September 23rd 2016 – Boston Area Drosophila Meeting | University of Massachusetts Boston
LOCAL ORGANIZERS
Alexey Veraksa | Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston
James Walker | Assistant Professor, Mass. General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Screening of “The Fly Room” – Introduced by director, Alexis Gambis
AGENDA
Talks: Campus Center Ballroom (3rd Floor, Ballroom C)
Movie: University Hall, Room 2300
| 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Resistance is Futile: Using the Fly to Overcome Stem Cell Drug Resistance Michele Markstein, UMass Amherst |
| 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM | A new role of E2F in endocycling fatbody cells Ana Guarner Peralta, N. Dyson Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Ionotropic Receptors mediate detection of humidity Zach Knecht, Paul Garrity Lab, Brandeis University |
| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | fs(1)h dependent neuroblast apoptosis Antoine Borensztejn, K. White Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Interaction of neurodegenerative APP and HTT proteins during axon growth via the proto-oncogene ABL Lee Fradkin, UMass Medical School |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Interaction between transcriptional co-activators and PRC1 on developmental genes Hyuckjoon Kang, M. Kuroda Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Serotonergic activity controls sleep architecture in Drosophila Chang Liu, L. Griffith Lab, Brandeis University |
| 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Mechanisms of myonuclear movement Torrey Mandigo, E. Folker Lab, Boston College |
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Functional genomics and bioinformatics resources at the HMS DRSC & TRiP Stephanie Mohr, Harvard Medical School |
| 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Optogenetic pacing in Drosophila melanogaster Airong Li, Harvard Medical School |
| 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM | A new toolbox for the fly Sciara – a new/old model system Susan Gerbi, Brown University |
| 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM | An optimized approach for CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activation in vivo Ben Ewen-Campen, N. Perrimon Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Walk to University Hall, Room 2300 |
| 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Introduction by Alexis Gambis and screening of “The Fly Room” |