Agenda

Poster setup

• Juan Dong (Rutgers University)  “NRPM, novel signaling regulators at the plasma membrane”
• Eli Zunder (University of Virginia)  “Rapid phenotyping of the developing mouse nervous system by single-cell mass cytometry”
• Jennifer Simkin (Seifert Lab, University of Kentucky)  “Macrophages directly alter fibroblast activity during epimorphic tissue regeneration and fibrotic healing”
• Alana O’Reilly (Fox Chase Cancer Center) “Opposing action of Hedgehog and Insulin signaling controls proliferation and autophagy to determine Follicle Stem Cell Lifespan”
• Mark Pownall,  (Saha Lab, College of William and Mary)  “Comparative analysis of the response to Notch signaling perturbation across Xenopus species during embryonic development”

• Lance Davidson, University of Pittsburgh.  “Physical Constraint Induces Cell Division During Neurulation.”
• Nathalie Houssin, Ohio State University.  “Characterization of epithelial cell rearrangements during lens placode invagination”
• Anna Edlund, Lafayette College.  “Cell escape during pollen germination in the Brassicaceae”
• Jitao Zhang, University of Maryland. “Quantification of tissue biomechanics during neural tube closure of mouse embryo with optical method”
• Jinwoo Lee, University of Virginia.  “Modeling a Mammalian Nervous System in vitro through Instruction of Aggregates of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells”

 WIMS Career Panel  1:00 – 2:00

• Nick Kaplinsky, Swarthmore College.  “Integrating classical and molecular genetics using Mendel’s le mutant”
• Merci Best, University of Virginia.  “Reimagining K-12 STEM Education by Incorporating the Arts”
• Graham Hatfull, University of Pittsburgh.  “SEA-PHAGES: A model integrated Research Education Community (iREC)”

• David Parichy, University of Virginia.  “Long-range signaling that coordinates adult pigment pattern development in zebrafish”
• Gregory Davis, Bryn Mawr College.  “Evolutionary loss of developmental plasticity in the pea aphid”
• John Sittmann, (Liu Lab, University of Maryland)  “Identification and characterization of key regulators of runner-based asexual reproduction in the wild strawberry”
• Michael Palmer (Nelson Lab, Princeton University)  “Role of smooth muscle in shaping airway epithelium prior to fusion in developing chicken lung”
• Karen Crawford (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)  “Pioneering Microinjection Studies in Cephalopods: Lineage Insights and Transgenic Opportunities”

• Danelle Devenport, Princeton University.  “Coordinating collective cell behaviors from local interactions through the planar cell polarity pathway”
• Benjamin Tajer (Mullins Lab, University of Pennsylvania)  “Distinct Signaling Roles for Type I Receptors within a BMP Heterodimer Receptor Complex”
• Lijuan Du (Roy Lab, University of Maryland)  “Dynamic patterns of migration of FGF-expressing cells guide Drosophila tracheal branching morphogenesis”
• Heather Szabo-Rogers (University of Pittsburgh)  “Making one nose from two: genetic and morphological mechanisms of facial development”
• Jia Song, University of Delaware.  “Regulatory roles of microRNAs in development”