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Aging, Metabolism, Stress, Pathogenesis, and Small RNAs in C. elegans Topic Meeting 2012
9:15 am Yutao Chen (Lab: Baugh)
ins-5 and ins-6 Promote Post-embryonic Development in
Response to Feeding
9:30 am Aimee Kao (Lab: Kenyon/Kao)
A New Class of Stress-Resistance Genes
9:45 am Alexander Soukas (Lab: Ruvkun/Soukas)
Genetic Regulation of Age Pigment and Nile Red
Accumulation in the Lysosome-Related Organelle
10:00 am David Gems (Lab: Gems)
A Necrotic Cascade Accelerates Stress-Induced Death and
Causes a Burst of Anthranilic Acid Fluorescence in C. elegans
10:15 – 10:45 am Refreshment Break Union South, Varsity Hall
10:45 am Plenary Speaker Union South, Marquee
Marie-Anne Felix
The Real Life of Caenorhabditis and Their Natural Pathogens
11:15 am Brian Onken (Lab: Driscoll)
Insulin Signaling and Dietary Restriction Differentially
Regulate Glucose Metabolism to Impact C. elegans
Healthspan
11:30 am Suzannah Szumowski (Lab: Troemel)
Exit of the Intracellular Pathogen Nematocida parisii from C.
elegans Intestinal Cells
11:45 pm Amir Sapir (Lab: Broday)
ULP-4 SUMO protease Regulates Mitochondria Homeostasis
During C. elegans Development and Mitochondrial Stress
12:00 pm Jeff Simske (Lab: Simske)
The Diet of Worms: Expression of the agl-1 (Glycogen-
Debranching Enzyme) Embryonic Arrest Phenotype Depends
on Maternal Diet
12:15 – 1:45 pm Luncheon Buffet Union South, Varsity Hall
1:45 – 5:30 pm Session 5 (Abstracts 36 – 45) Union South, Marquee
Chairs: Arjumand Ghazi and Nils Færgeman
1:45 pm Plenary Speaker Union South, Marquee
Jennifer Watts
Fatty Acid Desaturase Activity Regulates Lipid Droplet Size
2:00 pm Nicholas Stroustrup (Lab: Fontana)
The Lifespan Machine: A Scalable, Automated Microscope
Increases the Throughput and Statistical Quality of
Nematode Lifespan and Stress Resistance Assays
2:15 am Parag Mahanti (Lab: Schroeder)
Novel Endogenous Ligands of DAF-12 Nuclear Hormone
Receptor Revealed by Comparative Metabolomics
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