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SCHEDULE.

​8:30-9:00

Check-in and Registration (breakfast provided)

​9:00-9:10

Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker Introduction

9:10-10:00

Keynote lecture I

10:00-12:40

Morning Session - I. Development II. Chromatin & Gene Regulation 

10:00-10:10

Introduction of Morning Session talks

10:10-10:30

Apico-basolateral polarity establishment in the embryonic intestine.

by Melissa Pickett (Feldman Lab / Standford)

10:30-10:50

TMEM-131 defines a conserved protein family essential for collagen production.

by Zhe Zhang (Ma Lab / UCSF)

11:40-12:00

Single Molecules Organize Chromosome Axes and Loops.

by Alexander Woglar (Villeneuve Lab / Stanford)

10:50-11:40

Poster Session I / Coffee Break (coffee provided)

12:00-12:20

Sperm-inherited H3K27me3 impacts offspring transcription & development.

by Kiyomi Kaneshiro (Strome Lab / UCSC)

12:20-12:40

NONU-1 encodes a conserved nuclease required for mRNA translational surveillance.

by Marissa Glover (Arribere Lab / UCSC)

12:40-1:40

Lunch Break (lunch provided)

1:40-4:20

Afternoon Session - III. Neuronal Circuits IV. Aging

1:40-1:50​

Introduction of Afternoon Session talks

1:50-2:10

Sleep alters the physical architecture of sensory synapses in C. elegans.

by Fatima Farah (Van Hoven Lab / SJSU)

​2:30-2:50

Astrocyte-like glial cells of C. elegans non-cell autonomously regulate induction of the cytosolic unfolded protein response.

by Holly Gildea (Dillin Lab / UCB)

2:10-2:30

Fasciculation of the HSN growth cone along the ventral nerve cord requires the FMI-1 and GOGO-1 cell surface molecules.

by Richard Ikegami (Garriga Lab / UCB)

2:50-3:40

Poster Session II / Coffee Break (coffee provided)

3:40-4:00

The Role of ELT-7 in Mediating Lifespan Extension by Enhancing Intestinal Barrier Function.

by Harshani Peiris (Kapahi Lab / Buck Institute)

4:00-4:20

Sex-specific regulation of Lifespan in C. elegans.

by Veerle Rotiers (UCB)

​4:20-4:30

Keynote Speaker Introduction

4:30-5:20

Keynote lecture II

5:20-5:30

Poster and Talk Awards / Closing Remarks

5:30-6:30

Reception (snacks and drinks provided)

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