EUROPEAN AMPHIBIAN CLUB 2017 - Sciencesconf.org

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SESSION 6: Modeling human diseases in amphibians
Béatrice Durand/Kris Vleminckx

8:30 - 10:30 (2h)

SESSION 6: Modeling human diseases in amphibians

Béatrice Durand/Kris Vleminckx

› 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)

›10:30 (20min)

Coffee break

10:30 - 10:50 (20min)

Coffee break

›10:50 (1h15)

SESSION 4 : Cell signalling, pathways and receptors
Tomas Pieler / Kris Vleminckx

10:50 - 12:05 (1h15)

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)

›12:05 (1h)

ROUND TABLE 2 : Imaging
Beatrice Durand

12:05 - 13:05 (1h)

ROUND TABLE 2 : Imaging

Beatrice Durand

›13:05 (1h25)

Lunch (buffet)

13:05 - 14:30 (1h25)

Lunch (buffet)

›14:30 (1h)

Keynote Talk \ John Gurdon
John Gurdon

14:30 - 15:30 (1h)

Keynote Talk \ John Gurdon

John Gurdon

›16:30 (6h)

Social Event

16:30 - 22:30 (6h)

Social Event