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Cell Biology & Cytoskeleton

(Drosophila)

D1001A   Quantitative analysis of myosin-driven apical constriction in delaminating neuroblasts. Yanru AN.

D1002B   An acentrosomal perinuclear microtubule-organizing center in Drosophila fat body cells maintains cell shape and organelle positioning. Rebecca Buchwalter.

D1003C   A tissue-specific regulation of Myosin II dynamics during tube formation. Se-Yeon Chung.

D1004A   Characterization of Garz Function during Epithelial Morphogenesis. Julie Gates.

D1005B   Characterization of a novel actin regulator, HtsRC. Juli Gerdes.

D1006C   Drosophila myosin 7a in Phagocytosis and Eye Development. Amy Saw-Tin Hong.

D1007A   Zasp52 is a core Z-disc scaffold protein mediating myofibril assembly by dimerizing and binding F-actin. Kuo-An Liao.

D1008B   Remodeling the actin cytoskeleton by ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis. Katelynn Mannix.

D1009C   A splice variant of Centrosomin converts mitochondria to MTOCs to facilitate sperm tail elongation in Drosophila. Timothy Megraw.

D1010A   The Drosophila Ninein homolog bsg25D cooperates with ensconsin in myonuclear positioning. Jonathan Rosen.

D1011B   Regulation Of Actomyosin Network By Homophilic Cell Adhesion Molecule Echinoid During Epithelial Morphogenesis. Rahul Rote.

D1012C   Novel mechanisms of phosphoregulation of Moesin by Clic in Drosophila rhabodomere formation. Soichi Tanda.

D1013A   Investigating patterns of cell interactions during epithelial folding. Hannah Yevick.

D1014B   Syncytial embryo cleavage through an actomyosin Goldilocks effect set by Rho kinase and myosin phosphatase. Yixie Zhang.

D1015C   The Role of Retromer-Dependant Recycling in Epithelial Polarity and Morphogenesis. Kenana Al Kakouni.

D1016A   Investigating the Role of Rab Proteins in Drosophila Photoreceptor Apical Vesicle Trafficking. Azadeh Laffafian.

D1017B   Cell chirality is a novel and evolutionarily conserved cell polarity that drives left-right asymmetric morphogenesis. Kenji Matsuno.

D1018C   Tension-dependent junction remodeling repositions polarity proteins and coordinates EMT progression. Mo Weng.

D1019A   Differential Subcellular Trafficking of Membrane Proteins in Secondary Cells of the Drosophila male Accessory Glands. Felix Castellanos.

D1020B   RPTPs mediate the temporal control of Drosophila airway maturation through an interaction with the non-receptor tyrosine kinase Btk29A and its effector WASH. Vasilios Tsarouhas.

D1021C   Fat2 and Lar define a planar signaling system controlling collective cell migration. Kari Barlan.

D1022A   Analysis of chiral cellular dynamics in left-right asymmetric rotation of Drosophila hindgut. Mikiko Inaki.

D1023B   Out-of-Step is a novel serine/threonine kinase that directs myotube pathfinding. Aaron Johnson.

D1024C   Twinstar/cofilin is required for regulation of epithelial integrity and tissue growth in Drosophila. Changmin Ko.

D1025A   Inhibition of Protein Phosphatase 1 activity switches border cells from a collective to single cell mode of migration. Jocelyn McDonald.

D1026B   The vesicle fusion regulator α-SNAP is required for STAT pathway activation and induction of cell motility. Afsoon Saadin.

D1027C   Drosophila Fondue is a critical extracellular matrix organizer during muscle attachment and coagulation. Nicole Green.

D1028A   implication of the basement membrane and adhesion complexes during leg morphogenesis in drosophila. AMBROSINI ARNAUD.

D1029B   Investigating the regulation of the imaginal disc epithelial barrier during regeneration. Danielle DaCrema.

D1030C   Assembly of septate junctions and midbody displacement during epithelial cytokinesis. Zhimin Wang.

D1031A   Polo kinase mediates the phosphorylation and cellular localization of Nuf/FIP3, a Rab11 effector. Lotti Brose.

D1032B   A Genetic Dissection of the Drosophila Larval Salivary Gland: A Model for Exocrine Gland Physiology. Kathryn Lantz.

D1033C   Fascin regulates nuclear actin during Drosophila oogenesis. Daniel Kelpsch.

Cell Biology & Signal Transduction

(Drosophila)

D1034A   Hedgehog promotes the production and release of PI(4)P to interact and activate Smoothened. Kai Jiang.

D1035B   Regulation of Smo phosphorylation and high-level Hh signaling activity by a plasma membrane associated kinase. Shuangxi Li.

D1036C   The PARP enzyme Tankyrase antagonizes activity of the βcatenin destruction complex through ADP-ribosylation of Axin and APC2. Hyun Hyung An.

D1037A   Proteomic analysis reveals APC-dependent post-translational modifications and identifies a novel regulator of β-catenin. Malachi Blundon.

D1038B   Activation of Sona requires furin cleavage and autocatalysis. Sang-soo Lee.

D1039C   The extracellular protease AdamTS-B negatively regulates wing vein patterning through BMP signaling. Afshan Ismat.

D1040A   Interplay of BMP and JAK/STAT in Developmentally Related Apoptosis. Alexandra Mascaro.

D1041B   The Notch-mediated hyperplasia circuitry in Drosophila. Diana Ho.

D1042C   CG9650: A novel regulator of patterning of the Indirect Flight Muscles of Drosophila melanogaster. Saroj Jawkar.

D1043A   Functional investigation of a late-onset Alzheimer’s disease associated variant in TM2D3. Jose Salazar.

D1044B   The cell-type specific functions of an ER modulating factor, Pecanex in Notch and Wnt signaling pathways. Tomoko Yamakawa.

D1045C   An in vivo screen for novel small molecule inhibitors of PLCγ. Chitra Naidu.

D1046A   The COP9 signalosome regulates EGFR signaling by stabilizing Capicua. Annabelle Suisse.

D1047B   Yki interacts with the JNK pathway to regulate epidermal wound healing in Drosophila larvae. Chang-Ru Tsai.

D1048C   Identification and characterization of novel epidermal growth factor receptor target genes implicated in Drosophila development. Michael Warkala.

D1049A   The Rap Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor (GEF) C3G is required for nephrocyte function in Drosophila melanogaster. Cara Picciotto.

D1050B   Piragua, a ZAD and zinc finger transcription factor, genetically interacts with the membrane protein Flower in the embryo. Juan Riesgo-Escovar.

D1051C   Identification and characterization of Sugar-free frosting/SAD kinase substrates that regulate neural glycosylation in the Drosophila embryo. Sarah Robinson.

D1052A   The UPR Pathway Activates the TOR Signaling through Atf6. Jin Seo.

D1053B   Characterizing the role of the Fat cadherin family in the mitochondria using CRISPR. Norman Yau.

D1054C   Transcriptome analysis to identify genes responding to mechanical force in developing Drosophila embryos. Tomoki Ishibashi.

D1055A   Functional characterization of creld in Drosophila melanogaster. Marie Paradis.

D1056B   The Tumor Microenvironment And Mechanisms Governing Ras Tumor Overgrowth. Chiswili Chabu.

D1057C   The “gatekeeper” function of Drosophila Seven-IN-Absentia (SINA) E3 ligase and its human homologs, SIAH1 and SIAH2, is highly conserved for proper RAS signal transduction in Drosophila eye development. Robert Van Sciver.

D1058A   Calcium dynamics can be used to reveal mechanisms of epithelial wound detection. Erica Shannon.

Cell Cycle & Cell Death

(Drosophila)

D1059B   Involvement of the histone demethylase KDM5 in the control of apoptosis. Coralie Drelon.

D1060C   A Role for Histone Deacetylases in Regulating Sensitivity to Apoptotic Stimuli in Drosophila melanogaster. Khailee Marischuk.

D1061A   Argonaute-1 regulates developmental apoptotic process through JNK signaling pathway in Drosophila. Tanmoy Mondal.

D1062B   Signaling mechanisms between apoptotic cells and non-professional phagocytes. Sandy Serizier.

D1063C   Drosophila Wnt and STAT Define Apoptosis-Resistant Epithelial Cells for Tissue Regeneration after Irradiation. Shilpi Verghese.

D1064A   BAF phosphorylation regulates necrotic pyknosis. Lin Hou.

D1065B   Signaling and mechanisms regulating Germ Cell Death (GCD), an alternative cell death pathway in drosophila. Keren Yacobi-Sharon.

D1066C   Survival of proliferative, radio-resistant polyploid cells in Drosophila requires FANCD2. Heidi Bretscher.

D1067A   Tousled-like kinase regulates G2/M transition through Tak1 to activate p38a MAPK. Gwo-Jen Liaw.

D1068B   Rescue from Ring Chromosome Dominant Lethality by Mutations in lok (Chk2) and p53. HO-CHEN LIN.

D1069C   DNA replication proteins: two mutations better than one? Christopher Knuckles.

D1070A   A Y chromosome variant mediates sex ratio of surviving Blm null embryos. Abbie Olson.

D1071B   Aging impairs double-strand break repair by homologous recombination in Drosophila. Henry Ertl.

D1072C   Determining the role of a novel protein, Ankle1, in a resolvase complex of Drosophila melanogaster. Michaelyn Hartmann.

D1073A   Does remodeling of the Myb-MuvB transcriptome promote the switch from mitotic cycles to endocycles? Michael Rotelli.

D1074B   Hippo signaling regulates tissue regeneration from a quiescent cell population. Joy Meserve.

D1075C   miRNA regulation of dacapo expression in the Drosophila embryo. James Petley.

D1076A   Modulation of CRL4^Cdt2 activity in the syncytial embryo. Julia Speciale.

D1077B   Identifying regulators of meiotic entry in male Drosophila melanogaster. John Tomkiel.

Cell Division and Growth Control

(Drosophila)

D1078C   Epithelial tricellular junctions act as interphase cell shape sensors to orient mitosis. Floris Bosveld.

D1079A   A new toolbox for the fly Sciara - a new/old model system that disobeys the rules for chromosome movement on spindles. Susan Gerbi.

D1080B   Cell size regulation in Drosophila sensory organ precursor asymmetric cell divisions. Nitya Ramkumar.

D1081C   Characterizing the Role of Rough Deal (Rod) Protein in Drosophila Male Meiosis. Qiutao He.

D1082A   Cohesion without cohesin in Drosophila meiosis. Avik Mukherjee.

D1083B   The role of the endoplasmic reticulum during asymmetric cell division in Drosophila melanogaster. Sarah Beyeler.

D1084C   To get more for less: Thermodynamic versus active mechanisms of the nucleolus assembly. Hanieh Falahati.

D1085A   SIRS is a spindle-independent mechanism of chromosome separation in mitotic polytene tissues. Ben Stormo.

D1086B   ER-associated membrane contribution to cellularization furrows in D. melanogaster embryo morphogenesis. Elliott Holt.

D1087C   A cell cycle-regulated ArfGAP-Arf1 pathway for Golgi organization and cleavage furrow biosynthesis. Francisco Rodrigues.

D1088A   Anillin and Citron Kinase, Sticky, collaborate during the contractile ring-to-midbody ring transition. Denise Wernike.

D1089B   Mechanotransduction mechanisms in compensatory cellular hypertrophy. Kenta Morimoto.

D1090C   A screen using FijiWings reveals the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Neuralized as a novel Tribbles target. Anna Shipman.

D1091A   Crosstalk between mitochondrial fusion and the Hippo pathway in controlling cell proliferation during Drosophila development. Qiannan Deng.

D1092B   Yorkie activates transcription by recruiting the histone deacetylase HDAC1 and promoting histone deacetylation. Wanzhong Ge.

D1093C   Role of Tctp interaction with a septate junction protein Coracle in imaginal disc development. Sungryeong Lee.

D1094A   A matter of growth and death: An unexpected output of the Hippo Network in the D. melanogaster trachea. Saoirse McSharry.

D1095B   Kibra and Merlin orchestrates activation of Hippo pathway core kinases cassette independent of Expanded in vivo. Ting Su.

D1096C   Characterization of rio (CG11340) as a regulator of tissue-specific growth in the larval trachea of Drosophila. Robert Ward.

D1097A   Genetic manipulations of EGF ligands in motor neurons affect myoblast proliferation and muscle patterning in Drosophila. Darren Wong.

D1098B   Investigating the role of epithelial curvature in growth control. Lina ZHANG.

D1099C   Elucidating the role of various signaling pathways in lgl derived tumors in Drosophila egg chambers. Deeptiman Chatterjee.

D1100A   Pointed/ETS acts as a novel tumor suppressor that regulates Ras-mediated cellular senescence. Takao Ito.

D1101B   Myc regulates cytoophidium formation. Ji-Long Liu.

D1102C   A distinct tumor suppressor role of Snr1 from the SWI/SNF complex in Drosophila imaginal tissues. Gengqiang Xie.

D1103A   Oncogenic properties of Troponin-I. Sergio Casas-Tinto.

D1104B   A shared loser molecular signature identifies stress signaling pathways common to loser cells, which play distinct roles in cell competition. Michael Dinan.

D1105C   Dissecting a common principle underlying cell competition and wound healing. Chiaki Iida.

D1106A   Functional analysis of the Ribosome protein mutant in cell competition. Zhejun Ji.

D1107B   RpS12 role in cell competition. Marianthi Kiparaki.

D1108C   Epithelial Slit-Robo signaling regulates tumor-suppressive cell competition. John Vaughen.

D1109A   The ligand Sas and its receptor PTP10D drive tumor-suppressive cell competition. Masatoshi Yamamoto.

D1110B   The subcellular distribution of Tribbles is linked to the regulation of growth and patterning by insulin and BMP signaling pathways. Leonard Dobens.

D1111C   Prominin-like, a homology of mammalian CD133, regulates body size by affecting dilps and inhibiting TOR pathway in Drosophila. Huimei Zheng.

D1112A   Acinus Links Autophagy and Hippo Signaling. Lauren Tyra.

Physiology, Organismal Growth & Aging

(Drosophila)

Gametogenesis & Organogenesis

(Drosophila)

Stem Cells

(Drosophila)

D1211A   Investigating the role of intracellular pH in epithelial stem cell differentiation. Marimar Benitez.

D1212B   The Control of Germline Sexual Identity in Drosophila melanogaster. Pradeep Bhaskar.

D1213C   Inhibition of the RTK PVR in the hub cells of the Drosophila testis stem cell niche. Nhi Bui.

D1214A   Hrb27C functionally interacts with ecdysone signaling to maintain the Drosophila female germline stem cell fate. Danielle Finger.

D1215B   Investigating the role of neuropeptides in Drosophila ovary. Tianlu Ma.

D1216C   Cellular mechanisms underlying asymmetric sister chromatid segregation during asymmetric division of Drosophila male germline stem cell. Rajesh Ranjan.

D1217A   HES overexpression causes neuroblast hyperplasia by repressing differentiation factors. Srivathsa Magadi.

D1218B   Eyeless regulates nutrient-insensitive neuroblast proliferation in the central brain. Conor Sipe.

D1219C   Transcriptional regulation of Drosophila intestinal stem cells. David Doupé.

D1220A   Groucho controls proliferation and differentiation of Drosophila intestinal stem cells by regulating transcriptional output of multiple signaling pathways. Xingting Guo.

D1221B   Sox21a is a critical regulator of adult stem cell proliferation in the Drosophila intestine. Fanju Meng.

D1222C   The transcription factor Hindsight promotes enterocyte differentiation and is required for the specification of adult intestinal stem cells during the larval/pupal transition. Bruce Reed.

D1223A   Zfh2, a conserved Drosophila melanogaster transcription factor involved in intestinal stem cell homeostasis. Sebastian Rojas Villa.

D1224B   Injury-stimulated and self-restrained BMP signaling dynamically regulates stem cell pool size during Drosophila midgut regeneration. Ai-Guo Tian.

D1225C   Metabolic role of GABA in the blood progenitors. Minkyu Shin.

D1226A   Regulation of niche cell plasticity in the Drosophila testis. Leah Greenspan.

D1227B   The Role of PVR in Drosophila Testis Stem Cells. Nastaran SoleimaniBarzi.

D1228C   Reactivation of Quiescent Neuroblasts Requires Activation of PI3-kinase Signaling in Cortex Glia. Xin Yuan.

D1229A   Destruction of E2f1 is dispensable for stem cell proliferation. Taylor Hinnant.

D1230B   Investigating Histone Inheritance Patterns at Specific Genomic Loci. Elizabeth Kahney.

D1231C   Coordinating DNA Replication Initiation to Asymmetrically Segregate Histones H3 in the Drosophila Germline. Jonathan Snedeker.

D1232A   Histone H3 Threonine Phosphorylation Regulates Asymmetric Histone Inheritance in the Drosophila Male Germline. Jing Xie.

D1233B   Developmental Toxicity Testing of Cigarette Smoke and E-Cigarette Vapor Using Drosophila melanogaster Primary Embryonic Stem Cell Cultures. Teresa Ubina.

D1234C   Polyploidy Associated Hypertrophy: An Alternative to Mitotic Organ Regeneration. Erez Cohen.

D1235A   Chinmo is necessary and sufficient to maintain male fate in somatic cells of the adult Drosophila gonads. Miriam Akeju.

Immunity and Pathogenesis

(Drosophila)

D1236B   Apoptosis in Drosophila hemocytes lead to nitric oxide mediated pro-inflammatory shift in the immune system and developmental function. Md. Badrul Arefin.

D1237C   JAK/STAT Signaling in Drosophila Muscles Controls the Cellular Immune Response Against Parasitoid infection. Hairu Yang.

D1238A   E3 ubiquitin ligase Sherpa mediates Toll innate immune signaling in Drosophila. Takayuki Kuraishi.

D1239B   Seasonal change in Drosophila melanogaster innate immunity. Emily Behrman.

D1240C   Zfh2 is an in vivo mediator of hypercapnic immune suppression. JAMES KWON.

D1241A   Microbiota-dependent priming of antiviral intestinal immunity in Drosophila. Christine Sansone.

