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Tuesday, March 16
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conference Success Tips and Welcome from the Early Career Leadership Program
Chair
Jessica Velez, GSA
Wednesday, March 17
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Reproducibility for Everyone
Chairs
Nele Haelterman, Baylor College of Medicine
Nafisa Jadavji, Midwestern University
Thursday, March 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Research, Teaching, and Careers at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)
Chair
Judy Leatherman, University of Northern Colorado
Tuesday, March 23
11:00 AM - 01:15 PM
Opening Keynote and Larry Sandler Award Talk
Chairs
Nasser Rusan, National Institutes of Health
Amy Kiger, University of California, San Diego
Cellular and tissue dynamics in development
Chairs
Dorothy Lerit, Emory University School of Medicine
Steve Jean, Université de Sherbrooke
Kimberley Gauthier, University of Toronto
Gene Regulation and Epigenetics: From the MZT to Differentiation
Chairs
Rhea Datta, Hamilton College
Amanda Amodeo, Dartmouth College
Jessica Sidisky, Lehigh University
Mechanisms of tissue repair and homeostasis
Chairs
Vicki Losick, Boston College
Mariano Loza-Coll, California State University, Northridge
Rodrigo Dutra Nunes, Johns Hopkins University
Molecular adaptations and conflicts in Drosophila reproduction
Chairs
Daniel Matute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christopher Ellison, Rutgers
Ching-Ho Chang, The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Wednesday, March 24
11:00 AM - 01:05 PM
Image Award/Plenary Session 1
Chairs
Nasser Rusan, National Institutes of Health
Michelle Arbeitman, Florida State University
RNA Biology: Granules, Small RNAs, and Translational Regulation
Chairs
Zhao (ZZ) Zhang, Duke School of Medicine
Vassie Ware, Lehigh University
Kasun Buddika, Indiana University Bloomington
Genome structure, function, and evolution
Chairs
Laurie Stevison, Auburn Univeristy
Colin Meiklejohn, University of Nebraska
Brooke Peckenpaugh, Indiana University Bloomington
New paradigms of organelle regulation and function
Chairs
Daria Siekhaus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Jeremy Smyth, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Priya Dutta, Tata Institute of fundamental Research, Mumbai
George Aranjuez, University of Central Florida
Regulatory and mechanical processes driving morphogenesis and pattern formation
Chairs
Shaad Ahmad, Indiana State University
Ginger Hunter, Clarkson University
Alexis Stutzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Haley Brown, Indiana University Bloomington
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Education Platform Session
Chairs
Justin DiAngelo, Penn State Berks
Hemlata Mistry, Widener University
Thursday, March 25
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Plenary Session 2 - Equity and Inclusion Plenary Session
Chairs
Nadia Singh, University of Oregon
Michelle Arbeitman, Florida State University
01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
The effect of the COVID pandemic on the fly community
Organizers: T. Su, M. Wolfner
Organizers: T. Su, M. Wolfner
Chairs
Mariana Wolfner, Cornell University
Tin Tin Su, University of Colorado
Tanya Hoodbhoy, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH
Neurodegeneration
Chairs
John Tuthill, University of Washington
Brad Dickerson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leire Abalde-Atristain, Oregon Health & Science University
Life and death: Regulation of stress, cell cycle, cell growth, and cell death
Chairs
Cathie Pfleger, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Erika Geisbrecht, Kansas State University
Junnan Fang, Emory University School of Medicine
Sudershana Nair, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Functional and computational genomics
Chairs
Yasir Ahmed-Braimah, Syracuse University
Justin Crocker, EMBL
Li Zhao, Rockefeller University
Alex Majane, University of California, Davis
