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Tuesday, April 21
Wednesday, April 22
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Mammalian Trainee Symposium
Advance registration required.
Advance registration required.
Chairs
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, UNC Chapel Hill
Linda Siracusa, Seton Hall University
Riverview 4
06:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Opening Keynote Session
Chairs
Denise Montell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark Johnston, University of Colorado and Editor in Chief of GENETICS
Potomac Ballroom
Thursday, April 23
Disease Models and Aging (Mammal)
Chairs
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emily Davenport, Pennsylvania State University
Potomac D/4-6
Gimme a Break: Chromosome Stability in Stress and Development (Yeast)
Sponsored by Inscripta
Sponsored by Inscripta
Chairs
Helle Ulrich, IMB, Mainz, Germany
Michael Polymenis, Texas A&M University
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
Genetic Control of Development and Regeneration (Zebrafish)
Chairs
Christian Mosimann, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mary Mullins, University of Pennsylvania
Maryland C
New Technology and Resources in Development (C. elegans)
Chair
Jordan Ward, University of California, Santa Cruz
Woodrow Wilson A
Plenary Session and Larry Sandler Award Lecture (Drosophila)
Chair
Helen McNeill, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Potomac A/B
Chapman Lecture and Gene Regulation (Mammal)
Chairs
Linda Siracusa, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
Steve Munger, The Jackson Laboratory
Potomac D/4-6
Gene Regulation (Yeast)
Sponsored by Inscripta
Sponsored by Inscripta
Chairs
Anne Spang, University of Basel
Stan Fields, University of Washington, Seattle
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
Neurogenetics (Zebrafish)
Chairs
Adam Miller, University of Oregon
Celia Shiau, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maryland C
12:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Community Connections
Beverages will be provided. Lunch available for purchase from Harbor Marketplace.
Beverages will be provided. Lunch available for purchase from Harbor Marketplace.
Eastern Shore 2
Developmental Genetics: The Germline
Chairs
Kari Lenhart, Drexel University
Kellee Siegfried, University of Massachusetts
Maryland A
Undergraduate Session
Chairs
Rob Ward, University of Kansas
Julie Hall, Lincoln Memorial University
Nicole Green, University of Iowa
Maryland A
05:45 PM - 06:30 PM
Gruber Genetics Prize Presentation
Bonnie Bassler (HHMI/Princeton University) will deliver the 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize Lecture: Quorum-sensing communication: from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes
Bonnie Bassler (HHMI/Princeton University) will deliver the 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize Lecture: Quorum-sensing communication: from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes
Potomac A/B
07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Poster Session and Opening Mixer
7:45-8:30 pm A Posters
8:30-9:15 pm B Posters
9:15-10:00 pm C Posters
7:45-8:30 pm A Posters
8:30-9:15 pm B Posters
9:15-10:00 pm C Posters
Prince George's Hall
Friday, April 24
Cultivating Communities: Making Sense of Host-Microbiome Interactions Through the Lens of Genetics
Organizers: B. Samuel, N. Broderick, C. Haney
Organizers: B. Samuel, N. Broderick, C. Haney
Baltimore 1/2
Metabolic Plasticity – Exploring the Flexibility of Metabolic Networks in the Context of Development, Evolution, Environmental Stress, and Disease
Organizers: J. Tennessen, K. Montooth, M. Walhout
Organizers: J. Tennessen, K. Montooth, M. Walhout
Maryland B
The Geometry of Life, Computational Phenomics, and the Reunification of Biology
Organizers: K. Cheng, S. Girirajan
Organizers: K. Cheng, S. Girirajan
National Harbor 2/3
Genomics, Gene Regulation, and Systems Biology (C. elegans)
Chair
Florian Steiner, University of Geneva
Woodrow Wilson A
Disease Models and Aging (Drosophila)
Chairs
Nancy Bonini, University of Penn
Heinrich Jasper, Buck Institute/Genentech
Lindsey Goodman, Baylor University
Potomac C/1-3
Genomics/Systems Biology and Gene Regulation (Drosophila)
Chairs
Melissa Harrison, University of Wisconsin
