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Gulez, Burcu | Decoding pharyngeal neuron fate specification |
Poster
Neurobiology |
808A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Gungordu, Lale | Modifiers of TDP-43 Toxicity |
Poster
Neurobiology |
872B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Gurung, Pralaksha | Sorting of different dense core vesicle cargos in the same neuron |
Poster
Cell Biology |
280A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Haeussler, Simon | MitoSegNet: Easy-to-use Deep Learning Segmentation for Analysing Mitochondrial Morphology |
Poster
Other |
1245C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Hafeez, Zaki | Investigating the Diversity and Distribution of Caenorhabditis elegans in Georgia |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
471C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Haghani, Nadia | A closer look at cuticle-resident microbes and their impact on host physiology |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
141 |
Thursday, June 24 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Hahn, Anne | Mis-regulation of mtDNA 6mdA methylation causes enhanced oxidative stress and ageing in C. elegans |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
86 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Hajji, Ismail | Cell-fate decisions in dynamically perturbed signaling environments during C. Elegans vulval development |
Poster
Development |
316A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Hall, Julie | Creating choice in molecular genetics lab through the use of toxicology |
Poster
Education |
483C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Hallinen, Kelsey | Decoding locomotion from population neural activity in moving C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
701B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Hally, Alyson | Identification of a mitochondrial transfer sequence in a folic acid metabolism gene mel-32 |
Poster
Development |
375C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ham, Seokjin | Cryptic transcription and deregulation of alternative 3’ splice site selection are associated with physiological aging in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
998B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Han, Xue | Regulation of GLP-1/Notch signaling in C. elegans Germline Stem Cells by Protein Interactions |
Poster
Development |
348C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Hao, Hongyan | The KASH-independent role of ANC-1 in positioning organelles in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
281B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Haque, Mahamudul | Regulation of DNA repair mechanism by NPR-8 |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
77 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Harbin, Jonathan | Sex-determination in the male/female species C. nigoni |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
439A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Hardege, Iris | Expansion of Cholinergic Signalling Reveals Polymodal and Novel Ligand Gated Ion Channels Involved in Switching Behavioural States |
Poster
Neurobiology |
920B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Harnagel, Audrey | Identifying Triggers for Pathogen Learning in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
921C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Harris, Nathan | Temperature-regulated gene expression changes driving plasticity in the AFD thermosensory neurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
702C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Harterink, Martin | UNC- 70 (Spectrin) acts cell autonomously and non-autonomously to maintain the neuronal microtubule cytoskeleton |
Poster
Neurobiology |
809B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Haskell, Dustin | Annotation of primary microRNA transcripts using conditional depletion of Drosha drsh-1. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
623B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Haszczyn, Johanna | Investigating organophosphate intoxication and mitigation using Pharyngeal Pumping: a novel bio-assay to probe poisoning |
Poster
Physiology |
1177A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Hatanaka, Ryuhei | Significant differences in the sex determination pathways between C. inopinata and C. elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
440B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| He, Liu | PTRN-1 (CAMSAP) and NOCA-2 (NINEIN) redundantly mediate MTOC localization and microtubule polarity in dendrites |
Poster
Neurobiology |
810C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Hebbar, Shilpa | hrpa-1 coordinates with miRNAs to regulate gene expression in C. elegans. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
624C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Hebert, Amy | The Effects of Cytokine Proteins on the Notch1 Signaling Pathway of Neurogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
873C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Hegde, Sneha | Uniform mitochondrial positioning in C. elegans touch receptor neurons is regulated by actin and contributes both to cytosolic calcium dynamics and touch responsiveness |
Poster
Cell Biology |
282C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Heiman, Maxwell | A model for partial depletion of disease gene homologs reveals dose-dependent effects of the Kabuki Syndrome-related factors SET-16/KMT2D and UTX-1/KDM6A |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
601A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Held, James | Homolog of ELAC2 is responsive to mitochondrial stress and activates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response |
Poster
Physiology |
999C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Henss, Thilo | Optogenetic tools for manipulation of cyclic nucleotides, functionally coupled to CNG-channels |
Poster
Neurobiology |
851B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Heo, Woojung | Gene regulatory networks underlying cell fate specification of a C. elegans sensory/inter/motor neuron-type |
Poster
Neurobiology |
811A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Herman, Michael | Genomic analysis of natural Stenotrophomonas bacteria and their effects on wild and domesticated C. elegans |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
136 |
Thursday, June 24 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Hermann, Greg | Positioning of organelles during the polarization of intestinal epithelial cells |
Poster
Cell Biology |
202A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Hernández Cravero, Bruno | Uncovering a novel endocannabinoid (2-AG) pathway required to modulate cholesterol metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Development |
401B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Hernando, Guillermina | Deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying the anthelmintic effect of essential oils evaluated in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Other |
1222A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Herrera, Daniel | Super microscopy reveals zinc dependent morphological changes of intestinal gut granules and localization of zinc transporters in C. elegans |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
53 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Hibshman, Jon | LEA motifs promote desiccation tolerance in vivo |
Poster
Physiology |
1000A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Hicks, Tara | R-loop-induced irreparable DNA damage in C. elegans meiosis |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
10 |
Monday, June 21 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM |
| Hill, Tyler | Uncovering the Molecular Mechanisms of Thermosensory Adaptation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
703A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Hills-Muckey, Kelly | A nutrient-dependent epigenetic priming mechanism by the pioneer factor BLMP-1 modulates transactional output to control gene dosage during temporal patterning in C. elegans. |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
46 |
Monday, June 21 1:30 PM - 1:42 PM |
| hintze, mark | Uncovering highly conserved factors that contribute to phenotypic robustness of seam cell patterning in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
317B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Hiroki, Shingo | Molecular Encoding and Synaptic Decoding of Memory of Chemical Concentration in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
922A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ho, Xue Yan | The metalloprotease ADAM17/ADM-4 promotes regenerative axonal fusion by stabilising the fusogen EFF-1 |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
156 |
Thursday, June 24 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Hochbaum, Daniel | The CHARGE syndrome gene chd-7 plays a role in dauer formation and longevity |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
168 |
Thursday, June 24 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Hoerndli, Frederic | A Dual Role for LAR/PTP-3 in Regulating Long-distance AMPAR Transport and Synaptic Retention Essential for Long Term Associative Memory |
Poster
Neurobiology |
923B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Holman, Elizabeth | Autonomous Adaptive Data Acquisition for Scanning Hyperspectral Imaging in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
266B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Holmstrom, Christian | Screening bacterial isolates for novel therapeutics: a CURE approach |
Poster
Education |
484A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Honer, Madison | Identifying the mechanisms of NLP-14/Orcokinin signaling during sleep. |
Poster
Physiology |
1001B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Hopkins, Christopher | Whole Gene Humanization as Platform for Disease Diagnostics and Therapeutics Discovery. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
602B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Hopkins, Sara | Identification and characterization of C. elegans genes that S. maltophilia targets to evade host insulin-like DAF-2/16 pathway defenses |
Poster
Physiology |
1178B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| HORI, Sayaka | Contribution of a FOXD3/4 ortholog to optimization of avoidance behavior mediated by pre- and postsynaptic gene expression for a biphasic calcium response |
Poster
Neurobiology |
924C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Horikawa, Makoto | Crosstalk between HSR and mTOR regulates hibernation and longevity |
Poster
Physiology |
1002C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Hosea, Ciara | Gut-brain-axis signaling in regulation of the Caenorhabditis elegans microbiome |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
428B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Houston, Jack | Investigating the regulation of CDC-20 recruitment to kinetochores |
Poster
Cell Biology |
185B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Hsiao, Andrew | SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes regulate the expression of innate immunity genes and modulate acute responses to alcohol. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
704B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Hsiung, Kuei Ching | Are levels of autophagy increased or decreased in daf-2 insulin/IGF-1 mutants? |
Poster
Physiology |
1003A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Hu, Mingxi | A neuropeptide-controlled circuit controls rhythmic anterior body wall muscle contraction |
Poster
Neurobiology |
925A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Huang, Huiyan | C. elegans modeling and human studies of a rare RAB5B patient variant reveal a novel role of RAB5B in regulated secretion of pulmonary surfactant |
Poster
Cell Biology |
283A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Huang, Tzu-Ting | Genetic Mechanisms of Isothermal Tracking Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
705C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Huang, Yuqing | Polymorphic modifiers of human α-synuclein in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
534C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Huayta, Javier | Quantitative Analysis of DAF-16 Lifelong Spatiotemporal Activity under Dietary Restriction as a Predictor of C. elegans lifespan |
Poster
Physiology |
1004B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Hughes, Kiley | Long isoforms of mechanoreceptor pezo-1 control pharyngeal gland cell activity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
706A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Hwang, Hyeonjeong | Exoribonuclease ERI-1 regulates ascr#3 avoidance behavior in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
707B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Iannacone, Michael | Viral infection in C. elegans causes sleep, which is necessary for survival and energy maintenance |
Poster
Neurobiology |
708C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Ikeda, Muneki | Klinotactic versus klinokinetic steering strategies implemented in neuroanatomical models for C. elegans thermotaxis |
Poster
Neurobiology |
709A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Ikejiri, Yosuke | Learning-dependent gain control by asymmetric modulation of the first- and second-order time-differential of stimulus in sensory neurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
926B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ilik, Vladislav | Neglected strongylid nematodes: Metabarcoding reveals hidden transmission patterns between great apes and humans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
465C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Iosilevskii, Yael | Elucidating the role of NHR-25 in shaping and maintaining neuron structure |
Poster
Neurobiology |
812B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ishidate, Takao | Proteolysis dependent gene silencing in C.elegans germline |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
98 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Ishihara, Takeshi | Simultaneous measurements of membrane voltage and intracellular Ca2+ of AWA neurons by a gene encoded voltage indicator and GCaMP. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
852C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Ishita, Yuuki | Predatory feeding behavior is modulated via three serotonin receptors and other genetic factors in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus |
Poster
Neurobiology |
710B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Isiaka, Bolaji | In vivo DNA Topology and Transcriptional Regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
44 |
Monday, June 21 1:06 PM - 1:18 PM |
| Isolehto, Ida | Intrinsically disordered protein PID-2 modulates Z granules and is required for heritable piRNA-induced silencing in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
625A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Itoga, Hiroya | Worm Developmental Dynamics Database 2 – an open database with visualization for biological dynamics of large-scale RNAi experiments on C. elegans embryos |
Poster
Other |
1223B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Ivanova, Maria | Evolutionary conservation of the heterochronic pathway in C. elegans and C. briggsae. |
Poster
Development |
318C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Izquierdo, Eduardo | Computational Neuroethology to Bridge the Gap between Connectome, Neural Dynamics, and Behavior |
Poster
Neurobiology |
711C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Jackson, Noel | Defining a functional role for splicing factors in modulating longevity in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1005C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Jaklitsch, Erik | Immobilization of C. elegans by thermoelectric cooling for high-throughput microscopy |
Poster
Physiology |
1150A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Janssen, Leen | Optogenetic manipulation of individual or whole population Caenorhabditis elegans worms with an under hundred-dollar tool: the OptoArm |
Poster
Physiology |
1151B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Jean, Francesca | Using WGS to identify intragenic suppressors of zyg-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals the importance of genomic context in phenotypic interpretation |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
576C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Jha, Sweta | UPS modulation and autophagy. |
Poster
Other |
1224C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Ji, Hongfei | Dopamine signaling mediates a homeostatic compensation of locomotor bending amplitude in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
712A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| JIA, QI | Mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide in interneurons induces neuropeptide secretion to regulate the intestinal antioxidant response |
Poster
Neurobiology |
927C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Jiang, Yanwen | Post-transcriptional regulation of egl-1BH3-only, the key activator of apoptosis during C. elegans development |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
535A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| JIANG, YUWEI | A novel pathway links Microbiota-induced neuroprotection to the innate immune response in C. elegans models of Alzheimer’s Disease |
Poster
Neurobiology |
874A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Jimenez, David | Condensin DC spreads linearly and bidirectionally from recruitment sites to create loop-anchored TADs in C. elegans |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
85 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Jin, Eugene | Coordination of neuronal activity and transcriptional programs in motor circuit remodeling |
Poster
Neurobiology |
813C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Johnson, Alyssa | Tubular lysosome induction links starvation to animal longevity |
Poster
Physiology |
1006A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Johnson, Londen | A specific window of NHR-23 activity is required for developmental progression |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
536B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Jongsma, Elisabeth | Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase regulates extracellular beta-amyloid accumulation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
875B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Jordan, Aurore | Human pain gene ortholog screen in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
713B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| jordan, jim | pqm-1/SALL2 promotes oncogenic eicosanoid metabolism following early-life starvation |
Poster
Physiology |
1007B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Jorgensen, Brian | Deletion of circRNAs derived from the crh-1 CREB locus increases mean lifespan of C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
626B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Joseph, Braveen | Loss of a conserved protease can suppress molting defects |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
55 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Jung, Yoonji | A Golgi protein MON-2/MON2 mediates longevity via upregulating autophagy |
Poster
Physiology |
1008C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Kalichamy, Karunambigai | Behavioral studies, responses and chemical synapses on EphR/ephrin deficient mutants |
Poster
Neurobiology |
714C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Kalichamy, Karunambigai | C. elegans prk mutants exhibit pleiotropic defects. |
Poster
Development |
376A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kalinski, Cristine | Connectomic comparison of P. pacificus and C. elegans anterior nervous system structure |
Poster
Neurobiology |
928A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kalis, Andrea | It takes two: Hox proteins cooperate to specify midbody fates in male CP neurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
814A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kamal, Muntasir | The Alimentary Cuticle of C. elegans Plays Multiple Roles in Mediating Xenobiotic Sensitivity |
Poster
Development |
402C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Kano, Amane | Two thermosensory neurons AFD and AWC regulate purity of frequency components in temperature-evoked sinusoidal crawling |
Poster
Neurobiology |
715A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Karimzadegan, Siavash | Antagonistic pleiotropy in the function of stress-activated kinase KGB-1 is mediated by mir-71 |
Poster
Physiology |
