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Presenter Title New Abstract # Old Abstract # Type Presentation Date
John White Cell Fate: Embryonic 1 14001 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Tala H Fakhouri Defining Pluripotency and Differentiation in the Embryonic Soma Using Gene Expression Analysis and Chromatin Studies 2 13458 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Itai Yanai Nature, nurture, and gene regulation 3 13367 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Koji Kyoda Computer Analysis of Quantitative Cell Division Patterns of Early Embryos 4 13302 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Morris F Maduro Your Pop's a Mom: An E to MS transformation in C. briggsae pop-1(RNAi) embryos 5 13684 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Jessica M Shivas Anterior embryonic polarity is maintained by dynamin-regulated membrane and actin dynamics 6 13211 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Vincent Hyenne C. elegans Brat orthologs regulate PAR protein-dependent embryonic polarity and asymmetric cell division 7 13325 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Brian R Daniels Asymmetric Enrichment of PIE-1 in the C. elegans Zygote Mediated by Diffusion-Controlled Association with P granules 8 13431 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Erik E Griffin Zygotic MEX-5 Asymmetry Results From Protein Redistribution And May Be Regulated By PAR-1 Phosphorylation 9 13494 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Kenji Sugioka Wnts Regulate Spindle Asymmetry to Produce Asymmetry of Cell Fates 10 13300 Platform Session 1 Wednesday, June 11 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
Michel Labouesse Cytoskeleton and Junction Remodelling during C. elegans Embryonic Elongation 11 13276 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Sung Min Han MSP Domains Are Evolutionarily Conserved Ligands For Eph Receptors 12 13350 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Benjamin Podbilewicz EFF-1 and AFF-1, Founders of a Family of Cell-Cell Fusion Proteins in Nematodes 13 13292 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Laetitia Chotard Characterization of a Potential Rab7 GAP in Vesicular Trafficking 14 13486 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Jan Willem H van Ginkel A Role for EGG-3 Driven Transfer of MBK-2 to Endosomes During Early Embryogenesis 15 13347 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Martin Harterink SNX-3, an essential Wnt signaling component required for retromer dependent recycling of Wntless in C. elegans 16 13275 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Erin J Cram CACN-1 (W03H9.4) is a novel, conserved regulator of cell migration and morphogenesis 17 13379 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Falshruti Patel The Wave/Scar Complex is Required for the Maintenance of Epithelial Apical/Basal Polarity in C. Elegans Embryos 18 13437 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Marina Meyerzon The Conventional Kinesin Light Chain, KLC-2, Functions in Nuclear Migration 19 13369 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Ronen Zaidel-Bar Mind the GAP: A Slit-Robo GAP Cooperates with Catenins for Proper Gastrulation Cleft Closure 20 13419 Platform Session 2 Thursday, June 12 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Scott W Emmons Evolutionary Studies with the C. elegans Male 21 13363 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Patrick C Phillips Evolving toxic New York males: Natural and experimental evolution of sexual conflict within Caenorhabditis 22 13445 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Scott E Baird Cryptic variation of ray pattern in Caenorhabditis elegans 23 13140 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Andrea Gloria-Soria Evolutionary mechanisms maintaining the npr-1 polymorphism in Caenorhabditis elegans 24 13372 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Gavin C Woodruff Fertile Hybrids Between the Hermaphroditic C. briggsae and a New Male/Female Species, C. sp. 9 JU1325 25 13288 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Matthew V Rockman Genetic basis of gene expression variation among C. elegans isolates 26 13388 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Sara Carvalho Adaptation of C. elegans populations to a laboratory environment: different finish lines for the same race? 27 13168 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Antoine Barriere Extensive Heterozygosity in the Genomes of Obligately Outcrossing Nematodes: Implications for Genome Assembly and the Evolution of Reproductive Modes 28 13462 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Ray L Hong Whole-Genome Sequencing and Analyses of a Pristionchus pacificus “Doppleganger” Strain with Divergent Phenotypes 29 13291 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Dee R Denver Natural Variation in C. briggsae Mutation Processes 30 13423 Platform Session 3 Thursday, June 12 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Ding Xue Cell Death 31 14002 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Sara Andux Apoptosis Maintains Oocyte Quality in Aging C. elegans Females 32 13360 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Chonglin Yang Regulation of DNA Damage-induced Apoptosis by Protein Arginine Methylation in C. elegans 33 13239 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Xin Li Ephrin Signaling Acts through Ras/MAPK to Promote C. elegans Germline Cell Death 34 13251 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Mike Hurwitz abl-1 Suppresses the Engulfment of Apoptotic Cells through a Novel Pathway that Contains abi-1 35 13253 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Anton Gartner C. elegans SIR-2.1 translocation is linked to a proapoptotic pathway parallel to cep-1/p53-like during DNA damage induced apoptosis 36 13284 