ECWM 2000 Abstracts Platform Sessions WHSCAB Auditorium (10 Min
East Coast Worm Meeting 2000 ECWM 2000 Abstracts Platform Sessions WHSCAB Auditorium (10 min. presentation + 2 min. Q&A) Friday, June 9 7:00-8:48 p.m., Session 1 Andy Singson, Chair Two new cell-death genes and cell-corpse engulfment genes both contribute to cell killing Peter Reddien, Scott Cameron, Michael Huang, Bob Horvitz The cell-corpse engulfment protein CED-1 is a transmembrane receptor that recognizes cell corpses Zheng Zhou, Bob Horvitz Testing Functions of Phagocytosis Receptor Homologs in Cell Corpse Elimination and Gonadal Outgrowth Sambath Chung, Monica Driscoll Components of the cytoskeleton, involved in the biogenesis of membrane channels, interfere with mec-4(d)-induced cell death. Nektarios Tavernarakis, Shiliang Wang, Monica Driscoll Inhibition of touch cell fate in C. elegans Ji Wu, Anne Duggan, Martin Chalfie pag-3 and unc-3 interact to determine neural fates in the ventral cord, and their mammalian counterparts may similarly interact during blood cell development Scott Cameron, Brinda Prasad, Joan B. McDermott, Eric Aamodt, Randall R. Reed, Bob Horvitz Identification of sns-8, a serine/ threonine kinase, and additional genes required for the development of the AWB olfactory neurons. Anne Lanjuin, Piali Sengupta The bHLH transcription factors LIN-32 and HLH-2 specify multiple aspects of ray development in the C. elegans male tail Douglas S. Portman, Scott W. Emmons seu-1 Encodes Novel Nuclear Proteins Required for the Function of Ectopic UNC-5 D.C. Merz, H Zheng, A. Colavita, J.G. Culotti 8:48-9:10 p.m., BREAK 9:10-10:34 p.m., Session 2 Bill Kelly, Chair Molecular and genetic analyses of unc-69, a gene required for axon guidance Suzanne Tharin, Bruce Wightman, Nancy Tsung, Erika Hartwieg, Gian Garriga, Bob Horvitz, Michael Hengartner The C.
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