2nd Annual BAD Meeting: June 6th 2018
Harvard Medical School
LOCAL ORGANIZER:
Dr. Stephanie Mohr (Director, Drosophila RNAi Screening Center (DRSC), Harvard Medical School)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Prof. Michael Rosbash
Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, Professor of Biology, Brandeis University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Nobel Laureate – Physiology or Medicine (2017)
AGENDA
| 9:30– 9:45AM | NKT is required in the mushroom body for night sleep regulation. Lauren Crowe, Jackson Lab (Tufts University) |
| 9:45– 10:00 | Does the fly larva get hungry? How internal state affects olfactory preference. Katrin Vogt, Samuel Lab (Harvard University) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Kinetochore proteins have a post-mitotic function in Drosophila neurodevelopment. Guoli Zhao, Schwarz Lab (Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School) |
| 10:15–10:30 | Isoform-selective genome editing revealed expression and nociceptive function of Drosophila TrpA1 channel. Yang Xiang (University of Massachusetts Medical School) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Mapping neural circuits for alcohol reward in Drosophila. Kristin Scaplen, Kaun Lab (Brown University) |
| 10:45–11:00 | Plasma membrane localization of apoptotic caspases for non-apoptotic functions. Alla Amcheslavsky, Bergmann Lab (University of Massachusetts Medical School) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Mispositioned nuclei: Distinct mechanisms drive similar phenotypes. Mary Ann Collins, Folker Lab (Boston College) |
| 11:15-11:20 | [Lightning Talk] Restriction of apoptosis in Drosophila neuroblasts. Katherine Harding, White Lab, (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School) |
| 11:20–11:25 | [Lightning Talk] The role of Hippo signaling in epithelial cell fate determination. Heya Zhao, Veraksa Lab (University of Massachusetts Boston) |
| 11:25–11:30 | [Lightning Talk] Gene expression analysis in the developing ovary. Shreeharsha Tarikere, Extavour Lab (Harvard University) |
| 11:30–1:00PM | LUNCH – Discussion Groups (NRB Cafeteria) • Chromatin/DNA repair – Mitzi Kuroda • Tools/Techniques/Disease models – Michele Markstein • Neurobiology – Troy Littleton • Cell death/apoptosis – Kristin White |
| 1:00–1:15 | Protein-protein interactions that modulate Polycomb function. Hyuckjoon Kang, Kuroda Lab (Harvard Medical School) |
| 1:15–1:30 | Mechanotransduction via the LINC complex regulates DNA replication and chromosome organization in myonuclei. Shuoshuo Wang, Lionnet Lab, (New York University) |
| 1:30–1:45 | BAD romance: enrichment of a fly dosage compensation GAGA motif in the human X chromosome. Edridge D’Souza, Markstein Lab (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) |
| 1:45–2:00 | FlyBase 2018: new look, new features. Gil dos Santos (FlyBase, Harvard University) |
| 2:00–2:15 | Regulation of endosomal microautophagy by cellular stress in Drosophila. Ana Mesquita, Jenny Lab (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) |
| 2:15–2:30 | Disco modulates apoptosis and hyperplasia downstream of the Notch-JNK signaling axis. Diana Ho, Artavanis-Tsakonas Lab (Harvard Medical School) |
| 2:30–2:45 | Proteomics of protein trafficking by in vivo tissue-specific labeling. Ilia Droujinine, Perrimon Lab (Harvard Medical School) |
| 2:45–2:50 | [Lightning Talk] Trans inter-homolog pairing in haplotype-resolved genomes. Jelena Erceg, Wu Lab (Harvard Medical School) |
| 2:50–2:55 | [Lightning Talk] Probabilistic Modeling of Drosophila Sleep Reveals Mechanisms Regulating Sleep Duration and Structure. Timothy Wiggin, Griffith Lab (Brandeis University) |
| 2:55-3:00 | [Lightning Talk] TRiP CRISPR fly stock update. J. Zirin (DRSC/TRiP-FGR, Harvard Medical School) |
| 3:00-3:30 | BREAK |
| 3:30-5:00 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University Introduction by Stephanie Mohr (Harvard Medical School) |