Speakers in these talks explain why they have chosen to work with a particular model organism. From yeast to zebrafish, each organism has attributes that have helped to advance our understanding of biology.
- Transcriptional Adaptation to Mutations
- BRUCE protein and liver disease
- Bat Vision Evolution
- Gregor Mendel's Famous Genetics Experiment
- Root Development
- Adult Stem Cells and Organoids
- Neural Summation to Improve Night Vision
- The Role of Homeotic Genes in Development
- Axolotl Limb Regeneration
- Canine Genetics
- Toxoplasma gondii: A Model Apicomplexan
- The Complex Kingdom of Fungi
- How to Create a Body Axis
- Cell Cycle Regulation
- Vertebrate Organ Development
- The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid - Vibrio fischeri Association
- Planarian Regeneration
- Understanding Circadian Rhythms
- Cell Motility and Cytokinesis
- Collaborating to Find Developmental Genes
- CONSTANS and FLC: How do plants know when to flower?
- Chromosome Dynamics and an Overview of Meiosis
- Staying Young: Regeneration in Planarians
- Finding Genes that Control Development
- Molecular Mechanisms that Drive Regeneration
- Discovering Programmed Cell Death
- Patterning Development in the Early Embryo: The Role of Bicoid
- Control of Embryonic Axis Formation in Drosophila involving Gurken
- Transcriptional Precision in Drosophila Embryos: Enhancers and Repressors
- Aging Genes: Genes and Cells that Determine the Lifespan of C. elegans
- Genes, The Brain, and Behavior
- Yeast Sex and Yeast Life Cycle
- Cellular Organization of Complex Cell Structures