1009A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Karpel, Jonathan | PAR-CLIP experiments used to identify parallel pathways to the core germline development pathway |
Poster
Development |
349A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Kasimatis, Katja | Deconstructing Male Fertility: Functional and Evolutionary Characterization the NSPF Gene Family |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
466A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kato, Tatsuya | Determining the role of ZEN-4/KIF23 in C. elegans reproductive organ development |
Poster
Development |
319A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Katsanos, Dimitris | Dissecting the functional genomic landscape of epidermal patterning in C. elegans using Targeted-DamID. |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
84 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Kaul, Samiksha | Utilizing Quantitative Molecular Techniques to Capture Expression Level Differences in C. elegans Wild Isolates |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
448A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kaulich, Eva | Characterization of C. elegans acid-sensing DEG/ENaCs and their role in rhythmic behavior |
Poster
Neurobiology |
716B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kazerskiy, Daniel | Behavioral analysis of P. pacificus mutants encoding for a novel repeat-containing protein |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
429C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Keiper, Brett | Isoforms of eIF4G (ifg-1) are differentially expressed to modulate mRNA translation initiation mechanism in development. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
537C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kelley, Leanne | Characterizing the regulatory role of uridylation on small RNA activity in C. elegans germline development |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
627C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ken-ichi, Nakayama | cGMP phototransduction pathway is involved in light avoidance behavior in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus |
Poster
Neurobiology |
717C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kennedy, James | Evolution of fem-1 activity in Caenorhabditis |
Poster
Development |
386B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kennedy, Sophia | Adult longevity of late-generation Piwi/prg-1 mutants |
Poster
Physiology |
1010B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kern, Carina | C. elegans provide milk for their young |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
34 |
Monday, June 21 1:06 PM - 1:18 PM |
| Kessler, Benjamin | Disrupting Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Modulates Lifespan and Healthspan |
Poster
Physiology |
1011C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Keszthelyi, Talia Magdolna | Identification of the biologically relevant MEC-2 isoform |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
538A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Khan, Munzareen |
Poster
Neurobiology |
718A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
|
| Kieninger, Manuela Rebecka | High-contiguity genomes from single nematodes |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
603C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kikis, Elise | Air pollution triggers protein misfolding in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1012A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kikuchi, Taisei | An alternative ERGO-1 pathway in a sibling species of C. elegans, C. inopinata |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
628A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kim, BanSeok | Spaceflight effects on muscle size in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1013B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kim, Dan | The role of the gut microbiome in host adaptation to environmental xenobiotics |
Poster
Physiology |
1179C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kim, Eun Ji | ALGN-2, asparagine-linked glycosylation protein, is critical for longevity conferred by enhanced nonsense-mediated mRNA decay |
Poster
Physiology |
1014C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Kim, Eunkyeong | Long-read sequencing and de novo genome assemblies reveal complex chromosome end structures caused by telomere dysfunction at the single nucleotide level |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
577A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Kim, Hyun-Min | Histone demethylase AMX-1 provides sensitivity to interstrand crosslink DNA damage |
Poster
Other |
1225A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Kim, Jimin | Identify the function of calcium-activated chloride channel Bestrophin in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
719B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kim, Jiwan | Repressive histone marks-associated reproductive defects in Caenorhabditis elegans exposed to chemical additives in plastics |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
509B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kim, Jun | Evidence of loop-extrusion by X-specific condensin in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
578B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| KIM, Jun | Chromosome pairing and segregation during meiosis require the nuclear envelope protein MJL-1 in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
243C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kim, Kyung Won | Neurodevelopmental toxicity assessment after pesticides exposure using C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
815B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kim, SeoYeong | Construction of the map of odorants and olfactory neurons in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
720C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Kim, Seung Hyun | Two RapGaps in C. elegans differently regulate development and behavior. |
Poster
Development |
403A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Kinney, Brian | The Mechanism of LIN-42 Regulation of Temporal Patterning in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
320B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kirshner, Jessica | The role of MORC-1 in regulating CSR-1 germline gene licensing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
629B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kitagawa, Saho | Roles of the histone variant H2A.Z in post-embryonic development of C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
510C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Knop, Filip | SEL-5 kinase interacts with retromer complex to regulate QL.d migration and excretory cell canals outgrowth |
Poster
Development |
404B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Knox, Jessica | A Survey of the Kinome Pharmacopeia Reveals Multiple Scaffolds and Targets for the Development of Novel Anthelmintics |
Poster
Physiology |
1180A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Knudsen, Daphne | Target-dependent requirements of regulators for gene silencing during RNA interference |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
630C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Knudsen, Kaeli | An Alzheimer disease-related phenotype in C. elegans is exacerbated by serotonin uptake inhibitor antidepressants |
Poster
Physiology |
1015A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| KO, SUHYUK | Tauopathy Impairs Axon Injury-Induced Autophagic Activity in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
876C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Koch, Laurel | Investigating the symmetry breaking cue and mechanism of polarity reestablishment in the C. elegans P1 cell. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
203B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kokan, Nikolas | LRON-11 functions in axon guidance within the ventral nerve cord of C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
816C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Komur, Alicja | Cold survival driven by ferritin-mediated iron regulation |
Poster
Physiology |
1016B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Konac, Ahsen | Understanding the Molecular Basis of Aging of Sensory Neurons in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1017C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| KONWAR, CHANDRIKA | Apoptosis in the context of autophagy and lifespan in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
539B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Konzman, Daniel | The role of O-GlcNAc in fertility of C. elegans males |
Poster
Physiology |
1118B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kotagama, Kasuen | Studying the tissue-specific functions of the conserved mir-51 family of microRNAs |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
631A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Koterniak, Bina | A genome-wide analysis of developmentally regulated alternative splicing across C. elegans tissues |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
41 |
Monday, June 21 12:30 PM - 12:42 PM |
| Kounosu, asuka | Chromosome dynamics in sex determination of the parthenogenetic nematode Strongyloides ratti |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
441C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kow, Rebecca | Loss of aly genes suppresses toxicity in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans models of tau or TDP-43 |
Poster
Neurobiology |
877A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Kowalski, Jennifer | FSHR-1 regulates cholinergic synaptic vesicle and active zone protein localization to control neuromuscular signaling balance in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
929B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kratsios, Paschalis | A noncanonical role for Hox in the C. elegans ventral nerve cord |
Poster
Neurobiology |
817A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Kroetz, Mary | Utilizing CRISPR to Reinforce Genetics |
Poster
Education |
485B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kroll, Jason | Light-induced protein clustering to study protein-protein interactions in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
267C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kropp, Peter | Allele-specific effects of mitochondrial dysfunction: A C. elegans model of Multiple Mitochondrial Dysfunctions Syndrome 1 |
Poster
Physiology |
1018A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kubota, Yukihiko | The PAF1 complex cell-autonomously regulates oogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Development |
350B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kukhtar, Dmytro | Using C. elegans in prognosis, diagnosis, and drug screens for splicing-related retinitis pigmentosa |
Poster
Other |
1226B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kulkarni, Sucheta | UNC-16 inhibits actin and microtubule dynamics to regulate rate of regrowth and functional regeneration in C. elegans neurons. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
878B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kumar, Anita | Nucleolar size is modulated by autophagy protein LGG-1/GABARAP |
Poster
Physiology |
1019B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Kurashina, Mizuki | Sustained expression of unc-4/Hox and unc-37/Groucho in postmitotic neurons specifies the spatial organization of the cholinergic synapses in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
818B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Kuroyanagi, Hidehito | Alternative splicing through m6A modification at a 3' splice site for SAM synthetase homeostasis |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
540C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Kwah, Ji Kent | Role of spe-11 and oops-1 in early embryogenesis and eggshell formation |
Poster
Cell Biology |
244A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kwon, Saebom | Investigating the mechanism of the cell-nonautonomous roles of the nuclear hormone receptor NHR-49 in the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1119C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Kwon, Sujeong | LPIN-1/Lipin 1 moderates the lifespan-shortening effects of dietary glucose by maintaining ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids |
Poster
Physiology |
1120A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Kyani-Rogers, Travis | Molecular and neuronal mechanisms underlying early experience-dependent chemosensory plasticity in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1102A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| La Rocca, Federica | hnRNPQ/hrp-2 role in splicing and neurodegeneration. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
879C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| LaBonty, Melissa | Investigating the Genetic Interaction Between Ciliary bbs-5 and nphp-4 |
Poster
Neurobiology |
721A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Lakdawala, Mohammed Farhan | Integrative role of the DBL-1/BMP signaling pathway with BLMP-1/BLIMP1 in Caenorhabditis elegans development |
Poster
Development |
405C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Lam, Andy | Dietary vitamin B12 impacts amyloid-β proteotoxicity by alleviating oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction |
Poster
Physiology |
1020C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lambie, Eric | Examination of P5B ATPase function in vivo |
Poster
Cell Biology |
284B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Lamitina, Todd | The nuclear ubiquitin ligase adaptor SPOP is a conserved regulator of C9orf72 dipeptide toxicity |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
158 |
Thursday, June 24 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Lamitina, Todd | Regulation of the hypertonic stress response by the 3’ mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation complex |
Poster
Physiology |
1021A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Lang, Jiaqing | Role of Stress Granules in Stress Responses and Ageing |
Poster
Physiology |
1022B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Lange, Karen | Interpreting human missense variants of unknown significance (VUS) in the nematode orthologue of ciliopathy-associated genes |
Poster
Cell Biology |
285C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Lans, Hannes | Tissue-specific DNA repair activity of ERCC-1/XPF-1 |
Poster
Physiology |
1023C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Lansdon, Patrick | Transcriptomic Profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans Wild Isolates Reveals Gene Expression Differences in Response to Microbial Infection |
Poster
Physiology |
1181B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lanza, Enrico | C. elegans-based chemosensation strategy for the early detection of cancer metabolites in urine samples |
Poster
Neurobiology |
722B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Larkin, Kerry | Modeling Timothy Syndrome in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
579C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Larson, Braden | Redundant Mechanisms of X Chromosome Repression in the C. elegans Male Germline |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
511A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Latimer, Caitlin | TDP-43 promotes pathological tau phosphorylation and neurotoxicity in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
880A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Lautens, Margot | The Search for Novel Anthelmintic Targets: Characterizing Alternative Metabolic Pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1121B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lawson, Hannah | Molecular mechanisms regulating organization of sensory neuron cilia |
Poster
Neurobiology |
819C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Lazaro-Pena, Maria | HPK-1 prevents the decline of proteostasis through neuroendocrine control of the proteostatic network |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
123 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Lazetic, Vladimir | The role of the bZIP transcription factor ZIP-1 in the Intracellular Pathogen Response of C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1182C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Le, Vivian Vy | Comparison of taste preferences between two divergent nematode species |
Poster
Neurobiology |
723C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Lear, Sophie | Interactions between the PAM-1 aminopeptidase and the cell-cycle machinery during oocyte maturation and early development |
Poster
Cell Biology |
186C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| LeBoeuf, Brigitte | UPRmt required for anal depressor symmetry and male muscle remodeling |
Poster
Development |
377B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lee, Ching-Han | Organismal death triggered by oyster mushrooms via mitochondrial dysfunction |
Poster
Cell Biology |
174C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lee, Dongyeop | EOR-1/PLZF and EOR-2 Inhibit Expression of the RIM or RIC Neuronal Cell Fates |
Poster
Neurobiology |
820A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Lee, Eugene Li Qun | C. elegans Can Learn To Associate a Temporally Precise Delivery of Paired Stimuli |
Poster
Neurobiology |
724A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Lee, Garrett | Understanding the development, plasticity, and function of synaptic asymmetry in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
930C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lee, Grace | Microtubule dynamics regulates gap junction trafficking and placement in the motor circuit |
Poster
Neurobiology |
821B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lee, Hee Kyung | The role of mitochondria calcium uniporter in C. elegans odor learning |
Poster
Neurobiology |
725B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lee, Kin Sing Stephen | The Effect of Cytochrome P450 Metabolites of Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Age-Associated Neurodegeneration. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
881B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| lee, mijin | Depletion of cdc-25.2 in the intestine induces mitochondrial oxidative stress and germ cell apoptosis through a cep-1-dependent pathway |
Poster
Cell Biology |
175A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Lee, Myeongwoo | The RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) is a potential cell-binding motif of UNC-52/PERLECAN mediating interaction to βPAT-3 integrin |
Poster
Cell Biology |
216C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lee, Myeongwoo | The mutation analysis of RGD (Arg-Gly-Glu) cell-binding motifs in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
217A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Lee, Tammy | Chromodomain proteins CEC-3 and CEC-6 promote germ granule integrity and genome stability |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
512B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Lee, Tong Young | Neuropeptides regulate a novel C. elegans oviposition behavior displayed in a three-dimensional environment |
Poster
Neurobiology |
726C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lehrbach, Nicolas | NGLY1 deficiency suppressors reveal connections between nucleotide metabolism, the proteasome, and longevity. |
Poster
Physiology |
1024A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Lemus Vergara, Tzitziki | Interaction of genetic variation and diet on stress resistance in Caenorhabditis tropicalis isolates |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
431B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lenchner, Daniel | The role of the microRNA miR-71 in amyloid β plaque formation in a C. elegans model |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
632B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| León-Guerrero, Victoria | Characterization of a third SHC adaptor protein in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1122C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lesanpezeshki, Leila | Burrrowing chip: A microfluidic platform to visualize and quantitate the burrowing behavior of C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1152C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Leslie, Jessica | A fluorescent toolkit for live analysis of mitochondrial genome maintenance in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
286A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Lessenger, Alex | Increased DNA content in the C. elegans intestine promotes body size and lifespan |
Poster
Physiology |
1025B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Leung, Angela Ching-Yee | Stimulation of egg laying in C. elegans by Salmonella lipopolysaccharides (LPS) is dependent on a Gα protein expressed in chemosensory neurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