Practicing innovative inclusion: tools to advance research excellence
Chairs
Jennifer Alexander, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Andrew M Arsham, Bemidji State University
Friday, March 26
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Plenary Session 3
Chairs
Guy Tanentzapf, University of British Columbia
Karen Hales, Davidson College
Metabolic control of diverse physiological processes from oocytes to hemocytes
Chairs
Alissa Armstrong, University of South Carolina
Michelle Bland, The University of Virginia
Andrea Darby, Cornell University
Models of Human Disease I
Chairs
Chiswili Chabu, University of Missouri, Columbia
Margaret Pearce, University of the Sciences
Aashika Sekar, University of Oxford
Germline Regulation and Behavior
Chairs
Lindsay Lewellyn, Butler University
Josefa Steinhauer, Yeshiva University
Rafael Demarco, UCLA
Neurodevelopment
Chairs
Robert Carrillo, University of Chicago
Divya Sitaraman, California State University
Sarah Ackerman, University of Oregon
Saturday, March 27
11:00 AM - 01:10 PM
Plenary Session 4
Chairs
Amy Kiger, University of California, San Diego
Karen Hales, Davidson College
Host-Microbiome Interactions and Immunity
Chairs
Robert Unckless, University of Kansas
Moria Chambers, Bucknell University
Mark Hanson, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Neural Circuits and Behavior
Chairs
Brad Dickerson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Tuthill, University of Washington
Meet Zandawala, Brown University
Colleen Palmateer, Florida State University
Models of Human Disease II
Chairs
Clement Chow, University of Utah
Erdem Bangi, Florida State University
Tanzeen Yusuff, Penn State University
Regulation of organ physiology across scales from RNA splicing to cell-cell contacts
Chairs
Michelle Bland, The University of Virginia
Eric Folker, Boston College
Lydia Grmai, Johns Hopkins University
Sunday, March 28
Monday, March 29
11:00 AM - 01:35 PM
Techniques and Technology
Chairs
Stephanie Mohr, Harvard Medical School
Karen Kasza, Columbia University
Pavel Tomancak, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Justin Bosch, Harvard Medical School
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Mentored Fellowships in active learning for faculty and postdocs: the PALM Network
Presenter: Sue Wick
Presenter: Sue Wick
Chair
Sue Wick, The Palm Network
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
microPublication Biology and the Drosophila Community
Organizers: K. Yook, D. Raciti
Organizers: K. Yook, D. Raciti
Chairs
Karen Yook, Caltech
Daniela Raciti, Caltech
Experimental and Computational Approaches in Systems Developmental Biology
Organizers: G. Reeves, J. Zartman
Organizers: G. Reeves, J. Zartman
Chairs
Gregory Reeves, Texas A&M University
Jeremiah Zartman, Notre Dame University
Lysosomal degradation pathways in development and disease
Organizers: A. Jenny, T. Rusten, G. Juhasz
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Organizers: A. Jenny, T. Rusten, G. Juhasz
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Chairs
Andreas Jenny, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Tor-Erik Rusten, Oslo University Hospital
Gabor Juhasz, Eötvös Loránd University
Tuesday, March 30
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Innate immunity at the crossroads of development, aging and chronic non-infectious diseases
Organizers: S. Chtarbanova, P. Jumbo, G. Boekhoff-Falk
Organizers: S. Chtarbanova, P. Jumbo, G. Boekhoff-Falk
Chairs
Stanislava Chtarbanova, University of Alabama
Patricia Jumbo, Samford University of Alabama
Grace Boekhoff-Falk, University of Wisconsin-Madison
03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
A community-based approach to understanding Drosophila Evolution through Space and Time (DEST)
Organizers: J. González, A. Bergland, M. Kapun,
Organizers: J. González, A. Bergland, M. Kapun,
Chairs
Josefa González, IBE (CSIC-UPF)
Alan Bergland, University of Virginia
Martin Kapun, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Wednesday, March 31