D1242B   Translational regulation by Thor drives the innate immune response. Deepika Vasudevan.

D1243C   The identification and characterization of immune responsive enhancers. Zeba Wunderlich.

D1244A   Insect-Metarhizium interactions. Hsiao-Ling Lu.

D1245B   Investigating the mechanism of declines in male fitness due to chronic infection in Drosophila melanogaster. Katherine Nichols.

D1246C   Functional analysis of Drosophila mucins during development. Zulfeqhar Syed.

Neural Development

(Drosophila)

D1247A   The C-terminal domain of Abelson tyrosine kinase recruits it to axons. Han Cheong.

D1248B   Structural and Functional Analysis of Dunc-115 Using CRISPR. Christopher Roblodowski.

D1249C   The conserved microtubule-associated protein Mini Spindles regulates dendrite branching and self-avoidance in Drosophila class IV dendritic arborization neurons. Mala Misra.

D1250A   Drosophila tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases regulates synaptic development through trans-synaptic signaling. Jarrod Shilts.

D1251B   Tenectin recruits integrin at synaptic terminals and stabilizes bouton architecture at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Qi Wang.

D1252C   Notch-mediated lateral inhibition regulates proneural wave propagation when combined with EGF-mediated reaction diffusion. Makoto Sato.

D1253A   Wnt signaling specifies progenitor zone identity in the Drosophila visual center. Olena Trush.

D1254B   The large and small SPEN family proteins stimulate axon outgrowth during neurosecretory cell remodeling in Drosophila. Tingting Gu.

D1255C   Replacement of the glial architecture in Drosophila central brain during metamorphosis. Takeshi Awasaki.

D1256A   Regulation of Neuron-Glia Interactions in the Developing Eye. Victoria Hans.

D1257B   Identification of a Novel Regulator of Glial Development . Diana Luong.

D1258C   Glial cell remodeling during peripheral nerve reorganization in Drosophila. Aswati Subramanian.

D1259A   Border formation between medulla and lobula-complex in the optic lobe. Chuyan Liu.

D1260B   Dynamic requirement for Polycomb group genes in neuroepithelial stem cell proliferation and differentiation in the Drosophila optic lobe. Hong Luo.

D1261C   Investigating the role of Sox Neuro in the development of adult nervous system. Shweta Singh.

D1262A   New insights into Gene Regulatory Network evolution: Neofunctionalization of the Drosophila midline CNS gene regulatory network in the Zika vector mosquito Aedes aegypti . Kushal Suryamohan.

D1263B   Identification of developmental determinants of olfactory sensory neuron identity and connectivity. Phing Chian Chai.

D1264C   The functional impact of Synaptojanin phosphorylation by the Minibrain kinase during synaptic vesicle recycling in Drosophila. Karen Chang.

Neurophysiology & Behavior

(Drosophila)

Drosophila Models of Human Diseases

(Drosophila)

D1313A   Extreme Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping for Ethanol Consumption in Drosophila melanogaster. Sophia Fochler.

D1314B   Dynamics of ethanol preference in Drosophila. Annie Park.

D1315C   Aged Parents Have Less Social Offspring. Dova Brenman.

D1316A   Elevation of Dube3a in glia, but not neurons, produces synaptic changes and susceptibility to seizure. Kevin Hope.

D1317B   Social Isolation Induced Depressive Like Behavior in Drosophila Melanogaster. Di Hu.

D1318C   Identifying new modulators of blood cell development using Drosophila as a low complexity model of human myeloproliferative neoplasms. Alessandro Bailetti.

D1319A   Genetic analysis of invasive pathways engaged by the EcR-coactivator protein Taiman. Phil Byun.

D1320B   Understanding the mechanism of RIOK2 function in Glioblastoma. Alexander Chen.

D1321C   An RNAi-mediated genetic screen identifies genes that promote tumour progression in a living epithelium. Zoe Cornhill.

D1322A   Genetic and mathematical dissection of tumor heterogeneity that triggers cancer progression. Masato Enomoto.

D1323B   Modeling the effects of the Helicobacter pylori virulence protein CagA on induced pathogenesis in Drosophila. Tiffani Jones.

D1324C   Novel inhibitor of cdk5 signaling axis suppresses self-renewal properties of glioblastoma stem cells and induces apoptosis. Subhas Mukherjee.

D1325A   Investigating novel roles for HELQ and BLM helicases in Drosophila melanogaster. Barbara Sands-Marcinkowski.

D1326B   A novel genetic screen in Drosophila designed to discover secreted factors that drive glioblastoma initiation and progression. Nilang Shah.

D1327C   Investigating the role of inflammatory cytokines on tumor progression and metastasis in a Drosophila cancer model. KIRTI SNIGDHA.

D1328A   Development of new colon cancer models in Drosophila by a targeted genetic screen of cancer pathways. Nicholette Underwood.

D1329B   Hipk promotes tumorigenesis through JAK/STAT signaling. Esther Verheyen.

D1330C   A Wingless dependent Jun kinase-Yorkie signal amplification loop promotes tumor growth in Drosophila epithelial tumor models. Indrayani Waghmare.

D1331A   Diet rescues lethality in a model of a human deglycosylation disorder. Clement Chow.

D1332B   Neuronal Nhe3 (Solute Carrier Family 9, Subfamily A) depletion causes neurodevelopmental and behavioral defects in Drosophila. Monique van der Voet.

D1333C   Functional screen of autism candidate genes using Drosophila studies in vivo. Michael Wangler.

D1334A   Genome-wide association study to examine insulin resistance in a Drosophila model. Kate Slater.

D1335B   Enteroendocrine cell-derived Act-β enhances AKH action and contributes to hyperglycemia under a high sugar diet. Wei Song.

D1336C   The Spen family of RNA-binding proteins coordinate energy balance in the fatbody. Tania Reis.

D1337A   Cardiomyocyte regulation of systemic lipid metabolism by the apoB-containing lipoproteins in Drosophila. Hui-Ying Lim.

D1338B   Investigating Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Disorders(MRCD) in Drosophila. Kohei Ohnuma.

D1339C   Untargeted metabolomics elucidates the role of diet and triglyceride storage in Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Vishal Oza.

D1340A   The power of food: how diet during development programs adult lifespan. Irina Stefana.

D1341B   Investigating the effect of acute injury on gene expression in the embryonic Drosophila nerve cord. Shijo Benjamin.

D1342C   Actin isoforms in Drosophila muscle function. Tracy Dohn.

D1343A   Developmental causes of Nemaline Myopathies. Aaron Johnson.

D1344B   Using Drosophila to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia. Vafa Bayat.

D1345C   Activation of lipophagy protects neurons from neurodegeneration caused by sphingolipid imbalance. Yu-Chin Chang.

D1346A   Knockdown of the Sleep and Circadian Rhythm-Regulating Protein Insomniac Exacerbates Decreased Longevity in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Thomas Finn.

D1347B   Role of a soy protein Lunasin in Aβ42 mediated neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease. Neil Glenn.

D1348C   Exploring the nature of mitochondrial fragmentation and loss in a Parkin loss-of-function Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s disease. Susana Gutierrez.

D1349A   The influence of misregulation of inositol trisphosphate receptor on a Drosophila model of MJD. David Hahn.

D1350B   Use of a Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s Disease to screen GPCR ligands for potential AD therapeutics. Katherine Innamorati.

D1351C   Gene interaction network in Drosophila reveals connections between Huntington’s disease and FTD/ALS. Kavitha Kannan.

D1352A   Role of Dpp signaling pathway in promoting survival of retinal neurons in Aβ42 mediated neurodegeneration. Jason Kleppel.

D1353B   Role of sarah/nebula in Aβ42-induced neurological impairments in Drosophila. Jang Ho Lee.

D1354C   The expression and role of Apolipoprotein D in Aβ42-induced Alzheimer's disease Drosophila model. Soojin Lee.

D1355A   Genetic variation and mechanisms of paraquat susceptibility in D. melanogaster. Pamela Lovejoy.

D1356B   Effects of altered expression of apoptotic and autophagic gene products in novel Drosophila models of Parkinson disease. PETER M'ANGALE.

D1357C   Polyglutamine tract expanded Androgen Receptor and SBMA: humans and flies. SHAZA MokHTAR.

D1358A   Investigate the Effects of Cyclopamine on Drosophila melanogaster Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Phuong Nguyen.

D1359B   Altered metabolism in a TDP-43 model of ALS in Drosophila. Abigail O'Conner.

D1360C   Assaying tissue-specific functions of SMN using Drosophila models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Amanda Raimer.

D1361A   Role of steroid-responsive Ecdysone (Ecd) pathway in Aβ42-mediated neurodegeneration. Matthew Riccetti.

D1362B   Investigating the role of glycogen accumulation in neurodegeneration within brain. Attey Rostami.

D1363C   Understanding the role of Wingless (Wg) signaling pathway in Amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) mediated neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease. Ankita Sarkar.

D1364A   A Drosophila model for neurodegeneration based on gain- and loss-of function of the Cdk5 activator, p35. Arvind Shukla.

D1365B   Illegally Parked: Investigating the role of Hip1 in a model of Parkinson Disease. Frankie Slade.

D1366C   Yorkie Regulates PolyQ Mediated Neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster. Madhu Tapadia.

D1367A   Restoration of mitochondrial morphology rescues impaired axonal distribution caused by loss of Opa1 and Mitofusin in Drosophila melanogaster. Tatiana Trevisan.

D1368B   The influence of the altered regulation of histone acetyltransferase Tip60 on degeneration in a Drosophila model of Machado-Joseph Disease. Abigail Watterson.

D1369C   In vivo evidence for a moving HTT-Rab4 vesicle complex in Drosophila larval axons. Joseph White.

D1370A   Identification and Characterization of the ΔExon7 PINK1 Mutation Associated with Parkinson’s Disease in Drosophila and Mammalian Cells. Huan Yang.

D1371B   Exploring the molecular basis of the PCH-associated RNA Exosome phenotypes in Drosophila . Xue Yang.

D1372C   Translation Dysregulation in ALS. Stephen Yao.

D1373A   Rescue of neurotoxicity in a TDP-43-based Drosophila model of ALS by a 4-aminoquinoline analog. Benjamin Zaepfel.

D1374B   p97/VCP overexpression suppresses the mitochondrial defects in PINK1, parkin and parkin mul1 mutants. TING ZHANG.

D1375C   ER shaping protein REEP1 regulates neuronal lipid droplets in vivo. Nicoletta D'Elia.

D1376A   Analysis of glucose metabolism during pathogenesis of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1. Javier Diaz.

D1377B   Drosophila spastin regulates lipid droplets and lipid metabolism in vivo. Alessia Forgiarini.

D1378C   Uncovering cellular energetics at the neuromuscular junction in a Drosophila model of ALS. Ernesto Manzo.

D1379A   A Ketogenic Dietary Supplement Eliminates Seizure-Like Activity and Paralysis in the Bang-sensitive (BS) Paralytic Mutants. Miriam Nelson.

D1380B   Tissue specific overexpression of c-myc mitigates human poly(Q) induced neurodegeneration in Drosophila disease model. Kritika Raj.

D1381C   Defining the transcriptional defects of KDM5 mutations associated with Intellectual Disability. sumaira zamurrad.

D1382A   Use of Drosophila wing discs as a model to study the function of miRNAs in epithelial cell invasion. Chih-Hsuan Chang.

D1383B   Bicaudal C mutation causes myc and TOR pathway up-regulation and Polycystic Kidney Disease-like phenotypes. Chiara Gamberi.

D1384C   Short amyloid-β peptides attenuate amyloid-β42 toxcitiy in vivo. Brenda Moore.

D1385A   Drug discovery in Drosophila. Tamy Portillo Rodriguez.

D1386B   The anti-migration/anti-metastatic compound Dihydromotuporamine C signals through RhoI1 and the non-muscle myosin heavy chain and is antagonized by Rac1. Corey Seavey.

D1387C   Effects of Antimalarial Drugs on Motor and Behavioural Programs in Drosophila melanogaster. Ahmed Adedeji.

D1388A   A Drosophila Model of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Mingkuan Sun.

D1389B   Human Disease Model Reports in FlyBase. Sian Gramates.

D1390C   Genetic screen for Wnt signaling factors that regulate Drosophila nociception. Paul Freeman.

D1391A   The Effects of various heavy metals on Drosophila melanogaster third Instar Larvae Polytene Chromosomes. Osamah Batiha.

D1392B   Polyamines: simple molecule, complex transport system. David Brown.

D1393C   Flies and human disease: Resources at the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center for human disease-related research. Annette Parks.

D1394A   Outfast, Outyield, Outlast: Modified foxo increases Drosophila survivorship during amino-acid starvation. Jennifer Slade.

Evolution & Quantitative Genetics

(Drosophila)

Pattern Formation

(Drosophila)

D1439A   A Facilitated Diffusion Mechanism Establishes the Drosophila Dorsal Gradient. Gregory Reeves.

D1440B   Pax6 and the Polycomb group proteins promote eye formation by repressing alternate non-ocular fates. Jinjin Zhu.

D1441C   SoxNeuro and Shavenbaby act cooperatively to shape denticles in the embryonic epidermis. Nicholas Rizzo.

D1442A   eyeless Participates in the Establishment and Maintenance of the Retinal Dorsal/Ventral Axis. Luke Baker.

D1443B   Role of axial patterning genes in growth regulation during eye development. NEHA GOGIA.

D1444C   Defining the role of Glass, a zinc finger transcription factor, in eye development. Carolyn Morrison.

D1445A   Zinc finger transcription factors, Teashirt and Tiptop: Their role in promoting early eye-antennal disc development and maintaining segregated eye-antennal fates. Sneha Palliyil.

D1446B   Cytoneme-mediated cellular synapsis for Hh signaling. LAURA GONZÁLEZ-MÉNDEZ.

D1447C   Steep difference in Dpp signaling triggers JNK-dependent transcriptional activation of reaper. Hisashi Nojima.

D1448A   Trithorax Group proteins interact with Pax6 to specify proper organ number in the Drosophila eye-antennal disc. Alison Ordway.

D1449B   Computational analysis of spatiotemporally-patterned intercellular Ca²⁺ transients in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc. Pavel Brodskiy.

D1450C   Rab11, a multi talented determinant of morphogenesis in Drosophila. Jagat Roy.

D1451A   Macroglobulin complement-related is required for border cell migration and proper egg shape during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. Haifa Alhadyian.

Regulation of Gene Expression

(Drosophila)

D1452B   Unstable enhancer activity during early development of Drosophila. Sergio Casas-Tinto.

D1453C   The Drosophila melanogaster tfiia-s-2 gene encodes a male germline-expressed homolog of the small subunit of the TFIIA general transcription factor. Mark Hiller.

D1454A   Identification of transcriptional regulators and enhancer regions of the Alk locus in Drosophila. Patricia Mendoza-Garcia.

D1455B   Myb and Mip120: an oncogenic dyad that causes tumorigenesis in Drosophila 3rd instar larvae. Paul Vorster.

D1456C   Novel function of the class I bHLH protein Daughterless in postmitotic neurons. Edward Waddell.

D1457A   Germline silencing of pUASt depends on the piRNA pathway. Yi-Chun Huang.

D1458B   Transcriptome profile of abnormal testis reveals potential function for ceramidase in drosophila melanogaster. Minjing Zhang.

D1459C   In vitro characterization of Zelda zinc fingers – discovery of a new DNA binding activity. Nikolai Kirov.

D1460A   The circadian clock orchestrates de novo rhythmic expression of oxidative stress-response genes in aging Drosophila. Rachael Kuintzle.

D1461B   Two temporal functions of Glass: ommatidium pattarning and photoreceptor differentiation. Xulong Liang.

D1462C   Transcriptional regulation by Drosophila Suppressor of Hairy-wing: Investigating contributions of a newly discovered interacting protein HIPP1. Steve Glenn.

D1463A   Split-ends is required for Ecdysone production during Larva development. Sattar Soltani.

D1464B   Whole genome analysis of the transcriptional corepressor, Atrophin, reveals interactions with Trithorax-like and regulation of Dpp and Notch signaling. Kelvin Yeung.

D1465C   Characterization of a grainyhead neuroblast enhancer. Thomas Brody.

D1466A   Fiber-specific Troponin C isoform switching in Drosophila thoracic muscles. Maria Chechenova.

D1467B   The activity of the en imaginal disc enhancers is dependent on chromatin structure. Yuzhong Cheng.

D1468C   Concentration Dependent Activity of the Bicoid Transcriptional Activator. Colleen Hannon.

D1469A   Expression of reciprocal antagonists Mirr and Mid is regulated by localized input from EGFR, JAK/STAT, and Dpp signaling pathways. Scott De Vito.

D1470B   Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase expression in response to anoxic stress conditions in D. melanogaster. Evgeniya Rakitina.

D1471C   CLAMP: Sex Specific or Global Transcription Factor. William Jordan.

D1472A   An integrated causality-based regulatory network for Drosophila S2 cells. HANGNOH LEE.

D1473B   Competitive binding of transcription factors drives dominance in regulatory genetic pathways. Adam Porter.

D1474C   Patterns of gene expression variation in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster provide evidence for GRN robustness through compensatory cis trans interactions. Justin Fear.

D1475A   A novel Smad/Su(H)-target enhancer drives hedgehog expression in a signaling hole of the posterior wing disc compartment. Timothy Fuqua.

D1476B   Strong interactions between copies of spineless drive interchromosomal communication independent of homologous chromosome pairing. Kayla Viets.

D1477C   The developmental effects of germline ablation contribute more strongly to somatic gene expression than the maternal effects of piRNA. Alexandra Erwin.

D1478A   Development and optimization of light-dependent switches for spatiotemporal control of gene expression. Lorena De Mena.

D1479B   Investigating Effects of TDP-43 on Metabolic Gene Expression in a Drosophila model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Jordan Barrows.

Chromatin & Epigenetics

(Drosophila)

D1480C   Sex chromosome-wide transcriptional suppression and compensatory cis-regulatory evolution mediate gene expression in the Drosophila male germline. Emily Landeen.