727A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Levangie, Kaitlin | MEL-28 and dynactin impact male fertility in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
287B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Levenson, Max | A lysosomally-localized protease inhibitor is necessary for C. elegans molting |
Poster
Other |
1227C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Levichev, Anastasia | Mechanism for the munchies: endocannabinoid modulation of food preferences in C. elegans. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
728B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Levy, Sagi | An adaptive-threshold mechanism for odor sensation and animal navigation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
931A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Leydig, Zachary | An Exploration of the protein FIGL-1 in the Caenorhabditis elegans Germline and Insights into its role in Homologous Recombination |
Poster
Cell Biology |
245B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Leyva Diaz, Eduardo | CUT class homeobox genes redundantly control panneuronal identity features in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
822C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Li, Chengyin | Detection of induced gene repression using an in vivo protein recruitment system |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
541A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| LI, Chun | PPK-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans homolog PIP5K regulates let-7 miRNA expression through interaction with the nuclear export protein XPO-1 |
Poster
Development |
406A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Li, Li | Functional analysis of HRPK-1 domains reveals domain and subcellular localization requirements for miRNA-mediated gene expression regulation. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
633C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Li, Runsheng | Studying inter-species genome size variation using C. nigoni and C. briggsae hybrids |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
477C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Li, Xiaohui | EFF-1 ectopic expression promotes body wall muscle fusion |
Poster
Development |
378C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Li, Zihao | A robotic system for automated manipulation of C. elegans on agar media |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
36 |
Monday, June 21 1:30 PM - 1:42 PM |
| Liachko, Nicole | RNAi screening of a phosphatase library identifies new modifiers of TDP-43 in a C. elegans model of ALS and FTLD-TDP |
Poster
Neurobiology |
882C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Liang, Xing | Growth Cone-Localized Microtubule Organizing Center Establishes Microtubule Orientation in Dendrites |
Poster
Cell Biology |
204C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lichty, James | Elucidating Alzheimer’s Disease related interactions between amyloid β and the pathogen P. gingivalis in the model organism C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
883A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Liewald, Jana | UNC-10 (RIM) and RIMB-1 (RIM-binding protein) localize synaptic UNC-2 (Cav2) channels in a differential manner to regulate transmission in cholinergic and GABAergic motor neuron circuits |
Poster
Neurobiology |
932B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Lightfoot, James | A genetically linked gene pair determines organismal self-identity in predatory nematodes |
Oral
Behavior |
66 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Lim, Daisy | daf-42 is an Essential Gene for development into diapause stage in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1103B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lim, Jiseon | Natural variations in reproductive aging phenotypes reveal the importance of early reproductive period in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
449B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lim, Yunki | High-throughput phenotypic screening to identify neurotoxic chemicals causing neuro-degeneration |
Poster
Cell Biology |
268A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Limke, Annette | Food additives target the gut-neural axis: Impaired peptide trafficking and amyloid protein aggregation lead to premature aging phenotypes |
Poster
Physiology |
1026C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lindsay, Jonathan | Is activation of ASER neurons sufficient to generate state dependent learning? |
Poster
Neurobiology |
729C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Lionaki, Eirini | De novo serine biosynthesis couples mitochondria to longevity |
Poster
Physiology |
1027A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Liontis, Thomas | DOT-1.1 histone methyltransferase loss leads to lethality dependent on RNAi pathways |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
634A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Lister-Shimauchi, Evan | Temporary loss of the shelterin proteins POT-1 or POT-2 alters telomeric protein localization for multiple generations |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
513C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Liu, Chenshu | Nuclear lamina cooperates with inner nuclear membrane proteins to counteract LINC-mediated forces during oogenesis in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
218B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Liu, Chenshu | Rewiring quality control in C.elegans meiosis using a new chemically-induced proximity system |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
9 |
Monday, June 21 12:00 PM - 12:18 PM |
| Liu, He | Forgetting generates a novel brain state that can reactivate memory |
Oral
Behavior |
59 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Liu, Jun | Constructing a tool box for imaging and stimulating pharyngeal neurons to understand foraging behavior in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
730A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Liu, Zhiyu | The C. elegans TspanC8 tetraspanin TSP-14 exhibits isoform-specific localization and function |
Poster
Cell Biology |
288C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Liudkovska, Vladyslava | Cytoplasmic polyadenylation by TENT-5 regulates the innate immune response in worms |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
47 |
Monday, June 21 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM |
| Lockery, Shawn | C. elegans chooses food exactly as if maximizing economic utility |
Poster
Neurobiology |
731B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lockery, Shawn | High-throughput EPG recordings reveal the food exploitation-exploration trade-off |
Poster
Neurobiology |
732C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Loer, Curtis | Characterizing the nervous system of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus - similarities and differences with C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
823A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Loose, Julia | Meiotic mutations impact lifespan and healthspan in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1028B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Lopes, Amanda | A C. elegans model to study the molecular pathogenesis of Cockayne Syndrome progeria |
Poster
Physiology |
1029C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Lopez-Vetrone, Sylvia | Investigation of the In vivo and In vitro effects of Essiac® Liquid Herbal Extract on Health and Cancer |
Poster
Cell Biology |
176B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Louisse, Timo | Oscillatory expression of molting cycle genes is coordinated with pharynx growth in larvae |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
105 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Lu, Lu | Functional analysis of male gonad-enriched microRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
635B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Lu, Tammy | The HECD-1 ubiquitin ligase acts with the STRIPAK complex to regulate MEI-1/katanin microtubule-severing in meiosis and mitosis |
Poster
Cell Biology |
246C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Lubin, Angélique | Biochemical characterization of UNC-47 in Xenopus oocytes |
Poster
Neurobiology |
933C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Luc, San | Oxidative stress is important for triggering avoidance of pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Poster
Physiology |
1183A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Lucas-Rodríguez, Patricia A. | Looking for a possible treatment for type III galactosemia |
Poster
Physiology |
1184B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ludewig, Andreas | A super-long lived mutant and a multi-omics discovery platform for new regulators of lifespan. |
Poster
Physiology |
1030A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Lugano, Doreen | CCAR-1 regulates reproduction, lifespan, and apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
247A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Luo, Jintao | Male-specific Responses to State-dependent Hermaphrodite Signals Facilitate Mate Preference in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
733A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Lyu, Xiaohui | Identification of factors regulating the localization of a microtubule regulator EFA-6 |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
17 |
Monday, June 21 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM |
| MacGillivray, Kailynn | Genome-wide profiling reveals a dual role for histone H2A mono-ubiquitylation |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
580A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| MacNeil, Lesley | ELT-3 regulates cuticle collagen expression in response to environmental stimuli |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
103 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Madhu, Bhoomi | DBL-1/TGF-β signaling pathway regulates pathogen-specific innate immune responses in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1185C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Maduro, Morris | Opposing roles of DAF-16 and NHR-156 in regulation of metabolism downstream of gut specification |
Poster
Development |
321C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Maduro, Morris | Making online exams more secure in an introductory cell/molecular biology course by using banks of questions made with Python |
Poster
Education |
486C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Magescas, Jeremy | MTOC function at the centrosome and the ciliary base is driven by specific PCM protein |
Poster
Cell Biology |
219C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Maglioni, Silvia | Lutein rescues a nlg-1-mediated synaptic defect in a C. elegans mitochondrial complex I deficiency model |
Poster
Other |
1228A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Mahadik, Snehal | TOM-1/Tomosyn is an inhibitor of growth cone protrusion and works with the UNC-6/Netrin receptor UNC-5 |
Poster
Development |
407B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Makeyeva, Yekaterina | mRNA Splicing Promotes Polyadenylation and Counteracts Novel Default Argonaute Silencing in the Germline of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
636C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Mallick, Avijit | Axin-Mediated Regulation of Lifespan and Muscle Health in C. elegans Requires AMPK-FOXO Signaling |
Poster
Physiology |
1031B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Mangone, Marco | Principles of mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation in C. elegans |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
42 |
Monday, June 21 12:42 PM - 12:54 PM |
| Maniates, Katherine | Sperm fate is promoted by the mir-44 microRNA family in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite germline |
Poster
Development |
387C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Mantilla Galindo, Alejandra | Evaluación del efecto del extracto etanólico de Witheringia coccoloboides sobre agregados de α- sinucleína en la cepa NL5901 de Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Other |
1229B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Marafiga Cordeiro, Larissa | Neuroprotective effects of rutin on ASH neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans model of Huntington’s disease |
Poster
Physiology |
1032C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Mardick, Jacob | Parallel Rap1>RalGEF>Ral and Ras signals sculpt the C. elegans nervous system. |
Poster
Development |
408C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Marnik, Elisabeth | LOTR-1, the C. elegans TDRD5/7 homolog, helps maintain 22G siRNA distribution and fertility |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
97 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Maroilley, Tatiana | Characterizing complex genomic rearrangements in C. elegans using short-read Whole Genome Sequencing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
581B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Martel, Pier-Olivier | MIG-6 PLAC domain affects Notch signaling and the extracellular matrix composition. |
Poster
Development |
351C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Martin, Cecilia | The BAG2 co-chaperone UNC-23 regulates amphid sensory morphology |
Poster
Cell Biology |
205A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Martin, Jack | The kynurenine pathway is a major modulator of E. faecalis infection in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1186A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Martinez, Bryan | The SR protein RSP-2 regulates the expression and physiological responses of the truncated DAF-2 isoform |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
171 |
Thursday, June 24 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Martínez-Fernández, Carmen | Modelling BAP1 malignant pleural mesothelioma mutations in C. elegans reveals synthetic lethality between ubh-4/BAP1 and the proteasome subunit rpn-9/PSMD13 |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
542B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Martinez-Garcia, Marina | GRAS-1 is a conserved novel regulator of early chromosome dynamics during meiosis in C. elegans. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
248B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Massengale, Molly | Expression of mutant human tau protein drives synaptic loss in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
934A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Mata Cabana, Alejandro | Regulation of aging and recovery in arrested L1 larvae |
Poster
Development |
409A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Matai, Latika | MicroRNA cluster 229-66 promotes longevity through interaction with SKN-1 and DAF-16 in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1033A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Mathew, Amal | Investigating the role of Kinesin-3 motor UNC-104 in regulating polarized distribution of synaptic vesicle proteins |
Poster
Cell Biology |
289A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Mathonnet, Grégoire | Study of the relation between molecular content, actin architectures and cell identity throught C. elegans early embryogenesis |
Poster
Cell Biology |
220A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Matty, Molly | Food Deprivation Induces Behavioral Changes that Require Metabolic Reprogramming and Non-Canonical Insulin Signaling |
Poster
Neurobiology |
735C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Matty, Molly | Virtual Active Science Engagement (VASE): unveiling the hidden curriculum of academic science through peer networking, career discussions, and skill building |
Poster
Education |
487A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Maurya, Ashish | xbx-4, a novel Joubert syndrome-related gene, acts in the CCRK/RCK kinase cascade to regulate cilia length and morphology |
Poster
Cell Biology |
290B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Mazzetto, Mariateresa | Analysis of OEF-1 as a potential epigenetic reader of H3K36me3 in the C.elegans germ line |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
106 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| McCormick, Kathryn | Functional Analysis of Variants in a Gene Associated with Early Onset Epilepsy |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
582C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| McDonagh, Aja | Vitamin B12 regulates chemosensory receptor gene expression via the MEF2 transcription factor |
Poster
Neurobiology |
736A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| McGehee, Annette | Investigating the connection between the DAF-7/TGF-beta signaling pathway and the dense core vesicle protein IDA-1 |
Poster
Neurobiology |
935B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| McIntyre, Grace | The role of ceramide metabolism enzymes, hyl-2/ceramide synthase and asm-3/acid sphingomyelinase, on lipid metabolism |
Poster
Physiology |
1123A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| McLachlan, Ian | Diverse sensory cues and internal state converge on AWA chemoreceptor expression to enhance sensitivity to food odors |
Oral
Behavior |
65 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| McMillan, Lauren | Determining the mechanism of attachment of the C. elegans germline stem cell niche, the distal tip cell |
Poster
Development |
352A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| McNally, Francis | Role of Cohesin in Chromosome-Dependent Meiotic Spindle Assembly |
Poster
Cell Biology |
187A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Medley, Jeffrey | Single Nucleotide Substitutions Effectively Block Cas9 and Allow for Scarless Genome Editing in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
604A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Medrano, Emmanuel | Mechanosensory feedback initiates egg-laying circuit activity and behavior of C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
936C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Medwig-Kinney, Taylor | Coordinating proliferative and invasive cellular fates: insights from C. elegans somatic gonad development |
Poster
Development |
331A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Mei, Xue | A secreted immunoglobulin domain-containing protein, SPE-51, is required for sperm function at fertilization |
Poster
Development |
353B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Meisel, Joshua | Rescue of Complex I mutants by hypoxia and intra-Complex I mutation |
Poster
Physiology |
1124B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Melentijevic, Ilija | High Throughput Exopher Whole Genome RNAi Screening with Machine Vision and Machine Learning Approaches |
Poster
Physiology |
1034B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Mello, Danielle | Rotenone modulates the Caenorhabditis elegans immunometabolism and pathogen susceptibility |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
73 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Memar, Nadin | The loss of psf-2 GINS leads to the inappropriate survival of cells programmed to die during C. elegans development |
Poster
Cell Biology |
177C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Meng, Jin | Global profiling of distinct cysteine redox forms reveals wide-ranging redox regulation in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1125C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Meng, Jun | A central role of AVA in regulating overall motor states activity |
Poster
Neurobiology |
937A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Mergan, Lucas | Role of Coelomocytes and Immunity in Axenic Dietary Restriction |
Poster
Physiology |
1035C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Merritt, Daniel | Arrestin-mediated Desensitization Enables Olfactory Discrimination in C. elegans |
Oral
Behavior |
61 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Mesbahi, Hiva | Impact of microbiota on neurodegeneration in C. elegans models of tauopathy |
Poster
Neurobiology |
884B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Miao, Jiao | Spontaneous cell internalization of a spatially-confined proliferating blastomere: a mechanical interpretation on worm gastrulation |
Poster
Development |
379A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Middelkoop, Teije | The mitotic spindle and the cytokinetic furrow cooperatively align the dorsoventral axis with embryo geometry |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
147 |
Thursday, June 24 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Miller, Julia | Whole Brain Calcium Dynamics During Aversive Memory Recall |
Poster
Neurobiology |