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Zheng Zhou CED-1 Pathway Promotes the Degradation of Apoptotic Cells in C. elegans 37 13342 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Elyse S Blum TIR-1 and SEK-1/MAPKK Promote the Novel Morphologically Conserved Death of the Linker Cell 38 13303 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Agnes K.Y. HUI ER Stress induced Autophagy-regulated Cell Death in C. elegans 39 13186 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Vince Contreras C. elegans eIF4G Isoforms Mediate Germline Apoptosis Through The Expression Of Apaf-1/CED-4 40 13424 Platform Session 4 Friday, June 13 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Sam Ward Germline 41 14003 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Ekaterina Voronina Nup98/NPP-10: a Conserved Link between Nuclear Pores and P Granules 42 13420 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Jennifer A Schisa Large P body-like RNPs in C. elegans Oocytes Form in Response to Arrested Ovulation, Heat Shock, Osmotic Stress, and Anoxia and are Regulated by the Major Sperm Protein Pathway 43 13336 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
David J Katz Epigenetic Reprogamming by LSD1 Contributes to Germline Immortality in C. elegans 44 13355 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Tamara J McEwen miR67 and miR83 Appear to Activate the Translation of GLH-1 in the C. elegans Germline 45 13233 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Maia Dorsett let-42 and dynein light chain-1 Inhibit the Proliferative Fate in the C. elegans Germline 46 13285 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Olivier Cinquin The State of Germ Cell Differentiation in the C. elegans Mitotic Region is Controlled by Position and Timing 47 13220 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Hua Cheng Regulated Trafficking of the MSP/Eph Receptor during Oocyte Meiotic Maturation in C. elegans 48 13387 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Tugba Guven-Ozkan Global transcriptional repression in C. elegans germline precursors by regulated sequestration of TFIID component TAF-4 49 13481 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Christian R Eckmann The NTD containing protein GLD-4 regulates redundantly with GLD-2 germ cell fate decisions in C. elegans 50 13190 Platform Session 5 Friday, June 13 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Julie Ahringer Cell Cycle, Mitosis & Cytokinesis 51 14004 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Marjolein Wildwater Regulation Of Asymmetric Cell Division During Development Of The Post-Embryonic Seam Cell Lineages 52 13349 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Julie C Canman The GAP domain of CYK-4 is required for cytokinesis independent of central spindle assembly in C. elegans embryos 53 13263 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Kirsten Hagstrom Mitotic Condensins are Required for RNAi and Chromatin-Based Gene Silencing 54 13405 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Erkang Ai RACK-1 Regulates RAB-11-dependent Endosomal Recycling via Dynactin During Mitosis 55 13266 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Risa Kitagawa The san-1/MAD3 Synthetic Lethal Screen Identified a Kinetochore Receptor of MDF-1/MAD1 in C. elegans 56 13237 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Mi Hye Song The RNA-Binding Protein SZY-20 and the Kinase ZYG-1 Function Antagonistically to Define Centrosome Size 57 13493 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
David M Rivers PAR proteins direct asymmetry of the cell cycle regulators Polo-like kinase and Cdc25 58 13227 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Daiju Kitagawa Phosphorylation of SAS-6 by ZYG-1 is required for Centriole Formation in C. elegans Embryos 59 13307 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Christopher T Richie Characterization of Genetic Suppressors of Separase 60 13380 Platform Session 6 Saturday, June 14 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Susan Mango Cell Fate: Post-Embryonic and Morphogenesis 61 14005 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Daniel J Marston MRCK Drives Apical Constriction in C. elegans Gastrulation by Activating Myosin 62 13393 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Sophie Jarriault Deciphering Cell Plasticity in C. elegans 63 13428 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Craig E Stone Lipocalin Signaling Controls Tube Morphogenesis in the Excretory System 64 13256 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Grigorios Oikonomou lit-1/NLK Functions Downstream Of daf-6/Patched In Amphid Lumen Morphogenesis 65 13365 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Elke PF Klerkx Role Of VRK-1 In C. elegans Vulva and Uterus Development 66 13244 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Nirav M Amin The Six2 homeodomain protein CEH-34 functions downstream of Wnt signaling for proper fate specification in the postembryonic mesoderm 67 13221 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Kota Mizumoto LIT-1/Nemo-Like Kinase Regulates Nuclear Asymmetry of WRM-1/Beta-Catenin During Asymmetric Seam Cell Division 68 13298 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Attila Stetak The MAGI-1 protein functions as an organizer of LET-23 localization the adherens junctions 69 13378 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Ryan B Smit The Role of HLH-6 in C. elegans Pharyngeal Gland Development and Function 70 13219 Platform Session 7 Saturday, June 14 (2:00 pm - 5:30 pm)