Dissecting interorganelle communication networks that fuel cellular and systemic signaling
Organizers: F. DiCara, M Bülow, A. Simmonds
Organizers: F. DiCara, M Bülow, A. Simmonds
Chairs
Francesca Di Cara, Dalhousie University
Margret Bülow, University of Bonn
Andrew Simmonds,
Single-cell research in Drosophila: The Fly Cell Atlas and beyond
Organizers: L. O'Brien, H. Li, N. Perrimon, B. Oliver
Organizers: L. O'Brien, H. Li, N. Perrimon, B. Oliver
Chairs
Lucy O'Brien, Stanford University
Hongjie Li, Baylor School of Medicine
Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School
Brian Oliver, NIH/NIDDK
Community Engagement in Research: An Authentic Science Experience in Labs@Home
Organizers: D. Ruiz-Whalen, A. O'Reilly
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Organizers: D. Ruiz-Whalen, A. O'Reilly
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Chairs
Dara Ruiz-Whalen, eCLOSE Institute/Temple University- CEHS
Alana O'Reilly, Fox Chase Cancer Center/eCLOSE Institute
Amanda J Browne, PPD- Complementary worker of GSK
Nicole Harrington, University of Pennsylvania
Christopher Aichele, The Academy at Palumbo High School- School District of Philadelphia
Ebon Dyson, Abraham Lincoln High School- School District of Philadelphia
Thursday, April 01
Developmental Mechanics
Organizers: R. Fernandez-Gonzalez, G. Tanentzapf, A. Martin
Organizers: R. Fernandez-Gonzalez, G. Tanentzapf, A. Martin
Chairs
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, University of Toronto
Guy Tanentzapf, University of British Columbia
Adam Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Trends, issues and challenges in scientific publication
Organizers: H. Jacobs, K. Ross
Organizers: H. Jacobs, K. Ross
Chairs
Howy Jacobs, Tampere University
Kelly Ross, San Diego State
Everything you ever wanted to know about sex
Organizers: A. Kopp, R. Graze, M. Arbeitman
Organizers: A. Kopp, R. Graze, M. Arbeitman
Chairs
Artyom Kopp, University of California, Davis
Rita Graze, Auburn University
Michelle Arbeitman, Florida State University
Tuesday, March 16
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conference Success Tips and Welcome from the Early Career Leadership Program
Chair
Jessica Velez, GSA
Wednesday, March 17
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Reproducibility for Everyone
Chairs
Nele Haelterman, Baylor College of Medicine
Nafisa Jadavji, Midwestern University
Thursday, March 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Research, Teaching, and Careers at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)
Chair
Judy Leatherman, University of Northern Colorado
Tuesday, March 23
11:00 AM - 01:15 PM
Opening Keynote and Larry Sandler Award Talk
Chairs
Nasser Rusan, National Institutes of Health
Amy Kiger, University of California, San Diego
Cellular and tissue dynamics in development
Chairs
Dorothy Lerit, Emory University School of Medicine
Steve Jean, Université de Sherbrooke
Kimberley Gauthier, University of Toronto
Gene Regulation and Epigenetics: From the MZT to Differentiation
Chairs
Rhea Datta, Hamilton College
Amanda Amodeo, Dartmouth College
Jessica Sidisky, Lehigh University
Mechanisms of tissue repair and homeostasis
Chairs
Vicki Losick, Boston College
Mariano Loza-Coll, California State University, Northridge
Rodrigo Dutra Nunes, Johns Hopkins University
Molecular adaptations and conflicts in Drosophila reproduction
Chairs
Daniel Matute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christopher Ellison, Rutgers
Ching-Ho Chang, The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Wednesday, March 24
11:00 AM - 01:05 PM
Image Award/Plenary Session 1
Chairs
Nasser Rusan, National Institutes of Health
Michelle Arbeitman, Florida State University
RNA Biology: Granules, Small RNAs, and Translational Regulation
Chairs
Zhao (ZZ) Zhang, Duke School of Medicine
Vassie Ware, Lehigh University
Kasun Buddika, Indiana University Bloomington
Genome structure, function, and evolution
Chairs
Laurie Stevison, Auburn Univeristy
Colin Meiklejohn, University of Nebraska
