Session 1 - Signaling and Development
10 minutes talk:
Session 2 - Metabolism and Physiology
10 minutes talk:
Session 3 – Neuroscience
10 minutes talk:
Session 4 - Ecology and Microbiology
10 minutes talk:
10 minutes talk:
- Wiliam Gibson The PRC2 Complex: Human Phenotypes
- Katja MacCharles Characterizing Robinow Syndrome-associated DVL1 mutations in Drosophila
- Kevin Ho Kinetics of blood cell differentiation during hematopoiesis revealed by quantitative long-term live imaging
- Tomas Filip MAGE - a modulator of Tumour Necrosis Factor Receptor signalling in Drosophila
- Zazil Solis Saldivar Investigating the role of TNF pathway in Drosophila tricellular junction regulation
- Sophie Roth Under Tension: Integrin and Basigin at the Perineurial Glial Membrane
Session 2 - Metabolism and Physiology
10 minutes talk:
- Jenny Liao Cyclin-dependent kinase 8 regulates mitochondrial morphology and modulates a Parkinson’s disease model in Drosophila
- Colin Miller Triglyceride Metabolism in Neurons Regulates Sex Differences in Body Fat
- Puja Biswas Determine the role of Insulin signaling pathway in fat homeostasis in male and female Drosophila
- Celena Cherian Investigating the role of adipose tissue mitochondria in mediating the sex difference in Drosophila body size plasticity
Session 3 – Neuroscience
10 minutes talk:
- Ananya Saraph RACK1 knockdown improves motor function and lifespan in an in vivo TDP-43 ALS model
- Meghan Jelen Characterizing appetitive taste memory in Drosophila using a novel optogenetic paradigm
- Sasha McDowell A molecular mechanism for high salt taste in Drosophila
- Elsa Cyr The Neural Basis of Taste Processing in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
- Jinfang Li Functional specificity of the sweet taste projection neurons in Drosophila
- Duo Cheng Exploring the role of glial Syndecan on Drosophila optic lob development
- Robin Vuilleumier Fly fishing for novel Smads cofactors in motor neurons
Session 4 - Ecology and Microbiology
10 minutes talk:
- Warren Wong The invasive spotted wing drosophila and their associated host plant phenology
- Daniela Yanez Distribution of insecticidal activity
- Jibin Sadasivan When proteins go viral: A viral protein impairs stress
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