Daniel McKay, UNC Chapel Hill
Brent Graveley, University of Connecticut
Stein Aerts, VIB
Potomac A/B
Genomics and Systems Biology (Mammal)
Chairs
Laura Reinholdt, The Jackson Laboratory
Xavier Warot, EPFL SV CPG-GE
Potomac D/4-6
Adaptation in Natural Populations (PEQG)
Chair
Felicity Jones, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
New Technologies and their Impact (Yeast)
Chairs
Brenda Andrews, University of Toronto
Benoit Kornmann, University of Oxford
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
New Technologies and Resources (Zebrafish)
Chairs
David Grunwald, University of Utah
Brian Ciruna, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Maryland C
Developmental Genetics: Cell Specification and Competition
Chairs
Lindsey Barske, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jing Yang, University of Illinois
Potomac A/B
Education Session
Chairs
Justin DiAngelo, Penn State Berks
Te-Wen Lo, Ithaca College
Jenny Knight, Univ of Colorado, Boulder
Maryland A
Saturday, April 25
Departures from Additivity: Dominance, Epistasis and GxE
Chair
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, University of California, Davis
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
Direct Collaborations Between Model Organism Researchers and Clinicians
Chairs
Shinya Yamamoto, Baylor College of Medicine
Andy Golden, NIH
Koichi Kawakami, NIG-Japan
Philippe Campeau, U of Montreal-Canada
Potomac C/1-3
Genetics of Neuronal Development and Behavior
Chairs
Julie Dallmann, University of Miami
Max Heiman, Harvard University
Potomac A/B
Genome Integrity
Chairs
Brian Calvi, Indiana University, Bloomington
Beth Dumont, The Jackson Laboratory
Maryland C
Developmental Genetics: Organ Systems
Chairs
Ruth Arkell, Australian National University
John Rawls, Duke University
Potomac A/B
Mechanistic Intracellular Dynamics
Chairs
Amanda Amodeo, Princeton University
Sally Horne-Badovinac, University of Chicago
Potomac C/1-3
Developmental Genetics (Drosophila)
Chairs
Mary Baylies, MSKCC
Nic Tapon, Francis Crick Institute
Melanie Worley, UC Berkeley
Potomac A/B
Neurogenetics/New Technology (Drosophila)
Chairs
Bassem Hassan, ICM Paris
Robin Hiesinger, Freie U Berlin
Kate O'Connor-Giles, U Wisconsin
Giorgio Gilestro, Imperial College London
Leif Benner, NIH/NIDDK
Potomac C/1-3
Developmental Genetics (Mammal)
Chairs
Teresa Gunn, McLaughlin Research Institute
Lauryl Nutter, The Hospital for Sick Children
Potomac D/4-6
Divergence, Hybridization and Reproducible Isolation (PEQG)
Chair
Molly Schumer, Stanford University
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
System Biology of Yeast (Yeast)
Chairs
Maya Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
John Pringle, Stanford University
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Poster Session
4:15-5:15 Even Poster Numbers
5:15-6:15 Odd Poster Numbers
Last chance to visit the exhibits!
4:15-5:15 Even Poster Numbers
5:15-6:15 Odd Poster Numbers
Last chance to visit the exhibits!
Prince George's Hall
Sunday, April 26
Gene Regulation/Genome Integrity (Drosophila)
Chairs
Melissa Harrison, U Wisconsin
Daniel McKay, UNC Chapel Hill
Jeff Sekelsky, UNC Chapel Hill
Astrid Haase, NIH/NIDDK
Evan Dewey, UNC Chapel Hill
Potomac A/B
Intracellular Dynamics (Drosophila)
Chairs
Matt Sieber, UT Southwestern
Savraj Grewal, University of Calgary
Heidi Bretscher, University of Minnesota
Potomac C/1-3
New Technology and Resources (Mammal)
Chairs
Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich GmbH
Marty Ferris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Potomac D/4-6
Future Visions of Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG)
Chair
Dmitri Petrov, Stanford University
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
Dynamics and Regulation of Cellular Organization (Yeast)
Chairs
Kerry Bloom, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jodi Nunnari, University of California, Davis
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
Disease Models (Zebrafish)
Chairs
Charles Kaufman, Washington University School of Medicine
Zhaoxia Sun, Yale University School of Medicine
Annapolis
Monday, April 20
Tuesday, April 21
Wednesday, April 22
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Mammalian Trainee Symposium
Advance registration required.