D1481A   The insect specific Drosophila gene banshee (bshe; CG8878), a putative protein kinase, has an acid-rich region inserted within the catalytic domain. John Locke.

D1482B   Investigations into the action of the CHD1 remodeler on chromatin across a transcriptionally active gene in larval salivary glands. Jennifer Armstrong.

D1483C   Determining how chromatin structure impacts DNA replication and cell cycle progression. Robin Armstrong.

D1484A   Characterizing the role of HP1 proteins in aging. Tandy Dolin Petrov.

D1485B   An RNA Topoisomerase Complex Interacts with RNAi Machinery to Promote Heterochromatin Formation and Transcriptional Gene-silencing. Seung Kyu Lee.

D1486C   Comparative Genomics Analysis of Drosophila ficusphila heterochromatic chromosome 4 contig 5. David Schiller.

D1487A   Investigating the molecular basis of dominant male sterility associated with X-autosome translocations in D. melanogaster using RNA-seq and cytological analyses. Jasmine Wong.

D1488B   Rapidly Evolving Stonewall maintains Germline Stem Cells and regulates Transposons. Daniel Zinshteyn.

D1489C   Characterization of essential domains in the BEAF-32B insulator protein. Satya Prakash Avva.

D1490A   Boundary elements-anchored chromatin loops may facilitate genome rearrangement. Zhibo Ma.

D1491B   Characterization of the SCS' insulator. Mukesh Maharjan.

D1492C   The Dm-Myb oncoprotein coordinates higher-order chromatin structure to potentiate expression of target genes as well as stabilize facultative heterochromatin. Juan Santana.

D1493A   Don't Steer Me Wrong: Rustling for Connections Between BEAF Insulator Protein, PBAP Chromatin Remodeler and Gene Expression. Jamie Wood.

D1494B   Analysis of Sex combs reduced HOX gene cis-regulatory elements. Monica Cooper.

D1495C   Maintenance of tissue pluripotency by epigenetic factors. Der-Hwa Huang.

D1496A   A genetic screen for Polycomb group mutants. James Kennison.

D1497B   The chromatin remodeling protein Kismet regulates synaptic pruning by controlling steroid hormone receptor expression. Nina Latcheva.

D1498C   The recognition of target gene transcriptional state by epigenetic regulators and establishment of Polycomb-group-mediated repression. Piao Ye.

D1499A   Stuxnet Facilitates the Degradation of Polycomb Protein during Development. Alan Zhu.

D1500B   Mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation by the Drosophila COMPASS-like complex. Claudia Zraly.

D1501C   The RNA paradox: can small RNA increase gene expression? Nikita Deshpande.

D1502A   Exploring the chromatin regulation of an inner nuclear membrane Speg (CG9723). Chikin Kuok.

D1503B   Regulation of metazoan DNA replication fork progression, stability and composition. Jared Nordman.

D1504C   Evaluation of genes required for telomere maintenance on HipHop dependent suppression of cell lethality after telomere loss. Christopher Hendrix.

D1505A   Tip60/HDAC balance promotes neuroprotection of cognitive function in the neurodegenerative Drosophila brain. Priyalakshmi Panikker.

RNA Biology

(Drosophila)

D1506B   Regulation and scaling of developmental time during Drosophila embryogenesis. Christopher Amourda.

D1507C   RNA helicase Belle/DDX3 regulates transgene expression in Drosophila. Yi-Chun Huang.

D1508A   The activation of new lawc transcripts after the homologous long double-stranded RNA treatment in Drosophila. Olga Simonova.

D1509B   Clueless is a ribonucleoprotein that binds the ribosome at the mitochondrial outer membrane. Rachel Cox.

D1510C   Investigating a link between methyl-6 adenosine RNA and the dNab2 RNA binding protein in Drosophila melanogaster. Binta Jalloh.

D1511A   Investigating a link between methyl-6 adenosine RNA and the dNab2 RNA binding protein in Drosophila melanogaster . Binta Jalloh.

D1512B   The level of nuclear 80S ribosomes increases during cell stress. Akilu Abdullahi.

D1513C   Tet and epitranscriptomics in Drosophila. Fei Wang.

D1514A   The m⁶A RNA modification controls neurogenesis and sex determination in Drosophila via its nuclear reader protein YT521-B. Tina Lence.

Techniques Resources

(Drosophila)

D1515B   Regulated epithelial microenvironment chip for whole organ studies in Drosophila. Cody Narciso.

D1516C   Persistence of RNAi-mediated knockdown in Drosophila complicates mosaic analysis yet enables highly sensitive lineage tracing. Justin Bosch.

D1517A   A Drosophila RNAi library modulates Hippo pathway-dependent tissue growth. Joseph Vissers.

D1518B   Hemophilia, direct diagnosis in Cuba suporting genetic counseling. Niurka González.

D1519C   Efficient targeted editing of genes with a modified Crispr/Cas9 strategy. David Li-Kroeger.

D1520A   Curation of transcript models with all available public sequencing reads. Zhen-Xia Chen.

D1521B   Highly contiguous de novo genome assembly of a non-model metazoan using PacBio long reads. Patrick Reilly.

D1522C   Library preparation effects on estimating satellite DNA abundance from short-read sequencing. Sarah Sander.

D1523A   Highly sensitive measurement of poly(A) tail by TAIL-seq2 reveals dynamic gene regulation via cytoplasmic polyadenylation during oogenesis. Ahyeon Son.

D1524B   Improving Genome Annotation across the Drosophila Clade. Terence Murphy.

D1525C   Ilastik- and Matlab-based computational tools to analyze biological tubes in 3-D. Ran Yang.

D1526A   REDfly: The Regulatory Element Database for Drosophila. Marc Halfon.

D1527B   DRSC Informatics Tools for Functional Genomics Studies, 2016 Update. Claire Hu.

D1528C   Model organism analysis using InterMine. Rachel Lyne.

D1529A   Enhanced orthology data in FlyBase. Steven Marygold.

D1530B   flyDIVaS: A database for genus- and genome- wide divergence and selection in Drosophila. Craig Stanley.

D1531C   A Comprehensive and Precise Genome Duplication Kit in Drosophila melanogaster. Graeme Mardon.

D1532A   Do not let your money fly away: Cost-effective strategies for new investigators operating a fly lab. Anne-Christine Auge.

D1533B   A New Protocol to Visualize Dopamine in Whole Mount Drosophila Brains. Yi Ting Liu.

D1534C   What’s new at the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center. Annette Parks.

Population Genomics

(PEQG)

P2001A   Identifying population differentiation in the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana through genome assembly and pooled sequencing. James Baldwin-Brown.

P2002B   Genetic characterization of populations of the African Jewelfish (Hemichromis letourneuxi) introduced to the waterways of Florida. Natalia Belfiore.

P2003C   Speckled feathers and bladder eyes: pleiotropic effects of the Almond mutation in pigeon. Rebecca Bruders.

P2004A   CYP2D6: Detecting New Structures for Clinical Practice. Beatriz Carvalho Henriques.

P2005B   Evolutionary implications of recombination rate variation among populations of Drosophila melanogaster . Johnny Cruz Corchado.

P2006C   The Effects of Demographic History on the Detection of Recombination Hotspots. Amy Dapper.

P2007A   Exogenous RNA in the serum of healthy persons. Supriyo De.

P2008B   Genetic variation, population structure, and genome assembly of the threatened Neosho madtom catfish (Noturus placidus). Jared Decker.

P2009C   Unused program number

P2010A   Population Genetic Analysis of Autophagy and Phagocytosis genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Joo Hyun Im.

P2011B   Insertion polymorphisms of mobile elements in sexual and asexual populations of Daphnia pulex. xiaoqian jiang.

P2012C   The Relationship between Host Genetic Architecture and Pathogen Susceptibility in Caenorhabditis elegans. Lindsay Johnson.

P2013A   Characterization of Genic Microsatellite Markers (EST-SSRs) in the Endangered Tree Quercus georgiana. PRIYANKA KADAV.

P2014B   Population genomics of Fusarium graminearum head blight pathogens in North America. Amy Kelly.

P2015C   The effects of linked selection on Capsella grandiflora. Tyler Kent.

P2016A   Exact calculation of the joint site frequency spectrum for generalized isolation with migration models. Andrew Kern.

P2017B   The evolution of herbicide resistance in an agricultural weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris. Julia Kreiner.

P2018C   Saccharomyces eubayanus population dynamics in nature and industry. Quinn Langdon.

P2019A   A Haplotype Method Detects Diverse Scenarios of Local Adaptation from Genomic Sequence Variation. Jeremy Lange.

P2020B   How a Framework for Evolutionary Systems Biology Can Accelerate Reproducible Modeling of Mechanistic Fitness Landscapes. Laurence Loewe.

P2021C   Unused program number

P2022A   Genotype calling from population-genomic sequencing data. Takahiro Maruki.

P2023B   Whole animal genetics-by-sequencing approaches to investigate starvation resistance. Brad Moore.

P2024C   Two locus allele frequency statistics with demography and selection using a diffusion approach. Aaron Ragsdale.

P2025A   Unused program number

P2026B   Frequency, variance and power: how genetic model and demography impact association studies. Jaleal Sanjak.

P2027C   Robust identification of hard and soft sweeps in humans via machine learning. Daniel Schrider.

P2028A   Comprehensive genome-wide disease characterization (URSA(HD)) and tissue-specific networks (GIANT) guide discovery and functional elucidation of novel predicted disease-associated genes. Chandra Theesfeld.

P2029B   Polygenic adaptation to an optimum shift. Kevin Thornton.

P2030C   Genome wide association in presence of high density marker panels and genotyped causal variants. Sajjad Toghiani.

P2031A   Detecting patterns of microgeographical adaptation to a patchy saline environment of a single popupation of Medicago truncatula. wendy vu.

P2032B   Genome-wide divergence among microhabitats in Fundulus heteroclitus. Dominique Wagner.

Experimental Evolution

(PEQG)

P2033C   Essential proteins evolve slower than non-essential ones during evolution experiments. David Alvarez-Ponce.

P2034A   Subpopulation structure in long-term cultures of Escherichia coli K-12. Megan Grace Behringer.

P2035B   Phenotypic variation in individuals isolated from Escherichia coli long-term evolution populations. Brian Choi.

P2036C   Quantifying host genome response to gene drive using experimental evolution. Kaitlin Fisher.

P2037A   Leveraging haplotype-aware inference for evolve-and-resequence studies. Sharon Greenblum.

P2038B   Genome-wide Analysis of Starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster- a Genetic Model of Obesity. Chris Hardy.

P2039C   Investigation of the prevalence of antagonistic pleiotropy. Lucas Herissant.

P2040A   Analyses of Breast Cancer Type 1(BRCA 1) Gene Of Different Mammalian Species. Ekei Ikpeme.

P2041B   Experimental evolution of drift robustness in digital organisms. Thomas LaBar.

P2042C   A gene’s view of a long-term evolution experiment with Escherichia coli. Rohan Maddamsetti.

P2043A   The fitness spectrum in adaptation of diploid yeast. David Yuan.

Genome Evolution

(PEQG)

P2044B   Genomic Basis of Craniofacial Diversity in Lake Malawi Cichlids. Kawther Abdilleh.

P2045C   Repeated horizontal transfer of a fused gene encoding adjacent metabolic enzymes. Noelle Anderson.

P2046A   Mapping the Origins of Inter-Population Skin Color Variation with Admixed Indigenous Populations . Khai Ang.

P2047B   Genomic deletion and silencing on the Y chromosomes of Rumex hastatulus. Felix Beaudry.

P2048C   Horizontal transfer can drive a greater transposable element load in large populations. Justin Blumenstiel.

P2049A   Defining microRNA molecular origins to facilitate target prediction. Glen Borchert.

P2050B   Cis-regulatory enhancers of social insects share ultraconserved core elements flanked by taxa specific modifications. Thomas Brody.

P2051C   Single molecule real time sequencing reveals the detailed structure of a Y-autosome fusion in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Ching-Ho Chang.

P2052A   Unused program number

P2053B   Transposase genes are actively expressed in vespertilionid bat somatic tissues. Rachel Cosby.

P2054C   Cytogenetics in the post-genomic era: Standing chromosomal variation associated with rapid divergence in a young species pair. Anne-Marie Dion-Côté.

P2055A   Catching de novo genes as they arise in natural populations. Eleonore Durand.

P2056B   Few Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Gene Duplicates Contribute to Male Germline-Specific Functions in Humans Compared to Drosophila. Mohammadmehdi Eslamieh.

P2057C   Reconstruction of gene regulatory networks in the developing gonad of the common snapping turtle using ARACNe opens new perspectives for the study of temperature-dependent sex determination. Lei Guo.

P2058A   Investigating the evolutionary pathways towards extremely AT rich genomes. Weilong Hao.

P2059B   Evolution of gene regulation in nutrient starvation response between free-living and commensal yeast. Bin He.

P2060C   Dynamics of mitochondrial genome evolution during speciation by hybridization. Mathieu Henault.

P2061A   Detailed structure and variation of complex satellite DNA loci in Drosophila melanogaster. Daniel Khost.

P2062B   The Rate and Spectrum of Spontaneous Mutations in Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. . Sibel Kucukyildirim.

P2063C   Mitochiondrial genome comparisons across major sea urchin families, with special focus on the emerging model Tripneustes gratilla. Aki Laruson.

P2064A   Comparative Methylome Analyses Identify Epigenetic Loci of Transcriptional Regulation in the Human Brain. Isabel Mendizabal.

P2065B   Exploring the last chromosome: Y-linked sequence variation in the house mouse. Andrew Morgan.

P2066C   The evolution of sexual dimorphism of recombination rate in house mice. April Peterson.

P2067A   Genomic disintegration in woolly mammoths on Wrangel island. Rebekah Rogers.

P2068B   Cis-acting variation in gene expression dynamics within and between Saccharomyces species. Ching-Hua Shih.

P2069C   Degeneration and positive selection of a non-recombining chromosomal inversion underlying behavioral polymorphism in the white-throated sparrow. Dan Sun.

P2070A   Enhancer activity of vertebrate ultraconserved elements in fruit flies. Toshiyuki Takano-Shimizu.

P2071B   Divergent patterns of marsupial-eutherian genomic imprinting revealed from RNA-seq analysis in the opossum, Monodelphis domestica . Xu Wang.

P2072C   Comparative genomics of the Daphnia pulex species complex. Zhiqiang Ye.

P2073A   Origin and spead of de novo genes in Drosophila. Li Zhao.

P2074B   Evolution trajectories of snake genes and genomes revealed by comparative analyses of five-pacer viper. Qi Zhou.

Quantitative Traits

(PEQG)

P2075C   The Genomics of Drug Consumption in Drosophila melanogaster. Brandon Baker.

P2076A   Unused program number

P2077B   Unused program number

P2078C   Unused program number

P2079A   Moving beyond the joint-scaling test for line cross analysis: An information-theoretic approach to estimating the composite genetic effects contributing to variation among generation means. Jeffery Demuth.

P2080B   Genetic variation in male attractiveness: it’s time to see the forest for the trees. Szymon Drobniak.

P2081C   A comparison of PCR-based and GBS-based methodologies to fine-map anthracnose resistance loci in sorghum. Terry Felderhoff.

P2082A   An additive genetic model is often not sufficient for predicting individual phenotypes. Simon Forsberg.

P2083B   Estimation of genetic parameters for growth, yield and carcass quality traits in a fast-growing strain of Atlantic salmon. Jose Gallardo.

P2084C   Tracing the signature of gene expression across time in D. melanogaster artificially selected for long and short sleep duration. Susan Harbison.

P2085A   Functional validation of loci contributing to nicotine resistance in Drosophila. Chad Highfill.

P2086B   Analyzing the Effects of Naturally Occurring Genetic Variants in the Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor Family. Jacob Hornick.

P2087C   Integrated Genetic Analysis Platform (IGAP) for Web-based Interactive Association Analysis and Visualization of Large Scale Genotype/Phenotype Data. Goo Jun.

P2088A   Automated tracking and analysis of sleep-like behavior in Drosophila larvae. Cecelia Kim.

P2089B   The genetic basis of the Drosophila IIS pathway response to changing nutrition. Elizabeth King.

P2090C   A decrease in soybean seed protein is associated with an increase in domestication traits. Edward Large.

P2091A   The genetic basis of temperature sensitivity in a mutationally induced trait. Jonathan Lee.

P2092B   Genome-wide association mapping identifies SNPs influencing the plastic response of lifespan and age-specific fecundity to diet in Drosophila melanogaster. Jeff Leips.

P2093C   A Bayesian approach for the imputation of genotypes on observed markers in complex pedigrees. Damien Leroux.

P2094A   Genetic basis of thermal tolerance in Saccharomyces species. Xueying Li.

P2095B   Comparison of normalization and differential expression analyses using RNA-Seq data from 726 individual Drosophila melanogaster. Yanzhu Lin.

P2096C   Genetic dissection of variation in sleep using the Drosophila Synthetic Population Resource. Stuart Macdonald.

P2097A   The genetics of giant sperm in Drosophila. Mollie Manier.

P2098B   IRF4 haplotype diversity and associations with hair, eye and skin pigmentation in a Brazilian admixed population. Celso Mendes-Junior.

P2099C   Genetic constraints on the learning of a complex song phenotype. David Mets.

P2100A   The genetic basis of the coordination of nutrition and energy allocation in a synthetic population of Drosophila melanogaster. Enoch Ng'oma.

P2101B   Proteome-wide association studies identify biochemical modules associated with a wing size phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster. Hirokazu Okada.

P2102C   Genetics of skeletal evolution in unusually large mice from Gough Island. Michelle Parmenter.

P2103A   Validation of candidate anthracnose resistance genes in sorghum via Brome Mosaic Virus-mediated gene silencing. Srinivasa Rao.

P2104B   Species diversity and sexual dimorphism of ethanol sensitivity in Drosophila. Miranda Reich.

P2105C   Is genetic architecture predictable? Modeling the roles of mutation, recombination and selective forces in shaping allelic variation. David Remington.

P2106A   Virulence QTLs and Genome-wide Recombination Rates in Cryptococcus. Cullen Roth.

