Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Time Event  
08:00 - 08:30 Welcome and Registration - Welcome of participants and package distribution  
08:30 - 08:45 Few words of introduction  
08:45 - 10:45 SESSION 1: Genomes, gene expression, DNA replication (DIAPASON) - Gert Veenstra/Luc Paillard  
08:45 - 09:15 › Hedgehog-dependent E3-ligase Midline1 regulates ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation of Pax6 - Thomas Hollemann, University of Halle-Wittenberg  
09:15 - 09:45 › Timing is everything: revisiting zygotic genome activation through the lens of time-resolved gene expression profiles - Mike Gilchrist, The Francis Crick Institute  
09:45 - 10:15 › Glucocorticoid effects on thyroid hormone gene regulation in Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles - LAURENT SACHS, Evolution of endocrines regulations  
10:15 - 10:45 › Identification of cis-regulatory elements in Xenopus neural crest formation - Grant Wheeler, University of East Anglia  
10:45 - 11:05 Coffee break/poster setup  
11:05 - 11:50 SESSION 1: Genomes, gene expression, DNA replication - Gert Veenstra/Luc Paillard  
11:05 - 11:20 › Reading and editing the genome of salamander Pleurodeles waltl reveals novel features of tetrapod regeneration - Ahmed Elewa, Karolinska Institute  
11:20 - 11:35 › Stage-specific histone modification profiles are shaped by mitotic activity - Daniil Pokrovsky, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Biomedical Center  
11:35 - 11:50 › The transcriptome of a mucociliary epithelium provides novel insights into genome maturation - Alessandro Angerilli, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Biomedical Center  
11:50 - 12:50 ROUND TABLE 1: Resource development: from collections and databases to genome editing (DIAPASON)  
12:50 - 14:15 Lunch (buffet)/poster setup  
14:15 - 15:15 SESSION 2 : Zootechnics and animal testing, amphibians and 3Rs - Luc Paillard/Christophe Heligon  
14:15 - 14:45 › The European Xenopus Resource Centre (EXRC) at the University of Portsmouth. - Colin Sharpe, European Xenopus Resource Centre  
14:45 - 15:15 › ReSAMA : A Network for Monitoring Health and Husbandry Practices in Aquatic Research Facilities. - Emmanuel LEGUAY, VETOFISH  
15:15 - 17:00 SESSION 3 : Evolution - Isabel Lopes/Nicolas Pollet  
15:15 - 15:45 › Genetic basis of sex determination in Xenopus tropicalis - Monica Bullejos, Universidad de Jaén  
15:45 - 16:15 › Prdm12 is an essential regulator of nociceptive sensory neuron differentiation - Eric Bellefroid, Université Libre de Bruxelles  
16:15 - 16:30 › The emergence of an exonic region with a peculiar splicing regulation - Luc paillard, Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes  
16:29 - 16:45 › Regulatory remodeling in the allo-tetraploid frog Xenopus laevis - Gert Jan Veenstra, Radboud University  
16:45 - 17:00 › Taxonomic and functional resemblance between frog and mammalian gut microbiota. - Nicolas Pollet, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie  
17:00 - 17:30 Refreshment  
17:30 - 18:45 SESSION 5: Ecotoxicology and worldwide decline of amphibians - Isabel Lopes /David Du Pasquier  
17:30 - 18:00 › Protecting amphibians from risks associated with pesticides. Are we on the right path? - Manuel Ortiz-Santaliestra, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos  
18:00 - 18:15 › Interactions of environmental stressors with the amphibian pathogen Saprolegnia australis - Sara Costa, Department of Biology & CESAM  
18:15 - 18:30 › Effects on thyroid signaling and early neurogenesis of pesticides amitrole and chlorpyrifos - Petra Spirhanzlova, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes_French national scientific research center/ National museum of natural history  
18:30 - 18:45 › Inter-laboratory OECD validation of the Xenopus Embryonic Thyroid Signalling Assay - David Du Pasquier, WatchFrog  
18:45 - 21:30 Dinner(buffet)/poster session  