938B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Millet, Jonathan | C. elegans PEZO-1 is a Mechanosensitive Channel Involved in Food Sensation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
737B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Mills, Joslyn | Lipid droplets modulate lifespan and selective autophagy receptor p62/SQST-1 dynamics |
Poster
Physiology |
1036A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Minutillo, Madeleine | Defining the Roles of lin-28 and hbl-1 in Gonad Development |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
543C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Mirza, Zeynep | Dramatic and reversible developmental slowing of C. elegans by a bacterial pathogen |
Poster
Physiology |
1187B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Mishra, Sarita | Evaluation of behavioural alterations in high glucose fed C. elegans due to dichlorvos toxicity |
Poster
Other |
1230C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Mitchell, Robin | Reversal behavior upon encountering a cliff involves mechanosensation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
738C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Mizeracka, Karolina | Lineage-specific paths to the same cell type |
Poster
Development |
322A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Mizeracka, Karolina | Two of the 30 EGF domains in FBN-1/Fibrillin are required for sensory dendrite extension |
Poster
Development |
380B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Molina-Garcia, Laura | PDF-1 modulation of aversion and reward during associative learning |
Poster
Neurobiology |
939C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Mondoux, Michelle | A High-Glucose Diet Reduces Male Fertility and Sperm Quality in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1037B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Montgomery, Taiowa | piRNAs prevent runaway amplification of siRNAs from ribosomal RNAs, histone mRNAs, and other coding gene mRNAs |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
637A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Moon, Je-Hyun | Investigating the effects of altered gravity on dendritic structures during development in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
824B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Moon, Kyeong Min | Study on molecular mechanisms of gait switching in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
739A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Moore, Frances | Dissecting cell cycle entry: Insights from a cdk-4 allele with a sex myoblast-specific proliferation defect |
Poster
Cell Biology |
188B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Morales-Oliva, Enrique | GLA-3/TTP plays an important role in the germline stress response of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1038C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Morgan, Emily | Isolating a non-culturable, microbiome bacterium that adheres to the intestinal lumen of Caenorhabditis nematodes |
Poster
Physiology |
1188C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Moro, Corinna | Tyramine influences associative learning outcomes and is linked to a novel learning phenotype in a purine biosynthesis mutant |
Poster
Neurobiology |
740B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Moroz, Natalie | KLF Transcription Factors Regulate SKN-1 Activity in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1039A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Morton, Katherine | Refining Sugar: A neuroprotective role for high sugar diets despite lifespan and reproductive losses |
Poster
Neurobiology |
885C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Morud, Julia | LGC-50 - a new serotonin receptor involved in aversive olfactory learning that displays regulated plasma membrane trafficking |
Poster
Neurobiology |
940A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Mosley, Matthew | The transcriptional signature of long vs. short life is distinct from that of chronological age |
Poster
Physiology |
1040B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Motomura, Haruka | Whole-body neural circuit influences experience-dependent temperature acclimation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
942C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Mouchiroud, Laurent | Microfluidic-based platform for automated C. elegans culturing and phenotyping |
Poster
Physiology |
1153A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Moya, Nicolas | Improved reference genomes for Caenorhabditis briggsae |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
583A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Muirhead, Caroline | Decision-making in C. elegans: Neuronal mechanisms underlying behavioral choice |
Poster
Neurobiology |
741C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Munoz, Manuel | Identification of genes which regulate SMN-1 levels to identify putative treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy |
Poster
Physiology |
1189A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Murareanu, Brandon | High-Throughput Drug Screen Reveals Novel Inhibitors of Microsporidia Infection in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1190B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Murari, Emma | Characterization of the terminal adenosine’s influence on cleavage and polyadenylation of C. elegans mRNAs |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
584B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Muravin, Ines | Elucidating the role of SUP-17/ADAM10 in the BMP signaling pathway in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
410B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Murayama, Takashi | Electrophysiological properties of amphid sensory neurons in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
742A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Nadiminti, Sravanthi | Investigating the role of SYD-2/Liprin-α in synaptic vesicle protein trafficking |
Poster
Cell Biology |
291C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Nadour, Malika | The extracellular matrix protein MIG-6/papilin mediates the maintenance of neuronal architecture |
Oral
Regeneration and Degeneration |
157 |
Thursday, June 24 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Naftaly, Alice | Deciphering the mechanisms of temperature-induced DNA damage in C. elegans spermatocytes |
Poster
Cell Biology |
249C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Nahar, Saifun | Glucose-induced developmental delay is modulated by insulin signaling in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1041C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Naim, Nikki | Modulation of small RNA pathways suppresses innate immunity |
Poster
Physiology |
1042A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Nakayama, Airi | UNC-7/Innexin Regulates Transmission of Temperature Information during C. elegans Thermotaxis |
Poster
Neurobiology |
743B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Nanda, Shivani | Systematically uncovering transcriptional regulation of metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
544A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Napier-Jameson, Rebekah | RNA Binding Proteins Coordinately Control Lifespan in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
545B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Natale, Carmina | What C. elegans can tell us about the misfolded tau toxicity? |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
124 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Negishi, Takefumi | The auxin-inducible degron 2 (AID2) system provides sharp degradation control with low ligand concentrations and works at all developmental stages of C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1154B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Negishi, Takefumi | Global regulation of cell polarization by two Wnt receptors, Frizzled/MOM-5 and Ror1/CAM-1 in C. elegans mid-stage embryo |
Poster
Cell Biology |
206B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Neves, Ana | Post-translational modifications of the synaptonemal complex protein SYP-4 C-terminus are involved in the regulation of crossover interference in C. elegans meiosis |
Poster
Cell Biology |
250A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Nhan, James | Hyperactive SKN-1 drives an innate immune response but inhibits the ability to learn pathogen avoidance |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
71 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Nichitean, Alexandra | Oleic acid modulates reproductive plasticity via DAF-12 in postdauer adults |
Poster
Physiology |
1126A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Nicolai, Merle | Genotoxicity and C. elegans – using the worm for DNA damage and DNA repair/ damage response research |
Poster
Other |
1231A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Nicoletti, Martina | Biophysical models of C.elegans neurons: the case of AWCON and RMD neurons. |
Poster
Other |
1232B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Nikonorova, Inna | Deciphering the ciliary extracellular vesicle (EV) proteome |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
50 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Nishida, Kei | Distinct properties of broadly-expressed and tissue-specific tubulin isotypes examined by ectopic and heterologous expression |
Poster
Cell Biology |
221B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Nishimura, Hitoshi | The C. elegans spermiogenesis-inducing compound DDI-4 can trigger the acrosome reaction in mouse spermatozoa |
Poster
Development |
354C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Noblett, Nathaniel | Inositol pentakisphosphate kinase-1 (IPPK-1) is involved in ventral nerve cord assembly in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
825C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Noma, Kentaro | Lactobacilli in a clade prevent age-dependent decline of thermotaxis behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1043B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Nonet, Michael | Recombination-based approaches for efficient knock-ins, robust transgene expression, and modular strain construction |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
605B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Norris, Anne | A three-step activation of autoinhibited RME-8 controls recycling and degradative activities on the endosome |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
52 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Nurni Ravi, Aparna | PP1/SDS-22 phosphatase is required for germ plasm segregation in the one-cell C. elegans embryo |
Poster
Cell Biology |
207C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Nyaanga, Joy | Physical constraints on cuticle stretch guide C. elegans developmental trajectories |
Poster
Development |
411C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Nyaanga, Joy | easyXpress: an R package for processing high-throughput, image-based C. elegans phenotype data |
Poster
Physiology |
1155C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ochoa, Humberto | Exploring Argonaute Loading Mechanisms and Unloaded Argonaute Stability |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
638B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| O'Connell, Kevin | The Chromatin Remodeling Protein CHD-1 and the EFL-1/DPL-1 Transcription Factor Cooperatively Down Regulate CDK-2 to Control SAS-6 Levels and Centriole Number |
Poster
Cell Biology |
189C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| O'Hagan, Robert | Understanding Interactions Between Microtubule-Associated Proteins And Post-Translational Modifications Of Microtubules In Sensory Neurons |
Poster
Cell Biology |
292A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ohta, Akane | Solute Carrier family 46 and aquarius intron-binding spliceosomal factor mediates temperature tolerance |
Poster
Neurobiology |
744C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Oleson, Bryndon | H3K4me3 modifiers regulate amyloid toxicity in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1044C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Olmedo, Maria | Differential regulation of developmental stages supports a linear model for C. elegans postembryonic development. |
Poster
Development |
412A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Onduras, Amanda | acute exposure to thallium acetate results in behavioral changes, activation of the stress response and accumulation of metals in the model Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
745A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Onishi, Yuuki | Identification of Neuropeptides Accelerating Forgetting in C. elegans with A Reverse Genetic Approach |
Poster
Neurobiology |
746B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Onken, Brian | Metformin Treatment of Diverse Caenorhabditis Species Reveals the Importance of Genetic Background in Longevity and Healthspan Extension Outcomes |
Poster
Physiology |
1045A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Onken, Brian | Dietary restriction promotes healthspan via a glucagon-like signaling pathway in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1046B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Onoue, Shiori | Individual behavioral differences in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
747C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Onukwufor, John | Mitochondrial complex I redox signaling mediates hypoxic responses in C. elegans. |
Poster
Physiology |
1127B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Oomura, Shun | Comparative analysis of cellular dynamics of C. inopinata and C. elegans zygotes |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
442A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| O'Shea, Jack | Engineering photo-inducible GFP-binding nanobodies for in vivo applications using genetic-code expansion and computational alanine scanning |
Poster
Other |
1233C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Osterli, Emily | COP9 signalosome component CSN-5 stabilizes stem cell regulators FBF-1 and FBF-2 |
Oral
Germline, Sex determination and Signaling |
111 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Osuma, Anthony | The PBAF chromatin remodeling complex is required for cholinergic motor neuron subtype identity |
Poster
Neurobiology |
826A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Oswal, Natasha | Compensation and Epistasis in the role of RNA polymerase II in C.elegans aging |
Poster
Physiology |
1047C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ottens, Franziska | Olfaction regulates organismal proteostasis and longevity via microRNA-dependent signalling |
Poster
Physiology |
1048A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ouellette, Marie-Helene | Neurogenetics of modulatory cholinergic signaling in C. elegans interneurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
941B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Ouyang, John Paul | Independent nuclear and cytoplasmic silencing mechanisms contribute to transgenerational RNAi |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
101 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Owens, Hannah | Characterizing the Role of the Mechanosensitive Ion Channel TACAN in C. elegans Osmosensation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
748A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ozdemir, Isa | Regulation of transgenerational epigenetic H3K27me3 inheritance |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
81 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Ozugergin, Imge | The Ran pathway uniquely regulates cytokinesis in cells with different fates in the early C. elegans embryo |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
12 |
Monday, June 21 12:42 PM - 12:54 PM |
| Pagliuso, Delaney | Recovery from Heat Shock Requires the miRNA Pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1049B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Palani, Sankara | Regulation of temperature-induced longevity response by neuronal GPCR NPR-8 in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1050C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Palikaras, Konstantinos | Mitochondrial defects manifest an early pathogenic event undermining organismal fitness in a Tauopathy model |
Poster
Physiology |
1051A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Palmisano, Nicholas | The conserved histone deacetylase, HDA-1, functions in cell cycle-dependent and independent roles to promote invasive differentiation |
Poster
Cell Biology |
190A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Palumbos, Sierra | cAMP controls a trafficking mechanism that directs the neuron specificity and subcellular placement of electrical synapses |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
116 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Pandey, Pratima | An excitatory GABA receptor, EXP-1 switches odor preference and regulates metabolic plasticity in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1104C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Panzade, Ganesh | Annotation of isomiR dynamics across the C. elegans developmental stages |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
639C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Parée, Tom | A recombination modifier greatly affect C.elegans linkage map without inducing a direct fitness cost |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
468C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Park, Hae-Eun | A daf-18/PTEN variant uncouples longevity from impaired fitness via differentially calibrating the activities of DAF-16 and SKN-1 |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
32 |
Monday, June 21 12:42 PM - 12:54 PM |
| Park, Sangsoon | Diacetyl odor shortens food deprivation-induced longevity via downregulating DAF-16 |
Poster
Physiology |
1052B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Park, Seungmee | DIP-2 and SAX-2 play synergistic roles to maintain C. elegans neuronal morphology |
Poster
Neurobiology |
827B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Park, YeonJi | Mechanosensitive Piezo Channel, PEZO-1, regulates food deglutition in C. elegans. |
Oral
Behavior |
64 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Patel, Ruhi | Mechanosensory behaviors associated with host seeking and host infectivity in the skin-penetrating nematode Strongyloides ratti |
Poster
Neurobiology |
749B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Pechuk, Vladyslava | Sexually-dimorphic responses to noxious stimuli in C. elegans result from differences in interneuron connectivity rather than in sensory processing |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
25 |
Monday, June 21 1:18 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Pedroso Viçozzi, Gabriel | Toxicological Evaluation of AZT derivates-with organic chalcogens in C.elegans as SARs-CoV-2 therapy candidates |
Poster
Physiology |
1191C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Peedikayil Kurien, Sonu | Integration of neuronal connectivity, activity and synaptic plasticity drives sexually dimorphic learning in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
750C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Pees, Barbara | The involvement of host genes in shaping the C. elegans gut microbiome |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
432C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Pena-Ramos, Omar | Autophagy and the degradation of apoptotic cells |
Poster
Cell Biology |
178A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Peng, Felicia | The Role of mRNA Decay in Embryonic Cell Fate Specification |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
546C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Pereira, Claudia | Unraveling the role of clk-1 in the modulation of mtDNA heteroplasmy |
Poster
Cell Biology |
293B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Pereirinha, Joana | Investigation of the role of the protein complex PETISCO in C. elegans embryonic viability |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
640A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Peres, Tanara | Nutrient-induced rewiring of microbial metabolic pathways modulate 5-fluorouracil efficacy in C. elegans |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
165 |
Thursday, June 24 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Perez-Jimenez, Mercedes M. | Sulfated steroid hormones regulate longevity and aging-related diseases |
Poster
Physiology |
1053C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Perez-Matos, Maria C | RNA splicing regulation of lipid metabolism and longevity. |
Poster
Physiology |