P2107B   Natural variation in behavior: finding the causal genes in Drosophila. Thomas Turner.

P2108C   Investigating mitochondrial and viral genome contributions to phenotype in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sriram Vijayraghavan.

P2109A   Quantitative genetics of skeletal traits in BXD recombinant inbred strain mice. Kristen Warncke.

P2110B   Hybrid male sterility in genetically diverse mice. Samuel Widmayer.

P2111C   Quantitative studies on gene-environment interaction in hitchhiking behavior of C. elegans. Heeseung Yang.

P2112A   Spatial and ecological determinants of genotype-by-environment interaction. Rong-Cai Yang.

P2113B   Natural variation in sensitivity of rhabditid nematodes to microsporidia. Gaotian ZHANG.

Ecological Genetics

(PEQG)

P2114C   Genetic basis of octanoic acid resistance in Drosophila sechellia: functional analysis of a fine-mapped region. Joseph Coolon.

P2115A   A preliminary examination of genetic diversity in mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in a fragmented forest in Costa Rica. Marie-dominique Franco.

P2116B   Population genetics of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, in Mexico. Fernan Pérez-Gálvez.

P2117C   A Second Coming of sechellia: Parallel Adaptation to a Toxic Fruit in Drosophila yakuba. John Pool.

P2118A   Genetic and environmental components of phenotypic and behavioral trait variation during lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) early ontogeny. Kim Scribner.

P2119B   Quantification of behavioral and heritability correlates in prairie voles, a socially monogamous rodent. Andrea Vogel.

Adaptation and Speciation

(PEQG)

P2120C   Post-mating transcriptome profiles of Drosophila novamexicana females after con- and heterospecific copulation. Yasir Ahmed.

P2121A   Population genetics models with selection for phylogenetic inference. Jeremy Beaulieu.

P2122B   A reverse ecology approach to understand the proximate and ultimate causes of phenotypic divergence during species formation. Chris Eberlein.

P2123C   Genomic analysis of ancestry in hybrid mice. Megan Frayer.

P2124A   Finding Hybrid Sterility Genes Between Two African Malaria Mosquitoes. Raissa Green.

P2125B   Shared and species-specific transcriptional responses of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to generalist and specialist spider mite herbivores. Robert Greenhalgh.

P2126C   Evidence for an epigenetic effect of kinship on fertility of flies (Drosophila melanogaster) induced by folic acid with reference to a possible similar mechanism in Homo sapiens at clinical dose levels. M. Herbert.

P2127A   Robustness versus adaptation? Pengyao Jiang.

P2128B   Fisher's Geometric Model and the Cost of Reality. Kedar Karkare.

P2129C   Identification and characterization of the Taeniopygia guttata (Zebra finch) sperm proteome. Timothy Karr.

P2130A   Genome-wide RAD genealogical analyses highlight the role of ancient genomic variation during rapid adaptation in threespine stickleback. Thom Nelson.

P2131B   A karyological study of the artificial hybridization between Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) and Heterobranchus bidorsalis (Geoffroy, 1809). Gladys Nzeh.

P2132C   Can Adaptive Evolution Undermine Canalization? The Case of Wing Size Evolution in High Altitude Drosophila. John Pool.

P2133A   Effects of adaptive Neandertal introgression at the OAS locus on the modern human innate immune response. Aaron Sams.

P2134B   GC-rich DNA is an inductor of adaptive response in MSCs. Vasilina Sergeeva.

P2135C   The adaptive significance of natural genetic variation in the DNA damage response of Drosophila melanogaster. Nicolas Svetec.

P2136A   Can the Y chromosome save males from the mother's curse? J. Arvid Ågren.

Molecular Evolution

(PEQG)

P2137B   Positive selection and centrality in the yeast and fly protein–protein interaction networks. David Alvarez-Ponce.

P2138C   GC content evolution in the light of nucleic acid molecular dynamics. Gregory Babbitt.

P2139A   A genetic parallel between flightlessness evolution in the Galapagos cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and human skeletal ciliopathies. ALEJANDRO BURGA.

P2140B   Comparative Genomic Analysis of Zika Viruses between Southeast Asia and Microcephaly-Related South America Groups. Thanat Chookajorn.

P2141C   Three blind mammals: Regressive evolution in the mammalian eye and the identification of new eye-specific cis-regulatory elements. Nathan Clark.

P2142A   Plasmodium vivax mdr1 genotypes in isolates from successfully cured patients living in endemic and non-endemic Brazilian areas. Maria de Fatima Ferreira-Da-Cruz.

P2143B   Phylogenetic reconstruction using Wright-Fisher models of sequence evolution vastly out perform standard approaches. Michael Gilchrist.

P2144C   First report of Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 on tomato in Pothwar region of Pakistan. Amjad Gondal.

P2145A   Comparative genome-wide analysis and evolutionary history of haemoglobin-processing and haem detoxification enzymes in malarial parasites. Theerarat Kochakarn.

P2146B   Is the evolution of innate immunity the next EvoDevo? Changes in molecular function and cellular signaling in an antiviral immune system across the animal phylogeny. Bryan Kolaczkowski.

P2147C   The lower limit of transcription error rate in the bacterium Escherichia coli. Weiyi Li.

P2148A   A maximum pseudo-likelihood approach for estimating species trees. Liang liu.

P2149B   Reduction of intergenic non-coding RNAs from the HBS1L-MYB locus linked to Thalassemia disease severity. Duangkamon Loesbanluechai.

P2150C   Folding and misfolding of evolutionarily young proteins. Joanna Masel.

P2151A   Assessing the compatibility of eukaryotic transcript evolution with de novo gene birth. Lou Nielly-Thibault.

P2152B   Improved accuracy of phylogenetic analyses by partitioning schemes that incorporate structural information. Akanksha Pandey.

P2153C   Here and there, but not everywhere: the repeated loss of uncoupling proteins in reptiles and mammals. Tonia Schwartz.

P2154A   Functional divergence of two young duplicate genes in Drosophila. Iuri Ventura.

P2155B   Function of Ssl2 in RNA Polymerase II Transcription Start Site Scanning. Tingting Zhao.

Cell Biology

(Yeast)

Chromosome Structure, Variation, Evolution and Dynamics

(Yeast)

Y3072C   Ty1 integrase interacts with RNA polymerase III-specific subunits to promote insertion of Ty1 elements into the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome. Stephanie Cheung.

Y3073A   The Shu complex promotes error-free tolerance of alkylation-induced base-excision repair products. Benjamin Herken.

Y3074B   The role of the MRX complex in chromosome mobility and homology search. Fraulin Joseph.

Y3075C   Unsolicited rDNA copy number variants frequently occur in yeast deletion collections and transformations. Elizabeth Kwan.

Y3076A   The Saccharomyces Genome Database Variant Viewer. Olivia Lang.

Y3077B   The yeast Ty1 retrotransposon requires Nuclear Pore Complex subunits for transcription and genomic integration. Savrina Manhas.

Y3078C   A systematic appraisal of Cdc13’s domain organization. Sofiane Mersaoui.

Y3079A   Investigating genome instability induction mechanisms in yeast DIS3 mutants. Karissa Milbury.

Y3080B   Diverse Sites of Chromosome Breakage in Retrotransposon Overdose Yeast Strains. Lisa Scheifele.

Y3081C   Rad51 regulates the global mobility response to double-strand breaks. Michael Smith.

Y3082A   How telomeres are maintained: the role of Ku-mediated telomerase recruitment. David Zappulla.

Gene Expression

(Yeast)

Y3083B   Combinatorial histone readout by the dual PHD domains of Rco1 mediates Rpd3S chromatin recruitment and the maintenance of transcriptional fidelity. Julia DiFiore.

Y3084C   Defects in the nucleosome entry-exit site impair transcription termination. Ashley Hildreth.

Y3085A   Controlling methylation during cell fate determination. Michael Law.

Y3086B   Histone H3K4 demethylase JHD2 antagonizes the function of highly conserved histone chaperones FACT and Spt6 through the Rpd3S histone deacetylase complex. Kwan Yin Lee.

Y3087C   Nutrient availability impacts chronological lifespan and Sir-based silencing in S. cerevisiae. David McCleary.

Y3088A   The histone prolyl isomerases Fpr3 and Fpr4 regulate nucleolar chromatin architecture. Christopher Nelson.

Y3089B   Chromatin regulation of pericentromic non-coding RNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its effect on chromosome stability. Apoorva Ravi Shankar.

Y3090C   Interactions between variant histone H2A.Z and linker histone H1 in budding yeast. Julianne Riggs.

Y3091A   Association of CAF-1 and Rrm3p with paused replication forks. Hollie Rowlands.

Y3092B   Invasion of a heterochromatic locus during homologous recombination disrupts its transcriptional silencing. Kathryn Sieverman.

Y3093C   Replication factors function in Cohesion and Condensation. Robert Skibbens.

Y3094A   Nucleosomes Are Essential for Proper Regulation of a Multigated Promoter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Robert Yarrington.

Y3095B   The interactions between Pol30p (PCNA, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen), Chromatin Assembly Factor -1 and Rrm3p: the role of the CDC28 and CDC7 protein kinases. Piriththiv Dhavarasa.

Y3096C   Interaction between the HAT Gcn5 and the phosphatase PP2A-Rts1 at the yeast centromere. Masha Evpak.

Y3097A   Set6: A novel lysine methyltransferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Deepika Jaiswal.

Y3098B   Fission yeasts DNA strands chirality mat1-switching mechanism explains development of diverse organisms. Amar Klar.

Y3099C   NADPH levels control sirtuin-dependent heterochromatin stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Amara Plaza-Jennings.

Y3100A   Loss of gene silencing is not a feature of yeast aging. Gavin Schlissel.

Y3101B   Linking the critical functions of two essential NuA4 acetyltransferase subunits. Naomi Searle.

Y3102C   Epigenetic conversions at the telomeres of S.cerevisiae – links to DNA replication. Krassimir Yankulov.

Y3103A   A closer look on telomerase RNA biogenesis –Tlc1’s “lasting” story. Emmanuel Bajon.

Y3104B   Yeast RNA 3’-end processing factors promote RNA Polymerase II ubiquitination and degradation following UV-type DNA damage. Jason Kuehner.

Y3105C   mRNAs accumulate near transcription sites, nuclear pore complexes, or within the nucleolus when RNA processing is disrupted. Biplab Paul.

Y3106A   A Genetic Screen of the Yeast Kinome Reveals Gin4p Regulation of mRNPs. Eric Cosky.

Y3107B   Molecular genetic tools for manipulation of the oleaginous red yeast Rhodotorula toruloides. Stephen Aves.

Y3108C   Analysis of the pseudokinase domain of the SAGA and NuA4 component Tra1. Matthew Berg.

Y3109A   Role of chromatin modulators during polymerase switch for ribosomal RNA synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. KUSHAL BHATT.

Y3110B   Investigating a novel function of snRNP assembly factor Prp24 in regulating H2B monoubiquitylation. Katie Bolling.

Y3111C   Regulation of S. cerevisiae in response to 4NQO by the polymorphic transcription factor, Yrr1. Jen Gallagher.

Y3112A   Pdc2 and Thi3 in Candida glabrata regulate both amino acid and thiamine starvation and mediate the switch of biosynthetic capacity in response to starvation. Christine Iosue.

Y3113B   Understanding the molecular interactions mediating transcriptional and demethylase activities of Gis1. Purna Chaitanya Konduri.

Y3114C   Understanding heme regulation of JmjC domain containing transcription factor Gis1. Sneha Lal.

Y3115A   Investigating the role of the S. cerevisiae Paf1 complex in global regulation of transcription. Alex Lederer.

Y3116B   Magnification of negative allelic effects by environmental stress renders yeast segregants unable to grow at 37°C on ethanol. Takeshi Matsui.

Y3117C   High-resolution phenotypic landscape of the RNA Polymerase II trigger loop. Chenxi Qiu.

Y3118A   Comprehensive analysis of the SUL1 promoter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Matthew Rich.

Y3119B   The role of the Mediator complex in Ty1 retrotransposition in S. cerevisiae. Alicia Salinero.

Y3120C   Transcriptional regulation of quiescence state promoting factor Saf1p by MADS box motif protein Rlm1p in S.cerevisiae. Meenu Sharma.

Y3121A   Impairment of cell signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a result of suboptimal PRPP synthetase activity. Eziuche Ugbogu.

Y3122B   Roles of Gis1-interacting Proteins in Heme Regulation of Gis1 Activity. Tianyuan Wang.

Y3123C   A new method for inferring the genetic architecture of expression variation from allele-specific expression experiments. Xinwen Zhang.

Y3124A   Bypassing quality control in 60S Ribosome Biogenesis. Stephanie Patchett.

Global Analysis

(Yeast)

Meiosis, Germ Line Development, and Sex Determination

(C.elegans)

W4001A   Unearthing Aneuploidy: A Study of the Influence of Double Strand Breaks on Oocytes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Fabiola Balmir.

W4002B   New complexities in ATM/ATR regulation in meiosis. Wei Li.

W4003C   NuRD Chromatin Remodelers Block Checkpoint Activation in the C. elegans Germ Line. Solomon Sloat.

W4004A   NuRD paralogs CHD-3/LET-418 promote meiotic double-stranded break repair In C. elegans . Carolyn Turcotte.

W4005B   SMRC-1, a putative annealing helicase, links chromatin regulation and DNA repair in the C. elegans germ line. Bing Yang.

W4006C   Sex pheromones of C. elegans males potentiate the female reproductive system. Erin Aprison.

W4007A   Identifying a role for ETR-1 in C. elegans reproduction and germ line apoptosis. Ruby Boateng.

W4008B   Developmental consequences of the inappropriate transgenerational inheritance of histone methylation in spr-5;met-2 mutant worms. Brandon Carpenter.

W4009C   SAMP-1 Regulates Chromosome Segregation in C. elegans Spermatogenesis. Alison Deshong.

W4010A   Sex specific differences in C. elegans meiosis. Sara Fielder.

W4011B   Identification of Genes that Regulate the Activation of C. elegans Sperm. Abigail Greer.

W4012C   Maternal diet influences intergenerational phenotypic plasticity affecting progeny size and starvation resistance. Jon Hibshman.

W4013A   TGFβ and prostaglandin synthesis in C. elegans: linking environmental cues to sperm motility function. Muhan Hu.

W4014B   Characterization and identification of new genes required for sperm activation in C. elegans. Amber Krauchunas.

W4015C   A calcineurin-interacting protein regulates ovulation and male mating in C.elegans. Sun-Kyung Lee.

W4016A   Identification and Characterization of Genes Essential for C. Elegans Sperm Guidance. Shara Legg.

W4017B   PP1α phosphatase GSP-2 regulates meiotic chromosome segregation during spermatogenesis in C. elegans. Yi-Hsiu Lin.

W4018C   PAM-1, the C. elegans ortholog of the puromycin sensitive aminopeptidase, and autophagy pathways genetically collaborate to regulate gametogenesis. Ashley Munie.

W4019A   Screening of compounds that can dissect the C. elegans spermiogenesis pathway. Hitoshi Nishimura.

W4020B   A role for sperm-gonad signaling in competition for reproductive success. Gillian Stanfield.

W4021C   Are all hermaphroditic nematodes like C. elegans? Lessons from Rhabditis hermaphroditic nematodes that produce sperm and oocytes simultaneously. XIAOXUE LIN.

W4022A   Characterization of the germline stem cell niche in C. elegans males. Sarah Crittenden.

W4023B   Molecular and genetic analysis of the ego-3 gene reveals a critical role for HSP90 in GLP-1/Notch signaling in the C. elegans germline. James Lissemore.

W4024C   Investigating the remodeling of C. elegans primordial germ cells into germline stem cells. Chelsea Maniscalco.

W4025A   Regulation of germline stem cell maintenance by S6-Kinase in C. elegans. Debasmita Roy.

W4026B   GLD-1, FOG-2, and the Emergence of Self-fertility in C. elegans. Eric Haag.

W4027C   Novel regulation of C. briggsae spermatogenesis. Katharine Pelletier.

W4028A   TGFß and insulin-like signaling mediate the feeding state-dependent expression of the food chemoreceptor ODR-10 in C. elegans males. Emily Wexler.

W4029B   PUP-1/CDE-1 and PUP-2 poly(U) polymerases function redundantly in germline development in C. elegans. Yini Li.

W4030C   Analysis of germ cell proliferation and germline histone dynamics in C.elegans. Simona Rosu.

W4031A   Epigenetic Contributions to Homolog Recognition in Meiosis. Christine Doronio.

W4032B   Cortical microtubule dynamics in C. elegans oocytes. Chien-Hui Chuang.

W4033C   Investigating Oocyte Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Bipolarity in C. elegans. Aleesa Schlientz.

W4034A   Analysis of DLC-1 mediated regulation of the tumor suppressor protein GLD-1. Ekaterina Voronina.

W4035B   Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzymes required for Ubiquitination of Paternal Organelles during post fertilization events. Paola Molina.

Cell Cycle, Cell Division, Cytokinesis

(C.elegans)

W4036C   Elucidating the Role of Securin in Regulating Separase during Cortical Granule Exocytosis. Christopher Turpin.

W4037A   The Protease Activity of Separase Is Required for Both Chromosome Segregation and Membrane Trafficking During Anaphase. Xiaofei Bai.

W4038B   A Potential Role for Midbodies in Developing Tissues of C. elegans. Joshua Bembenek.

W4039C   TPXL-1 mediates aster-based clearing of contractile ring proteins from the cell poles during cytokinesis. Esther Zanin.

W4040A   t3421, a novel mutation required for bipolar spindle assembly in the one-cell stage C. elegans embryo. Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali.

W4041B   Polo-like kinase 1 is required for nuclear envelope breakdown and parental chromosome mixing during Caenorhabditis elegans early embryonic divisions. Mohammad Rahman.

W4042C   Microtubule glutamylation is dispensable for C. elegans viability. Katherine Badecker.

W4043A   The Power of One: A single wild type chromosome pair promotes chromosome partition in the first spermatocyte division of meiotic mutants. Katherine Rivera Gomez.

