TAGC 2020
TAGC 2020
TAGC brings together seven research communities at a unique conference to encourage collaboration and inspire new ideas.
Below, we’ve highlighted some of the sessions of particular interest to those working on evolutionary and quantitative genetics. And don’t miss the talks from Claude Desplan, Cassandra Extavour, Elaine Fuchs, Jon Lorsch, Alex Schier, and John Wallingford in the Keynote Sessions!
6:45 – 9:00 p.m.
Opening Keynote Session
Chairs
Denise Montell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark Johnston, University of Colorado and Editor in Chief of GENETICS
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Development and Cell Biology (C. elegans)
Chair
Jessica Feldman, Stanford University
Genetic Control of Development and Regeneration (Zebrafish)
Chairs
Christian Mosimann, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mary Mullins, University of Pennsylvania
1:45-3:45 p.m.
Developmental Genetics: The Germline
Chairs
Kari Lenhart, Drexel University
Kellee Siegfried, University of Massachusetts
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Workshop: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know about Sex
Organizers: R. Graze, K. McJunkin, B. Draper
Workshop: Metabolic Plasticity – Exploring the Flexibility of Metabolic Networks in the Context of Development, Evolution, Environmental Stress, and Disease
Organizers: J. Tennessen, K. Montooth, M. Walhout
Workshop: Single Cell Approaches in Animal Development
Organizers: J. Gagnon, J. Murray
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Cell Fate and Patterning (Xenopus)
Chair
Jacques Robert, University of Rochester
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Developmental Genetics: Cell Specification and Competition
Chairs
Lindsey Barske, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Jing Yang, University of Illinois
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Genetics of Neuronal Development and Behavior
Chairs
Julie Dallmann, University of Miami
Max Heiman, Harvard University
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Developmental Genetics: Organ Systems
Chairs
Ruth Arkell, Australian National University
John Rawls, Duke University
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Germ Line (C. elegans)
Chair
Diana Chu, San Francisco State University
Developmental Genetics (Drosophila)
Chairs
Mary Baylies, MSKCC
Nic Tapon, Francis Crick Institute
Melanie Worley, UC Berkeley
Developmental Genetics (Mammal)
Chairs
Teresa Gunn, McLaughlin Research Institute
Lauryl Nutter, The Hospital for Sick Children
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Neuronal Development (C. elegans)
Chair
Richard Poole, University College London
Schedule
Professional Development
Keynote Speakers
Community Speakers and Events