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49 Annual Drosophila Research Conference • Program and Abstracts 49 th Annual Drosophila Research Conference • Program and Abstracts Conference • Program Research Annual Drosophila The Genetics Society of America 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998 Telephone: 301/634-7300 • Fax: 301/634-7079 e-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.genetics-gsa.org Conference site: www.drosophila-conf.org 49TH ANNUAL DROSOPHILA RESEARCH CONFERENCE April 2–6, 2008 Town and Country Hotel & Conference Center San Diego, California Program and Abstracts Volume • 2008 Meeting Organizers Nancy Bonini, University of Pennsylvania Susan Celniker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Brian Oliver, NIDDK, NIH, HHS John Tamkun, University of California, Santa Cruz • 2007/2008 Drosophila Board of Directors Officers and Regional Representatives* President Utpal Banerjee University of California, Los Angeles President-Elect Carl Thummel University of Utah Past-President Trudy MacKay North Carolina State University Past-President & Elections Chair Mark Krasnow Stanford University Past-President Lynn Cooley Yale University Treasurer Michael Bender University of Georgia Canada Howard Lipshitz University of Toronto Great Lakes Amanda Simcox Ohio State University Northwest Jim Truman University of Washington Southeast Rebecca Kellum University of Kentucky California Graeme Davis University of California, San Francisco Heartland Susan Abmayr Stowers Institute for Medical Research New England Mitzi Kuroda Harvard University Medical School Mid-Atlantic Liz Gavis Princeton University Midwest Pam Geyer University of Iowa • International Representatives Australia/Oceana Phil Batterham University of Melbourne Asia Vijay Raghavan The National Centre for Biological Sciences Europe Barry Dickson Research Institute of Molecular Pathology *2008/2009 Board of Directors will be listed in the Program Addendum and take office following the 2008 Drosophila Research Conference. • Sponsored by The Genetics Society of America 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998 Telephone: 301/634-7300 Fax: 301/634-7079 e-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.genetics-gsa.org Conference site: www.drosophila-conf.org TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Schedule of Events ......................................................................................................................................................4 Map: Town and Country Resort & Conference Center ...........................................................................................11 General Information ...................................................................................................................................................12 Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture ...............................................................................................................................14 The DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics...................................................................14 Conversations in Genetics, Volume III......................................................................................................................15 Guidelines for Making Platform Presentations .......................................................................................................16 Guidelines for Making Poster Presentations...........................................................................................................17 Exhibitors....................................................................................................................................................................18 Floorplan: Posters and Exhibits, Grand Exhibit Hall ..............................................................................................21 Opening General Session and Plenary Sessions I and II ......................................................................................22 Workshops ..................................................................................................................................................................23 Platform Sessions ......................................................................................................................................................27 Poster Sessions .........................................................................................................................................................39 Abstracts Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................81 Platform Sessions..................................................................................................................................................83 Poster Sessions ...................................................................................................................................................142 Speaker and Author Index.......................................................................................................................................394 Keyword Index ..........................................................................................................................................................409 FlyBase Genetic Index to Abstracts.......................................................................................................................416 FUTURE CONFERENCE DATES 2009 2012 March 4–8 March 7–11 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL 2010 2013 April 7–11 April 3–7 Washington, DC Washington, DC 2011 March 30–April 3 San Diego, CA 4 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm Ecdysone Workshop Pacific Ballroom Organizers: Craig Woodard, Mt. Holyoke, South Salons 2-3 Hadley, Massachusetts; and Randall S. Hewes, University of Oklahoma, Norman 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Drosophila Board of Directors Meeting Pacific Ballroom Salon 1 3:30 pm - 9:00 pm Registration and Book Pickup Open Atlas Foyer 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Opening General Session Atlas Ballroom 7:00 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks Susan Celniker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 7:05 pm Introduction of Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture Helen Salz, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 7:15 pm Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture 8:00 pm Memoriam to Seymour Benzer: the Father of Fly Neurogenetics Nancy Bonini, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 8:05 pm Introduction of Historical Lecture William McGinnis, University of California, San Diego 8:15 pm Historical Lecture Antonio Garcia-Bellido, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain 9:00 pm - 12:00 am Mixer/Reception Terrace In case of rain, reception will be held in the Pavilion/Poolside Golden Ballroom THURSDAY, APRIL 3 7:15 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast Atlas Foyer 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Area and Book Pickup Atlas Foyer 8:30 am - 12:00 noon Plenary Session I Atlas Ballroom Moderators: John Tamkun, University of California, Santa Cruz; and Nancy Bonini, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 5 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference 8:30 am Image Award Presentation John Tamkun, University of California, Santa Cruz 8:35 am Trafficking and Polarity in the Control of Drosophila Growth David Bilder, University of California, Berkeley 9:00 am Ig-receptor Diversity in Insect Immunity and Neuronal Wiring Dietmar Schmucker, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts 9:30 am Pathways of Anti-Viral Immunity Sara Cherry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 10:00 am Break Sponsored by Genetic Services, Inc. (booth 109) 10:30 am Cross-Regulation of HOX and Sex Determination Genes in Development and Evolution Artyom Kopp, University of California, Davis 11:00 am Inheritance of Polycomb Proteins through DNA Replication in Vitro Nicole Francis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 11:30 am MicroRNA Functions Stephen Cohen, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Networking Box Luncheon Golden Pacific Ballroom 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm FlyBase Demo Room Open for Tutorials and Royal Palm Discussion Ballroom 1-3 Presentations: 1:30 pm-2:00 pm: Bulk Data Tools for Biologists 3:00 pm-3:30 pm: Accessing Data from the 12 Drosophila Genomes 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm FlyMine Demonstrations Royal Palm Presentations at 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm Ballroom 4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Exhibits and Poster Viewing Grand Exhibit Hall 2:00 pm-3:00 pm: Even-Numbered Poster Authors 3:00 pm-4:00 pm: Odd-Numbered Poster Authors 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm "Meet the Board" Reception Atlas Foyer 6 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Concurrent Platform Sessions Immune System and Cell Death Golden West Neurophysiology and Behavior Town & Country Organogenesis California 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Exhibits and Poster Viewing Grand Exhibit Hall 8:00 pm-9:00 pm: "A" Poster Authors 9:00 pm-10:00 pm: "B" Poster Authors 10:00 pm-11:00 pm: "C" Poster Authors FRIDAY, APRIL 4 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Platform Sessions Regulation of Gene Expression Town & Country Evolution and Quantitative Genetics Golden West Cytoskeleton and Cell Biology California 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Area and Book Pickup Atlas Foyer 9:00 am - 6:00 pm FlyBase Demo Room Open for Tutorials and Royal Palm Discussion Ballroom 1-3 Presentations: 1:30 pm-2:00 pm: Easy Tools for Power Searching 3:00 pm-3:30 pm: Bulk Data Tools for Biologists 9:00 am - 6:00 pm FlyMine Demonstrations Royal Palm Presentations at 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm Ballroom 4 10:15 am - 10:45 am Break Atlas Foyer
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