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Time Event  
08:30 - 10:30 SESSION 6: Modeling human diseases in amphibians - Béatrice Durand/Kris Vleminckx  
08:30 - 09:00 › Arhinia: to Have or Not to Have a Nose - Bruno REVERSADE, Institute of Medical Biology  
09:00 - 09:30 › Models for hereditary renal malformations and cystic kidney diseases. - Soeren Lienkamp, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University of Freiburg Medical Center  
09:30 - 09:45 › In-vivo negative-selection CRISPR/Cas9-based identification of novel drug targets in an Xenopus tropicalis tumor model - Thomas Naert, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology and Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Belgium.  
09:45 - 10:00 › Polycystin-2 and FGF signaling are cooperatively required to set-up the left-right organizer during gastrulation in Xenopus - Philipp Vick, University of Hohenheim  
10:00 - 10:15 › A behavioral test to evaluate the funtional consequences in a Xenopus laevis model of inducible-demyelination and myelin repair. - Bernard Zalc, Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, ICM-  
10:15 - 10:30 › Modeling human cancer and monogenetic disease in Xenopus tropicalis - Kris Vleminckx, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University  
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee break  
10:50 - 12:05 SESSION 4 : Cell signalling, pathways and receptors - Tomas Pieler / Kris Vleminckx  
10:50 - 11:20 › Chemical and mechanical cues control collective cell migration - Roberto Mayor, UCL  
11:20 - 11:35 › Using the frog to understand complex phenotypes in mucociliary development and disease - Peter Walentek, University of California, Berkeley, University Medical Centre Freiburg  
11:35 - 11:50 › Human Serotonin type 3 receptor subunit D (HT3D): A novel negative regulator of Wnt3a dependent signaling. - Axel Schweickert, University of Hohenheim, Institute for Zoology  
11:50 - 12:05 › Mixtures of xenobiotics found in human amniotic fluid modify embryonic thyroid hormone signalling and brain development - Jean-Baptiste Fini, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes_French national scientific research center/ National museum of natural history - Barbara Demeneix, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes_French national scientific research center/ National museum of natural history  
12:05 - 13:05 ROUND TABLE 2 : Imaging - Beatrice Durand  
13:05 - 14:30 Lunch (buffet)  
14:30 - 15:30 Keynote Talk \ John Gurdon - John Gurdon  
16:30 - 22:30 Social Event - Bus transportation to downtown Rennes, attraction (to be defined) and dinner.  

Friday, June 30, 2017

Time Event  
08:30 - 10:30 SESSION 7: Development and organogenesis - Tomas Pieler/Karine Masse  
08:30 - 09:00 › Molecular Mechanism of Lung Development: Lessons from Xenopus - Aaron Zorn, Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine, Divisions of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine University of Cincinnati  
09:00 - 09:30 › The Wnt receptor PTK7 is dynamically localized in migrating neural crest cells - Annette Borchers, Philipps-Universität Marburg  
09:30 - 10:00 › The role of Neil DNA glycosylases in neural crest development - Christof Niehrs, Institute of Molecular Biology  
10:00 - 10:15 › Breaking a dogma: CBFβ initiates the haematopoietic stem cell programme without obligatory binding to RUNX - Aldo Ciau-Uitz, MRC Molecular Haematology Unit  
10:15 - 10:30 › Molecular control of radial intercalation in a vertebrate epithelium - Alexandre CHUYEN, Institut de Biologie du Dévelopement Marseille  
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee break  
10:50 - 11:35 SESSION 7: Development and organogenesis - Tomas Pieler/Karine Masse  
10:50 - 11:05 › Mechanisms driving the temporal and selective induction of Ptf1a target genes - Sven Richts, Institute of Developmental Biochemistry, University Medical Center Goettingen, Center for Nano scale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB)  
11:05 - 11:20 › XDSCR6 function during early embryonic development in vertebrates - Mafalda Loreti, Laboratory of Developmental Biology  
11:20 - 11:35 › Identification of Hnf1b and Fzd4 as Retinoic Acid-Induced Genes Responsible for Pancreas Specification - Maja Gere, Institute of Developmental Biology, University of Gottingen  
11:35 - 13:05 SESSION 8: Stem cells, regeneration - Gert Veenstra/Beatrice Durand  
11:35 - 12:05 › Müller glial cell-dependent regeneration of Xenopus retina - Muriel Perron, Neuroscience Institute of Paris-Sacaly  
12:05 - 12:35 › Exploring cardiac regeneration in Xenopus laevis - Laurent Coen, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes  
12:35 - 12:50 › A new brake on Wnt/ßCatenin activity in Spemann Organizer formation - Beatrice DURAND, Développement et évolution du système nerveux, Signalisation normale et pathologique de l'embryon aux thérapies innovante des cancers  
12:50 - 13:05 › Nitric oxide signaling during development, wound healing and regeneration - Radek Sindelka, Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences  
13:05 - 13:35 Debriefing and organisational meeting (All Welcome)  
13:35 - 14:35 Lunch (buffet/take away)/ poster removal