Cell Polarity, and Cell Fate

(C.elegans)

W4044B   Asymmetric positioning of organelles during epithelial cell polarization. James Brandt.

W4045C   SLO BK K⁺ channels couple gap junctions to inhibition of Ca²⁺ signaling in olfactory neuron diversification. Amel Alqadah.

W4046A   Identifying factors that interact with PAX-3, a Paired-box protein involved in hypodermal cell fate specification in C. elegans. MARGARITA CORREA-MENDEZ.

W4047B   Forward genetic screens for TLD mutants with defective localization of the TIR-1 Ca²⁺ signaling scaffold protein in left-right neuronal asymmetry. Yi-Wen Hsieh.

W4048C   Investigation into the Regulatory Dynamics of LIN-1 and LIN-31, Transcription Factors Involved in C. elegans Cell Fate Specification. Robert Kousnetsov.

W4049A   The histone chaperone RBA-1 is critical for C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm development. Jun Liu.

W4050B   SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes interact with hnd-1 and let-381 to regulate the SGP/hmc cell fate decision. Laura Mathies.

W4051C   Genetic Control of the Maintenance of the AIA Cell Fate. Joshua Saul.

W4052A   Dissecting the roles of the zinc finger transcription factor SEM-4/SALL in distinct cell fate specification programs in the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm. Qinfang Shen.

W4053B   Identification of a novel Ral signal transduction cascade in C. elegans 2˚ vulval fate patterning. Hanna Shin.

W4054C   BAR-1 and CCAR-1 cooperate to properly position a subset of motor neurons along the AP axis. Jeffrey Hung.

W4055A   Centrosome-cortical contact duration affects anterior-posterior polarity in the one-cell C. elegans embryo. Dominique Saturno.

W4056B   Suppressor screening to identify new regulators of anterior-posterior axis establishment in Caenorhabditis elegans. Emily Schleicher.

W4057C   Development of Quantitative Imaging Toolkit to Monitor the Process of Symmetry Breaking. PENG ZHAO.

W4058A   Developmental and cancer cell invasion share regulatory pathway components. Evelyn Lattmann.

W4059B   A promoter element in the C. elegans nhr-67 tailless gene mediates hlh-2/daughterless regulation of anchor cell differentiation and uterine organogenesis. Caroline Berman.

W4060C   The fax-1 nuclear receptor of C. elegans functions in gonad development. Sydney Saltzman.

W4061A   The role of sumoylation in cell invasion. Aleksandra Fergin.

Aging and Cell Death

(C.elegans)

W4062B   Study of antipsychotics-induced side effects in C. elegans. Maria Carretero.

W4063C   Arecoline improves age-dependent motor functional decline and extends lifespan by activating GAR-2 receptor in motor neuron in C. elegans. Yen-Chieh Chen.

W4064A   S-adenosylmethionine synthetase-5, SAMS-5, in the regulation of longevity in C. elegans. Tsui-Ting Ching.

W4065B   Investigating the role of intestinal cell-to-cell communication in longevity in C. elegans. Calista Diehl.

W4066C   Bacillus subtilis and Caenorhabditis elegans are good friends. Veronica Donato.

W4067A   Elucidating drivers of proteostasis decline by targeting age-related accumulation of insoluble protein. Kathleen Dumas.

W4068B   Investigation of medicinal and therapeutic effects of boronic acid compounds in an Alzheimer’s Disease model of Caenorhabditis elegans. Denise Flaherty.

W4069C   Neuronal HSF-1 cell non-autonomously regulates intestinal DAF-16 functions and longevity in C. elegans. JiYuen Kim.

W4070A   The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Network (SMA) Regulates Insulin Signaling in Response to High-Glucose Diet in C. elegans. Maegan Neilson.

W4071B   PROtein FEeding in CElegans (PROFECE) a new method to study gut-microbiota interaction during neuro/muscular development. frederic pio.

W4072C   The role of Ca²⁺ permeability and Na⁺ conductance in cellular toxicity caused by hyperactive DEG/ENaC channels. Cristina Matthewman.

W4073A   Knock-out of C. elegans sirtuin sir-2.3 protects neurons from death. Rachele Sangaletti.

W4074B   The effect of sesame lignans on amyloid-beta toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans model of Alzheimer's disease. Roongpetch Keowkase.

W4075C   Nematode disease model of Niemann-Pick C yields pharmacological bypass suppressors. Ethan Perlstein.

W4076A   Characterizing the role of swip-10 in the glutamatergic regulation of C. elegans dopamine neuron morphology. Chelsea Snarrenberg.

W4077B   Functional analysis of VPS41-mediated protection from β-Amyloid cytotoxicity. Edward Griffin.

W4078C   Sexually antagonistic male signals manipulate germline and soma of C. elegans hermaphrodites. Ilya Ruvinsky.

W4079A   Characterization of a CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated C. elegans HSF-1 Model Reveals a Complex Oxidative Response and Novel Oocyte Expression. Andrew Deonarine.

W4080B   Identifying Intrinsic Modulators of Neuronal Resilience in the C. elegans Dopaminergic System. Anthony Gaeta.

W4081C   Investigating DNA damage response pathways after exposure to various heavy metals in C. elegans. Julie Hall.

W4082A   Functional regulation of the DAF-16 by CBP-1-dependent acetylation in response to multiple stressors. Ao-Lin Hsu.

W4083B   Environmental stresses induce transgenerationally inheritable survival advantages via germline-to-soma communications. Saya Kishimoto.

W4084C   The C. elegans mitochondrial unfolded response induces dopaminergic neurodegeneration under prolonged cell-autonomous over-activation. Bryan Martinez.

W4085A   Chromatin remodeling proteins influence the Heat Shock Response in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mark Noble.

W4086B   Determining the Role of DBL-1 TGF-β Signaling in the Response to Potential Therapeutic Compounds in the C. elegans Model System. Geethanjali Ravindranathan.

W4087C   Interaction of telomerase deficiency with stress response pathways. Maya Spichal.

Cell Patterning and Morphogenesis

(C.elegans)

W4088A   in vivo mechanisms of epithelial junction formation. Jose Montoyo-Rosario.

W4089B   Non-autonomous roles of posterior Hox genes and SPON-1/F-Spondin in Q descendant migration. Matthew Josephson.

W4090C   Analyzing phosphorylation of LIN-31, a transcription factor involved in C. elegans cell fate specification. Hannah Kortbawi.

W4091A   C. elegans immunoglobulin superfamily members, syg-2 and syg-1, genetically interact with mig-5/dishevelled to control anteroposterior neurite growth of GABAergic motor neurons. Dana Tucker.

W4092B   A RhoGAP responds to axonal guidance signals to regulate actin nucleation during C. elegans morphogenesis. Andre Wallace.

W4093C   Using C. elegans PVD Neurons to Functionally Validate Neuropsychiatric Risk Genes. Cristina Aguirre-Chen.

W4094A   Impact of endocrine signaling on dendrite morphology during development. Claire Richardson.

W4095B   Genetic suppression of basement membrane defects by altered function of the Myotactin/LET-805 receptor. Jennifer Gotenstein.

W4096C   A regulatory genetic network in C. elegans embryos contributes to epidermal structural integrity during development. Melissa Kelley.

W4097A   Axon guidance of the posterior lateral microtubule in C. elegans through VAB-1 activation by EFN-1. Evelyn Popiel.

W4098B   Neurons and glia cooperate in assembly of the embryonic C. elegans nerve ring.. Georgia Rapti.

W4099C   Novel reinforcement of Ras signaling by Rap1 in C. elegans vulval patterning. Neal Rasmussen.

W4100A   Mechanosensing during C. elegans embryogenesis: Hunting for a putative mechanosensor. Shashi Kumar Suman.

W4101B   A Genetic Screen for Temperature-Sensitive, Morphogenesis Defective Mutants in C. elegans. Molly Jud.

W4102C   Male Specific Neurogenesis Depends on the Sexual State of the Seam in C. elegans. Noah Reger.

W4103A   Scaffolding Cells and Associated Molecular Factors in C. elegans Nerve Ring Development. Kris Barnes.

W4104B   Dissecting paired-box and odd-skipped transcriptional networks. Amy Groth.

W4105C   The Transcription Factors LIN-31 and LIN-1 Play a Role in C. elegans Vulval Morphorgenesis. Leilani Miller.

W4106A   Protein phosphatase 2A is crucial for muscle organization in C. elegans. Hiroshi Qadota.

W4107B   CRISPR/CAS-9 mediated engineering of the lin-3 egf locus enables the analysis of tissue-specific functions. Silvan Spiri.

W4108C   Unearthing the cues to tissue identity within the gonadal sheath. Laura Vallier.

W4109A   RNAi-based screens identify tube morephogenesis genes in the C. elegans spermatheca. Md. Asaduzzaman Khan.

Genomics, Gene Regulation and Technology

(C.elegans)

RNAi, microRNAs, and Developmental Timing

(C.elegans)

W4155B   Overlapping microRNA networks during nematode development. Aurora Kerscher.

W4156C   Identification of microRNAs that regulate ovulation in C. elegans. Katherine Maniates.

W4157A   Investigating the role of KIN-20 in microRNA biogenesis, LIN-42 regulation and developmental timing. Christiane Olivero.

W4158B   A conserved yet uncharacterized RNA binding protein modulates microRNA activity during C. elegans development. Anna Zinovyeva.

W4159C   Using C. elegans cuticle collagen genes to dissect temporal regulation of gene expression during development. Patricia Abete Luzi.

W4160A   Role of nuclear Argonaute proteins in the inheritance of acquired stress resistance in C. elegans. Emiko Okabe.

W4161B   The effects of different food types on the reproductive physiology of C. elegans. Shashwat Mishra.

W4162C   Fluorescent beads are a versatile tool for staging C. elegans in different life histories. liberta nika.

W4163A   Sex-specific maturation of the C. elegans nervous system. Hannah Steinert.

W4164B   FAX-1 and UNC-42 transcription factors regulate developmental arrest in C. elegans. Bruce Wightman.

Intracellular Organelles, Trafficking, and the Cytoskeleton

(C.elegans)

W4165C   Dystrophin interactors in worms and flies. Kevin Edwards.

W4166A   Comparative genomics reveals novel genes associated with sensory cilia. Brian Piasecki.

W4167B   Coordinating microtubule organization with cell cycle state. Maria Sallee.

W4168C   Mechanisms of SYS-1/β-catenin centrosomal localization in early embryonic blastomeres. Josh Thompson.

W4169A   The effects of luteolin on the V-ATPase and the acidification of the FB-MOs in C.elegans sperm. Melissa Henderson.

W4170B   The calponin family member CHDP-1 promotes membrane expansion and interacts with Rac/CED-10 to regulate protrusion formation. Ying Guan.

W4171C   Caenorhabditis elegans extracellular matrix proteins regulate polycystin localization/activity and cilia integrity. Deanna De Vore.

W4172A   Intermediate filaments EXC‐2/IFC‐2 and IFA‐4 Maintain Tube Structure of the Excretory Canal of the nematode C. elegans. Hikmat Al Hashimi.

W4173B   Genetic Analysis in NimA-Related Kinase Pathways in C. elegans. David Fay.

W4174C   O-GlcNAc cycling and mitochondrial oxygen consumption. Matthew Mahaffey.

W4175A   Male Chemosensory Pathways that Modulate Sperm Navigation Performance. Hieu Hoang.

W4176B   Three conserved tetraspanin proteins positively modulate BMP signaling in C. elegans. Zhiyu Liu.

W4177C   AMPK-related kinase UNC-82 has genetic and probable physical interactions with paramyosin. NaTasha Schiller.

W4178A   A Tale of Two SNPs: Genetic Analysis of the Dopamine Transporter Structure and Function in DAT-1 Coding Variants Derived from the C. elegans Million Mutation Project. Phyllis Freeman.

W4179B   The Caenorhabditis elegans excreted-secreted protein fraction is enriched in innate immunity related proteins. Patricia Berninsone.

W4180C   Investigating the function of intestinal cell-cell communication in peptide secretion. Lisa Learman.

W4181A   Understanding the secretion mechanism of VAPB/ALS8 MSP. Hala Zein-Sabatto.

W4182B   Identification of Conserved MEL-28/ELYS Domains with Essential Roles in Nuclear Assembly and Chromosome Segregation. Peter Askjaer.

W4183C   LIN-10 promotes LET-23 EGFR signalling independently of LIN-2 and LIN-7. Kimberley Gauthier.

W4184A   Miro and dynein localize mitochondria in the intestine. Takao Inoue.

W4185B   The liprin protein SYD-2 regulates synaptic vesicle localization in C. elegans. Xia Li.

W4186C   In vivo function of the Kinesin-3 motor, KLP-4. Jay Pieczynski.

W4187A   A Search for Novel Presynaptic Determinants of Dopamine Signaling in C. elegans. Osama Refai.

W4188B   A C. elegans model for Human Antigen R. Zhe Yang.

W4189C   A vesicle-intrinsically regulated pathway for apical polarity. Nan Zhang.

Human Disease Models

(Mouse)

M5001A   Oncogenic Role of BRE (BRCC45) by USP7-mediated CDC25A Deubiquitylation. Kajal Biswas.

M5002B   Genes, Orthologs, and Human Diseases: How Model Organism Databases and the Gene Ontology Empower Knowledge Discovery. Judith Blake.

M5003C   Neonatal Exposure to UV-Radiation and NER Pathway Deficiencies Enhance Melanomagenesis In A Novel Transgenic K5-Edn3 Mouse Model. Diana Cardero.

M5004A   In Vivo Modeling of Heritable Dopamine Transporter Dysfunction Associated with Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Gwynne Davis.

M5005B   KDM1A inhibition may contribute to MAPT (tau)-mediated neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease. Amanda Engstrom.

M5006C   Degenerative transformations in the Liver and Gonads of male Wister albino rats by Irvingia gabonensis (Aubery-Lecomte ex O'Rouke) Seed extract. Hannah Etta.

M5007A   Embryo and neonate phenotyping identifies new genes essential for mammalian development. Ann Flenniken.

M5008B   Gene expression and regulation in food restricted mice. Douglas Guarnieri.

M5009C   The role of Arid1a as a suppressor of spontaneous mammary tumors in mice. Nithya Kartha.

M5010A   Mitochondrial Fetal Drive in Response to Nutritional Stress During Gestation. Robert Kesterson.

M5011B   A spontaneous mutation of neurexin III in the 129S1/SvImJ strain of mice enhances empathic fear behavior. Sehoon Keum.

M5012C   Animal Models in Diabetes Research. Karunakaran Kumar.

M5013A   Integrated analysis of the Jackson Laboratory Knockout Mouse Project 2 (KOMP2) data. Vivek Kumar.

M5014B   Identifying Causal Variants for an Allergen-Induced Inflammation QTL. Lucas Laudermilk.

M5015C   Identification of Genetic Modifier Loci that Affect Early Sudden Death in a Mouse Model of Accelerated Heart Aging. Sarah Lewis.

M5016A   Resistance mitigating effect of Artemisia annua on Plasmodium berghei ANKA and Plasmodium yoelii. Kangethe Lucy.

M5017B   Long-term exercise positively benefits body composition and metabolism during aging in a sex-dependent manner. Rachel McMullan.

M5018C   Mutations in PI(3,5)P₂ biosynthesis and neurological disease in human and mouse. Miriam Meisler.

M5019A   Systematization of the regulation of mammalian chromosome biology with evolutionary genetics & OMICs: A synopsis - 2016. Ferez Nallaseth.

M5020B   A Novel Mouse Model of Leptomeningeal Melanocytic Disease Based on the Overexpression of GRM1 (mGluR1). Joseph Palmer.

M5021C   One RING to Rule Them All: RNF212 Regulates The Size of The Ovarian Follicle Pool. Huanyu Qiao.

M5022A   Effect of ketogenic diet on endurance running performance in males and females of two genetically distinct mouse strains. Andreea Radulescu.

M5023B   IMPC metabolic phenotyping: Systemic search for new gene functions associated with disturbances in energy balance regulation and glucose homeostasis. Jan Rozman.

M5024C   Extracellular matrix perturbations in the urinary tract of mouse model of vesicoureteral reflux. Fatima Tokhmafshan.

M5025A   Translating between human and mouse genetics and phenotypes using the Human-Mouse: Disease Connection. Monika Tomczuk.

M5026B   Identifying enhancers that regulate genes critical in mouse spermatogenesis. Tina Tran.

M5027C   Investigating the phenotype of Lyplal1 knockout mice. Rachel Watson.

M5028A   Analysis of odor identification in B6;129-Psen1^tm1Mpm Tg(APPSwe, tauP301L)1Lfa/Mmjax mice. Lisa Webb.

M5029B   SIK1 is a key regulator of adipose mass, glucose and lipid metabolism in mice. David West.

M5030C   High-throughput multi-system phenotyping identifies pleiotropy and novel gene function. David West.

M5031A   Newly formed heterotopic bone in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressive still requires Activin A for maintenance and expansion. LiQin Xie.

M5032B   A trypsin-like protease from Alternaria alternata allergens promotes airway inflammation through activation of protease-activated receptor-2/β-arrestin signaling. Michael Yee.

M5033C   An OVA-sensitized and MCh-challenged mouse phenotyping screen for new genes involved in lung function and respiratory disease. Yingchun Zhu.

Stem Cells

(Mouse)

M5034A   Investigating Operative DNA Damage Response Pathways in Mouse Primordial Germ Cells. Jordana Bloom.

M5035B   Top3b-null Mice Show Defective Neurogenesis, Synaptic Plasticity and Increased Anxiety. Yuyoung Joo.

M5036C   Investigating how cytoskeletal protein mutations cause Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis disease using neuronal cells differentiated from mouse embryonic stem cells. Kim Nguyen.

M5037A   Androgen receptor plays distinct roles in prostate basal and luminal cells and is required for rare stem cell activities in both compartments. Zhu Wang.

M5038B   Mammalian Retinal Regeneration in Response to an α7 nAChR Agonist. Mark Webster.

Epigenetics

(Mouse)

M5039C   A Transgenic Mouse Model for Understanding cis and trans Mechanisms of lncRNA Jpx in vivo. Sarah Carmona.