Barbara Meyer Gametogenesis, Meiosis, & Sex Determination 71 14006 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Emily L Petty HTZ-1, the C. elegans H2A.Z Histone Variant, Functions in Dosage Compensation 72 13429 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Steven W L'Hernault The Mind Bomb Homolog SPE-16 is Required for Sperm Maturation and Facilitates LIN-12/Notch Signaling During a Cell Fate Decision in C. elegans 73 13444 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Meredith H Price Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Function in C. elegans 74 13450 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Michael F Palopoli Molecular Basis of the Copulatory Plug Polymorphism 75 13471 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans Visualizing Homologous Chromosome Pairing in C. elegans Meiosis 76 13495 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert Analysis of sex-specific differences in C. elegans meiosis 77 13268 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Cynthia R Wagner GAK-1, an autosomal binding protein,  is required for proper X chromosome segregation 78 13370 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Ceyda Bilgir PGL-1, a protein associated with P granules, is required for meiotic homologous pairing and synapsis in C. elegans 79 13362 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Takamune T Saito HIM-18 is required for genome integrity in the C. elegans germline 80 13274 Platform Session 8 Sunday, June 15 (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Brett Godoy Identification of Targets for the PAM-1 Aminopeptidase in Caenorhabditis elegans 81 13199 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Yu Lu Now you see them; Now you don’t! Centrosome Elimination during Development in C. elegans 82 13399 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali sas-1 and Centriole Biogenesis 83 13312 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Nicholas B Miliaras Characterization of SZY-5, A Novel Regulator of Centrosome Duplication 84 13328 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Nathaniel Peters Developmental Regulation of Centriole Replication in C. elegans 85 13346 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Yemima Budirahardja PLK-1 Asymmetry Contributes to Asynchronous Cell Division of C. elegans Embryos 86 13337 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Jihyun Kim Functional characterization of the SAP130 ortholog TAG-203 87 13281 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Lindsay K Lewellyn Cortical remodeling during cytokinesis occurs in two temporally distinct phases that are differentially regulated 88 13201 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Andy Loria The GAP Activity of the Centralspindlin Subunit CYK-4 is Required For Completion of Cytokinesis 89 13507 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Gary M Riefler Discovering Proteins that Interact with Tousled-like Kinase in a Phosphorylation-Specific Fashion 90 13459 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Yuki Hara Cell size-dependent spindle elongation in Caenorhabditis elegans early embryo 91 13226 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Sean M O'Rourke Discovering Requirements For Nonessential Genes During Mitosis 92 13463 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Morgan Goulding Assaying the action of actin on asters 93 13491 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Kathryn Stein Investigations of the Role of spe-11 in C. elegans Egg Activation 94 13381 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Youfeng Yang Role of the PTP-2 tyrosine phosphatase and MAP Kinase Cascade in the MSP Signaling Response 95 13376 Poster:   Mitosis, Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Jeff S Simske VAB-9 Interacts With the Actomyosin System During Epidermal Morphogenesis 96 13442 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Stephen E Von Stetina Epithelia in Search of a Good Pun 97 13454 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Greg J Hermann GLO-3, a Novel Gut Granule Associated Protein, Regulates Gut Granule Formation in C. elegans  98 13137 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Steven Levitte Investigating the Genetic Control of Lysosome Size in C. elegans 99 13133 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Alex Holmes Congestion in the AP-1 Trafficking Pathway – the Role of AP-1 During Development 100 13305 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Nathan E Iverson uaDf5 Mitochondrial DNA Deletion Compromises Metabolism of C. elegans and Increases Reactive Oxygen Species 101 13270 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ann K Corsi Dynamic Regulation of a Tissue-specific Transcription Factor 102 13384 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Long Ma Pre-mRNA Splicing Factors and a Novel Nuclear Protein Interact to Regulate Rubberband Unc Gene Activity 103 13264 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Brendan C Mattingly Excretory Canal Subcellular Organelles and the FGD Protein EXC-5 104 13482 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Rahul Gaur A Genetic Screen for Mutations that cause Reduced Fat Accumulation in C. elegans 105 13311 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Amanda R Marusich Metabolic labeling of C. elegans primary embryonic cells as a tool for glycoproteomic analysis 106 13470 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ming Sheng Analysis of a Mutant with Increased Fat Accumulation 107 13341 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Israel Muro Functions of the FSHR-1 receptor in C. elegans Cell Biology 108 13448 Poster:   Cell Biology: Organelles, Cells & Tissues Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Jeff Hardin The Role of HMP-1/α-catenin in Regulating Cell Adhesion During Epidermal Morphogenesis 109 13411 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Pamela E Hoppe The Role of UNC-82 in Cell-to-Substrate Attachment in the Pharynx and Vulva 110 13364 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Kristen Williams Hemidesmosome Associated Proteins: The Identification of MUA-2 and Further Analysis of IFA-2 111 13351 