Thursday May 24, 2018
Download the program book with talk and poster abstracts here.
9:30 - 10:00 AM Registration.
College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB) Lobby.
909 S. Wolcott Ave. Chicago, IL.
Talks: Moss Auditorium. COMRB1020.
10:00 - 11:00 AM Keynote: Stressing Worms to Reveal the Secrets of Health and Longevity
Dr. Rick Morimoto
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences. Northwestern University
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11:00 - 11:20 AM Talk #1: Behavioral search strategy optimization to cues of distinct physical nature.
Chance Bainbridge, Jocelyn McDonald, Zach Benefeld, Lucas Barickman, Wolfgang Stein, and Andrés Vidal-Gadea
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University
11:20 - 11:40 AM Talk #2: pirScan: a webserver to predict piRNA targeting sites and to avoid transgene silencing in C. elegans
Wei-Sheng Wu, Wei-Che Huang, Jordan S. Brown, Donglei Zhang, Xiaoyan Song, Hao Chen, Shikui Tu, Zhiping Weng, and Heng-Chi Lee
Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago
11:40 - 12:00 PM Talk #3: The ER protein ERG-28 and ERAD control the level of SLO-1 channels in C. elegans
Timothy Cheung, Kelly Oh, and Hongkyun Kim
School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Chicago Medical School, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. Rosalind Franklin University.
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch. COMRB Lobby.
1:00 - 1:20 PM Talk #4: Dynamic SUMO remodeling drives a series of critical events during C. elegans meiotic divisions
Amanda Davis-Roca, Nikita Divekar, Rachel Ng, and Sadie Wignall
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
1:20 - 1:40 PM Talk #5: Developmental regulation of chromatin compaction by C. elegans synMuv B proteins
Meghan Fealey and Lisa Petrella
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Marquette University
1:40 - 2:00 PM Talk #6: A transcription factor titration mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of neuron identity
Weidong Feng, Pauline Dao, and Paschalis Kratsios
Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
2:00 - 2:30 PM Coffee Break. COMRB Lobby.
2:30 - 2:50 PM Talk #7: Genetic basis of benzimidazole resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolates
Steffen Hahnel, Stefan Zdraljevic, Briana Rodriguez, and Erik Andersen
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
2:50 - 3:10 PM Talk #8: An autism-causing mutation disrupts axon termination by misregulating lysosome function.
Tyler Buddell and Christopher Quinn
Dept. of Biology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
3:10 - 3:30 PM Talk #9: Adapting tools from free-living nematodes to study chemosensory pathways in filarial nematode parasites
Nicholas Wheeler, Troy Meikle, Lyric Bartholomay, and Mostafa Zamanian
Dept. of Pathological Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison
3:30 - 3:50 PM Talk #10: A serotonergic circuit that couples behavioral and anti-aging effects of a social signal
Erin Aprison and Ilya Ruvinsky
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
4:00 - 6:00 PM Poster session and vendor tables.
College of Medicine West Tower (CMWT), Room 202.
1853 Polk St. Chicago, IL
College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB) Lobby.
909 S. Wolcott Ave. Chicago, IL.
Talks: Moss Auditorium. COMRB1020.
10:00 - 11:00 AM Keynote: Stressing Worms to Reveal the Secrets of Health and Longevity
Dr. Rick Morimoto
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences. Northwestern University
.
11:00 - 11:20 AM Talk #1: Behavioral search strategy optimization to cues of distinct physical nature.
Chance Bainbridge, Jocelyn McDonald, Zach Benefeld, Lucas Barickman, Wolfgang Stein, and Andrés Vidal-Gadea
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University
11:20 - 11:40 AM Talk #2: pirScan: a webserver to predict piRNA targeting sites and to avoid transgene silencing in C. elegans
Wei-Sheng Wu, Wei-Che Huang, Jordan S. Brown, Donglei Zhang, Xiaoyan Song, Hao Chen, Shikui Tu, Zhiping Weng, and Heng-Chi Lee
Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago
11:40 - 12:00 PM Talk #3: The ER protein ERG-28 and ERAD control the level of SLO-1 channels in C. elegans
Timothy Cheung, Kelly Oh, and Hongkyun Kim
School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Chicago Medical School, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. Rosalind Franklin University.
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch. COMRB Lobby.
1:00 - 1:20 PM Talk #4: Dynamic SUMO remodeling drives a series of critical events during C. elegans meiotic divisions
Amanda Davis-Roca, Nikita Divekar, Rachel Ng, and Sadie Wignall
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
1:20 - 1:40 PM Talk #5: Developmental regulation of chromatin compaction by C. elegans synMuv B proteins
Meghan Fealey and Lisa Petrella
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Marquette University
1:40 - 2:00 PM Talk #6: A transcription factor titration mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of neuron identity
Weidong Feng, Pauline Dao, and Paschalis Kratsios
Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
2:00 - 2:30 PM Coffee Break. COMRB Lobby.
2:30 - 2:50 PM Talk #7: Genetic basis of benzimidazole resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolates
Steffen Hahnel, Stefan Zdraljevic, Briana Rodriguez, and Erik Andersen
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
2:50 - 3:10 PM Talk #8: An autism-causing mutation disrupts axon termination by misregulating lysosome function.
Tyler Buddell and Christopher Quinn
Dept. of Biology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
3:10 - 3:30 PM Talk #9: Adapting tools from free-living nematodes to study chemosensory pathways in filarial nematode parasites
Nicholas Wheeler, Troy Meikle, Lyric Bartholomay, and Mostafa Zamanian
Dept. of Pathological Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison
3:30 - 3:50 PM Talk #10: A serotonergic circuit that couples behavioral and anti-aging effects of a social signal
Erin Aprison and Ilya Ruvinsky
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
4:00 - 6:00 PM Poster session and vendor tables.
College of Medicine West Tower (CMWT), Room 202.
1853 Polk St. Chicago, IL