M5040A   The cytosine methylase DIM-2 and the H3K9 methylase DIM-5 mediate clustered mutation of repetitive DNA sequences in Neurospora crassa. Eugene Gladyshev.

M5041B   Histone H3R17me2a Mark Recruits TET3 to Initiate Active DNA Demethylation in mouse Zygotes. Yuki Hatanaka.

M5042C   Downregulation of MBD2, a Mi-2/NuRD Chromatin Remodeling Complex Component, Potentiates Erythroid Terminal Differentiation and Hemoglobin Synthesis by Allowing the DNA Binding of TFCP2 (CP2c) TF Complexes. Chul Geun Kim.

M5043A   A Targeting Small Molecule Inhibitor of MBD2-GATAD2A Interaction Induces Myeloid Leukemia Cell-specific Cell Death. Chul Geun Kim.

M5044B   Genome wide analysis of transcriptional profiles of Usp22 mutant placentas reveal impaired cancer signaling cascades. Evangelia Koutelou.

M5045C   Imprinted DNA methylation status can be reconstituted by combining activity of distinct H19 ICR elements in mice. Hitomi Matsuzaki.

M5046A   On the role of the epigenetic factor PRDM9 in meiosis of the wild mouse. Zdenek Trachtulec.

Comparative Genomics, Computational Methods & Evolution

(Mouse)

M5047B   Full length transcript sequencing of wild derived mouse strains identifies strain specific novel gene structures. Monica Abrudan.

M5048C   Integration of heterogeneous cross-species functional genomics data in GeneWeaver.org Jason Bubier.

M5049A   High throughput screening of International Knock-out Mouse Consortium leads to novel gene-phenotype annotations. James Clark.

M5050B   New exome sequencing of wild derived inbred strains of mice significantly improves power to link phenotype and genotype. Matt Dean.

M5051C   Deep genome sequencing and variation analysis of 13 inbred mouse strains defines candidate phenotypic alleles, private variation, and homozygous truncating mutations. Anthony Doran.

M5052A   Functional annotation of proteoforms in the Mouse Genome Database using the Protein Ontology. Harold Drabkin.

M5053B   Unused program number

M5054C   Rapid evolution of co-amplified X and Y chromosome genes and genomic structures in mice. Alyssa Kruger.

M5055A   The future of reference assembly updates. Valerie Schneider.

M5056B   Identifying genetic factors associated with extinction of strains in the Collaborative Cross. John Shorter.

M5057C   The genomes of Mus caroli and Mus pahari uncover the evolutionary dynamics of the mouse lineage. David Thybert.

Technological Innovations

(Mouse)

M5058A   Genetic pest management technologies to control invasive rodents. Dona Kanavy.

M5059B   Unexpected translation reinitiation by on-target CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing. Shigeru Makino.

M5060C   Optimisation and high-throughput production of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout mouse strains. Ed Ryder.

Development

(Mouse)

M5061A   Elevated canonical Wnt signalling disrupts development of the embryonic midline and may underlie cases of ZIC3-associated Heterotaxy. Ruth Arkell.

M5062B   HOX proteins are essential for motor neuron subtype differentiation and connectivity by regulating the expression of Ret/Gfra genes. Catarina Catela.

M5063C   Genetic studies of large mammalian sex chromosome palindromes harboring testicular germline genes. Quinn Ellison.

M5064A   Embryonic Spacing in the C3H Mouse: A Model for Abnormal Pregnancies in Mammals? Samantha Fletcher.

M5065B   Role of a 3’UTR-dependent DAZL suppression in mouse postnatal ovary. Kurumi Fukuda.

M5066C   SOX9 in developing heart valves and adult valve disease. Pamela Hoodless.

M5067A   Linear-(de)ubiquitination – a (uro)chordate specific mechanism - regulates Wnt signaling in the mouse. Sofiia Ivantsiv.

M5068B   Sperm proteome maturation in the mouse epididymis. Timothy Karr.

M5069C   The role of Robo genes during development of the intervertebral discs. Lisa Lawson.

M5070A   Study of dendritic cell development in vitro and in vivo using immortalized hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Chien-Kuo Lee.

M5071B   A novel hypomorphic smoothened allele results in impaired sonic hedgehog signaling and skeletal defects. Alyssa Long.

M5072C   Mice mutant for Cecr2, which codes for a chromatin remodelling protein, show severe male subfertility that significantly improves with age. Heather McDermid.

M5073A   Regulation of murine coat color by transgenic expression of endothelin 3. Javier Pino.

M5074B   Simulation of transient oscillatory Neurog3 expression during pancreatic duct development. Gerhard Przemeck.

M5075C   Oscillatory Expression of cyclin A2 Requires the E2F Consensus Binding Site. Jessica Rakijas.

M5076A   The cilia protein ARL13B regulates axon guidance in the mouse hindbrain. Sarah Suciu.

M5077B   Population Variability and The Teratogenic Effects of Exposure to 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin During Pregnancy. Melanie Warren.

M5078C   The meiotic functions of aurora kinases during spermatogenesis in mice. Stephen Wellard.

M5079A   Epithelial development of pharyngeal arches and intestine requires a member of S100 protein. Shuying Xie.

M5080B   Establishing bipotentiality for gonadal differentiation. Yisheng Yang.

M5081C   Embryonic lethality in mice expressing conditionally-stabilized Ctnnb1 under control of Tg(Vil-cre)997Gum. Ephraim Amiel Yusi.

M5082A   Post-transcriptional regulation of mouse neurogenesis by pumilio proteins. Meng Zhang.

M5083B   Wnt/beta-catenin signaling modulates cytoskeleton dynamics to direct mammalian neural tube closure. Chengji Zhou.

Cancer & Immunology

(Mouse)

M5084C   An inbred Tp53 rat model exhibits a tumor spectrum similar to human Li-Fraumeni syndrome. James Amos-Landgraf.

M5085A   Arl13b is a Novel Target for the Treatment of Medulloblastoma. Sarah Bay.

M5086B   Determining the significance of space radiation exposures: high resolution genomic mapping to determine overlap in susceptibility loci for HZE-ion induced, γ-ray induced, and spontaneous phenotypes in outbred mice. Elijah Edmondson.

M5087C   Complex genetic regulation of immune cell composition and activity in a genetically variable population. Martin Ferris.

M5088A   Evaluation of premetastatic niche formation in a mouse model of spontaneous melanoma lung metastasis. Juliano Freitas.

M5089B   GNL3 modulates prostate cancer metastasis susceptibility. Minnkyong Lee.

M5090C   Molecular analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-independent colorectal cancers. CAROLINA MANTILLA ROJAS.

M5091A   Host genetic and gut microbiota variability within the C57BL/6-Apc^Minmouse affects the intestinal tumor phenotype. Jacob Moskowitz.

M5092B   Nuclear to cytoplasmic relocalization of cyclin C directs stress-induced mitochondrial fission and promotes apoptosis in yeast and mouse cell lines. Randy Strich.

M5093C   Combinatorial regulation of BATF and BATF2 in LPS-stimulated and Mycobacterium-infected inflammatory responses. Harukazu Suzuki.

Translational & Systems Genetics

(Mouse)

M5094A   Susceptibility to diethylstilbestrol exposure in mice. David Aylor.

M5095B   Systemic metabolic effects exerted by a point mutation in the RED subdomain of PAX6. Nirav Chhabra.

M5096C   Congenic localization of the Moo1 obesity QTL to 319 kb. Susanne Clee.

M5097A   Dll1- and Dll4-mediated Notch signaling in adult pancreatic β-cells is essential for the structural integrity of the islets of Langerhans and maintenance of glucose homeostasis. Marina Fuetterer.

M5098B   Quantitative Genetic Analysis of MUC5AC and MUC5B in a Mouse Model of Asthma. Samir Kelada.

M5099C   GeneLab: A systems biology platform for spaceflight omics data. Sigrid Reinsch.

International Resources

(Mouse)

M5100A   Rat Resource and Research Center. Elizabeth Bryda.

M5101B   Using the web-based genome browser gEVAL, to evaluate and improve the draft assemblies of 18 strains for the Mouse Genomes Project. William Chow.

M5102C   Phylogenetically based Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations using the Phylogenetic Annotation and INference Tool (PAINT). Karen Christie.

M5103A   Catalogue of identified mutations in RIKEN ENU Mutant Mouse Library: a new approach for the studies on polygenic traits. Ryutaro Fukumura.

M5104B   Utilizing NCBI’s Mouse Genome Resources. Tripti Gupta.

M5105C   Analysis of the Collaborative Cross founder strains at the German Mouse Clinic identify new and known phenotypes. Heike Kollmus.

M5106A   Mouse SNPs and polymorphisms data on Mouse Genome Informatics. MeiYee Law.

M5107B   Mouse Genome Nomenclature at MGI, Improved by Collaboration. Monica McAndrews.

M5108C   Informing the Genetic Basis of Disease: Informatics for The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium. Terry Meehan.

M5109A   The Systems Genetics Core Facility at UNC. Darla Miller.

M5110B   What’s New in Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)? Joel Richardson.

M5111C   Mouse Genome Informatics tools for batch data searches and retrieval. David Shaw.

M5112A   The Gene Expression Database (GXD): mouse developmental expression information at your fingertips. Constance Smith.

Cancer

(Zebrafish)

Z6001A   Investigating the role of tetraploid intermediates in melanoma progression. Revati Darp.

Z6002B   Optical Control of Cancer Initiation in Zebrafish. Zhiping Feng.

Z6003C   Synergy between Loss of NF1 and Overexpression of MYCN in Neuroblastoma Is Mediated by the GAP-related Domain. Shuning He.

Z6004A   Somatic deficiency of DNA polymerase α causes tissue-specific nuclear atypia and apoptosis in Zebrafish. Alex lin.

Z6005B   PHF6 keeps hematopoietic lineage development in check. Siebe Loontiens.

Z6006C   Investigating Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to Liver in Zebrafish. Srijita Mukhopadhyay.

Z6007A   aMOTIV microscopy: mechanical characterization of the in vivo tissue microenvironment, a step towards living mechanical histology. Kandice Tanner.

Z6008B   Studying the functionality of the homologous repair pathway in zebrafish embryos: heading for an in vivo functional test to evaluate the pathogenicity of BRCA2 variants identified in breast/ovarian cancer patients. Jeroen Vierstraete.

Z6009C   Probing cancer genomes using tissue-specific genome editing. Rajesh Vyas.

Z6010A   Understanding the mechanistic roles of Integrin Alpha 6 in tumor development using humanized zebrafish model system. Ashley Williams.

Z6011B   Identification of melanoma progenitor cells remaining after regression in zebrafish models. Sonia Wojciechowska.

Cell Lineages

(Zebrafish)

Z6012C Assessing the Lineage Fate of First Vs. Second Heart Field Derived Cells in Cardiac Development and Regeneration. Jhelum Choubey.

Cell Biology and Cell Structure

(Zebrafish)

Z6013A   Sensory cilia functions in zebrafish. Judith Bergboer.

Z6014B   Positional cues within the nucleus underlie the dynamic chromosome events of meiosis in zebrafish. Sean Burgess.

Z6015C   marsyas: a zebrafish mutant in GBF1 showing defects in epithelial integrity. Thomas Hawkins.

Z6016A   Differential Lectin Binding and Coronary Angiography in Zebrafish and Giant danio. Olubusola Shifatu.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

(Zebrafish)

Z6017B Type-Specific Cells Differentiate into Neurons in Spinal Cord of Zebrafish Embryos after Hypoxic Stress or Injury. Chih Wei Zeng.

Chemical Biology

(Zebrafish)

Z6018C   The neurosteroids alfaxalone and allopregnanolone protect larval zebrafish against PTZ-induced deficits. Pia Lundegaard.

Z6019A   Optogenetic Control of Cell Ablation for Regeneration Studies of Spinal Cord Injuries. Karen Mruk.

Z6020B   Discovery of novel psychotrophic agents using zebrafish larval behavioral assays. Ashley Williams.

Z6021C   Vanderbilt Phenotypic Discovery Resource:Screening, Discovery, Crowdsourcing. Charles Williams.

Early Development and Morphogenesis

(Zebrafish)

Z6022A   Melanophore-iridophore interactions during adult pigment pattern maintenance in zebrafish. Emily Bain.

Z6023B   Using zebrafish to probe how Cdx transcription factors specify the posterior spinal cord. Alana Beadell.

Z6024C   A transcriptomics analysis of tbx5a and tbx5b during early fin and heart development. Erin Boyle Anderson.

Z6025A   Vegf signaling promotes vasculogenesis and arterial specification by upregulating Etv2 / Etsrp expression. David Casie Chetty.

Z6026B   Roles of RyR-mediated intracellular calcium mobilization in muscle development and function. Alexis Chagovetz.

Z6027C   Zebrafish GCaMP6s transgenic lines for imaging calcium activities in vivo. Jiakun Chen.

Z6028A   Zebrafish dyrk1aa, an orthologue of human Down syndrome gene DYRK1A, plays a role in cerebrovascular development. Hyun-Ju Cho.

Z6029B   A morphogenetic role for FGF signaling in zebrafish cardiac looping and ballooning. Briana Christophers.

Z6030C   Maturation of Photoreceptor Cells during Zebrafish Retinal Development. Cátia Crespo.

Z6031A   Regulation of canonical Wnt signaling activity by zebrafish Nup62l. Zongbin Cui.

Z6032B   Opto-CRISPR : a new tool for genome editing at the single cell level. Bertrand Ducos.

Z6033C   Reverse genetics screening for uveal coloboma in zebrafish using CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing. Sunit Dutta.

Z6034A   Tbx5a functions in migration of cardiac and forelimb precursors of the anterior lateral plate mesoderm in zebrafish. Lindsey Fong.

Z6035B   Investigating role of breast tumor kinase/protein tyrosine kinase 6 (Brk/PTK6) during zebrafish development using TALEN-generated knockout alleles. Samantha Foster.

Z6036C   Temporal and spatial requirements for Nodal‐induced anterior mesendoderm and mesoderm in anterior neurulation. Ngawang Gonsar.

Z6037A   The Effect of Timing on Wnt Induced Neural Posteriorization. David Green.

Z6038B   Zebrafish Zic2a and Zic2b play redundant roles in brain, retinal and craniofacial morphogenesis. Yevgenya Grinblat.

Z6039C   Using diapause as a platform to dissect and understand various signaling pathways and regulatory mechanisms during early embryo development. CHI-KUO HU.

Z6040A   Immune cell-independent elimination of signaling-perturbed cells support robustness of early vertebrate embryogenesis. Tohru Ishitani.

Z6041B   unc119 genes are required for cilia function in zebrafish. Francesca Jean.

Z6042C   Unused program number

Z6043A   Cartilage development requires the function of Estrogen-related receptor alpha that directly regulates sox9 expression in zebrafish. Yong-Il Kim.

Z6044B   Characterisation of tail mutants in the self-fertilising mangrove killifish. Tetsu Kudo.

Z6045C   Vitamin D receptor signaling is required to modulate BMP signaling during cranial cartilage development in zebrafish. Hye-Joo Kwon.

Z6046A   Development of left-right asymmetries in the vertebrate brain. Ingrid Lekk.

Z6047B   Roles of PGE2 signaling pathway in ciliogenesis and organ development. Wenyan Li.

Z6048C   Probing how cell sorting refines developmental patterning. Zairan Liu.

Z6049A   The requirement of cell-matrix interactions for planar cell polarity and convergence and extension. Anna Love.

Z6050B   Sox2 and canonical Wnt signaling co-regulate multipotent tailbud progenitors. Benjamin Martin.

Z6051C   Zebrafish ambra1a and ambra1b silencing affects heart development. Giacomo Meneghetti.

Z6052A   Eph-ephrin signaling maintains the boundary of the embryonic left-right organizer during laterality development in fish. Anming Meng.

Z6053B   Transcriptional Regulation of Neural Plate Patterning by Wnt Signaling through the Sp1 family of Transcription Factors. Saurav Mohanty.

Z6054C   Biomechanics of zebrafish gastrulation. Alessandro Mongera.

Z6055A   Role of Snail1b in migration of Posterior Lateral Line primodium. Uma Neelathi.

Z6056B   The formation of dorsal axial structures in zebrafish requires the activity of a homolog of the Drosophila gene squid, which regulates dorsal patterning in flies. Marcia O'Connell.

Z6057C   Development of the second pharyngeal pouch in zebrafish; Interface of discrete developmental systems. Kazunori Okada.

Z6058A   The role of TGFβ member Gdf3 in left-right patterning. Jose Pelliccia.

Z6059B   The zebrafish specter mutant: a role for Cyclin B1 in early embryogenesis. Tetiana Petrachkova.

Z6060C   Investigating the role of cadherin-mediated cell adhesion during planar cell polarity. Dianna Prince.

Z6061A   Tbx20 is an essential regulator of cardiomyocyte proliferation in zebrafish. Linda Raphel.

Z6062B   Cytoskeletal regulation by racgap1: required for more than just cytokinesis. Sarah Richards.

Z6063C   Roles of RyR-mediated intracellular calcium mobilization in tissue patterning during development. Erin Ritchie.

Z6064A   Gpr15 Adhesion GPCR is an essential component of the Wnt/Planar cell polarity signaling during zebrafish early development. Isabelle Roszko.

Z6065B   Loss of SET- and MYND-domain-containing protein 1a (SMYD1a) leads to sarcomeric disorganization in zebrafish. Steven Rudeck.

Z6066C   Identification of neuromast disruptor compounds through in vivo screening in zebrafish . Rachna Sachanandani.

Z6067A   Intracellular calcium release by Ryanodine Receptors is required for Hh-dependent cell formation and gene expression. Dana Shaw.

Z6068B   Zebrafish Marcksb regulates dorsoventral axis formation by controlling BMP secretion. Yong-Hua Sun.

Z6069C   Role of MK2/TTP pathway in early development and innate immunity in zebrafish. Bhavna Tandon.

Z6070A   The regulatory subunits of calcineurin differentially direct zebrafish brain development. Robert Thorn.