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ellen L Batchelder Identification of Components of the MSP-based Motility System in C. elegans Spermatozoa 112 13327 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ismar Kovacevic Characterization of C. elegans Filamin Genes 113 13502 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Yu-Tai Chang Screens for emu Alleles; Enhancers of the Nuclear Migration Defects of unc-83 or unc-84 114 13466 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Morgan A. Steinbrunner Analysis of Environment Sensing in DBL-1/TGFβ-Regulated Normal Body Size Determination 115 13622 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Emily C Berry The C. elegans F-spondin family protein SPON-1 maintains cell adhesion in neural and non-neuronal tissues 116 13295 Poster:  Cell Adhesion & Migration Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor MLS-2 Functions with Ras Signaling to Promote the Excretory Duct Cell Fate 117 13259 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Phil Cheng A Forward Genetic Screen for Enhancers of ksr-1 Lethality 118 13488 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Morris Maduro Building the endomesoderm network: New genes and evidence for additional complexities in MS and E specification 119 13744 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Vincent P Mancuso Ras and Notch signaling intersect in the development of the C. elegans excretory system 120 13260 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Shunji Nakano Two bHLH Transcription Factors Are Required for Breaking Symmetry in a Left-Right Asymmetric Cell Lineage 121 13249 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ryan Shields Characterization of sao-1, a Novel Gene Involved in Regulating aph-1 Activity in the Embryo 122 13426 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Timothy Walston A Glazier-Granier-Hogeweg (GGH) Model For Caenorhabditis elegans Embryonic Development 123 13358 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Annita Achilleos Investigating the Role of PAR-3 in C. elegans Embryonic Epithelial Cells 124 13322 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Yelena Bernadskaya Embryonic Morphogenesis Roles of Axonal Guidance Molecules 125 13404 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Nicolas T Chartier Defining the PAR-4/LKB1 Signalling Pathway in Cell Polarity by Identification of par-4 Suppressors. 126 13321 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Rebecca Lyczak The PAM-1 Aminopeptidase Regulates Centrosome Dynamics to Ensure Anterior-Posterior Axis Specification in One-Cell C. elegans Embryos 127 13198 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Lesilee Rose LET-99 Regulates the Dynamic Localization of LIN-5 and GPR-1/2 to Cortical Force Generation Domains During Spindle Positioning 128 13501 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Seth A Zonies A Secondary Mechanism of Polarity?-Clues From an ect-2 Mutant 129 13434 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Yukinobu ARATA PAR-dependent polarization is oriented by an extracellular signal MES-1 in C. elegans 130 13240 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Sarfarazhussain Farooqui A reporter-based screen for the Notch target genes during vulval development 131 13315 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Nirav M Amin Systematic analysis of transcription factors important in C. elegans postembryonic mesodermal development 132 13236 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
John L Brenner Using a sensitized genetic screen to identify new functions for microRNAs in C. elegans development 133 13296 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Lakshmi Gorrepati Identification Of Cell-type Specific Wnt pathway Targets In C. elegans 134 13397 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Kelly L Howell EOR-1 and EOR-2 Physically Interact and Function as Potential MPK-1 ERK Targets 135 13314 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Belinda M Jackson Wnt Pathway Regulation Is Implicated In The Expression Of C. elegans Cuticular Collagen Genes 136 13389 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ji Li The role of lin-4 in lateral signaling during vulval precursor cell (VPC) fate specification in C. elegans 137 13204 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Bryan T Phillips SYS-1 is a bona fide β-catenin 138 13232 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Nirupama J Singh Identification of Novel Target Genes of CeTwist Homodimers 139 13371 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Kenneth W Thompson Identification of Transcriptional Targets and Characterization of Binding Sites for the C. elegans TCF /LEF Protein POP-1 140 13391 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Chenxi Tian SEM-2 Encodes an SRY-box Transcription Factor Required for the Sex Myoblast Fate in C. elegans 141 13330 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Bruce Wightman The tailless Ortholog nhr-67 Functions in Uterus, Tail, and Germ-line Development 142 13282 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Ruxandra Molnar Genetic Characterization of the Multivulva Mutant ped-9 in Pristionchus pacificus 143 13289 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Francesca Palladino HPL-2 acts in both HYP7 and VPCs in C. elegans vulval cell fate specification 144 13229 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
David J Reiner The LET-60 (Ras) effectors RGL-1 (RalGEF) and LIN-45 (Raf) play antagonizing roles during vulval fate induction 145 13396 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Friday, June 13 (7:00pm) - Great Hall
Christian Rocheleau The Late Endocytic Regulator, RAB-7, Inhibits Ras Signaling During Vulval Development 146 13483 Poster:  Polarity & Cell Fate Determination: Post-embryonic Thursday, June 12 (7:00pm) - Great Hall