26th Annual University of Minnesota Developmental Biology Symposium 

RNA Rules: Developmental Regulation by RNA

Monday, October 2, 2017 | Coffman Memorial Union | Minneapolis Campus
 

Registration

Registration: FREE, but required
Banquet: $15/person
Register online!

Deadline: September 15, 2017

** To register for the banquet, please register online and pay using the link below.**

Speakers

Maria Barna
Developmental Biology & Genetics
Stanford University
Novel Modes of Cellular Communication: From Specialized Ribosomes to Signaling Filopodia

Douglas Black
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Mechanisms and Programs of Posttranscriptional Gene Regulation in Neurons 

Anne Ephrussi
Developmental Biology Unit
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Assembly and Transport of Oskar RNPs in the Drosophila Oocyte

Antonio Giraldez
Genetics Department
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Uncovering Novel Regulatory Codes in Development 

Eric Miska
Department of Genetics
Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
RNA and Epigenetics: New Insights from C. elegans and Rift Lake Cichlids

Craig Pikaard
Departments of Biology and Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Mechanisms of Selective Gene Silencing in Plants

Organizers: Karen Echeverri, Aaron Goldstrohm, David Greenstein, Yasu Kawakami (chair), Ann Rougvie, and David Zarkower
 

Banquet

Conference banquet to follow at the Weisman Museum featuring after-dinner speaker:

Howard Lipshitz
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada ​
Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Drosophila