<< Overview and Hotel RulesFriday, October 6, 2023Time and LocationActivity (italicized name is presenter)9:00 to 11:00 a.m.Seaview RestaurantBreakfast12:00 to 1:00 p.m.Seaview RestaurantLunch1:00 to 1:30 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Opening Remarks, Introduction of First-Year Graduate Students1:30 to 3:00 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Session 1 - John F. Brooks II, chair(Talks are 12 minutes with 3 additional minutes for Q&A Revealing the Dynamics of Germline Cyst Formation in Mammalian OvariesEzra Levy, Isabella Leite, Stanislav Shvartsman, Eszter Posfai Spatial Transcriptomic Mapping Using a Microfluidic-Enabled, Deterministic Barcoding-Based ApproachPengfei Zhang, Celeste Nelson* and Michelle Chan Spatial Heterogeneity of Matrix Production in Vibrio cholerae BiofilmsGrace Johnson, Bonnie Bassler Diversity and Evolution of an Algal EndosymbiontLaura P. Ioca, Jie Liu, Zhiyuan Li, Abhishek Biswas, Valerie J. Paul, Mohamed S. Donia Exploring the Effect of Temperature on Influenza Virus RNA Synthesis and Immune ResponsesKarishma Bisht, AJ te Velthuis RNA Structure Can Inhibit Cas13 Activity and Enables SNP DetectionBenjamin Larsen, Ofer Kimchi, Owen Dunkley, AJ te Velthuis, Cameron Myhrvold3:00 to 5:30 p.m.Free Time and Check-In5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Session 2 - Michelle Chan, chair(Talks are 12 minutes with 3 additional minutes for Q&A) The Paneth Cell-Intrinsic Circadian Clock Directs Daily Rhythms in Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal InfectionTalia Akoh-Arrey, Madison Spence, Urabshi Basu, Devin Simpkins, Ciara Sanders, Jillian Gullo, Hunter Dalton, John F. Brooks II A Transcriptome-Wide Approach Identifies Ovarian and Neuronal Targets of the Drosophila RNA-Binding Protein GlorundBrooke Hull, Elizabeth R Gavis Toxoplasma Gondii Mitochondrion Fission and Pipeline for its Study Using cryo-ETErik Zupa, Nathan Fowler, John Jimah Maternal-Offspring Immune CrosstalkAi-Ing Lim6:30 to 7:30 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Dinner7:30 to 9:30 p.m.BeachBeach Bonfire with S’mores! Saturday, October 7, 2023Time and LocationActivity (italicized name is presenter)8:00 to 9:00 a.m.Seaview RestaurantBreakfast9:00 to 10:30 a.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Session 3 - Cameron Myhrvold, chair(Talks are 12 minutes with 3 additional minutes for Q&A) Characterization of Bone Marrow Niche in Breast Cancer Bone MetastatisYujiao Han, Hirak Sarkar, Yong Wei, Xiang Hang, Kim Tran, Yuri Pritykin, Yibin Kang An Introduction to the cryo-EM FacilityJonathan Bouvette How the World’s Tiniest Soda Gets Carbonated: Tubule Biogenesis in the Algal PyrenoidEric Franklin, Edward Renne Cruz, Keenan Duggal, Haoyu Wu, Martin C. Jonikas ER Encapsulations of Peripherally Fragmented Mitochondria Enhance Bioenergetics During InfectionWilliam A. Hofstadter, Katelyn C. Cook, Elene Tsopurashvili, Robert Gebauer, Vojtech Prazak, Emily A. Machala, Ji Woo Park, Kay Grunewald, Emmanuelle R.J. Quemin, Ileana M. Cristea Chromosome Structure Impacts Gene FunctionWenfan Ke, Miki Fujoka*, James B. Jaynes*, Paul Schedl*Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia10:30 to 10:45 a.m.Break10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Session 4 - AJ te Velthuis, chair(Talks are 12 minutes with 3 additional minutes for Q&A) Mapping the Genetic Interaction Network Of PARP-Inhibitor ResponseDanny Simpson*, Jia Ling*, Yangwode Jing, Britt Adamson Investigating the Generation of Asymmetry in the Vertebrate HeartVanessa Gonzalez, Meagan Grant, Makoto Sakzuki, Adrienne Chang, Rebecca Burdine Imaging Cell Fate ChoicesAlison G. Simpkins, Jodi Schottenfeld-Roames, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman Variable Mutation Rate Leads to Efficient B-Cell Affinity MaturationAndrew G. T. Pyo, Ned S. Wingreen Regulatory Convergence in the EMX2 Locus Underlies the Independent Evolution of Mammalian Gliding MembranesJorge Moreno, Ricardo Mallarino12:15 to 3:00 p.m.Seaview Restaurant, BeachLunch and Free Time/ActivitiesBeach VolleyballHorseshoes & CornholeBeach Yoga3:00 to 4:15 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Session 5 - Ricardo Mallarino, chair(Talks are 12 minutes with 3 additional minutes for Q&A) Defining the Interactome of a Membrane Tethering ComplexHalley Washburn, Frederick Hughson Visualizing Melanocyte Transit Across the Basement MembraneRebecca A. Jones, Danelle Devenport Understanding Mechanisms of Cognitive Aging - From Single-Nucleus Transcriptomics to BehaviorsYifei Weng, Jonathan St. Ange, Morgan Stevenson, Rachel Kaletsky, Shiyi Zhou, Katherine Morillo, Coleen T. Murphy Characterizing the Mechanism of the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Host Range Restriction in MiceStephanie Maya, Peter Metzger, Mansi Totwani, Brigitte Heller, Yongzhen Liu, Abhishek Biswas, Keith A. Berggren, Sebastian Carver, Ileana M. Cristea, Alexander Ploss Programming Collective Cell Movement via Optogenetic RTK StimulationRichard Thornton, Kevin Suh, Daniel Cohen, Jared Toettcher4:15 to 4:30 p.m.Break4:30 to 6:00 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Session 6 - Eszter Posfai, chair(Talks are 12 minutes with 3 additional minutes for Q&A) Bacterial Adhesion in Flow: Divergent Roles for Transport and Microcolony ShapeKelsey Hallinen, Zemer Gitai All the Buzz: Investigating the Effects of Repetitive Brain Trauma in DrosophilaNicole Katchur, Jess Yeager, Lisa Schneper, Daniel Notterman ERK Signaling Regulates Nuclear Divisions in the Fly EmbryoAudrey Zhu, Liu Yang, Javed Aman, David Denberg, Alex Johnson, Eyan Yeung, Alexey Veraksa, Mona Singh, Martin Wühr, Stanislav Shvartsman Astrocytes Respond to Local Stimuli to Control Extracellular Matrix Deposition During Tissue RepairYu Sun, Jean Schwarzbauer Evolutionary Origins of Neural Crest Using the Sea Squirt Ciona intestinalisLauren Todorov, Laurence Lemaire, Michael Levine Molecular Insights into How the Protein HURP Facilitates Spindle Microtubule FormationVenecia Valdez, Collin McManus, Bernardo Gouveia, Jodi Kraus, Sabine Petry6:00 to 7:30 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 3, 4 & 5Poster Session7:30 to 9:00 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Dinner and Announcement of Prize Winners9:00 to 11:00 p.m.Atlantic Ballroom 1 & 2Social with DJ'd Music Sunday, October 8, 2023Time and LocationActivity8:00 to 10:00 a.m.BreakfastBy 11:00 a.m.Check-out Safe travel home<< Overview and Hotel Rules