Z6071B   Regulation of cell shape changes during brain morphogenesis. Mike Visetsouk.

Z6072C   Fascin actin-bundling protein 1 is required for trafficking and signaling of TGF-β type I receptors during endoderm formation. Qiang Wang.

Z6073A   Bmp3 is a novel regulator of neural crest cells and ocular fissure closure. Sonya Widen.

Z6074B   MiR-145 regulates liver development through Progranulin A signaling in zebrafish. Jen-Leih Wu.

Z6075C   A family of FOX genes determines precise spatial patterns of growth and differentiation within craniofacial skeleton. Pengfei Xu.

Z6076A   The molecular mechanism for the termination of segmentation clock during zebrafish somitogenesis. Taijiro Yabe.

Z6077B   Foxc1a plays essential roles in zebrafish cardiogenesis. Yunyun Yue.

Z6078C   Optical control of physiological processes in Zebrafish: the case of fgf8a. Weiting Zhang.

Emerging Technologies: Genetics and Genomics

(Zebrafish)

Z6079A   BATCH-GE: Batch analysis of Next-Generation Sequencing data for genome editing assessment. Annekatrien Boel.

Z6080B   Programming the Third Genome Through Mitochondrial DNA Editing. Jarryd Campbell.

Z6081C   Influences of the gut microbiome on behavioral and stress responses in isogenic mice and zebrafish populations. Daniel Davis.

Z6082A   Cdk5-mediated kinase cascade regulates morphogenesis of the intrahepatic biliary network. Manali Dimri.

Z6083B   Optimizing CRISPR/Cas9 rates of mutagenesis and germ-line transmission. Benjamin Feldman.

Z6084C   Intraspecific susceptibility to environmental toxicant PCB 126 mediated by variation in xenobiotic metabolism gene cyp1a in zebrafish. Lindsay Holden.

Z6085A   Zebrafish Genomics Resources – What’s There and What’s Next? Kerstin Howe.

Z6086B   Leveraging comparative genomics for zebrafish annotation. Jane Loveland.

Z6087C   The Status of Line Rederivation At The Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC). Andrzej Nasiadka.

Z6088A   NCBI’s Zebrafish Genome Resources. Nuala O'Leary.

Z6089B   Improving Homology-Directed Repair efficiencies in zebrafish. Andy Willaert.

Z6090C   CRISPR-Cas9 based knock-in in zebrafish to facilitate streamlined visual genotyping. Roland Wu.

Z6091A   Determining the functional significance of variant human alleles using zebrafish. Xiaoang Xing.

Z6092B   A comprehensive map and comparative analysis of cis-regulatory elements in the zebrafish genome. Hongbo Yang.

Z6093C   Establish a Zebrafish genetic mosaic system for single-cell resolution phenotypic analysis of mutant cells. Guoxin Zhang.

Emerging Technologies: Non-genetic Methods

(Zebrafish)

Z6094A Validation of a cost-effective method to record electrographic activity in larval zebrafish brain. Marina Gonsales.

Endodermal and Mesodermal Organs

(Zebrafish)

Z6095B Myomesin2 - a potential candidate gene for congenital heart defects. Karin Troelsen.

Z6096C The zebrafish prox1a controls liver development by regulating Wnt signaling pathway. Bo Zhang.

Evolution

(Zebrafish)

Z6097A   Global identification of the genetic networks and cis-regulatory elements of the cold response in zebrafish. Liangbiao Chen.

Z6098B   Evolutionarily Conserved Functional Compatibility of The Lysosomal Symporter Spin/Spns1 over One-Billion Years across Species. Shuji Kishi.

Z6099C   Tracing the Evolutionary History of the SLC1 Gene Family. André Lehnherr.

Z6100A   Transcriptional landscape of the major pancreatic cells reveals conserved expression patterns amongst distant vertebrate species. Bernard PEERS.

Z6101B   The Functional Studies of miR-7132 on the Erythropoiesis. Qianghua Xu.

Gametogenesis and Reproduction

(Zebrafish)

Z6102C   Zebrafish as a model to comparatively study male and female meiosis and sexually dimorphic responses to meiotic perturbations. Yana Blokhina.

Z6103A   Igf3 and Amh, two Fsh-responsive growth factors, regulate spermatogonial differentiation in a concerted manner. Jan Bogerd.

Z6104B   An improved method for gynogenesis in zebrafish produces fertile males. Thomas Delomas.

Z6105C   Wnt4a is expressed in the early gonad and is required for normal female sex determination. Michelle Kossack.

Z6106A   Polycystic ovarian syndrome in zebrafish mutants for the TGF-beta signaling molecule Gsdf. John Postlethwait.

Gene Regulation

(Zebrafish)

Z6107B   Zebrafish liver diurnal gene expression and comparative transcriptomics. Ghislain Breton.

Z6108C   Profiling the active genomic elements of progenitor cells in the zebrafish optic tectum and telencephalon. Rosaria ESPOSITO.

Z6109A   Transcriptional Regulation of Heart Development in Zebrafish by ZNF143. Laura Huning.

Z6110B   Wdr68/Dcaf7 is required to stabilize Dyrk1a protein and function. Robert Nissen.

Z6111C   New insights into the role of DNA methylation in development and disease from a zebrafish model of ICF syndrome. Srivarsha Rajshekar.

Z6112A   Identifying interacting ligands of human RORγ using transgenic zebrafish. Rachel Sung.

Z6113B   Regulation of brain and heart development in zebrafish by the autism risk factor CHD8. Jessica Tracy.

Z6114C   MicroRNA regulation of BMP signaling and its effects on vascular smooth muscle cells. Charlene Watterston.

Z6115A   Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing for heat shock-mediated conditional regulation in zebrafish. Yu-Ching Wu.

Z6116B   Characterization of the Meis2 locus. Ted Zerucha.

Hematopoiesis and Vascular Biology

(Zebrafish)

Z6117C   Precise levels of the transcription factor gata2, modulated through a conserved cis-element, are required for generation of definitive hematopoietic stem cells. Tomasz Dobrzycki.

Z6118A   bif modulates the BMP pathway to pattern lateral plate mesoderm into primitive red blood cells. Joey GHERSI.

Z6119B   Cardiac lymphatic development in the adult zebrafish. Michael Harrison.

Z6120C   foxc1a and foxc1b exhibit distinct compensatory requirements during brain and trunk angiogenesis and haematopoietic stem cell formation in zebrafish. Zhen Jiang.

Z6121A   Vegfa signaling promotes zebrafish intestinal vasculature development through endothelial cell migration from the posterior cardinal vein. Andrew Koenig.

Z6122B   DLC1 is a negative regulator of directed endothelial cell migration during embryonic vascular development. Tanja Linnerz.

Z6123C   Heparin Receptor Involvement in Zebrafish Angiogenesis. Linda Lowe-Krentz.

Z6124A   Effect on lymphoid transcriptional regulation factors correlate with the downregulation of lmna during hemotopoiesis. liping shu.

Z6125B   Establish an Tg(zgata1:g6pd-EGFP) zebrafish with a deficiency of 118-144 site on g6pd. liping shu.

Z6126C   Integrin Alpha 6 Is Required for Neurovascular Development Of The Hindbrain In Danio Rerio. Vinoth Sittaramane.

Z6127A   Deciphering the mechanism of action of ApoB lipoproteins on endothelial cells. Hanoch Tempelhof.

Z6128B   Reck is a novel component of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway required for the formation of the brain blood vasculature and its barriergenic differentiation. Jesus Torres-Vazquez.

Z6129C   The function of prdxI during vascular development in zebrafish. Chang-Yi Wu.

Husbandry

(Zebrafish)

Z6130A   A 24-hour Buffet: Effects of Culturing Zebrafish Under Continuous Illumination from Fertilization to Adulthood. Thomas Delomas.

Z6131B   Unused program number

Z6132C   Optimization of Larval Zebrafish Husbandry: Getting More with Less. David Zitser.

Infection and Immunity

(Zebrafish)

Z6133A   A zebrafish model of acute kidney injury associated with systemic infection induced by intravascular bacteria injection. Liyan Cui.

Z6134B   Host-Directed Therapies for Tuberculosis: Discoveries from a Zebrafish Chemical Screen. Molly Matty.

Z6135C   Role of Developmental Signaling Pathways in Mycobacterial Pathogenesis. Allison (Ali) Rosenberg.

Z6136A   Investigating interleukin-2 receptor family signaling in zebrafish. Robert Sertori.

Metabolism and Physiology

(Zebrafish)

Z6137B   DBP is essentially required for zebrafish embryogenesis. Seong-Kyu Choe.

Z6138C   Ketohexokinase, a fructose metabolic enzyme plays an important role in somatogenesis and angiogenesis during early embryonic development. Changzoon Chun.

Z6139A   Circadian modulation of autophagy rhythms directly through the nuclear hormone receptor Rev-erbα and indirectly via C/ebpβ in zebrafish. Guodong Huang.

Z6140B   Involvement of The p62-Nrf2 Pathway as A Protection Mechanism against Spns1 Deficiency in Zebrafish. Alam Khan.

Z6141C   Genetic Interaction between Spns1 and v-ATPase and Their Counteractive Dual Defects in Premature Autolysosomal Fusion and Developmental Senescence. Shanshan Lian.

Z6142A   A transgenic approach to visualize mitochondrial dynamics associated with renal function and disease. Yuya Sugano.

Models of Human Disease

(Zebrafish)

Z6143B   Characterizing the craniofacial Tft^9N/ddx10 zebrafish mutant. Kholod Alharthi.

Z6144C   Unused program number

Z6145A   The regenerating fin as a model to examine the skeletal defects of Roberts Syndrome. Rajeswari Banerji.

Z6146B   Zebrafish mutants lacking kiaa0753, a regulator of centriole duplication, phenotypically mimic human ciliopathies. Kevin Bishop.

Z6147C   Zebrafish as a model for eye disease: congenital cataracts. Lindy Brastrom.

Z6148A   Comparison of locomotion and cerebellar morphology in CRISPR snx14, pink1 and pla2g6 F0 mutants. Elena Buglo.

Z6149B   Understanding Fanconi anemia core complex and associated proteins by multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout mutant generation. Blake Carrington.

Z6150C   Model of lymphedema and rescue by regulating MEK/ERK activity. Joanne Chan.

Z6151A   Larval phenotype of the zebrafish model of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Celine CLUZEAU.

Z6152B   Generating zebrafish models of human disease to facilitate drug discovery. Ann Davidson.

Z6153C   Functional Characterization of Epilepsy Related Genes in Zebrafish. Tyson Fuller.

Z6154A   Determining the roles of mab21l2 in vertebrate eye development. Natalie Gath.

Z6155B   Loss of type I collagen telopeptide lysyl hydroxylation causes musculoskeletal abnormalities in a zebrafish model of Bruck syndrome. Charlotte Gistelinck.

Z6156C   Establishing a zebrafish model for giant axonal neuropathy. Suman Gurung.

Z6157A   Functional study of appetite regulation in the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus by zebrafish orexigenic models. G.M. Her.

Z6158B   Establishment of stable zebrafish genetic models for studying myotonic dystrophy. Melissa Hinman.

Z6159C   Novel genes critical for hypoxic preconditioning in zebrafish are regulators of insulin and glucose metabolism. Farhad Imam.

Z6160A   Identifying Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal Distress in Zebrafish Based Autism Models. David James.

Z6161B   Functional Analysis of Parla and Parlb Paralogs in Zebrafish. Megan Jung.

Z6162C   Characterization of DPP6 Neuronal Expression in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Elyse Kite.

Z6163A   Precision medicine for hearing loss: zebrafish based drug screen. Alaa Koleilat.

Z6164B   Validation of a zebrafish FOP model. Melissa LaBonty.

Z6165C   Zebrafish as a disease model for Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex. Samuel MacDonnell.

Z6166A   Ewsa inhibits TP53-mutation dependent tumorigenesis in zebrafish. Justin Mehojah.

Z6167B   Discovery of neuroprotective small molecules to treat Parkinson’s disease. Han Mo.

Z6168C   Braciole: a novel motile cilia mutation which exhibits neural randomization and scoliosis. Nicholas Morante.

Z6169A   Exploring the roles of Cytoskeletal Protein Mutations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Kim Nguyen.

Z6170B   Mechanism that links vesicular fusion defects and apoptosis in photoreceptors. Yuko Nishiwaki.

Z6171C   Development of a Novel Zebrafish Sepsis Model for High-throughput Drug Screens. Anju Philip.

Z6172A   A rapid and effective method for screening, sequencing and reporter verification of engineered frameshift mutations in zebrafish. Sergey Prykhozhij.

Z6173B   In vivo modeling of copy number variants in Marfan Syndrome and Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease-associated phenotypes. Dorien Schepers.

Z6174C   The functional role of actin associated CORO2B in the pronephros of Danio Rerio. Angelina Schwarz.

Z6175A   Chaperones and chromatin remodelers: functional non-cilia roles for established ciliopathy proteins. Charles Scott.

Z6176B   Functional characterization of the disease-associated Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 1 (BBS1M390R) allele in zebrafish. Diane Slusarski.

Z6177C   Establishing PXE disease model in zebrafish. Jianjian Sun.

Z6178A   The down-regulation of pank2 gene in zebrafish as a model of Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration. Natascia Tiso.

Z6179B   Real-time Quantitative Assessment of Oxidative Stress as a Marker for Differential Nanoparticle Toxicity. Kenneth Wallace.

Z6180C   Transcriptional Disease Signatures of Zebrafish Models of Fanconi Anemia. Catherine Wilson.

Z6181A   Myelination deficiencies and pharmacological treatments in a zebrafish model for psychomotor retardation. David Zada.

Z6182B   Gene miles-apart is required for formation of otic vesicle and hair cells in zebrafish. Jing-pu Zhang.

Muscle, Skin and Connective Tissue

(Zebrafish)

Z6183C   Fer1L-6 is a calcium signaling membrane protein that plays a critical role in skeletal muscle and heart development. Colin Johnson.

Z6184A   A dynamic anesthesia system for long-term imaging in adult zebrafish. Ronald Kwon.

Z6185B   Identification of skeletal disruptor compounds through in vivo screening in zebrafish. SAVINI THRIKAWALA.

Z6186C   Multi-Modal High-Content Imaging Reveals Relationships Between Cell Signaling and Mineralization in Zebrafish. Claire Watson.

Z6187A   Myomesin-1 stabilises sarcomeric structure acting as a shock absorber in skeletal muscle. MO ZHAO.

Neural Circuits, Neurophysiology and Behavior

(Zebrafish)

Z6188B   Defective Migration of Facial Branchiomotor Neurons Affects Jaw Movements and Food Intake in Zebrafish. Emilia Asante.

Z6189C   Do fish itch: identifying mechanisms of pruritigen transduction and behavior in Danio rerio. Logan Condon.

Z6190A   Photoreceptor development and regeneration examined by automated analysis of behavior. Robbert Creton.

Z6191B   Evaluation of the circadian biology of the neurohypophyseal hormones and their relationship with aggressive behavior in a vertebral model: Zebrafish. Luisa Diaz-Arias.

Z6192C   Zebrafish: Lead and Learning. Mary Haasch.

Z6193A   Zebrafishbrain.org: developing a community neuroanatomical resource. Thomas Hawkins.

Z6194B   A Zebrafish Model for Identifying Common Biological Mechanisms and Pharmacological Pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Sundas Ijaz.

Z6195C   Targeted knockout of a chemokine-like gene increases anxiety and social cohesion. Yun-Mi Jeong.

Z6196A   Using larval zebrafish as an in vivo model system to study otoferlin, a protein expressed in the sensory hair cells and essential for hearing. Colin Johnson.

Z6197B   Epidermal growth factor signaling regulates normal levels of sleep in zebrafish. Daniel Lee.

Z6198C   The Role of Neurotensin Neuronal Networks in Zebrafish. Talia Levitas-Djerbi.

Z6199A   Statistical morphometric analysis and annotation of brain microstructure defects in larval zebrafish. Gregory Marquart.

Z6200B   Evaluating Pitch Perception via Acoustic Startle Behavior. George Ordiway.

Z6201C   Deciphering the role of Tmie in the mechanotransduction in sensory hair cells. Itallia Pacentine.

Z6202A   Isolation and molecular characterization of a spinal interneuron that modulates swimming behavior. Andrew Prendergast.

Z6203B   Ntrk2b expression and function in developing brain of zebrafish. Madhusmita Sahu.

Z6204C   Effects of neurostimulation of the habenula in serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in zebrafish. Laura Sanchez-Lasso.

Z6205A   From drug discovery to mechanism: comparison of nicotine-induced locomotor activity in freely swimming and embedded zebrafish larvae. Henning Schneider.

Z6206B   Development of an assay to identify novel modulators of spinal motor activity from the venom of the fish-hunting cone snail Conus catus. Joseph Schulz.

Z6207C   Molecular-genetic analysis of simple decision-making in larval zebrafish. Hannah Shoenhard.

Z6208A   Role of Autism Susceptibility gene Topoisomerase 3B (top3b) in neural and behavioral development in Zebrafish larvae. Vinoth Sittaramane.

Z6209B   Developing an inducible gene regulation system with spatiotemporal precision at cellular resolution. Mahendra Wagle.

Z6210C   The Role of Non-Neuronal SNAREs on Synaptic Transmission in Zebrafish Hair Cells. Mike Waltman.

Z6211A   Roles of per1b, per2 and rev-erbα in zebrafish circadian behaviors. Han Wang.

Z6212B   Retinal patterning and saccadic eye movements in Zebrafish require Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule-Like 1. Tong Wang.

Z6213C   Comparative analysis of cart peptide expression and function. Ian Woods.

Z6214A   Origin and Functional Heterogeneity of Zebrafish Lateral-line Hair Cells. Qiuxiang Zhang.

Neural Development, Degeneration and Repair

(Zebrafish)

Z6215B   Pharmacological reprogramming of lateral line neuromast support cells to a migratory progenitor state. Paige Brooks.

Z6216C   Regulation of neural stem cell division modes in the developing zebrafish brain. Rebecca Choi.

