September 23rd 2016

University of Massachusetts Boston

ORGANIZERS:

Dr. Alexey Veraksa (Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston)
Dr. James Walker (Assistant Prof, Mass. General Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

Screening of “The Fly Room” – Introduced by director, Alexis Gambis

fly-room

AGENDA

Talks: Campus Center Ballroom (3rd Floor, Ballroom C)
Movie: University Hall, Room 2300

1:00 – 1:15 PMResistance is Futile: Using the Fly to Overcome Stem Cell Drug Resistance
Michele Markstein (UMass Amherst)
1:15 – 1:30A new role of E2F in endocycling fatbody cells
Ana Guarner Peralta, Dyson Lab (MGH, Harvard Medical School)
1:30 – 1:45Ionotropic Receptors mediate detection of humidity
Zach Knecht, Garrity Lab (Brandeis University)
1:45 – 2:00fs(1)h dependent neuroblast apoptosis
Antoine Borensztejn, White Lab (MGH, Harvard Medical School)
2:00 – 2:15Interaction of neurodegenerative APP and HTT proteins during axon growth via the proto-oncogene ABL
Lee Fradkin (UMass Medical School)
2:15 – 2:30Interaction between transcriptional co-activators and PRC1 on developmental genes
Hyuckjoon Kang, Kuroda Lab (Harvard Medical School)
2:30 – 2:45Serotonergic activity controls sleep architecture in Drosophila
Chang Liu, Griffith Lab (Brandeis University)
2:45 – 3:15Refreshment Break
3:15 – 3:30Mechanisms of myonuclear movement
Torrey Mandigo, Folker Lab (Boston College)
3:30– 3:45Functional genomics and bioinformatics resources at the HMS DRSC & TRiP 
Stephanie Mohr (Harvard Medical School)
3:45– 4:00Optogenetic pacing in Drosophila melanogaster
Airong Li (MGH, Harvard Medical School)
4:15 – 4:30A new toolbox for the fly Sciara – a new/old model system
Susan Gerbi (Brown University)
4:30– 4:45An optimized approach for CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activation in vivo
Ben Ewen-Campen, Perrimon Lab (Harvard Medical School)
4:45– 5:00Walk to University Hall, Room 2300
5:00 – 7:00Introduction by Alexis Gambis and screening of “The Fly Room”