Advance registration required.
Chairs
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, UNC Chapel Hill
Linda Siracusa, Seton Hall University
Riverview 4
06:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Opening Keynote Session
Chairs
Denise Montell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark Johnston, University of Colorado and Editor in Chief of GENETICS
Potomac Ballroom
Thursday, April 23
Disease Models and Aging (Mammal)
Chairs
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emily Davenport, Pennsylvania State University
Potomac D/4-6
Gimme a Break: Chromosome Stability in Stress and Development (Yeast)
Sponsored by Inscripta
Sponsored by Inscripta
Chairs
Helle Ulrich, IMB, Mainz, Germany
Michael Polymenis, Texas A&M University
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
Genetic Control of Development and Regeneration (Zebrafish)
Chairs
Christian Mosimann, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mary Mullins, University of Pennsylvania
Maryland C
New Technology and Resources in Development (C. elegans)
Chair
Jordan Ward, University of California, Santa Cruz
Woodrow Wilson A
Plenary Session and Larry Sandler Award Lecture (Drosophila)
Chair
Helen McNeill, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Potomac A/B
Chapman Lecture and Gene Regulation (Mammal)
Chairs
Linda Siracusa, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
Steve Munger, The Jackson Laboratory
Potomac D/4-6
Gene Regulation (Yeast)
Sponsored by Inscripta
Sponsored by Inscripta
Chairs
Anne Spang, University of Basel
Stan Fields, University of Washington, Seattle
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
Neurogenetics (Zebrafish)
Chairs
Adam Miller, University of Oregon
Celia Shiau, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maryland C
12:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Community Connections
Beverages will be provided. Lunch available for purchase from Harbor Marketplace.
Beverages will be provided. Lunch available for purchase from Harbor Marketplace.
Eastern Shore 2
Developmental Genetics: The Germline
Chairs
Kari Lenhart, Drexel University
Kellee Siegfried, University of Massachusetts
Maryland A
Undergraduate Session
Chairs
Rob Ward, University of Kansas
Julie Hall, Lincoln Memorial University
Nicole Green, University of Iowa
Maryland A
05:45 PM - 06:30 PM
Gruber Genetics Prize Presentation
Bonnie Bassler (HHMI/Princeton University) will deliver the 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize Lecture: Quorum-sensing communication: from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes
Bonnie Bassler (HHMI/Princeton University) will deliver the 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize Lecture: Quorum-sensing communication: from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes
Potomac A/B
07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Poster Session and Opening Mixer
7:45-8:30 pm A Posters
8:30-9:15 pm B Posters
9:15-10:00 pm C Posters
7:45-8:30 pm A Posters
8:30-9:15 pm B Posters
9:15-10:00 pm C Posters
Prince George's Hall
Friday, April 24
Cultivating Communities: Making Sense of Host-Microbiome Interactions Through the Lens of Genetics
Organizers: B. Samuel, N. Broderick, C. Haney
Organizers: B. Samuel, N. Broderick, C. Haney
Baltimore 1/2
Metabolic Plasticity – Exploring the Flexibility of Metabolic Networks in the Context of Development, Evolution, Environmental Stress, and Disease
Organizers: J. Tennessen, K. Montooth, M. Walhout
Organizers: J. Tennessen, K. Montooth, M. Walhout
Maryland B
The Geometry of Life, Computational Phenomics, and the Reunification of Biology
Organizers: K. Cheng, S. Girirajan
Organizers: K. Cheng, S. Girirajan
National Harbor 2/3
Genomics, Gene Regulation, and Systems Biology (C. elegans)
Chair
Florian Steiner, University of Geneva
Woodrow Wilson A
Disease Models and Aging (Drosophila)
Chairs
Nancy Bonini, University of Penn
Heinrich Jasper, Buck Institute/Genentech
Lindsey Goodman, Baylor University
Potomac C/1-3
Genomics/Systems Biology and Gene Regulation (Drosophila)
Chairs
Melissa Harrison, University of Wisconsin