Brooke Peckenpaugh, Indiana University Bloomington
New paradigms of organelle regulation and function
Chairs
Daria Siekhaus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Jeremy Smyth, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Priya Dutta, Tata Institute of fundamental Research, Mumbai
George Aranjuez, University of Central Florida
Regulatory and mechanical processes driving morphogenesis and pattern formation
Chairs
Shaad Ahmad, Indiana State University
Ginger Hunter, Clarkson University
Alexis Stutzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Haley Brown, Indiana University Bloomington
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Education Platform Session
Chairs
Justin DiAngelo, Penn State Berks
Hemlata Mistry, Widener University
Thursday, March 25
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Plenary Session 2 - Equity and Inclusion Plenary Session
Chairs
Nadia Singh, University of Oregon
Michelle Arbeitman, Florida State University
01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
The effect of the COVID pandemic on the fly community
Organizers: T. Su, M. Wolfner
Organizers: T. Su, M. Wolfner
Chairs
Mariana Wolfner, Cornell University
Tin Tin Su, University of Colorado
Tanya Hoodbhoy, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH
Neurodegeneration
Chairs
John Tuthill, University of Washington
Brad Dickerson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leire Abalde-Atristain, Oregon Health & Science University
Life and death: Regulation of stress, cell cycle, cell growth, and cell death
Chairs
Cathie Pfleger, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Erika Geisbrecht, Kansas State University
Junnan Fang, Emory University School of Medicine
Sudershana Nair, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Functional and computational genomics
Chairs
Yasir Ahmed-Braimah, Syracuse University
Justin Crocker, EMBL
Li Zhao, Rockefeller University
Alex Majane, University of California, Davis
Practicing innovative inclusion: tools to advance research excellence
Chairs
Jennifer Alexander, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Andrew M Arsham, Bemidji State University
Friday, March 26
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Plenary Session 3
Chairs
Guy Tanentzapf, University of British Columbia
Karen Hales, Davidson College
Metabolic control of diverse physiological processes from oocytes to hemocytes
Chairs
Alissa Armstrong, University of South Carolina
Michelle Bland, The University of Virginia
Andrea Darby, Cornell University
Models of Human Disease I
Chairs
Chiswili Chabu, University of Missouri, Columbia
Margaret Pearce, University of the Sciences
Aashika Sekar, University of Oxford
Germline Regulation and Behavior
Chairs
Lindsay Lewellyn, Butler University
Josefa Steinhauer, Yeshiva University
Rafael Demarco, UCLA
Neurodevelopment
Chairs
Robert Carrillo, University of Chicago
Divya Sitaraman, California State University
Sarah Ackerman, University of Oregon
Saturday, March 27
11:00 AM - 01:10 PM
Plenary Session 4
Chairs
Amy Kiger, University of California, San Diego
Karen Hales, Davidson College
Host-Microbiome Interactions and Immunity
Chairs
Robert Unckless, University of Kansas
Moria Chambers, Bucknell University
Mark Hanson, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Neural Circuits and Behavior
Chairs
Brad Dickerson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Tuthill, University of Washington
Meet Zandawala, Brown University
Colleen Palmateer, Florida State University
Models of Human Disease II
Chairs
Clement Chow, University of Utah
Erdem Bangi, Florida State University
Tanzeen Yusuff, Penn State University
Regulation of organ physiology across scales from RNA splicing to cell-cell contacts
Chairs
Michelle Bland, The University of Virginia
Eric Folker, Boston College
Lydia Grmai, Johns Hopkins University
Sunday, March 28
Monday, March 29
11:00 AM - 01:35 PM
Techniques and Technology
Chairs
Stephanie Mohr, Harvard Medical School
Karen Kasza, Columbia University
