Welcome

The UNC Developmental Biology Training Program is proud to announce its second annual Developmental Biology Symposium. The day’s events will include seminars from several UNC faculty members, poster sessions featuring the work of UNC graduate students and a series of short presentations of post-doctoral and graduate student research.

The UNC Developmental Biology Training Program is affiliated with the Carolina Center for Genome Sciences.


Agenda

Keynote Speaker

"Common Mechanisms of Axon Guidance, Axon Regeneration, and Vascular Patterning" Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD Genentech, Inc more info

Faculty Speakers

Molecular Analysis of Neuronal Placement in Cerebral Cortex.
Eva Anton, PhD (Cell & Molecular Physiology) more info

Novel Genetic Players in Lymphatic Vascular Development.
Kathleen Caron, PhD (Cell & Molecular Physiology) more info

Can Wnt Signals Polarize Cells?
Bob Goldstein, PhD (Biology) lab website

FAK in Cardiovascular Development.
Joan Taylor, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) lab website

Student Speakers

A Genome-wide DSRNA Screen for Factors Involved in Drosophila Histone Pre-MRNA Processing.
Brandon Burch (Graduate Student, Bill Marzluff Lab)

TBX5 is Required for Embryonic Cardiac Cell Cycle Progression.
Sarah Goetz (Graduate Student, Frank Conlon Lab)

Determining the Mode and Timing of Rescue of the DDK Syndrome Early Embryonic Lethality.
Folami Ideraabdullah (Graduate Student, Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena Lab)

Noonan Syndrome-associated Mutation N308D Causes Proliferative Defects During Vertebrare Cardiogenesis.
Yvette Langdon (Graduate Student, Frank Conlon Lab)

The MPM-2 Antibody Recognizes a Cell Cycle Regulated Component of the Drosophila Histone Locus Body.
Anne White (Graduate Student, Bob Duronio Lab)

Development of ChIP-Chip in C. elegans.
Christina Whittle (Graduate Student, Jason Lieb Lab)

Poster Sessions

The poster sessions will showcase the variety of developmentally related research interests at UNC. Abstracts are currently being accepted to for poster presentations

Registration

Registration has closed.

The fee for registration is $5.00 for UNC Graduate Students, Post docs and Undergraduates and $10 for UNC Faculty and Staff and non-UNC affiliates. The fee includes lunch. Fees can be deducted UNC accounts, VISA and Master card.


Symposium Committee

Joanna Fried
C. Hawkins
Sausyty Hermreck
Russell Kelley
Anthony Lamantia
Cara Marlow
Daniel Meechan
Lia R. Parks
Jacob Sawyer


Directions

From 15-501 by-pass South, (from Durham) Cross over Hwy 54, and at your second light turn right onto Manning Drive. Turn right at the first stoplight onto Ridge Road. Turn left onto Stadium Drive. Take the second left into the circular drive in front of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. Pull up to the Parking Booth (see below)

From 15-501 by-pass North, (from Pittsboro)
Take 15-501North over the bridge where it becomes Columbia St. Pass Manning Drive then turn right onto South Road. Turn right at the Bell Tower onto Stadium Drive. Pass Kenan Stadium on your right; take a right into the circular drive of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center and proceed to the Parking Booth (see below).

From Raleigh
On I- 40 Take Exit 273A (Dean Smith Center) toward Chapel Hill & UNC. You will be on Hwy 54 West (called South Road on campus). This will bring you directly onto UNC Campus.Turn left onto Stadium Dr. at the Bell Tower. Pass Kenan Stadium on your right; turn right into the circular drive of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center and proceed to the Parking Booth (see below).

If coming from Greensboro on I-40
Take exit 273, turn right onto Hwy 54 West and follow above directions.

Parking Booth
Pull up to the booth to obtain a parking permit (needed only Monday through Friday 7:30am to 9:00pm). Proceed to Stadium Drive (left or right) and park in one of the spaces on the Club side of the street marked "Carolina Club Visitor Parking, Permit Required’.


Questions

For more information and/or questions about the symposium, please contact C. Hawkins. Click here to send an email.