Final Program - Society for Developmental Biology

MadisonUnited States; Downs, Karen (University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, United States)
B92 Withdrawn
391 B93 The Characterization of GABAA a and GABAB Receptor Subunits and the Role of Calcium Activity in the
Developing Nervous System of Xenopus. Rabe, Brian A., The College of William and Mary Biology,
WilliamsburgUnited States; Kaeser, Gwendolyn; Saha, Margaraet (The College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, VA, United States)
392 B94 C. elegans as a model to investigate the molecular functions of CHD-7, the homolog of the CHARGE
syndrome gene. Roiz Lafuente, Daniel, Intitute Molecular Life Science, University of Zurich,
ZurichSwitzerland; Rimann, Ivo; Hajnal, Alex (Intitute Molecular Life Science, University of Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland)
393 B95 Roles Revealed: Compound mutants define cooperative activities for BMP antagonist genes. Stafford,
David A., UC Berkeley, CA, United States
394 B96 An Lmx1b-miR135a2 Regulatory Circuit Modulates Wnt1/Wnt Signaling and Determines the Boundaries
of the Midbrain Dopaminergic Progenitor Pool. Awatramani, Raj B., Northwestern U – Neurology,
Chicago, IL, United States
438 B97 Prdm13, a direct target of Ptf1a, executes neuronal specification in dorsal spinal cord. Chang, Joshua
C.H., UT Southwestern Medical Center Neuroscience, Dallas, United States;
439 B98 Sulfatase 1, an extracellular regulator of the motoneuron to oligodendrocyte cell fate choice in the ventral
spinal cord. Touahri, Yacine, , toulouse, France; Escalas, Nathalie; Danesin, Cathy; Soula, Cathy (toulouse,
France)
440 B99 Removal of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 makes C. elegans germ cells susceptible to direct conversion
into specific somatic cell types. Patel, Tulsi, Genetics and Development, New York, United States; Tursun,
Baris (The Berline Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Berlin, Germany); Rahe, Dylan; Hobert, Oliver
(Columbia University, New York, NY, United States)
441 B100 Regulatory logic of pan-neuronal gene expression in C. elegans. Stefanakis, Nikolaos, Columbia
University Biological Sciences, New York, United States; Carrera, Ines; Hobert, Oliver (New York, United
States)
442 B101 Intercellular calcium signaling in a gap junction-coupled cell network establishes asymmetric neuronal
fates in C. elegans. Chuang, Chiou-Fen, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation Division of
Developmental Biology, Cincinnati, United States; Schumacher, Jennifer; Hsieh, Yi-Wen; Chang, Chieh
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, United States)
443 B102 Voltage- and Calcium-activated BK potassium channels establish left-right neuronal asymmetry in C.
elegans. Schumacher Tucker, Jennifer, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati,
United States; Chang, Chieh; Chuang, Chiou-Fen (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation,
Cincinnati, OH, United States)
444 B103 Sox genes in C. elegans: sox-2 role in postembryonic development. Vidal Iglesias, Berta, Columbia
University Medical Center Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, New York, United States; Hobert,
Oliver (Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States)
445 B104 The induction of pluripotent mesoderm from axolotl animal caps by Brachyury and BMP-4. Ferjentsik,
Zoltan, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Chatfield, Jodie (University of
Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom); Johnson, Andrew (University of Nottingham School of Biology,
Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Organogenesis
461 B116 Distinct lineage-specific roles for GLI3R mediated control of ureteric induction, branching
morphogenesis, and Urinary Tract Patterning.. Blake, Josh, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;
Rosenblum, Norman (SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada)
462 B117 Stromal signals regulate differentiation of the kidney progenitor population.. Carroll, Thomas J., UT
Southwestern Med Ctr Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, Dallas, United States;
409 B118 Stromally expressed ß-catenin regulates branching morphogenesis and nephrogenesis during kidney
development. Boivin, Felix, McMaster University, Dundas, Canada; Bridgewater, Darren (Hamilton,
Canada)
464 B119 Integrin-linked Kinase (ILK) controls ureteric bud (UB) gene expression via p38MAPK-dependent and -
independent mechanisms. Smeeton, Joanna M.; Rosenblum, Norman, SickKids Toronto, Canada
465 B120 Hox6 genes are important niche factors that play critical roles in the proper formation and naintenance of
the ancreas. Larsen, Brian; Hrycaj, Steven; Gong, Ke-Qin; Baker, Nicholas C; Wellik, Deneen M,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
466 B121 An unexpected role of the vagal enteric neural crest cells on digestive smooth muscle differentiation.
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