1054A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Pero, Cole | The Germline KH Protein, TOFU-7, engages the HSP-90 chaperone and PRP-19 spliceosome components to promote piRNA-dependent epigenetic silencing. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
641B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Perschin, Veronika | Acid sphingomyelinase mutants show increased resistance to infections with Staphylococcus aureus and an accumulation of electron dense multilamellar bodies |
Poster
Physiology |
1192A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Persson, Laura | Investigating DNA damage during associative learning in the nematode C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
751A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Pestrue, Chloe | The CCT chaperonin selectively regulates phase transitions in the C. elegans germline |
Poster
Cell Biology |
251B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Peters, Lena | C. elegans natural microbiota-mediated protection against pathogens |
Poster
Physiology |
1193B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Petratou, Dionysia | The DEG/ΕNaC ion channel DEL-4 maintains neuronal ionstasis and promotes neuronal survival under stress |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
27 |
Monday, June 21 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM |
| Pettitt, Jonathan | SLIDR and SLOPPR: Computational pipelines for the discovery and characterisation of spliced leader trans-splicing and polycistronic RNA processing reveal the evolutionary dynamics of SL2 trans-splicing across the Nematoda |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
585C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Peysson, Alice | DAPC and Wnt pathways pattern distinct planar-polarized membrane domains in C. elegans muscles |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
57 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Philbrook, Alison | Sensory cilia architecture shapes olfactory response dynamics |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
118 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Phillips, Bryan | Beta-catenin centrosomal localization regulates Wnt signaling in C. elegans development and human cells |
Poster
Development |
413B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Phillips, Carolyn | Arginine methylation promotes siRNA-binding specificity for a spermatogenesis-specific isoform of the Argonaute protein CSR-1 |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
95 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Pho, Kim | Uncovering a mechanism behind microbiota-induced neuroprotection in C. elegans models of Alzheimer’s disease |
Poster
Neurobiology |
886A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Picao Osorio, Joao | The evolution of developmental genetic biases explains the evolution of evolutionary trends |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
450C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Pickett, Melissa | PAR-3 independent mechanisms contribute to apico-basolateral polarity establishment in the embryonic C. elegans intestinal epithelium |
Poster
Cell Biology |
208A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Pierluissi, Jennifer | Modeling a neuropathy-associated GARS mutation in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
887B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| PILISSÃO, LUIZ EDUARDO | Reprotoxicity induced by Acute exposure to Aqueous Root Extract of Peruvian Maca (Lepidium meyenii) in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Other |
1234A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Piloto, Juan | Sex affects responses to environmental stress in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1055B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Pispa, Johanna | Identification of a potential regulator of proteasome nuclear localisation |
Poster
Cell Biology |
294C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Podshivalova, Katerina | Novel tools for analysis of C. elegans gene expression data based on organism-wide ICA-derived gene co-expression modules |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
500B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Pokala, Navin | Quantitative prediction of neuromodulator-programmed behaviors |
Poster
Neurobiology |
943A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Popiel, Evelyn | The role of the kinase MRCK-1 in excretory canal development |
Poster
Development |
381C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Porta de la Riva, Montserrat | Functional photon-based neurotransmission in a nociceptive avoidance circuit |
Poster
Neurobiology |
944B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Portegijs, Vincent | Multiple levels of regulation ensure robust cell cycle exit during C. elegans vulva formation |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
11 |
Monday, June 21 12:30 PM - 12:42 PM |
| Possik, Elite | Glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase / PGPH: a novel calorie restriction mimetic enzyme in C. elegans. |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
170 |
Thursday, June 24 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Poulin, Gino | RBBP-5 regulated methylation at Histone 3 Lysine 4 promotes longevity in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1056C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Pradhan, Sigma | The role of parental diet on progeny´s proteome and fitness |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
547A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Prashad, Shavanie | Newly-discovered neural branches may release the excitatory signal potentiated by serotonin to activate the C. elegans egg-laying circuit |
Poster
Neurobiology |
945C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Preusser, Friedrich | Long-term behavioural imaging for characterizing the dauer exit decision |
Poster
Neurobiology |
752B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Price, Ian | EGGD-1 and EGGD-2 are novel LOTUS domain proteins that promote perinuclear localization of P granules |
Poster
Development |
355A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Prigent Garcia, Serena | Kinetic Control of the Temporal Dynamics of a RhoA Signaling Cascade |
Poster
Cell Biology |
222C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Pritz, Christian | Principles for coding associative memories in a compact neural network |
Poster
Neurobiology |
753C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Priyadarshini, Monika | Reprogramming the piRNA pathway for multiplexed and transgenerational gene silencing in C. elegans |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
96 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Pruyne, David | Probing formin FHOD-1 contributions to body-wall muscle structure and function |
Poster
Cell Biology |
223A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Purice, Maria | The molecular atlas of C. elegans glia across sex and age |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
23 |
Monday, June 21 12:54 PM - 1:06 PM |
| Qiu, Tian (Autumn) | Bacterial D-alanine metabolism affects C. elegans lifespan under high glucose conditions |
Poster
Physiology |
1128C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Qiu, Tian (Autumn) | Chemical profiling of C. elegans single neurons using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) |
Poster
Neurobiology |
853A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Quamme, Elizabeth | Exploring natural genetic variation influencing ethanol response behaviors. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
754A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Quarato, Piergiuseppe | Germline inherited small RNAs facilitate the clearance of untranslated maternal mRNAs in C. elegans embryos |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
642C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Queiros, Libania | Evidence for the inclusion of Caenorhabditis elegans in Environmental Risk Assessment routines |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
433A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Quesada-Candela, Cristina | Proteasome non-ATPase subunits regulate timing and polymerization of synaptonemal complex proteins in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
252C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Qureshi, Mohammed Adnan | Elucidating Valine’s pro-survival role during infection via the mitochondrial UPRmt |
Poster
Physiology |
1057A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| R Venkatesh, Siddharth | Sensory Neurons Regulate Innate Immune Responses in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1194C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Rademakers, Suzanne | Identifying novel interactors of the guanylate cyclase GCY-22 involved in NaCl chemotaxis |
Poster
Cell Biology |
295A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Rahman, Maisha | Specific N-glycans fine-tune somatosensory dendrite patterning |
Poster
Neurobiology |
828C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Rahman, Md Mizanur | A microfluidics-based chemical screening platform for lifespan and healthspan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1058B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Rahmani, Shapour | Investigating the function of TAT proteins in lipid transport within ciliated neurons. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
296B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Raices, Marilina | Characterization of the meiotic double-strand break complex and its sensitivity to maternal age |
Poster
Cell Biology |
253A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Raisa Amin, Mustafi | Whole-animal in vivo screening for small molecule inhibitors of the mitochondrial UPR |
Poster
Physiology |
1059C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Raj, Vishnu | Dopaminergic neurons are critical for encoding and retrieval of adaptive memory in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
946A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Rajaei, Moein | Mutability of mononucleotide repeats explains the discrepancy between lab-accumulated mutations and the natural allele frequency spectrum of C. elegans |
Poster
Other |
1235B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Rajopadhye, Shweta Avinash | Investigating the role of the chromatin remodeler LET-418/Mi2 in gene regulation and chromatin landscape during post-embryonic development of Caenorhabditis elegans. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
514A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ranawade, Ayush | Network analysis reveal novel genes involved in the P. aeruginosa PA14 pathogen response during C. elegans infection. |
Poster
Physiology |
1195A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Randi, Francesco | Nonequilibrium response functions for functional connectivity in the brain |
Poster
Neurobiology |
947B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Ranganathan, Supraja | Regulation of antiviral responses in C. elegans embryos |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
643A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Rashid, Alina | Y-to-PDA transdifferentiation occurs through an epithelial cell intermediate and requires ngn-1, hlh-16, unc-44, unc-119, and unc-33 |
Poster
Development |
332B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Rasmussen, Neal | Tagged endogenous ERL/MPK-1 MAP Kinase provides a novel tool for examining its activation in vivo |
Poster
Development |
323B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Ravanelli, Sonia | Role of branched chain amino acid metabolism in ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis |
Poster
Physiology |
1129A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Ray, Shinjini | Regulation of syncytial germline mechanics by the actin capping protein CAP-1 |
Poster
Cell Biology |
224B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ray, Sneha | Specificity in Glia-Neuron Interactions |
Poster
Neurobiology |
829A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Razzauti Sanfeliu, Adria | Ectosome uptake by glia sculpts Caenorhabditis elegans sensory cilia |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
51 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Reed, Kailee | Identifying the role of Pashas WW domain in primary microRNA recognition and processing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
548B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Reich, Hannah | Growth Regulation Mediated by Feedback Mechanisms in the DBL-1/BMP Pathway of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
549C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Reilly, Gregory | Male Locomotor Responses to Ascaroside Sex Pheromones |
Poster
Neurobiology |
755B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Reinke, Aaron | N. parisii compensates for genomic loss of dihydroceramide desaturase through reliance on C. elegans sphingolipid biosynthesis |
Poster
Physiology |
1130B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Remmelzwaal, Sanne | BBLN-1 is essential for intermediate filament organization and apical membrane morphology |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
148 |
Thursday, June 24 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Renaud, Mathias | Father knows best: Small RNA‐mediated regulation of male fertility and paternal epigenetic inheritance in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
644B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Rich, Matthew | unc-44 (Ankyrin) is required for axon stability in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
830B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Richard, Victoria | Coordinating neuronal signaling pathways with anterior epidermal cell migration |
Poster
Development |
414C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Ridolfi, Verena Alexia | Downregulation of SEMO-1, a novel hydrogen sulfide-generating C. elegans enzyme, enhances lifespan: role of AAK-1/-2 |
Poster
Physiology |
1131C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Rieckher, Matthias | Deciphering endogenous formaldehyde-induced cytotoxicity mechanisms in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1132A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ripoll-Sánchez, Lidia | Mapping the neuropeptidergic connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
22 |
Monday, June 21 12:42 PM - 12:54 PM |
| Rivera, Dalaena | Commensal versus pathogenic bacterial adherence to the intestinal epithelium of C. elegans |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
140 |
Thursday, June 24 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Robertson, Jamarcus | Investigating the role of ubh-1 in maintaining dopamine neuron health |
Poster
Neurobiology |
888C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Robledo, Jose | Identification of transcriptional regulators impacted by a glucose-supplemented diet in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
550A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Rodrigues, Alisson | Trehalose-Vitamin E Nanoparticles attenuate motility impairment and reduced longevity in a Caenorhabditis elegans Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis model |
Poster
Neurobiology |
889A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Rodrigues, Nelio | Single-embryo expression-phenotype mapping reveals highly canalized response of asymmetric division to perturbation of PAR protein balance |
Poster
Cell Biology |
210C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Rodriguez Crespo, David | Chromatin context in the regulation of germline genes by the zinc-finger transcription factor LSL-1 |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
516C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Rodriguez Reza, Carlos Mario | Depletion of Cdc48 homologs during meiotic prophase results in synaptonemal complex defects in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
254B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Rodriguez, Juan | Regulation of embryonic cell specification by histone methylation |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
515B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Rodriguez, Wilmer | Syndapin Interacting Proteins in Recycling Endosome Function |
Poster
Cell Biology |
297C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Rogel, Lucero | Identifying the GPCRs involved in detecting valproic acid, an anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing drug, by using C. elegans as a chemosensor |
Poster
Neurobiology |
756C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Rogers, Alicia | A small RNA-mediated feedback loop maintains proper levels of 22G-RNAs in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
645C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Rogers, Pippa | Modeling Rare Genetic Diseases in C. elegans: Neuromuscular Junction Involvement in Multiple Mitochondrial Dysfunctions Syndrome 1 |
Poster
Physiology |
1196B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Rohacek, Alex | The conserved transcription factor mef-2 regulates sickness induced sleep |
Poster
Neurobiology |
757A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Roka (Pun), Himal | An RNAi Screen to Identify Factors that Enhance microRNA Activity After Dauer |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
646A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Rolland, Stephane | Impaired peroxisomal import triggers a peroxisomal retrograde signaling |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
49 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Romero Bueno, Raquel | C. elegansas a Nestor Guillermo Progeria Syndrome Model |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
87 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Rook, Vicky | Sexually dimorphic glia-neuron reprogramming in Caernorhabditis elegans. |
Poster
Development |
333C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Rosas Gutierrez, Itzel | Regulation of the duration of breast cancer dormancy by UNK |
Poster
Development |
324C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Rose, Jacqueline | Collection of Wild Isolates as a Remote Hands-on Research Experience |
Poster
Education |
488B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ross, Joseph | Integration of research ethics training in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) exploring genetic incompatibilities in C. briggsae |
Poster
Education |
494B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ross, Julian | Biochemical and structural characterization of a tRNA-synthetase-based selfish element in C. tropicalis |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
451A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Rougvie, Ann | Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC) |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
501C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Rougvie, Ann | Crispr-ing C. elegans genes conserved to humans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
586A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Rourke, Christine | Characterizing the Sexually Dimorphic Role of Topoisomerase II During the Sister Chromatid Cohesion Release Pathway |
Poster
Cell Biology |
255C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Roux, Antoine | A single-cell expression atlas of C. elegans adulthood uncovers new aging trajectories |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
31 |
Monday, June 21 12:30 PM - 12:42 PM |
| Roy, Peter | A C. elegans Motor-Centric Screening Pipeline Yields Novel and Selective Nematicidal Scaffolds |
Poster
Physiology |
1197C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Rubenzer, Kaelin | Identifying genes that contribute to social defects in autism using wild-isolate C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
758B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Rudgalvyte, Martina | Identification of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase I (CMK-1) phospho-targets relevant for nociceptive plasticity in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
759C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Rudich, Paige | Identification of common lifespan-modulating genes through genomic comparison of diverse long-lived genetic mutants |
Poster
Physiology |
1060A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Ruiz, Manuel | Glucose impacts HSN morphology and induces an egg-laying defective phenotype dependent of the serotonin-signaling pathway |
Poster
Neurobiology |
760A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Rumley, Jonathan | Regulation of anterior genes in the C. elegans embryo |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
551B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Ruvinsky, Ilya | A male pheromone that improves quality of the oogenic germline uncovers a strategy to counteract reproductive aging |
