SESSION 1: Genomes, gene expression, DNA replication
DIAPASON
Gert Veenstra/Luc Paillard
› Hedgehog-dependent E3-ligase Midline1 regulates ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation of Pax6 - Thomas Hollemann, University of Halle-Wittenberg
08:45-09:15 (30min)
› Timing is everything: revisiting zygotic genome activation through the lens of time-resolved gene expression profiles - Mike Gilchrist, The Francis Crick Institute
09:15-09:45 (30min)
› Glucocorticoid effects on thyroid hormone gene regulation in Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles - LAURENT SACHS, Evolution of endocrines regulations
09:45-10:15 (30min)
› Identification of cis-regulatory elements in Xenopus neural crest formation - Grant Wheeler, University of East Anglia
10:15-10:45 (30min)
SESSION 1: Genomes, gene expression, DNA replication
Gert Veenstra/Luc Paillard
› Reading and editing the genome of salamander Pleurodeles waltl reveals novel features of tetrapod regeneration - Ahmed Elewa, Karolinska Institute
11:05-11:20 (15min)
› Stage-specific histone modification profiles are shaped by mitotic activity - Daniil Pokrovsky, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Biomedical Center
11:20-11:35 (15min)
› The transcriptome of a mucociliary epithelium provides novel insights into genome maturation - Alessandro Angerilli, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Biomedical Center
11:35-11:50 (15min)
› Genetic basis of sex determination in Xenopus tropicalis - Monica Bullejos, Universidad de Jaén
15:15-15:45 (30min)
› Prdm12 is an essential regulator of nociceptive sensory neuron differentiation - Eric Bellefroid, Université Libre de Bruxelles
15:45-16:15 (30min)
› The emergence of an exonic region with a peculiar splicing regulation - Luc paillard, Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes
16:15-16:30 (15min)
› Regulatory remodeling in the allo-tetraploid frog Xenopus laevis - Gert Jan Veenstra, Radboud University
16:29-16:45 (16min)
› Taxonomic and functional resemblance between frog and mammalian gut microbiota. - Nicolas Pollet, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie
16:45-17:00 (15min)
SESSION 5: Ecotoxicology and worldwide decline of amphibians
Isabel Lopes /David Du Pasquier
› Protecting amphibians from risks associated with pesticides. Are we on the right path? - Manuel Ortiz-Santaliestra, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos
17:30-18:00 (30min)
› Interactions of environmental stressors with the amphibian pathogen Saprolegnia australis - Sara Costa, Department of Biology & CESAM
18:00-18:15 (15min)
› 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
18:15-18:30 (15min)
› Inter-laboratory OECD validation of the Xenopus Embryonic Thyroid Signalling Assay - David Du Pasquier, WatchFrog
18:30-18:45 (15min)
› Arhinia: to Have or Not to Have a Nose - Bruno REVERSADE, Institute of Medical Biology
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› Models for hereditary renal malformations and cystic kidney diseases. - Soeren Lienkamp, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University of Freiburg Medical Center
09:00-09:30 (30min)
› 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.
09:30-09:45 (15min)
› Polycystin-2 and FGF signaling are cooperatively required to set-up the left-right organizer during gastrulation in Xenopus - Philipp Vick, University of Hohenheim
09:45-10:00 (15min)
› 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-
10:00-10:15 (15min)
› 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
10:15-10:30 (15min)
SESSION 4 : Cell signalling, pathways and receptors
Tomas Pieler / Kris Vleminckx
› Chemical and mechanical cues control collective cell migration - Roberto Mayor, UCL
10:50-11:20 (30min)
› Using the frog to understand complex phenotypes in mucociliary development and disease - Peter Walentek, University of California, Berkeley, University Medical Centre Freiburg
11:20-11:35 (15min)
› Human Serotonin type 3 receptor subunit D (HT3D): A novel negative regulator of Wnt3a dependent signaling. - Axel Schweickert, University of Hohenheim, Institute for Zoology
11:35-11:50 (15min)
› 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
11:50-12:05 (15min)
› 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
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› The Wnt receptor PTK7 is dynamically localized in migrating neural crest cells - Annette Borchers, Philipps-Universität Marburg
09:00-09:30 (30min)
› The role of Neil DNA glycosylases in neural crest development - Christof Niehrs, Institute of Molecular Biology
09:30-10:00 (30min)
› Breaking a dogma: CBFβ initiates the haematopoietic stem cell programme without obligatory binding to RUNX - Aldo Ciau-Uitz, MRC Molecular Haematology Unit
10:00-10:15 (15min)
› Molecular control of radial intercalation in a vertebrate epithelium - Alexandre CHUYEN, Institut de Biologie du Dévelopement Marseille
10:15-10:30 (15min)
› 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)
10:50-11:05 (15min)
› XDSCR6 function during early embryonic development in vertebrates - Mafalda Loreti, Laboratory of Developmental Biology
11:05-11:20 (15min)
› Identification of Hnf1b and Fzd4 as Retinoic Acid-Induced Genes Responsible for Pancreas Specification - Maja Gere, Institute of Developmental Biology, University of Gottingen
11:20-11:35 (15min)
› Müller glial cell-dependent regeneration of Xenopus retina - Muriel Perron, Neuroscience Institute of Paris-Sacaly
11:35-12:05 (30min)
› Exploring cardiac regeneration in Xenopus laevis - Laurent Coen, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes
12:05-12:35 (30min)
› 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
12:35-12:50 (15min)
› Nitric oxide signaling during development, wound healing and regeneration - Radek Sindelka, Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
12:50-13:05 (15min)