Pavel Tomancak, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Justin Bosch, Harvard Medical School
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Mentored Fellowships in active learning for faculty and postdocs: the PALM Network
Presenter: Sue Wick
Presenter: Sue Wick
Chair
Sue Wick, The Palm Network
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
microPublication Biology and the Drosophila Community
Organizers: K. Yook, D. Raciti
Organizers: K. Yook, D. Raciti
Chairs
Karen Yook, Caltech
Daniela Raciti, Caltech
Experimental and Computational Approaches in Systems Developmental Biology
Organizers: G. Reeves, J. Zartman
Organizers: G. Reeves, J. Zartman
Chairs
Gregory Reeves, Texas A&M University
Jeremiah Zartman, Notre Dame University
Lysosomal degradation pathways in development and disease
Organizers: A. Jenny, T. Rusten, G. Juhasz
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Organizers: A. Jenny, T. Rusten, G. Juhasz
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Chairs
Andreas Jenny, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Tor-Erik Rusten, Oslo University Hospital
Gabor Juhasz, Eötvös Loránd University
Tuesday, March 30
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Innate immunity at the crossroads of development, aging and chronic non-infectious diseases
Organizers: S. Chtarbanova, P. Jumbo, G. Boekhoff-Falk
Organizers: S. Chtarbanova, P. Jumbo, G. Boekhoff-Falk
Chairs
Stanislava Chtarbanova, University of Alabama
Patricia Jumbo, Samford University of Alabama
Grace Boekhoff-Falk, University of Wisconsin-Madison
03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
A community-based approach to understanding Drosophila Evolution through Space and Time (DEST)
Organizers: J. González, A. Bergland, M. Kapun,
Organizers: J. González, A. Bergland, M. Kapun,
Chairs
Josefa González, IBE (CSIC-UPF)
Alan Bergland, University of Virginia
Martin Kapun, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Wednesday, March 31
Dissecting interorganelle communication networks that fuel cellular and systemic signaling
Organizers: F. DiCara, M Bülow, A. Simmonds
Organizers: F. DiCara, M Bülow, A. Simmonds
Chairs
Francesca Di Cara, Dalhousie University
Margret Bülow, University of Bonn
Andrew Simmonds,
Single-cell research in Drosophila: The Fly Cell Atlas and beyond
Organizers: L. O'Brien, H. Li, N. Perrimon, B. Oliver
Organizers: L. O'Brien, H. Li, N. Perrimon, B. Oliver
Chairs
Lucy O'Brien, Stanford University
Hongjie Li, Baylor School of Medicine
Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School
Brian Oliver, NIH/NIDDK
Community Engagement in Research: An Authentic Science Experience in Labs@Home
Organizers: D. Ruiz-Whalen, A. O'Reilly
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Organizers: D. Ruiz-Whalen, A. O'Reilly
Limited attendance. Advanced event registration required.
Chairs
Dara Ruiz-Whalen, eCLOSE Institute/Temple University- CEHS
Alana O'Reilly, Fox Chase Cancer Center/eCLOSE Institute
Amanda J Browne, PPD- Complementary worker of GSK
Nicole Harrington, University of Pennsylvania
Christopher Aichele, The Academy at Palumbo High School- School District of Philadelphia
Ebon Dyson, Abraham Lincoln High School- School District of Philadelphia
Thursday, April 01
Developmental Mechanics
Organizers: R. Fernandez-Gonzalez, G. Tanentzapf, A. Martin
Organizers: R. Fernandez-Gonzalez, G. Tanentzapf, A. Martin
Chairs
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, University of Toronto
Guy Tanentzapf, University of British Columbia
Adam Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Trends, issues and challenges in scientific publication
Organizers: H. Jacobs, K. Ross
Organizers: H. Jacobs, K. Ross
Chairs
Howy Jacobs, Tampere University
Kelly Ross, San Diego State
Everything you ever wanted to know about sex
Organizers: A. Kopp, R. Graze, M. Arbeitman
Organizers: A. Kopp, R. Graze, M. Arbeitman
Chairs
Artyom Kopp, University of California, Davis
Rita Graze, Auburn University
Michelle Arbeitman, Florida State University
Tuesday, May 11
Thursday, May 13