2013 Southeast Regional Society for Developmental Biology Preliminary Schedule

Vanderbilt University Program in Developmental Biology

2013 Southeast Resgional Society for Developmental Biology Meeting

Meeting Overview

Keynote Speakers

Educational Workshop

Getting to the Meeting

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Things to Do

Organizing Committee

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Scarritt Bennett Center campus

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Scarritt Bennett Center Fondren Hall

Scarritt Bennett Center Architectural Details

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Susie Gray Dining Hall

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The schedule for the 2013 Southeast Regional Society for Developmental Biology meeting includes an educational session, two keynote lectures, two poster sessions, and five platform sessions that will accommodate ten 30-minute talks by invited speakers and ten 20-minute talks chosen from submitted graduate student and postdoctoral fellow abstracts.

All talks will be given at the Scarritt Bennett Center
The Poster Sessions and Dinners will be held at Vanderbilt University Light Hall.

MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
2:00 pm	REGISTRATION OPENS (Scarritt Bennett Center Fondren Hall)
3:45 pm	OPENING REMARKS
4:00 pm	KEYNOTE TALK I
	Frank Costantini, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Genetics & Development,Columbia University Medical Center (NY)
	Control of branching morphogenesis during kidney development

5:00 pm	EDUCATION SESSION I
	Dina Stroud, Ph.D. Research Instructor, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University (TN) Brian Nelms, Ph.D. Assistant Professor,Department of Biology, Fisk University (TN)
	Building Bridges: Encouraging under-represented minorities to enter careers in the sciences

6:30 pm	BBQ DINNER (Vanderbilt University Light Hall/MRBIV Lawn)
8:00 pm	POSTER SESSION I (Vanderbilt University MRBIV Lobby)

TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
8:00 am	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Scarritt Bennett Center Fondren Hall)
9:00 am	SESSION I: EPIGENETICS AND GENE REGULATION
	Craig Pikaard, Ph.D. (Session Chair) Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University at Bloomington (IN)
9:30 am	Roger Deal, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Emory University (GA)
	The role of histone variant H2A.Z in plant development
9:50 am	John Cobb, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary (Canada)
	Using transgenic mice to study the regulatory potential of genomic noncoding regions frequently deleted in human short-stature syndromes
10:20 am	Ellen Dahl, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Developmental Biology, Rhodes College (TN)
	Natural variation in Arabidopsis ATFH5 expression indicates an adaptive role for polycomb regulation of the seed endosperm
10:30 am	BREAK
10:50 am	EDUCATION SESSION II
	David Bader, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN) Amy Fleming, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN)
	Innovations in teaching graduate level Developmental Biology
noon	LUNCH (Susan Gray Dining Hall at Scarritt Bennett)
1:00 pm	SESSION II: MORPHOGENESIS AND ORGANOGENESIS
	Susan Chapman, Ph.D. (Session Chair) Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University (SC)
	Integration of mechanical and molecular signaling during skeletal condensation
1:30 pm	Doug Menke, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia (GA)
	Developmental regulation of forelimb vs. hindlimb morphology
1:50 pm	Jena Chojnowski, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia (GA)
	Complex tissue specific roles for HoxA3 during thymus and parathyroid development
2:10 pm	Sataree Khuansuwan Graduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University (TN)
	Tbx2b controls specification and migration of asymmetrically placed neurons during zebrafish brain development
2:30 pm	BREAK
2:50 pm	SESSION III: REGENERATION AND REPROGRAMMING
	Ken Poss, Ph.D. (Session Chair) Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University (NC)
	Source and stimuli for heart regeneration
3:20 pm	Sarah Kucenas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Virginia (VA)
	Perineural glia: first responders after a peripheral nerve injury
3:40 pm	Zhengui (Patrick) Zhang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, HHMI and the University of Florida (FL)
	Decoupling sexually dimorphic development of the mouse external genitalia and brain in a single individual
4:00 pm	Tyne Miller Graduate Student, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN)
	UNC-8, a degenerin family ion channel, functions in an activity-dependent mechanism that remodels GABAergic synapses in C. elegans
4:20 pm	BREAK
4:45 pm	KEYNOTE TALK II
	Lynn Riddiford, Ph.D. Professor and HHMI Investigator, HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus (VA)
	How does juvenile hormone regulate insect growth, molting and metamorphosis?
6:15 pm	DINNER (Vanderbilt University Langford Lobby)
8:00 pm	POSTER SESSION II (Vanderbilt University MRBIV Lobby)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
8:00 am	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Scarritt Bennett Center Fondren Hall)
9:00 am	SESSION IV: STEM CELLS AND LINEAGE COMMITMENT
	Kristen Kroll, Ph.D. (Session Chair) Associate Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University at St. Louis (MO)
	Epigenetic regulation of embryonic cell fate choice
9:30 am	Rebecca Ihrie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Departments of Cancer Biology and Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN)
	Persistent Hedgehog signaling and neuronal fate in the adult brain
9:50 am	Jennifer Schumacher, Ph.D. Research Associate, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (OH)
	Arterial and venous progenitors of the major axial vessels originate at distinct locations
10:10 am	Paulomi Sanghavi Graduate Student, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Georgia Regents University (GA)
	Localization of the Drosophila posterior fate dominant requires the concerted activities of Dynein and Kinesin
10:30 am	BREAK
10:50 am	SESSION V: MICROENVIRONMENT AND CELL BEHAVIOR
	Michael Miller, Ph.D.(Session Chair) Associate Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)
	Neurosensory control of C. elegans sperm guidance via unconventional prostaglandin synthesis
11:20 am	Elizabeth Ables, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University (NC)
	Ecdysone signaling and the control of oogenesis in Drosophila
11:40 am	Michael Layden, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida (FL)
	*Bidirectionality of Notch-Delta signaling in Nematostella vectensis suggests that Delta activation is a key component tot he signaling cascade in animals*
noon	Scott Henke Graduate Student, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)
	Mutagenesis screen yields genetic interactions between the transition zone complexes and intraflagellar transport
12:20 pm	CLOSING REMARKS - TAKE AWAY LUNCH - MEETING ENDS

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