Poster
Development |
356B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Ryan, Kerry | Disruption of mitochondrial calcium homeostasis by loss of presenilin promotes mTORC1 signaling to drive neurodegeneration |
Poster
Physiology |
1198A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| S Nair, Swathy | Role of Connectome in Concentration-dependent Odor Adaptation in Caenorhabditis elegans
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Poster
Neurobiology |
948C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sabatino, Brendil | Investigation of the transcriptional response to starvation at the tissue level |
Poster
Physiology |
1061B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Sabharwal, Vidur | UNC-104 anterograde bias is regulated by ubiquitination |
Poster
Cell Biology |
298A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Saglio, Marie | Natural genetic variation in multigenerational non-genetic phenomena in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
647B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Sahu, Shubham | Analyzing the spatiotemporal structure of heterochronic miRNA transcription using microfluidics live-imaging of nascent miRNA dynamics |
Poster
Development |
325A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Saifuddin, Mashel Fatema | Olfactory memory consolidation requires the TRPV channel OSM-9 in sensory neurons of the circuit. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
761B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Saito, Takamune | Meiotic roles of FANCM-related helicases in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
256A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Sakai, Naoko | Systematic analysis of CAMs expressed in ray neurons in C. elegans. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
831C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Sakhawala, Rima | Characterizing the PASH-1-independent mir-1829 family in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
648C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sala, Ambre | Embryo Integrity Regulates Maternal Proteostasis and Stress Resilience |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
127 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Salazar, Christopher | A Rab-like GTPase Restricts Dendritic Branching |
Poster
Neurobiology |
832A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Sallee, Maria | PAR polarity proteins buffer against epithelial assaults to create a continuous and functional intestinal lumen |
Oral
Intracellular Trafficking, Organelles, & Cell Polarity |
56 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Salome-Correa, Jose | Genomic landscape of the obligately outcrossing Caenorhabditis becei |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
587B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Saltzman, Arneet | Chromo domain proteins maintain germline immortality and restrict transgenerational RNAi inheritance |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
79 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Sanchez, Nancy | Defining the mechanism by which SNPC-4 and PRDE-1 regulate piRNA expression across large genomic domains in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
552C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sanchez, Sophia | Systematic Behavioral Screen of 21st Chromosome Gene Overexpression in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
762C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sanfeliu-Cerdán, Neus | Transducing touch by a titin-related protein in the worm |
Poster
Neurobiology |
763A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Sangari, Sadaf | Understanding the Role of Scaffold Protein Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK-1) in Germ Line Stem Cells of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Development |
357C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| sankaralingam, prabhu | Multiple Phosphorylation Events Regulate Centriole Assembly. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
191B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Santella, Anthony | An Electron Microscopy Pseudo Time Series of the C. elegans Embryo |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
113 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Santhosh Kanakalatha, Rasitha | Role of Insulin and Insulin-like pathway in Learning and Memory of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
764B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Santillan, Emilio | Exploring the function of an ancient miRNA family that is essential for C. elegans embryogenesis |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
649A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| sarparast, Morteza | Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitor, AUDA, Recuses Neurodegeneration Induced by Amyloid β and Tau |
Poster
Physiology |
1062C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sathaseevan, Anson | Investigating the germline function of the RNA-binding protein cfim-1 |
Poster
Development |
358A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Sato-Carlton, Aya | Knockdown of Bora homolog spat-1 results in crossover and synapsis defects in C. elegans meiotic prophase |
Poster
Cell Biology |
257B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Savage-Dunn, Cathy | Interaction of BMP and Insulin Signaling in C. elegans Lipid Metabolism |
Poster
Physiology |
1133B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Schaan Profes, Marcos | How do neurexins promote presynaptic development? |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
117 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Schaan Profes, Marcos | Developing a single-synapse functional imaging assay in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
949A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Schalkowski, Rebecca | Assortative mating and the potential for sperm-mediated reproductive interference in co-occurring nematodes C. macrosperma and C. nouraguensis |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
434B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Scharf, Andrea | A population state shift supports aging as a cause of adult death |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
435C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Scharf, Andrea | Climate Change and Extinction – Lessons from C. elegans Population Dynamics |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
469A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Schiffer, Jodie | Caenorhabditis elegans processes sensory information to choose between freeloading and self-defense strategies |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
130 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Schmidt, Kristopher | The cytoskeletal regulator UNC-53/Nav2 controls cell death processes in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
179B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Schmidt, Kristopher | Innate immune responses of Caenorhabditis elegans to the emerging pathogen Elizabethkingia anophelis |
Poster
Physiology |
1199B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Schneider, Noa | ADR-2 Cellular Localization is Highly Regulated and Affects its Functionality |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
553A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Schön, Johanna Lena | The PCP molecule Flamingo regulates body size and lifespan by controlling collagen content in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1063A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Schorr, Anna | Developing a Comprehensive Tissue-Specific miRNAome by Nuclear Isolation and Small RNA Sequencing in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
650B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Schreier, Jan | A novel sperm-specific compartment secures a cytoplasmic Argonaute protein for paternal epigenetic inheritance of small RNA-mediated gene silencing |
Oral
Epigenetics and Genome Organization |
80 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Schroeder, Frank | Carboxyesterases and intestinal granules in the biosynthesis of novel families of nematode small molecule signals |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
436A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Schuch, Kelsey | Discriminating between sleep and exercise-induced fatigue using computer vision and behavioral genetics |
Poster
Neurobiology |
765C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Seemann, Jacob | De novo damaging variants in microRNA processor DROSHA are associated with a severe progressive neurological disorder |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
651C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| SEGOS, IOANNIS | Asymmetric mitochondrial inheritance in the context of a C. elegans cell death lineage |
Poster
Cell Biology |
192C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Seidel, Hannah | DNA replication and chromosome decondensation occur concurrently in C. elegans germ cells |
Poster
Cell Biology |
258C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Seidenthal, Marius | pOpsicle: An all-optical reporter system for synaptic vesicle recycling using pH-sensitive fluorescent proteins |
Poster
Neurobiology |
854B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Sengupta, Titas | A retrograde zippering mechanism regulates neurite placement in the C. elegans nerve ring |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
114 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Senthil, Mano | Investigating the role of miro-1 in neurodegeneration using a C. elegans Alzheimer’s disease model |
Poster
Physiology |
1064B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Sepers, Jorian | ERM-1 phosphorylation and NRFL-1 redundantly control lumen formation in the C. elegans intestine |
Poster
Development |
382A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Sepulveda, Nicholas | Temperature-stressed C. elegans males prioritize food over mating resulting in sterility |
Poster
Neurobiology |
766A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Seroussi, Uri | A Systematic Analysis of Argonaute Proteins in C. elegans |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
94 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Serra, Nicholas | Investigating the Mechanisms of Vesicular Trafficking and Unicellular Tube Growth in the C. elegans Excretory Duct Cell |
Poster
Development |
383B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Serrano, Maria | Understanding the regulation and function of the CRISP protein LON-1 in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
415A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Servello, Francesco | The AFD temperature sensing neurons adjust C. elegans defenses to match the temperature-dependent threat of hydrogen peroxide produced by bacterial pathogens |
Poster
Physiology |
1065C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Servello, Francesco | The heat shock transcription factor HSF-1 protects Caenorhabditis elegans from peroxide stress |
Poster
Physiology |
1066A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Sethi, Aditya | Reciprocal interactions between the apoptosis pathway and cell size |
Poster
Cell Biology |
193A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Setty, Hagar | Sexually dimorphic neuronal circuitry drives distinct mechanosensory responses |
Poster
Neurobiology |
950B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Shaffer, Justin | A novel biosensor reveals the timing and dynamics of LIN-12/Notch activation underlying resolution of the AC/VU decision during gonadogenesis |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
144 |
Thursday, June 24 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Shao, Jiajie | Synapsin is required for dense core vesicle capture and cAMP-dependent neuropeptide release |
Poster
Neurobiology |
951C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Sharma, Sunanda | Forward Genetic screening to identify novel regulators of neuronal Microtubule cytoskeleton |
Poster
Neurobiology |
833B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Shen, Yongquan | Dramatic alteration of TRA-2/TRA-1 interactions in the sperm/oocyte decision |
Poster
Development |
388A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Shen, Yongquan | C. elegans has lost a regulatory motif that represses fog-3 transcription in C. briggase |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
452B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Shi, Cheng | piRNA pathway-mediated Hedgehog signaling encodes a germline-to-soma pro-aging signal |
Oral
Aging and stress I |
30 |
Monday, June 21 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM |
| Shih, Hung-jen | Collagen gene variants, endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis, and aging |
Poster
Physiology |
1067B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Shih, Mushaine | A secondary structural motif in the kpc-1 3’UTR promotes dendritic transport of transcripts and local translation to regulate dendrite branching and self-avoidance of a nociceptive neuron |
Poster
Neurobiology |
834C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Shim, Yhong-Hee | Protective effects of caffeine intake on intestinal aging by regulating yolk protein production and autophagy-dependent intestinal atrophy in aged C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1068C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Shubin, Andrei | Independent initiation and maintenance of germline and somatic epigenetic silencing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
517A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Siddiqui, Shahid | Caenorhabditis elegans Fluorescent Mutants: Tryptophan Kynurenine Pathway |
Poster
Physiology |
1134C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sifoglu, Deniz | Neuropeptide modulation of insulin signaling in bacteria-dependent survival |
Poster
Physiology |
1069A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Singh, Akanksha | CRISPR- Nanobodies from C. elegans as an therapeutic approach for Erythroblastosis Fetalis |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
588C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Singh, Meetali | Translation and codon usage regulate Argonaute slicer activity to trigger small RNA biogenesis. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
652A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Singh, Varsha | Neuronal control of lipid metabolism by STR-2 G protein-coupled receptor promotes longevity in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1135A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Sivaramakrishnan, Priya | Transcription rates in the early embryo |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
39 |
Monday, June 21 12:00 PM - 12:18 PM |
| Skelly, Lauren | Exploring the role(s) of FOG-2 in the hermaphrodite germ line |
Poster
Development |
389B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Slade, Luke | The Mitochondria-targeted hydrogen sulfide delivery improves health and mitochondrial function in a C. elegans primary mitochondrial disease model |
Poster
Other |
1236C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Smart, Joelle | Neuronal mitochondria utilize a novel fission mechanism during extrusion into exophers |
Poster
Cell Biology |
299B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Smith, Cassandra | Investigating the role of complexin-1 function in dopamine signaling |
Poster
Neurobiology |
952A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Smith, Jayson | The SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling assemblies BAF and PBAF differentially regulate cell cycle exit and cellular invasion in vivo |
Poster
Cell Biology |
194B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Snider, Spencer | DREAM interrupted: Using CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis to assess DREAM complex formation and function |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
554B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Soares, Ana | Investigation of the relationship between manganese exposure and the development of Huntington's like-disease in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1200C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Soares, Marcell | toluene-induced bioenergetics changes generate early aging and decreased healthspan in caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1070B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Sobhani, Aida | RAB-10 functions opposite of the AGEF-1/Arf GTPase/AP-1 pathway to regulate vesicle trafficking |
Poster
Cell Biology |
300C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Socovich, Alexandra | The kinase pig-1/MELK is a conserved cytoskeletal regulator in C. elegans tubulogenesis and in human endothelial cells. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
225C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| sohrabi, salman | CeSnAP: Machine-learning based snapshot analysis platform toward high-throughput Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral screen of Parkinson’s disease |
Poster
Other |
1237A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Sojka, Savannah | Defining the Gap Junction Circuit that Modulates Aversive Chemosensory Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
767B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Somogyvári, Milán | HSP90 and HSF-1 regulate lipolysis in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1071C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Song, Hyun-Ok | Calumenin functions in cuticle collagen modification |
Poster
Development |
416B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Soo, Sonja | Genetic basis of enhanced stress resistance in long-lived mutants |
Poster
Physiology |
1072A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Sorensen, Erika | Development of a GFP RNAi Experimental Module in C. elegans |
Poster
Education |
489C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Sotiriou, Angeliki | CYLD-1, a lysine 63 deubiquitinase, regulates synaptic transmission and preserves neuronal homeostasis during ageing |
Poster
Neurobiology |
953B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Soto, Martha | Epithelial apical/basal polarity requires WAVE-dependent transport of E-Cadherin/HMR-1 |
Poster
Cell Biology |
211A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Soukup, Evan | Identifying genes regulating cell fate and multipotency in the SGP/hmc cell fate decision |
Poster
Development |
326B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Spangler, Rebecca | A Worm’s Perspective on Early Birds: Probing Links Between Conserved Biological Timing Mechanisms in Nematodes and Mammals |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
555C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Spaulding, Emily | The C. elegans homolog of Nucleolin, NUCL-1, contributes to nucleolar organization through its intrinsically disordered RG/RGG repeat domain |
Poster
Cell Biology |
301A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Spencer, Rosie | SNA-3: an essential, nematode-specific protein is a novel key component of the spliced leader trans-splicing machinery |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
556A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Spichal, Maya | Understanding the spatial organization of the somatic RNAi response |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
653B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Squires, Iolo | Identification of aPKC substrates and interactors in the early C. elegans embryo to elaborate a model for anterior PAR protein cooperation |
Poster
Cell Biology |
212B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Starr, Daniel | Nuclear deformation during P-cell nuclear migration |
Poster
Cell Biology |
226A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Steele, Louise | Therapeutic Ultrasound’s Effects on the Developing Nervous System of C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
768C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Stefanakis, Nikolaos | The development and functions of GLR glia. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
835A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Sterken, Mark | Genetic background-dependent expression of clec-62 in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
453C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Stevenson, Zachary | Self-Selecting Clone-Free Transgene Integration in Caenorhabditis elegans- Expanding the Toolkit |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
606C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Stojanovski, Klement | Coordinated tissue growth ensures uniformity of gastro-intestinal size proportions |
Poster
Development |
