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

POSTER SESSION LISTINGSSchroeder, Victor Ambros.838C. Post-dauer regulation of developmental timing. StephenDomingue, Benjamin Prout, Xantha Karp.839A. Heterochronic gene lin-46: protein expression and interactionwith HBL-1. Kevin Kemper, Bhaskar Vadla, Eric G. Moss.840B. A comparative analysis of the genetic basis of molting in thenecromenic nematode Pristionchus pacificus. Victor Lewis, MarynCook, Justin Alonso, Ray Hong.841C. Low population density increases lifespan and delays egg layingof C. elegans hermaphrodites. Andreas H. Ludewig, Frank C. Schroeder,Frank Doering.842A. The C. elegans period homolog lin-42 regulates the timing ofheterochronic miRNA expression. K. A. McCulloch, A. E. Rougvie.843B. Insulin-regulated nutritional checkpoints in post-dauer C. eleganslarval development. Adam J. Schindler, L. Ryan Baugh, David R.Sherwood.844C. Transcription factors involved in dauer recovery. Pei-Yin Shih,Paul W. Sternberg.845A. What is lin-28’s let-7 independent mechanism? JenniferTsialikas, Bhaskar Vadla, Kevin Kemper, Eric Moss.846B. A Quantitative Approach Reveals the Conditional Role of elt-7 inthe C. elegans Intestinal Specification Network. Allison Wu, Scott Rifkin.847C. A high-throughput genetic screen for lethargus mutants. C. Yu,M. Churgin, D. Raizen, C. Fang-Yen.Development and Evolution: Germline Development,Meiosis and Sex Determination848A. CYP35A3-GFP induction and reproductive toxicity ofenvironmental samples in C.elegans. A. Abbas, L. Valek, J. Oehlmann,M. Wagner.849B. GLD-1 Expression During Germline Development. Jennifer R.Aleman, Sudhir B. Nayak.850C. Role of autophagy genes in C.elegans germline proliferation. K.Ames, A. Meléndez.851A. Anillin promotes syncytial organization and maintenance of theC. elegans germline. Rana Amini, Sara Labella, Monique Zetka, Amy S.Maddox, Nicolas T. Chartier, Jean-Claude Labbé.852B. Structural characterization of the P-granule protein scaffold.Scott Takeo Aoki, Judith Kimble.the soma for robust germline proliferation in C. elegans. S. Berber, E.Llamosas, P. Boag, M. Crossley, H. Nicholas.855B. Identification of direct targets of the Caenorhabditis elegansglobal sexual regulator TRA-1 by ChIP-seq. Matt Berkseth, KohtaIkegami, Jason Lieb, David Zarkower.856C. The Role of Sperm Specific PP1 Phosphatase GSP-3/4 inKinetochore Localization and Function During Spermatogenesis. JosephBeyene, Diana Chu, PhD.857A. Exploring miRNA function in the proliferation versus meiosisdecision in the C. elegans germline. John L. Brenner, Gavriel Y. Matt,Tim Schedl.858B. Distal tip cell processes provide extensive contact between thegermline stem cell pool and its cellular niche. Dana T. Byrd, KarlaKnobel, Katharyn Schmitt, Sarah L. Crittenden, Judith Kimble.859C. PUF-8 controls mitochondrial biogenesis and apoptosis in thegermline. A. Chaturbedi, G. Anil Kumar, M. Ariz, K. Subramaniam.860A. Timing is everything: dissecting the male sperm activationpathway. Daniela Chavez, Joseph Smith, Angela Snow, Gillian Stanfield.861B. The Nucleosome Remodeling Factor complex controls germ cellfates in C. briggsae. Xiangmei Chen, Ronald E. Ellis.862C. An importin β controls the sperm/oocyte decision in C. briggsae.Xiangmei Chen, Greg Minevich, Yongquan Shen, Alexander Boyanov,Oliver Hobert, Ronald E. Ellis.863A. Control of cell cycling speed to minimize mutation accumulation.Michael Chiang, Amanda Cinquin, Olivier Cinquin.864B. Progress on developing the Q system to study GSCs and theircontrol. Sarah L. Crittenden, Ipsita Mohanty, Judith Kimble.865C. Giving Light to Sperm-Specific Phosphatases. Tyler S. Curran,Leslie Mateo, Diana Chu.866A. Signaling pathways that mediate the deleterious effects ofdietary fatty acids in the germ line. Marshall Deline, Jennifer L. Watts.867B. A Quality Control Mechanism Coordinates Meiotic ProphaseEvents. Alison J. Deshong, Alice L. Ye, Piero Lamelza, Needhi Bhalla.868C. GLD-4, a cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerase, is part of a translationalfeedback loop regulating stem cell pool size and meiotic entry in theadult C. elegans germ line. Sophia Millonigg, Ryuji Minasaki, MarcoNousch, Christian R. Eckmann.869A. Gamma Secretase Function During Germline Development.Cassandra Farnow, Ipsita Agarwal, Caitlin Greskovich, Caroline Goutte.853C. FOG-1 and FOG-3, their mRNA targets and the sperm/oocyte fatedecision. Daniel Noble, Marco Ortiz, Scott Aoki, Kyung Won Kim, JudithKimble.854A. Homeodomain interacting protein kinase (HPK-1) is required in46870B. Nuclear Envelope Components and Dynein act Coordinately withMEL-28 to Promote Post-Embryonic Development. Anita G. Fernandez,Allison Lai, Carly Bock, Angela Quental, Mike Mauro, Emily Mis, Fabio