Daniel McKay, UNC Chapel Hill
Brent Graveley, University of Connecticut
Stein Aerts, VIB
Potomac A/B
Genomics and Systems Biology (Mammal)
Chairs
Laura Reinholdt, The Jackson Laboratory
Xavier Warot, EPFL SV CPG-GE
Potomac D/4-6
Adaptation in Natural Populations (PEQG)
Chair
Felicity Jones, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
New Technologies and their Impact (Yeast)
Chairs
Brenda Andrews, University of Toronto
Benoit Kornmann, University of Oxford
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
New Technologies and Resources (Zebrafish)
Chairs
David Grunwald, University of Utah
Brian Ciruna, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Maryland C
Developmental Genetics: Cell Specification and Competition
Chairs
Lindsey Barske, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jing Yang, University of Illinois
Potomac A/B
Education Session
Chairs
Justin DiAngelo, Penn State Berks
Te-Wen Lo, Ithaca College
Jenny Knight, Univ of Colorado, Boulder
Maryland A
Saturday, April 25
Departures from Additivity: Dominance, Epistasis and GxE
Chair
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, University of California, Davis
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
Direct Collaborations Between Model Organism Researchers and Clinicians
Chairs
Shinya Yamamoto, Baylor College of Medicine
Andy Golden, NIH
Koichi Kawakami, NIG-Japan
Philippe Campeau, U of Montreal-Canada
Potomac C/1-3
Genetics of Neuronal Development and Behavior
Chairs
Julie Dallmann, University of Miami
Max Heiman, Harvard University
Potomac A/B
Genome Integrity
Chairs
Brian Calvi, Indiana University, Bloomington
Beth Dumont, The Jackson Laboratory
Maryland C
Developmental Genetics: Organ Systems
Chairs
Ruth Arkell, Australian National University
John Rawls, Duke University
Potomac A/B
Mechanistic Intracellular Dynamics
Chairs
Amanda Amodeo, Princeton University
Sally Horne-Badovinac, University of Chicago
Potomac C/1-3
Developmental Genetics (Drosophila)
Chairs
Mary Baylies, MSKCC
Nic Tapon, Francis Crick Institute
Melanie Worley, UC Berkeley
Potomac A/B
Neurogenetics/New Technology (Drosophila)
Chairs
Bassem Hassan, ICM Paris
Robin Hiesinger, Freie U Berlin
Kate O'Connor-Giles, U Wisconsin
Giorgio Gilestro, Imperial College London
Leif Benner, NIH/NIDDK
Potomac C/1-3
Developmental Genetics (Mammal)
Chairs
Teresa Gunn, McLaughlin Research Institute
Lauryl Nutter, The Hospital for Sick Children
Potomac D/4-6
Divergence, Hybridization and Reproducible Isolation (PEQG)
Chair
Molly Schumer, Stanford University
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
System Biology of Yeast (Yeast)
Chairs
Maya Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
John Pringle, Stanford University
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Poster Session
4:15-5:15 Even Poster Numbers
5:15-6:15 Odd Poster Numbers
Last chance to visit the exhibits!
4:15-5:15 Even Poster Numbers
5:15-6:15 Odd Poster Numbers
Last chance to visit the exhibits!
Prince George's Hall
Sunday, April 26
Gene Regulation/Genome Integrity (Drosophila)
Chairs
Melissa Harrison, U Wisconsin
Daniel McKay, UNC Chapel Hill
Jeff Sekelsky, UNC Chapel Hill
Astrid Haase, NIH/NIDDK
Evan Dewey, UNC Chapel Hill
Potomac A/B
Intracellular Dynamics (Drosophila)
Chairs
Matt Sieber, UT Southwestern
Savraj Grewal, University of Calgary
Heidi Bretscher, University of Minnesota
Potomac C/1-3
New Technology and Resources (Mammal)
Chairs
Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich GmbH
Marty Ferris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Potomac D/4-6
Future Visions of Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG)
Chair
Dmitri Petrov, Stanford University
Cherry Blossom Ballroom
Dynamics and Regulation of Cellular Organization (Yeast)
Chairs
Kerry Bloom, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jodi Nunnari, University of California, Davis
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B-D
Disease Models (Zebrafish)
Chairs
Charles Kaufman, Washington University School of Medicine
Zhaoxia Sun, Yale University School of Medicine
Annapolis