Posters

The poster session will take place on the afternoon of June 29, a prime time event with lunch being served. 3’ x 5’ Card boards and pins will be provided. The Gargoyle (in the lower level of the Mallinckrodt Center) will accomodate this event. Click here for a map of Mallinckrodt Center (number 43 on the map).

Talks

There will be three plenary sessions, on the evening of June 28, the morning of June 29, and the morning of June 30.

Slide projectors, overhead projectors and a PC/powerpoint projector will be at your disposal. If you are preparing a powerpoint presentation, please make sure that your file is saved with .ppt as the suffix. The file should be saved on either a CD or a zip disk. In addition, it is recommended that you try running your file on a PC beforehand, if it is created on a Macintosh.

The talks will be held in the May Auditorium of Simon Hall. Click here for a map of Simon Hall (number 46 on the map).

MWWM Schedule for Oral Presentations

Friday June 28 - Evening
Session I
1. John Spieth [mwwm2002e942006] "WormBase; an update"
2. Jean-François Rual [mwwm2002e732787] "The C. elegans ORFeome cloning project: Version 1.0"
3. Jessica Goldstein [mwwm2002e341753] "Characterization of a new gene involved in Ras-mediated signaling"
4. Ginger Kelly [mwwm2002e369975] "Analysis of loss-of-function lin-1 mutations that identify functionally significant residues of the ETS DNA-binding domain"
5. Thomas M. Ratliff [mwwm2002e725004] "EGL-27 MTA-interacting proteins are components of the CCR4-NOT complex and synMuv B pathway"

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6. Kavita S. Oommen [mwwm2002e250069] "Transgenic animals containing multiple copy arrays of egl-13 upstream regulatory sequences have developmental and egg-laying behavioral defects similar to those of egl-13 mutants"
7. Michael A. Chesney [mwwm2002e958888] "The sys-4 gene and gonadogenesis in C. elegans"
8. Russell J. Hill [mwwm2002e978630] "The Wnt pathway and vulval lineage execution"
9. Michael A. Herman [mwwm2002e406949] "tcl-2 encodes a novel protein that acts synergistically with Wnt signaling pathways in C. elegans"
10. Lisa Timmons [mwwm2002e227326] "Systemic RNAi"

Saturday June 29 - Morning
Session II
11. Robert J. Shmookler Reis [mwwm2002e755093] "QTL mapping for longevity: Segmental association with stress resistance phenotypes in C. elegans"
12. Srinivas Ayyadevara [mwwm2002e862113] "Fine mapping of introgressed regions for longevity QTLs in C. elegans"
13. Weiqing Li [mwwm2002e140746] "daf-28 encodes an insulin-like ligand and can mutate to affect dauer formation and longevity in C. elegans"
14. C. Michael Crowder [mwwm2002e757356] "daf-2(rf) protects from hypoxic cell death in C. elegans"
15. Anthony A. Ferrante [mwwm2002e496373] "Check out my profile: Isolation of chemotaxis defective mutants with altered str-1 expression levels using automated, high-sensitivity fluorescence profiling"
16. Soochin Cho [mwwm2002e547196] "Hermaphrodite or female? The evolution of nematode mating systems"
17. Laurel Bender [mwwm2002e161188] "Regulation of the different chromatin states of autosomes and X chromosomes in the germ line of C. elegans"

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18. Min-Ho Lee [mwwm2002e443982] "Mis-regulation of mRNA targets of GLD-1 and tumor formation"
19. Dave Hansen [mwwm2002e486214] "GLD-2 and NOS-3 act in opposition to GLP-1/Notch signaling in regulating the accumulation of GLD-1 for meiotic development"
20. Nayoung Suh [mwwm2002e177767] "GLD-2 is a novel cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerase"
21. Christian Eckmann [mwwm2002e461800] "GLD-3, a KH protein and Bicaudal C homolog, antagonizes FBF and controls germline sex determination"
22. Karen L. Bennett [mwwm2002e624538] "Two GLH interactors, critical for meiosis, are not necessary for P granule assembly"
23. David Greenstein [mwwm2002e456065] "An Eph receptor sperm-sensing control mechanism for oocyte meiotic maturation"
24. Weiru Chang [mwwm2002e328991] "A forkhead encoding gene directs male development in the C. elegans somatic gonad"

Sunday June 30 - Morning
Session III
25. Koen J. C. Verbrugghe [mwwm2002e206356] "SPD-1, a putative microtubule associated protein required for the formation of the spindle midzone and involved in the completion of cytokinesis"
26. Christina L. Thomas [mwwm2002e102296] "A role for inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor during epithelial migration"
27. Mark Sheffield [mwwm2002e382344] "Disruption of epithelial morphogenesis by perturbation of molecules affecting actin dynamics"
28. Robert P. Johnson [mwwm2002e503314] "The dystroglycan-like protein DGN-1 is required for multiple epithelial and neural functions"
29. Jeffrey S. Simske [mwwm2002e337517] "VAB-9 is a claudin-like adherens junction protein that regulates hypodermal morphology and adhesion"
30. Lihsia Chen [mwwm2002e896313] "Roles of L1 cell adhesion molecule in C. elegans"
31. Anna P. Newman [mwwm2002e927884] "Vesicular fusion protein NSF is required for fusion of the uterine anchor cell with the utse syncytium"

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32. Pamela E. Hoppe [mwwm2002e898908] "Differential requirement for the myosin rod and nonhelical tailpiece in body wall muscle"
33. Caroline R. McKeown [mwwm2002e517641] "ALP/Enigma proteins play a critical role in muscle stabilization in C. elegans"
34. A. Craig Mackinnon [mwwm2002e229358] "Protein interactions in C. elegans muscle attachment structures studied in vivo by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)"
35. Hongtao Qin [mwwm2002e811911] "Deciphering the role of AHR-1 in neuronal development"
36. Yieyie Yang [mwwm2002e671655] "Membrane localization and serine phosphorylation might regulate the activity of the actin-binding protein UNC-115 during neuronal morphogenesis"
37. Erik Lundquist [mwwm2002e827632] "AXM-1, a new negative regulator of RAC GTPase activity in neuronal morphogenesis"
38. Jennifer M. Ross [mwwm2002e710701] "A role for the Polycomb Group in the development of the C. elegans male nervous system"