384C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Stratigi, Katerina | A PP1 holoenzyme regulates synaptic neurotransmission |
Poster
Neurobiology |
954C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Stroustrup, Nicholas | Relating Behavioral Ageing and Lifespan with the Lifespan Machine v2 |
Poster
Physiology |
1073B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Stuhr, Nicole | Behavior of C. elegans on lifespan-promoting bacterial diets |
Poster
Neurobiology |
769A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Stumbur, Stephanie | C. elegans regulates its behavior via serotonergic signaling to find food and hydrogen peroxide protection. |
Poster
Neurobiology |
770B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Subramanian, Sanjita | Rpamide neuropeptides NLP-22 and NLP-23 mediate egg-laying quiescence during stress induced sleep |
Poster
Neurobiology |
771C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Sullivan-Brown, Jessica | Characterization of RNAi phenotypes in C. elegans from understudied genes in a Cell and Molecular Biology course |
Poster
Education |
490A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Suman, Shashi Kumar | Characterization of two evolutionarily conserved C. elegans Ceh-6/Oct and Sox-2/Sox2 transcriptional factors during a natural Y-to PDA transdifferentiation event |
Poster
Development |
334A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Sun, HaoSheng | Temporal Maturation of the C. elegans Post-Embryonic Nervous System |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
115 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Sun, Jingru | A novel in vitro Caenorhabiditis elegans transcription system |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
69 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Sun, Simo | The smallest genome in the genus Caenorhabditis |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
589A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Sun, Siyu | RNA Pol II binding changes in auxin-inducible degradation system in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
607A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Sun, Yue | A negative feedback mechanism regulates DLK-1 signaling in ciliated sensory neurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
836B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Sundby, Adam | Investigating the interplay between sRNA pathways and germ granules in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
557B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Suo, Satoshi | Sperm regulates behavioral states in hermaphrodites |
Poster
Neurobiology |
772A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Swords, Sierra | Perturbation of RME-8 results in elongation of endosomes in ALM neurites. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
302B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Takatsuka, Hisashi | Combinatorial analysis of human PAF1 complex-interacting proteins using in silico phylogenetic profiling and RNAi knockdown screening |
Poster
Development |
359B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Tamagno, Wagner Antoino | Protective and reparative effect of dragon fruit upon central nervous system toxicity induced by copper |
Poster
Physiology |
1074C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Tamim El Jarkass, Hala | T14E8.4 limits bacterial colonization but assists microsporidia invasion in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1201A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Tan, Ee Phie | An autophagy activator extends healthspan and lifespan in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1075A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Tan, Wendy | Exploring the role of small RNA- and sumoylated NuRD complex-mediated silencing in germline identity maintenance |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
654C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Tanaka, Ryusei | Reproductive incompatibility among populations of Caenorhabditis inopinata |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
478A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Tang, Leo | Insulin-like signaling regulates left/right asymmetric synaptic connection |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
24 |
Monday, June 21 1:06 PM - 1:18 PM |
| Tang, Wen | pre-piRNA trimming and 2′-O-methylation protect piRNAs from tailing and degradation |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
655A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Tataridas-Pallas, Nikolaos | Neuronal SKN-1B Modulates Nutritional Signalling Pathways and Mitochondrial Networks to Control Satiety |
Poster
Neurobiology |
773B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Taylor, Remington | Snip-SNP mapping of a trembler C. elegans mutant strain with undergraduate students |
Poster
Education |
491B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Taylor, Seth | Molecular topology of an entire nervous system |
Poster
Neurobiology |
837C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Taylor, Shane Kevin | Investigating the effect of stress response pathways on C. elegans electrotaxis behaviour |
Poster
Physiology |
1076B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Tecle, Eillen | The purine nucleoside phosphorylase pnp-1 regulates epithelial cell resistance to infection in C. elegans |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
70 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Tee, Ling Fei | Toward the understanding of molecular mechanism of electrical sensation and response |
Oral
Behavior |
67 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Teixeira, Joana | Identification of mitochondrial dysfunction as a key modifier in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 |
Poster
Physiology |
1136B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Teranishi, Hiroaki | Neuronal transcription elongation factor TCEB-3 positively regulates cold tolerance in C elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
776B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Teterina, Anastasia | Genome organization of Caenorhabditis brenneri |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
590B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Thapa, ishor | Identifying the role of BRCA1 in transcriptional regulation using Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
558C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Thapliyal, Saurabh | Decoding temperature-dependent behavioral states in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
775A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Theska, Tobias | NHR-1 and NHR-40 in C. elegans – an outgroup approach to the origin of a novel trait |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
443B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Thiels, Wim | Quantitative cell shape analysis in the C. elegans embryo |
Poster
Other |
1238B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Thies, Jennifer | An Environmental Contributor of Neurodegeneration impacts lifespan through disruptions in AMPK Signaling in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
890B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Thijssen, Karen | C. elegans TFIIH subunit GTF-2H5/TTDA is a non-essential transcription factor indispensable for DNA repair |
Poster
Physiology |
1077C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Thompson, Morgan | Dissecting interactions across gene regulatory layers: FUST-1, TDP-1, and CEH-14 are coordinately required for gonad development |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
559A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Tikanova, Polina | Evolution of selfishness from a core tRNA synthetase in C. tropicalis |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
454A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Tintori, Sophia | Genomes of 15 Oscheius tipulae isolates from Chernobyl |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
591C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Tissot, Charlotte | Redefining the GABAergic neuron |
Poster
Neurobiology |
955A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Tocchini, Cristina | Translation-dependent mRNA localization to Caenorhabditis elegans adherens junctions |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
145 |
Thursday, June 24 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM |
| Toch, Katarzyna | Sign and reciprocal sign epistasis across different environments |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
592A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Topalidou, Irini | GRK-2 signaling in sensory neurons regulates the ability of C. elegans to travel long distances |
Poster
Neurobiology |
777C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Toraason, Erik | DNA repair is altered during C. elegans germline aging |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
13 |
Monday, June 21 12:54 PM - 1:06 PM |
| Torkashvand, Mohammad | Interneuron Control of Diapause Entry |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
167 |
Thursday, June 24 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Towbin, Benjamin | A folder mechanism ensures size uniformity among C. elegans individuals by coupling growth and development |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
146 |
Thursday, June 24 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Townley, Anna | Defining the functional components of constitutive heterochromatin through genetic interaction screening |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
518B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Traa, Annika | Perturbation of endosomal trafficking by tbc-2 mutation decreases stress resistance and lifespan by altering nuclear localization of DAF-16 |
Poster
Physiology |
1078A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Tran, Tra My | Influences on fat content, fat density and lipid droplets in C. elegans liquid culture |
Poster
Physiology |
1137C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Tran, Tuan | An intracellular bacterial pathogen of Oscheius tipulae uses filamentation as a novel mechanism for cell-to-cell spreading |
Poster
Physiology |
1202B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Treinin, Millet | Dynamics of nicotine-induced neuroprotection and the ACR-20 receptor |
Poster
Neurobiology |
891C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Trevisan, Paula | Toxicological evaluation of curcumin nanocapsules in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1203C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Trivedi, Meera | Genetic analysis of dendritic tiling and field size |
Poster
Neurobiology |
838A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Trujillo del Rio, Cristina | Downstream effectors of the synergic activation of AMPK by metformin and salicylate to reduce polyQ aggregation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
892A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Tucker, Nolan | Genetic Control of Caspase-mediated and Caspase-independent Cell Elimination in C. elegans |
Poster
Cell Biology |
180C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Tuomaala, Joel | Decline of ribosomal proteins levels during L1 arrest |
Poster
Physiology |
1138A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Turan, Merve | Molecular Mechanism of Coordinating Cilia Intersection and Elongation |
Poster
Neurobiology |
839B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Turek, Michał | Nutritional status and fecundity are synchronised by muscular exopheresis |
Poster
Development |
417C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Turner, Christian | SKN-1 activity in ASI orchestrates cell non-autonomous stress resistance in peripheral tissues |
Poster
Physiology |
1079B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Turpin, Christopher | Elucidating the Role of Securin in Regulating Separase during Cortical Granule Exocytosis |
Poster
Cell Biology |
195C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Uebel, Celja | High-resolution microscopy reveals C. elegans germ granule organization |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
656B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Unno, Takuma | Analysis of Class I histone deacetylase in the regulation of oocyte size and embryonic development in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Development |
360C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Uszkoreit, Simon | Somatic Regulators of the Non-Cell-Autonomous CEP-1/p53-Mediated DNA Damage Response in Primordial Germ Cells |
Poster
Physiology |
1080C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Uttal, Katherine | Temperature stress effects cytoplasmic streaming during oogenesis |
Poster
Development |
361A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Vaddavalli, Pavana Lakshmi | cep-1/p53 mediated DNA damage response - understanding apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans germ cells |
Poster
Cell Biology |
181A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Valencia, Francisco | Why do some wild-type strains fail at germline RNAi? |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
455B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Valet, Matthieu | Combining engineering with machine learning to automatically and reliably measure the C. elegans brood size. |
Poster
Other |
1239C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Valperga, Giulio | Experience-dependent gene expression changes across a defined neural circuit in C. elegans |
Oral
Behavior |
63 |
Tuesday, June 22 9:54 AM - 10:06 AM |
| Van Bael, Sven | Quantitative peptidomics in C. elegans via targeted mass spectrometry of neuropeptides |
Poster
Neurobiology |
855C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Van Buskirk, Cheryl | Tips for early career scientists on NSF-CAREER award proposals |
Poster
Education |
492C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| van der Does, Marit | Quantitative model formation of the heterochronic pathway in C. elegans |
Poster
Development |
327C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| van der Woude, Melanie | Identification and characterization of DNA repair complexes by proteomics in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1081A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Van Goor, Justin | Exploring the mechanisms of MSS-mediated sperm competition in C. briggsae |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
444C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Van Raamsdonk, Jeremy | Mild impairment of mitochondrial function increases longevity and pathogen resistance through ATFS-1-driven activation of p38-regulated innate immunity |
Poster
Physiology |
1082B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Van Raamsdonk, Jeremy | Mitochondrial unfolded protein response transcription factor ATFS-1 increases resistance to exogenous stressors through upregulation of multiple stress response pathways |
Poster
Physiology |
1083C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| van Vuuren, Laura | Expressing human epithelial Na channel subunits in C. elegans to model human salt taste |
Poster
Neurobiology |
779B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| van Wijk, Marijke | Transcriptional analysis of the response of C. elegans to ethanol exposure |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
561C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Van Wynsberghe, Priscilla | The role of circadian rhythm homologs LIN-42 and KIN-20 in gene regulation and development |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
562A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Vanden Broek, Kara | RACK-1 is required for proper GLD-1 sub-cellular localization and function |
Poster
Cell Biology |
259A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Varghese, Amal | Monoaminergic molecular pathways in modulating memory and behaviour |
Poster
Neurobiology |
956B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Varol, Erdem | A computational approach linking neuron-specific gene expression with connectivity |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
20 |
Monday, June 21 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM |
| Vasquez-Rifo, Alejandro | Impairment of C. elegans ribosome integrity by Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Poster
Physiology |
1204A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Vazquez-Prada, Mireya | The microbiome-muscle connection: Native microbiota affect muscle ageing and motility |
Poster
Physiology |
1084A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Veigl, Sophie | Extending immunity through small RNA inheritance |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
657C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Veksler-Lublinsky, Isana | Functional interplay between microRNAs, RNA binding proteins, and alternative polyadenylation in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
658A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Velayudhan, Satheeja Santhi | Control of C. briggsae germline development by TRA-1-interacting co-factors |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
519C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Venkatachalam, Thejasvi | A good GEF gone GAP: investigating the mechanism that switches the Rac1/CED-10 GEF, CED-5/CED-12, into an inhibitor of F-actin formation during ventral enclosure |
Poster
Cell Biology |
227B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Venzon, Mericien | A multi-organism genetic model for microbiota-driven parasite burden |
Poster
Development |
362B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Vettkötter, Dennis | Introducing optoSynC – a novel optogenetic tool for synaptic silencing |
Poster
Neurobiology |
856A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Veuthey, Tania | Tyramine modulates the systemic stress response by stimulating the release of intestinal insulin like-peptides (ILPs) |
Poster
Physiology |
1085B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Vicencio, Jeremy | Minimal PAM nucleases and expanded nested CRISPR tools to facilitate CRISPR-Cas genome editing |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
608B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Vidal Iglesias, Berta | A homeodomain transcription factor required to specify all pharyngeal neurons |
Poster
Neurobiology |
840C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Vidal, Daniela | Host-microbiome interactions with age on Caenorhabditis elegans reproduction |
Poster
Physiology |
1086C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Vidal-Gadea, Andres | C. elegans offers a unique window into the early pathophysiology of Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
Poster
Physiology |
1205B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Vieux, Karl-Frederic | Screening by deep sequencing reveals mediators of miRNA tailing in C. elegans |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
100 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Vieux, Karl-Frederic | Novel approaches to studying maternal transcript regulation in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
609C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Villa, Osvaldo | Conserved roles for alh-6/ALDH4A1 in muscle function over the lifespan |
Poster
Physiology |
1087A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Vodickova, Anezka | The impact of perceived and internal metabolic states on behavior and hypoxic responses in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1139B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| von Reuss, Stephan | Modular metabolites that connect bacterial growth-phase-dependent lipogenesis with C. elegans’ peroxisomal β-oxidation and N-acyl ethanolamine metabolism |
Poster
Physiology |
1140C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Vozdek, Roman | Reverse genetic screen of Parkinson’s disease-susceptibility genes identifies novel modulators of alpha-synuclein neurotoxicity in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
893B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Vuong-Brender, Thanh Thi Kim | CAMTA tunes neural excitability and behavior my modulating Calmodulin expression |
Poster
Neurobiology |
780C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Waddell, Brandon | Genetic regulators of Integrator complex mediated snRNA processing in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
563B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Waddell, Brandon | The C. elegans Shugoshin (SGO-1) is a cilia resident protein that interacts with TAC-1/TACC |
Poster
Neurobiology |
781A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Walker, Amy | Disruption of Golgi function induces pathogen response gene expression |
Poster
Cell Biology |
