Program and Abstract Book - 19th International C. elegans Meeting

POSTER SESSION LISTINGS267B. TAF-4 is Required for the Life Extension of isp-1, clk-1 and tpk-1Mit Mutants. Maruf H. Khan, Lauren Temmer, Melissa Ligon, BryceHufnal, Robert Farber II, Andrew Dillow, Erynn Kahlig, AmandaRodriguez, Shane L. Rea.268C. Fat, reproduction and longevity phenotypes associated withaltered protein synthesis capacity. Akshat Khanna, Sean P. Curran.269A. Gene expression studies to evaluate the size related toxicity ofZnO nanoparticles on the soil nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans.Priyanka Khare, Madhavi Sonane, K. C. Gupta, Aruna Satish.270B. Characterization of changes in metal composition in C. eleganswith age. Ida M. Klang, David Killilea, Tracy Barhydt, Peter Swoboda,Daniel Edgar, Gordon Lithgow.271C. Natural genetic polymorphisms in set-15 and a casein kinase 1αhomolog shape the mortality schedule of worms. Gunnar Kleemann,Hua-Jay Cherng, Alina Yang, Thomas Kuhlman, Joshua Bloom, EdwardCox, Leonid Kruglyak, Coleen Murphy.272A. Molecular aging driven by Wnt signaling in C. elegans. B.Koenders- van Sintanneland, M. Lezzerini, Y. Budovskaya.273B. Age-related degeneration of the egg-laying system promotesmatricidal hatching in Caenorhabditis elegans. Christopher L. Pickett,Kerry Kornfeld.274C. Regulation of the ER Stress Response by HPL-2 and otherchromatin associated proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans . LucieKozlowski, Steve Garvis, Cécile Bedet, Francesca Palladino.275A. Age-dependent neuronal changes are the result of multipleintrinsic and extrinsic factors. Anagha Kulkarni, Claire Bénard.276B. An ACE inhibitor extends Caenorhabditis elegans life span.Sandeep Kumar, Nicholas Deitrich, Kerry Koenfeld.277C. Integrin-linked kinase regulates longevity and thermo-tolerancevia HSF-1 in C. elegans. C. Kumsta, A. Davis, T.-T. Ching, M. Nishimura,C.-C. Chu, S. Gelino, B. Ong, R. Bodmer, A.-L. Hsu, M. Hansen.278A. The Impact of Age and Lipid Stores: An Analysis of OxygenDeprivation Response in C. elegans. M. L. Ladage, J. M. Goy, V. Shulaev,P. A. Padilla.279B. SIR-2.1 regulation by the NAD+ Salvage Pathway andEnvironmental Stress. Stephanie E. Lange, Wendy Hanna-Rose.280C. DNA damage leads to replicative aging but extends lifespan oflong lived mutant animals. Jessica M. Lindvall, Karen Thijssen, Andrea E.Karambelas, Daniel Cupac, Øyvind Fensgård, Gert Jansen, Jan H. J.Hoeijmakers, Hilde Nilsen, Wim Vermeulen, Hannes Lans.281A. Dissecting Ageing-Related Pathways by Studying Protein Changesafter Calorie Restriction. Mark Larance, Ehsan Pourkarimi, AntonGartner, Angus Lamond.282B. Mutations in ribosomal S6 kinase lengthen lifespan throughincreasing the activity of heat shock transcription factor 1. KeunheeSeo, Eunseok Choi, Dongyeop Lee, Dae-Eun Jeong, Sung Key Jang,Seung-Jae Lee.283C. Investigating the role of the wrn-1 helicase in the nematodeworm, C. elegans. Hayley Lees, Alison Woollard, Lynne Cox.284A. Development of small molecule inhibitors of SKN-1 dependentdetoxification genes identified in a screen of ~364,000 compounds. ChiK. Leung, Satyamaheshwar Peddibhotlal, Patrick Maloney, Paul M.Hershberger, Michelle Bousquet, Hendrik Luesch, Siobhan Malany,Keith P. Choe.285B. A dual role of the Wnt signaling pathway during aging inCaenorhabditis elegans. M. Lezzerini, Y. Budovskaya.286C. Characterization of novel mutants with dysfunctionalmitochondrial stress pathways. Jacqueline Lo, Sean P. Curran.287A. New roles for wdr-23 in organismal survival and stressadaptation. Jacqueline Lo, Akshat Khanna, Elaine Roh, MeganBernstein, Sean P. Curran.288B. Exploring the health benefits of phytoestrogens in C. elegans.Jessica M. Ochoa, Vanessa Parada, Gabriela Gutierrez, Breann DeSantiago, Erika Perez, Peaches Ulrich, Emanuel Zamora, Sylvia A. Lopez-Vetrone.289C. Investigating the Toxic Effect of Biosensor Nanoparticles Usingthe Caenorhabditis elegans Nematode. Michelle Callaway, Erika Perez,John D. Alocilja, Evangelyn Alocilja, Sylvia A. Lopez-Vetrone.290A. Drift of ELT-2 as a cause of aging in C. elegans. Frederick G.Mann, Eric Van Nostrand, Ari Friedland, Stuart Kim.291B. Modulation of Excitotoxic Neurodegeneration in C. elegans bythe Cell Stress-Resistance Signaling Pathway. Nazila Tehrani, MoisesDominguez, Itzhak Mano.292C. Vitamin D3 slows aging in c. elegans. Karla Mark, Dipa Bhaumik,Milena Price, Birgit Schilling, Bradford Gibson, Michael Holick, GordonLithgow.293A. Insulin/IGF-1 Signaling Regulates Proteasome Activity throughthe Deubiquitinating Enzyme UBH-4. Olli Matilainen, Leena Arpalahti,Ville Rantanen, Sampsa Hautaniemi, Carina I. Holmberg.294B. A redox sensor as a potential regulator of ROS signaling in C.elegans. Katie McCallum, Antonio Miranda-Vizuete, Danielle Garsin.295C. Does iron dyshomeostasis drive ageing? Gawain McColl, B. R.Roberts, S. A. James, R. A. Cherny, A. I. Bush.296A. Exploring the Flexibility of NAD+ Biosynthesis in C. elegans.Melanie R. McReynolds, Wendy Hanna-Rose.297B. Sugar Stress Reduces Fertility in C. elegans via MultipleMechanisms. Marjorie R. Liggett, Amanda K. Engstrom, Uyen Ho,Michael Mastroianni, Michelle A. Mondoux.298C. A novel kinase regulates dietary restriction-mediated longevity inC. elegans. Arnab Mukhopadhyay, Manish Chamoli, Anupama Singh.28