Z6217A   Hereditary cerebellar ataxia and the role of CAMTA1, a zebrafish study. chiara cianciolo cosentino.

Z6218B   Screening for genetic interactions in the blood-brain barrier in vivo in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Thomas Clements.

Z6219C   Molecular mechanisms of Schwann cell development and function in the peripheral nerve system. Mitchell D'Rozario.

Z6220A   Genetic regulation of photoreceptor specification in zebrafish as a model for understading photoreceptor variation in diurnal species. James Fadool.

Z6221B   A Novel Developmental Requirement for NMDA Receptors in Axon Guidance is Disrupted by Hypoxic Injury. Jingxia Gao.

Z6222C   Zebrafish Rfx4 is required for neural tube morphogenesis. Yevgenya Grinblat.

Z6223A   Distinct roles for the adhesion molecule Contactin2 in the development and function of neural circuits in zebrafish. Suman Gurung.

Z6224B   Before Neural Circuit Formation: A Role for Semaphorins on Retinal Progenitor Cells. Rami Halabi.

Z6225C   actr10 is a regulator of myelinating glial cell development. Amy Herbert.

Z6226A   ZC4H2, an XLID gene, is required for the generation of GABAergic interneurons. Kyu-Seok Hwang.

Z6227B   Goosecoid regulates a Spemann organizer-like function for neurogenesis in the inner ear. Husniye Kantarci.

Z6228C   A zebrafish model of vanishing white matter disease. Matthew Keefe.

Z6229A   Development of a Novel Pharmacological Model of Okadaic Acid-induced Alzheimer’s Disease in Zebrafish. Daniel Koehler.

Z6230B   Regulation of the cell cycle and cell fate by TGFβ signaling in larval and adult zebrafish. Jenny Lenkowski.

Z6231C   Making Functional Neuronal Circuitry: Interneuron specification in the spinal cord. Katharine Lewis.

Z6232A   Telomere-Dependent and -Independent Functional Roles of A Telomeric Factor TRF2 in Early Vertebrate Development and Neurogenesis. Shanshan Lian.

Z6233B   The Role of the CoREST Family in Early Neurodevelopment. Camillia Monestime.

Z6234C   Dissecting the Endocannabinoid System using the zebrafish model. Francesca Oltrabella.

Z6235A   Gene Expression Changes during Brain Regeneration in Adult Zebrafish. Kanagaraj Palsamy.

Z6236B   A Zebrafish Screening Platform for In Vivo Pro-Myelinating Drug Discovery. Marnie Preston.

Z6237C   N-cadherin is required cell-autonomously for the collective migration of facial branchiomotor neurons. Jane Rebman.

Z6238A   Paclitaxel-induced epithelial damage and ectopic MMP-13 expression promotes neurotoxicity in zebrafish. Sandra Rieger.

Z6239B   Integration of multiple signaling pathways in habenular development. Sara Roberson.

Z6240C   Bsx in Neuroendocrine and Pineal Complex Development. Theresa Schredelseker.

Z6241A   Pard3c, an unconventional zebrafish Par-3 ortholog for organogenesis: important for cell survival and proliferation but not for apicobasal polarity. Zheni Shi.

Z6242B   The role of microglia in neurogenesis and repair following telencephalic lesion in adult zebrafish. Kaia Skaggs.

Z6243C   Characterization of two protein repair enzymes in Zebrafish and their influence on the motor system. Remon Soliman.

Z6244A   Wnt signaling and mediator 12 control development of the hypothalamus and pituitary. Emma Spikol.

Z6245B   The Retinoic Acid signaling pathway temporally influences enteric neural crest cell migration and differentiation during early phases of enteric nervous system formation in vivo. Rosa Uribe.

Z6246C   Role of local neurogenesis in functional recovery post spinal cord injury . Deeptha Vasudevan.

Z6247A   Planar cell polarity components control anterior-posterior guidance of spinal commissural axons. Gregory Walsh.

Z6248B   A genomic approach to investigate the interactions between somatosensory neurons and skin. Fang Wang.

Z6249C   Lineage Tracing of Neuronal Progenitor Cells Expressing dlx Genes in the Zebrafish Brain. Hellen Weinschutz Mendes.

Z6250A   Zebrafish Models for Parkinson’s Disease. Jinelle Wint.

Z6251B   Functional Genomics of Somatosensory Neuron Signaling And Morphology. Victoria Wright.

Z6252C   Eyes shut homolog is localized near connecting cilia/transition zone and is required for cone photoreceptor survival in zebrafish. Miao Yu.

Z6253A   Regulation of neural stem cell division modes in the developing zebrafish brain. Xiang Zhao.

Regeneration and Stem Cells

(Zebrafish)

Z6254B   Committed stem cells derived from the somites supply the osteoblasts during adult bone homeostasis and regeneration. Kazunori Ando.

Z6255C   Melanocyte stem cell dynamics in wound healing. Christina Carnevale.

Z6256A   Regeneration after zebrafish traumatic brain injury is dependent upon microglia. Jessica Chen.

Z6257B   A novel role for miR-9 and Argonaute proteins in balancing quiescent and activated neural stem cell states. Marion Coolen.

Z6258C   Development and Regeneration in the Zebrafish Lateral Line System. Ivan Cruz.

Z6259A   Leukocyte Itga4 Signaling Regulates Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish. Jupeng Diao.

Z6260B   Defining the Progenitor Population in Adult Zebrafish Jaw Bone Regeneration. Dion Giovannone.

Z6261C   Zebrafish fin fold regeneration requires proper control of inflammation via macrophage. Tomoya Hasegawa.

Z6262A   Manipulating hair cell regeneration in zebrafish lateral line neuromast. DONG LIU.

Z6263B   Role of Neuropilins in Zebrafish Heart Regeneration. Vanessa Lowe.

Z6264C   Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of myocardial de-differentiation during zebrafish heart regeneration. Chris Onderisin.

Z6265A   Hair cell regeneration in the zebrafish lateral line is impared by crude root extracts of Valeriana officinalis. Roberto Rodriguez Morales.

Z6266B   Thyroid hormone coordinates zebrafish pigment cell lineages during post-embryonic development and homeostasis. Lauren Saunders.

Z6267C   The induction of radial glial cell proliferation after stab injury in the optic tectum of adult zebrafish. Yuki Shimizu.

Z6268A   Systemic and local signaling interfaces of zebrafish bone regeneration. Scott Stewart.

Z6269B   The contribution of biliary epithelial cells to hepatocytes in the developing liver with tomm22 knockdown. Jianchen Wu.

RNA Biology in Development

(Zebrafish)

Z6270C miRNAs function to limit vascular development flexibility. Stefania Nicoli.

Signaling

(Zebrafish)

Z6271A   Syndecan4 facilitates FGF signaling in trailing cells and cell migration in the zebrafish lateral line primordium. Caitlin Fox.

Z6272B   The Sec14-like Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Proteins Act as GTPase Proteins to Mediate Wnt/Ca²⁺ Signaling. Shunji Jia.

Z6273C   Atrazine Affects Cartilage and Heart Development in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Christopher Lassiter.

Z6274A   Wdr68 modulates TGFβ interference with BMP signaling for lower jaw patterning. Andrew Martinez.

Ciliate Genomics: Genome Structure and Organization

(Ciliate)

C7001A Evolution of gene families in ciliates. Olivia Pilling.

C7002B Mapping and characterization of DNA replication origins in Tetrahymena thermophila. Linying Zhang.

Programmed DNA Rearrangement

(Ciliate)

C7003C   Investigations into the Paramecium iesRNA pathway. Sarah Allen.

C7004A   Multiple Layers of Nested Genes in the Complex Genome of O. trifallax. Jasper Braun.

C7005B   Environmental temperature and its impact on the process of programmed DNA elimination in Paramecium. Francesco Catania.

C7006C   Complex Rearrangements in the Highly Scrambled Genome of O. trifallax. Lukas Nabergall.

Chromatin Structure and Chromatin Modification

(Ciliate)

C7007A Identification and Characterization of the SIRT4/5 Homologs in Tetrahymena thermophila. Emily Nischwitz.

RNA Metabolism and Non-Coding RNAs

(Ciliate)

C7008B A nuclear RNAi-dependent Polycomb repression pathway is required for transcriptional silencing of transposable elements. Lifang Feng.

C7009C Regulation of Tetrahymena germline transcription in meiotic prophase by three novel proteins. Miao Tian.

Genome Stability and Dynamics

(Ciliate)

C7010A   Cas9 localization in the binucleated ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Kelsey Fryer.

C7011B   Epigenetic control of DNA replication revealed in Tetrahymena thermophila TXR1 knockout mutants. Miguel Gonzales.

C7012C   Gene expression in Paramecium as a response to DNA damage. Rainey Stewart.

C7013A   Identification and Investigation of the Function of Rad23 in DNA Repair and Proteosomal Degradation in Tetrahymena thermophila. Evan Wilson.

Evolution and Population Biology

(Ciliate)

C7014B   The investigation of Caedibacter taeniospiralis Reb-related genetic elements in paramecia using fluorescent and phylogentic methodologies. David Johnson.

C7015C   On the evolution of a family of cis-acting elements for programmed somatic chromosome fragmentation. Eduardo Orias.

C7016A   Hemp seed extract enhances excystation and survival across genetically diverse ciliates. Sujal Phadke.

C7017B   Phylogenetic framework of the systematically confused Anteholosticha-Holosticha complex (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) based on multigene analysis. Xiaolu Zhao.

Cell Biology, Morphogenesis, and Development

(Ciliate)

C7018C Genetic analysis of the molecular properties underlying centriole stability. Nicole DeVaul.

Cell Motility: Cilia, Basal Bodies, and Tubulin

(Ciliate)

C7019A   Characterization of the Striated Rootlet Proteins of the Paramecium Basal Body. Ashikun Nabi.

C7020B   A NIMA-related kinase CNK4 regulates ciliary stability and length. Junmin Pan.

C7021C   Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase Regulates Ciliary Calcium in Paramecium tetraurelia. Junji Yano.

Ciliate Signaling Systems: Signal Transduction, Protein Secretion, and Trafficking

(Ciliate)

C7022A Depletion of SUMO-conjugating enzyme Ubc9p causes nuclear defects during the vegetative and sexual life cycles of Tetrahymena thermophila. . James Forney.

C7023B Proteinases and phagocytosis in Tetrahymena thermophila. J. Straus.

Education

E8001A   Tetrahymena in the classroom: An example of the use of model organisms in K-12 education. Donna Cassidy-Hanley.

E8002B   ‘Moving’ AP Biology forward: Using Drosophila-optimized wrMTrck to examine muscle mutants. Nicole Green.

E8003C   DNA barcoding: engaging students in molecular biology and bioinformatics through authentic biodiversity research. Eric Nash.

E8004A   SMART research collaborations to foster K-12 STEM development. Michael Pickart.

E8005B   Disruption of Sortilin-related receptor (sorl1) gene causes severe malformations, apoptosis and stunted structure in newly TALEN Knockout zebrafish Danio rerio model: Construction and molecular characterization. Tamer Saleh.

E8006C   Drosophila cancer model used to introduce research to freshman biology majors. Joseph Ahlander.

E8007A   Approaches and assessment of incorporating authentic research experiences into an undergraduate genetics course. David Aiello.

E8008B   Promoting leadership development within undergraduate STEM curricula. David Aiello.

E8009C   An undergraduate laboratory class using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to mutate Drosophila genes. Richard Cripps.

E8010A   Drosophila and zebrafish in undergraduate teaching laboratories and student-driven independent research projects. Melissa Daggett.

E8011B   Experiments in Inclusive Education. Elizabeth De Stasio.

E8012C   Teaching Experimental Design through Worm Picking. Nicole Evans.

E8013A   Integrating professional development opportunities during graduate education. Joyce Fernandes.

E8014B   Microscopic image analysis of zebrafish pigmentation in an undergraduate cell biology laboratory. Andrea Henle.

E8015C   STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) approaches in the undergraduate classroom. Margarita Kaplow.

E8016A   Yeast orphan gene project: Finding a place for ORFans to GO. Jill Keeney.

E8017B   The Genomics Education Partnership: Assessment of Key Elements of a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE). Judith Leatherman.

E8018C   Open Genetics Lectures (OGL): An Open Source Introductory Genetics Textbook. John Locke.

E8019A   Zebrafish lateral line as an inquiry-based lab model for cell biology. Jason Meyers.

E8020B   Using the Yeast Mating Response to Study Genetics and Cell Biology: From the Biology Lab to the Computer Lab and Back. Michelle Mondoux.

E8021C   A Simple HPC Workflow for RNA-Seq in the Classroom. Eric Nash.

E8022A   No lectures here: How an active and problem-based learning classroom in genomics transformed the confidence, creativity and communication skills of all students. Ahna Skop.

E8023B   A Multi-Course Inquiry-based Science Laboratory Module Approach Integrates Research and Teaching through functional annotation of the Tetrahymena thermophila geneome. Joshua Smith.

E8024C   Research/education partnerships to develop course-based undergraduate research experiences. Rachelle Spell.

E8025A   Research based learning in bioinformatics using yeast experimental evolution. Laurie Stevison.

E8026B   F.I.R.E. lab: A full immersion research experience in an undergradate laboratory course. Cheryl Van Buskirk.

E8027C   DNA Subway – An Educational Bioinformatics Platform for Genomics and Course-based Research. Jason Williams.

E8028A   CourseSource: a journal of evidence-based teaching resources for undergraduate biology education. Robin Wright.

E8029B   Course-Based Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biology. Deborah Zies.

E8030C   Learning how to teach: Using the PALM fellowship to design a student-centered instructional unit for a large-enrollment genetics classroom. Christopher Baker.

E8031A   An Undergraduate RNAi-Based Genetic Screen Reveals a Novel Component of the Polyamine Transport System. Michael Haney.

E8032B   Plumbing STEM education: Designing a “Pipeline” CURE for a small teaching-focused college. Karen Schmeichel.

E8033C   Fostering critical thinking skills via analysis of primary literature. Elvira Tour.

E8034A   Compatibility between learning and examination styles – analysis of the performance of students in advanced genetic courses. Krassimir Yankulov.

E8035B   Student peer review: an educational and assessment tool for upper year genetic courses. Krassimir Yankulov.

E8036C   Fungal infections Aspergillossis and Cryptococcal meningitis in C H U Oran . Zakaria Benmansour.

E8037A   Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST): An integrative postdoctoral experience that generates effective researchers and educators. Joanna Wardwell-Ozgo.

E8038B   Developing Future Biologists: a dev-bio lab course for outreach, diversity recruitment, and professional development. Scott Barolo.

E8039C   The DNA Day Network: Integrating career training and outreach into trainee development. Sonia Hall.

E8040A   The Effects of Myrrh and Rosemary Extract on Cancer Cell Lines. Areej Alanazi.

E8041B   The Effects of Lepidium sativum on Four Tumor Cell Lines. Afnan Felimban.

E8042C   Alterations induced in ovarian follicular kinetics of adult zebrafish on long term exposure to environmental estrogenic contaminants. Basavaraj Goundadkar.

E8043A   Genetic modifiers compensating for loss of epidermal growth factor receptor. Selene Howe.

E8044B   Nutritional Regulation of Oogonial Proliferation and Differentiation into Primary Oocytes in the Adult Ovary of Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Pancharatna Katti.

E8045C   Effect of heat stress on condesin II levels and localization. Vibhuti Rana.

E8046A   Effect of genetic variations on various post translational modifications (PTMs) and its role in protein regulation. Muhammad Saleem.

E8047B   Acute heat shock leads to loss of polarity in C. elegans embryos. Deepika Singh.

THE ALLIED GENETICS CONFERENCE 2016 (TAGC)

All Poster Sessions Listing

Cell Biology & Cytoskeleton

Cell Biology & Signal Transduction

Cell Cycle & Cell Death

Cell Division and Growth Control

Physiology, Organismal Growth & Aging

Gametogenesis & Organogenesis

Stem Cells

Immunity and Pathogenesis

Neural Development

Neurophysiology & Behavior

Drosophila Models of Human Diseases

Evolution & Quantitative Genetics

Pattern Formation

Regulation of Gene Expression

Chromatin & Epigenetics

RNA Biology

Techniques Resources

Population Genomics

Experimental Evolution

Genome Evolution

Quantitative Traits

Ecological Genetics

Adaptation and Speciation

Molecular Evolution

Cell Biology

Chromosome Structure, Variation, Evolution and Dynamics

Gene Expression

Global Analysis

Meiosis, Germ Line Development, and Sex Determination

Cell Cycle, Cell Division, Cytokinesis

Cell Polarity, and Cell Fate

Aging and Cell Death

Cell Patterning and Morphogenesis

Genomics, Gene Regulation and Technology

RNAi, microRNAs, and Developmental Timing

Intracellular Organelles, Trafficking, and the Cytoskeleton

Human Disease Models

Stem Cells

Epigenetics

Comparative Genomics, Computational Methods & Evolution

Technological Innovations

Development

Cancer & Immunology

Translational & Systems Genetics

International Resources

Cancer

Cell Lineages

Cell Biology and Cell Structure

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Chemical Biology

Early Development and Morphogenesis

Emerging Technologies: Genetics and Genomics

Emerging Technologies: Non-genetic Methods

Endodermal and Mesodermal Organs

Evolution

Gametogenesis and Reproduction

Gene Regulation

Hematopoiesis and Vascular Biology

Husbandry

Infection and Immunity

Metabolism and Physiology

Models of Human Disease

Muscle, Skin and Connective Tissue

Neural Circuits, Neurophysiology and Behavior

Neural Development, Degeneration and Repair

Regeneration and Stem Cells

RNA Biology in Development

Signaling

Ciliate Genomics: Genome Structure and Organization

Programmed DNA Rearrangement

Chromatin Structure and Chromatin Modification

RNA Metabolism and Non-Coding RNAs

Genome Stability and Dynamics

Evolution and Population Biology

Cell Biology, Morphogenesis, and Development

Cell Motility: Cilia, Basal Bodies, and Tubulin

Ciliate Signaling Systems: Signal Transduction, Protein Secretion, and Trafficking

Education