303C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Walker, Amy | WormCat 2.0: improving annotations and visualization for RNA seq, genetic screens, or proteomics data |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
502A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Wallace, Sean | Nuclear hormone receptors mediate adaptive responses to the mold Penicillium brevicompactum |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
75 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Wallis, Dylan | Regulation of C. elegans Argonaute proteins by Arginine Dimethylation |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
659B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Walsh, Jonathon | Determining the function of the LOV-1 polycystin-1 adhesion GPCR and TRP PKD-2 on cilia and extracellular vesicles |
Poster
Cell Biology |
304A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Walstrom, Katherine | Modeling C. elegans Protein Structures as part of Undergraduate Research Projects |
Poster
Education |
493A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Wang, Guoqiang | Isocitrate lyase protects Caenorhabditis elegans from mitochondrial superoxide stress through activation of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response |
Poster
Physiology |
1088B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Wang, Jianbin | Plasticity of Argonautes and their associated small RNA pathways in nematodes |
Oral
RNA interference and non-coding RNAs |
93 |
Wednesday, June 23 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Wang, Lei | Glial mediators of K+ and Cl- transport shape C. elegans olfaction and taste |
Poster
Neurobiology |
782B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Wang, Ling | Compensatory evolution in mitochondrial tRNAs |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
456C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| WANG, SIYAO | H3K4me2 regulates the recovery of protein biosynthesis and homeostasis following DNA damage |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
520A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Wang, Yao | A simple and inexpensive add-on enables confocal imaging capacity on a widefield microscope |
Poster
Cell Biology |
269B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Wang, Yu | Phagocytosis and processing of neuron-derived exophers by the C. elegans hypodermis. |
Poster
Cell Biology |
305B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Wani, Khursheed | NHR-49/PPAR-α and HLH-30/TFEB cooperate for C. elegans host defense via a flavin-containing monooxygenase |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
74 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM |
| Warnhoff, Kurt | Interkingdom transfer of molybdenum cofactor from bacteria to C. elegans |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
166 |
Thursday, June 24 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM |
| Washeleski, Emily | Auxin-Inducible Degradation of DREAM Proteins, LIN-9 and LIN-54, in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
564C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Wasson, Jadiel | Neuronal control of maternal provisioning in response to social cues |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
660C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Watkins, Brooklynne | Characterization of stress-induced phase transitions in the C. elegans germline |
Poster
Cell Biology |
260B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Watteyne, Jan | Untying the Gordian Knot: unravelling spatiotemporal activity in the C. elegans neuropeptide-receptor network |
Poster
Neurobiology |
783C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Weaver, Benjamin | Wide-Spread Non-Canonical CED-3 Caspase Activities Regulate Gene Expression Dynamics Including Antagonizing PMK-1 p38 MAPK Stress-Priming Function to Support Development |
Poster
Development |
418A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Webster, Amy | Natural genetic variation in irld genes modifies insulin signaling to influence starvation resistance |
Oral
Natural Variation, Evolution, and the Microbiome |
134 |
Thursday, June 24 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Webster, Rachel | The role of CDK-4 in cell size and metabolism |
Poster
Cell Biology |
196A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Weeks, Janis | Comparison of electrophysiological and motility assays to study drug effects in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
957C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Wehman, Ann | Identifying the key players of phosphatidylserine externalization in non-apoptotic dying cells |
Poster
Cell Biology |
182B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Wellman, Rachel | Increased susceptibility to proteostasis collapse in C. elegans following consumption of UV-irradiated bacteria |
Poster
Physiology |
1089C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Welsh, Christofer | Characterization of a membrane stress response to stabilize intracellular trafficking in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1090A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Wen, Chentao | 3DeeCellTracker, a deep learning-based pipeline for segmenting and tracking cells in 3D time lapse images |
Poster
Neurobiology |
857B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Wenda, Joanna | Linking centromeric factors to chromosome condensation in C. elegans embryos |
Poster
Cell Biology |
197B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Wexler, Leigh | Mechanisms of selective neuron-glia attachment |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
119 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Wibisono, Phillip | The neuropeptide receptor NMUR-1 regulates the specificity of C. elegans innate immunity against pathogen infection |
Poster
Physiology |
1206C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Wibisono, Shawndra | Neural G protein-coupled receptor OCTR-1 regulates temperature effects on lifespan in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1091B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Widmayer, Samuel | Dose-response relationships reveal complex patterns of natural variation in susceptibility to diverse toxicants |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
457A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Widmayer, Samuel | Evaluating the power and limitations of C. elegans genome-wide association mappings |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
458B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Wightman, Bruce | Insulin signaling and osmotic stress response regulate arousal and developmental progression at hatching |
Poster
Development |
419B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Williams, Robert | Tissue-specific transcriptional regulation by ELT-2 and ELT-7 in the developing Caenorhabditis elegans intestine |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
565A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Willicott, Corey | The mitochondrial unfolded protein stress response is impacted by alpha-synuclein |
Poster
Neurobiology |
894C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Willicott, Karolina | A Genetic Screen for Identification of UPRmt Effectors Associated with a-synuclein Neuroprotection in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
895A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Willis, Alexandra | A parental transcriptional response to microsporidia infection induces inherited immunity in offspring |
Oral
Pathogenesis |
76 |
Tuesday, June 22 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM |
| Willis, John | Natural variation in the aldehyde oxidase, gad-3, confers oxidative stress resistance between C.elegans strains |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
459C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Wilson, Natalie | Identification of novel ivermectin resistance and hypersensitivity associated genes in a primary C. elegans mutant screen |
Poster
Other |
1240A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Wimberly, Keon | Protein kinase DRL-1 is required for activation of stress responses in cuticle furrow mutants |
Poster
Physiology |
1092C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Winkenbach, Lindsay | Translation dependency of erm-1 mRNA localization to the cell cortex in the early C. elegans embryo |
Oral
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation |
40 |
Monday, June 21 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM |
| Wirak, Gregory | Age-related decline of neuronal function is linked to a loss of inhibitory signaling in C. elegans |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
26 |
Monday, June 21 1:30 PM - 1:42 PM |
| Wirick, Matthew | daf-16/FOXO blocks adult cell fate in C. elegans dauer larvae via a branched pathway involving lin-41/TRIM71 |
Poster
Development |
335B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| wit, janneke | Natural variation in differential C. elegans responses to the broad-range anthelmintic emodepside |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
460A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Wong, Shiquan | Neuronal HLH-30/TFEB Regulates Longevity and Heat Stress Resistance Via Distinct Non-Cell Autonomous Mechanisms |
Oral
Aging and stress II |
129 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Woodruff, Gavin | Widespread changes in gene expression accompany body size evolution in nematodes |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
445A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Wooldredge, Alexandra | Investigating the dietary restriction phenotype caused by disrupted intestinal cell-to-cell communication |
Poster
Physiology |
1093A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Wrobel, Chester | Modular metabolite assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans depedns on carboxylesterases and formation of lysosome-related organelles |
Poster
Physiology |
1141A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Wu, Cheng-Wei | Identification of ccf-1 as a novel regulator of stress response and aging in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1094B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Wu, You | Relatives of Ras regulate function of the C. elegans exocyst complex in development |
Poster
Development |
420C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Wu, Zheng | Investigating non-apoptotic roles for egl-1 |
Poster
Neurobiology |
896B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Wynne, David | Characterizing the function of the histone H3 kinase HASP-1 in the germline |
Poster
Cell Biology |
261C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Xiao, Meng | High-throughput phenotyping of C elegans wild isolates reveals that microsporidia genotype-specific interactions are common in C. elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
474C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Xu, Jiaming | Identifying Metabolic Alterations That Activate the UPR-ER in vivo |
Poster
Physiology |
1095C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Xu, Jimei | Dual role of the RNA-binding protein PUF-8 -PUM1,2 in programmed cell death |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
566B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Xu, Yuyan | Signals from the germline act systemically to regulate cytosolic protein oxidation in somatic cells in C. elegans |
Poster
Other |
1241B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Xue, Feng | Variant Discovery mapping for identification of phenotype causing mutations: case studies and a new online pipeline |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
593B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Yadav, Dilip Kumar | Identification of Metabolic Pathways Involved in Neuronal Regeneration |
Poster
Neurobiology |
897C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Yamaya, Kei | Revealing hidden roles of RAD-54.B during meiotic prophase |
Poster
Cell Biology |
262A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Yan, Junran | Identifying Downstream Factors in efk-1/eEF2K-mediated Starvation Resistance in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1096A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Yan, Lijie | Understanding how neuroendocrine cells are mechanically activated in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
958A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Yan, Wenwei Richard | Real-time volumetric whole-animal imaging at cellular resolution with SCAPE microscopy in NeuroPAL worms |
Oral
Neuronal development and novel methods |
121 |
Wednesday, June 23 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM |
| Yanagi, Katherine | Suppressors of stress-induced glutamatergic neuron degeneration in sod-1G85R ALS model |
Poster
Neurobiology |
898A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Yanase, Sumino | Recovery of Muscle Function Dependent on the Impaired Cell Death in a C. elegans Premature Aging Model |
Poster
Physiology |
1097B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Yang, Bing | In vivo CRISPR screening for biologically important mir-35 targeting sites in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
661A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Yang, Bing | Understanding cluster assistance of microRNA biogenesis in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
662B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Yang, Heeseung | Genome-wide association study for nictation behavior of the nematode C. elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
461B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Yang, Jasper | Differential expression analysis of migrating cells in C. elegans embryogenesis |
Poster
Development |
385A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| YANG, Xinyi | Explore novel functions of anti-microbial neuropeptides |
Poster
Neurobiology |
784A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Yanjun, Shi | A gut neuroendocrine signal regulates synaptic assembly in the brain |
Poster
Neurobiology |
959B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Yavorov, Deyan | Pediococcus acidilactici CECT9879 reduces fat accumulation in C. elegans by affecting the insulin signaling pathway |
Poster
Physiology |
1142B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Yde, Sarah | Using the C. elegans zygote to study principles of actin cytoskeleton self-organization |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
16 |
Monday, June 21 1:30 PM - 1:42 PM |
| Yee, Callista | Coordinated regulation of synaptic genes during development: a tale of a transcription factor and an mRNA export complex |
Poster
Neurobiology |
842B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Yeon, Jihye | Natural variation in C. elegans thermosensory behaviors |
Poster
Neurobiology |
785B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Yoshida, Keita | Distinct pathways for exporting dsRNA in systemic RNAi |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
663C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| You, Young-Jai | Regulation of feeding-induced sleep by neuropeptide signaling in C. elegans |
Poster
Neurobiology |
786C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Yu, Alex | Charactering the roles of neuropeptides in non-associative learning |
Poster
Neurobiology |
787A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Yu, Jingfang | Identification of modular glucoside in C. elegans a new class of putative signaling molecules |
Oral
Metabolism & Dauer Larvae |
164 |
Thursday, June 24 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM |
| Yu, Xinwei | Fast deep learning correspondence for neuron tracking and identification in C. elegans using semi-synthetic training |
Poster
Neurobiology |
858C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Zacharias, Amanda | Cell fate plays critical roles in promoting collective cell movements in C. elegans gastrulation and ventral cleft closure during embryogenesis |
Oral
Cell fate, patterning and morphogenesis |
143 |
Thursday, June 24 9:00 AM - 9:18 AM |
| Zagoskin, Maxim | Programmed DNA Elimination in the parasitic nematode Ascaris: Are Argonautes and their associated small RNAs involved? |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
567C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Zahreddine Fahs, Hala | Multi-species nematode screening uncovers a new broad-spectrum class of anthelmintic compounds targeting mitochondrial lipid metabolism |
Poster
Physiology |
1207A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Zarate Potes, Alejandra | Solving host-microbe interactions and gut dysbiosis |
Poster
Physiology |
1208B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Zavagno, Giulia | Developing a System to Screen Microbiome-Targeted Neurodegeneration Therapeutics Using Automated Monitoring of C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1098C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Zellag, Réda M. | Deciphering the mechanism of mitotic spindle orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans germline stem cells |
Oral
Mitosis, Meiosis, & the Cytoskeleton |
14 |
Monday, June 21 1:06 PM - 1:18 PM |
| Zhang, Aihan | Testing the use of liposomes for drug delivery in C. elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1156A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Zhang, Dan | The Role of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC) Component VIG-1 in C. elegans Germline Stem Cell Regulation |
Poster
Development |
363C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| zhang, Donglei | The RNA helicase CGH-1 regulates the liquid condensates of piRNA pathway factors to promote piRNA silencing in C. elegans |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
664A |
Monday, June 21 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Zhang, Gaotian | The genetic architectures of gene expression variation in wild C. elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
462C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Zhang, Gaotian | Natural variation in fertility is correlated with species-wide levels of divergence in Caenorhabditis elegans |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
463A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Zhang, Liangyu | Meiotic cell cycle progression requires adaptation to a constitutive DNA damage signal |
Poster
Cell Biology |
263B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Zhang, Xinxing | A cilia-independent function of BBSome mediated by DLK MAPK signaling in C.Elegans. |
Poster
Development |
421A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Zhao, Lina | Elongator complex modulates longevity by modifying tRNA nucleotide in C.elegans |
Poster
Physiology |
1099A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Zhao, Zhongying | Genomic architecture of 5S rDNA cluster and its variations within and between species |
Poster
Ecology and Evolution |
475A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |
| Zhebrun, Anna | Towards the mechanistic understanding of H3K23me3 in transgenerational epigenetics |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
521B |
Tuesday, June 22 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM |
| Zhou, Junxiang | β-tubulin BEN-1 has a key role in regulating DLK-1 signal transduction |
Poster
Neurobiology |
843C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Zhou, Xin | The HSPG Syndecan is a core organizer of cholinergic synapses in C. elegans |
Oral
Synaptic Function and Circuits |
21 |
Monday, June 21 12:30 PM - 12:42 PM |
| Zhou, Zheng | Calcium Ions Trigger the Exposure of Phosphatidylserine on the Surfaces of Necrotic Cells |
Poster
Cell Biology |
183C |
Wednesday, June 23 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Zhu, Di | NuRD mediates mitochondrial stress–induced longevity via chromatin remodeling in response to acetyl-CoA level |
Poster
Cell Biology |
306C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Zhu, Joyce Yue | Genetic Analyses Reveal Redundant Negative Regulators of Caenorhabditis elegans Starvation-Odor Associative Learning |
Poster
Neurobiology |
788B |
Tuesday, June 22 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| Zoga, Kristi | Systematic screening of autism-associated genes for roles in GABAergic neuronal morphologic plasticity |
Poster
Neurobiology |
960C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Zorluer, Atiyye | Use of C. elegans for investigating functional consequence of orthologous variants |
Poster
Gene Regulation and Genomics |
594C |
Wednesday, June 23 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Zuluaga-Forero, Maximiliano | Novel patient-derived mutation in the presynaptic calcium channel UNC-2 reduces synaptic expression yet increases presynaptic release |
Poster
Neurobiology |
961A |
Monday, June 21 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |