12th International C. elegans Meeting 12 th International C. elegans Meeting The University of Wisconsin Word(s) to search for: Partial word matches allowed Author Title Text Find abstracts containing: Any word All words Phrase Platform Session #1: The Genome: Present & Future Wednesday, June 2, 7:00 p.m. Abstracts 1 - 15 Leilani Miller, Chair 24 May 1999 15:50 1 1 Platform Session #2: Neurons: Fate & Migration Thursday, June 3, 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Reflections on the C. elegans Genome Project Robert H. Waterston, Genome Sequencing Center, Alan Coulson, The Sanger Center 1 Accessing genome project data and the state of ACeDB Members of the Genome Sequencing Consortium and the ACeDB collaboration 2 AcePerl: A New Face for Ace Lincoln Stein, Jean Thierry-Mieg, and Richard Durbin 3 Expressed Genes in C. elegans Jean Thierry-Mieg, Danielle Thierry-Mieg, Tadasu Shin-i and Yuji Kohara 4 Post genomics strategies and resources in C.elegans Yuji Kohara, the Kohara Lab and Collaborators 5 A Gene Knockout Service for C. elegans Gary Moulder, Nathan Cook, Brooke Toland, Jenny Medelberg and Robert Barstead, David Hughes, Chris Johnson, Ngoc-Sung Ly, Richard Durbin and Alan Coulson, Erin Gilchrist, Greg Mullen, Blazej Szczygielski and Ann Rose, Donald Moerman, Steven Jones, Stefan Eimer, Christine Goebel, Bianca Wiesinger and Ralf Baumeister 6 The complete family of G protein genes of Caenorhabditis elegans Gert Jansen, Karen L. Thijssen, Pia Werner, Marieke van der Horst, Esther Hazendonk and Ronald H.A. Plasterk 7 Using DNA microarrays to identify targets of the Ras/MAP kinase signaling pathway Stuart K. Kim, Carrie B. Van Doren and Rebecca R. Begley 8 Identification of the 3’ splice site by both subunits of U2AF Diego A. R. Zorio and Thomas Blumenthal 9 An alternatively spliced U2AF 65 exon capable of keeping a reporter gene mRNA from leaving the nucleus Peg MacMorris, Diego Zorio, and Tom Blumenthal 10 Natural targets of mRNA surveillance in C. elegans Quinn Mitrovich and Phil Anderson 11 Inherited and controllable interference by dsRNA Nektarios Tavernarakis, Shi Liang Wang, Maxim Dorovkov, Alexey Ryazanov, and Monica Driscoll 12 RNA interference depends on genes required for mRNA surveillance Daniel P. Morse, Mary Ellen Domeier, Michael Portereiko, Brenda L. Bass, and Susan E. Mango 13 Genetic analysis of RNA interference in C. elegans Hiroaki Tabara, Madathia Sarkissian, Lisa Timmons, Andrew Fire and Craig C. Mello 14 The Epigenetics of Germline Maintenance Bill Kelly and Andy Fire 15 Transposon silencing in C.elegans. René F. Ketting, Henri G.A.M. van Luenen, Miriam T. Smits and Ronald H.A. Plasterk Platform Session #2: Neurons: Fate & Migration Thursday, June 3, 9:00 a.m. Abstracts 16 - 31 Adam Antebi, Chair 24 May 1999 15:50 2 2 Platform Session #3: Sex & Reproduction Thursday, June 3, 7:00 p.m. 16 UNC-43 CaMKII regulates the density of central glutamatergic synapses in vivo Christopher Rongo and Joshua Kaplan 17 A C. elegans liprin protein SYD-2 regulates presynaptic active zones Mei Zhen and Yishi Jin 18 Synaptic choice is regulated by UNC-4 and UNC-37-dependent repression of motor neuron-specific genes. Angela Winnier, James Meir, Jennifer Ross, Kim Lickteig, and David Miller 19 A C. elegans JNK signal transduction pathway regulates coordinated movement via type-D GABAergic motor neurons Masato Kawasaki, Naoki Hisamoto, Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji, Kunihiro Matsumoto 20 vab-7 controls the DB neuron fate Behrooz Esmaeili, Jennifer Ross, Cara Neades, David Miller, and Julie Ahringer 21 Genes involved in the formation of ciliated endings of sensory neurons in C. elegans Peter Swoboda and James H. Thomas 22 Cyclic GMP Signaling via ODR-1, DAF-11 and PKG-1 Noelle L’Etoile, Yongmai Zhang and Cori Bargmann 23 The LIM homeobox gene lim-4 distinguishes between two olfactory neuron fates Alvaro Sagasti, Oliver Hobert, Gary Ruvkun, and Cori Bargmann 24 A Forkhead Homolog Involved in Specifying Chemosensory Neuron Cell Fate Trina R. Sarafi-Reinach and Piali Sengupta 25 unc-130 is required to maintain the correct expression pattern of unc-129 in C. elegans. Bruce Nash and Joseph Culotti 26 A Screen for Suppressors of unc-6DC: Interactions between UNC-6 and NPR-1, a Neuropeptide Y Receptor Qun Wang and William G.Wadsworth 27 Mechanisms of axon pathfinding by SAX-3 Tim Yu, Joe Hao, Jennifer Zallen, Do Lee, Ken Prehoda, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Wendell Lim, and Cori Bargmann 28 UNC-53 is involved in growth cone steering and co-localises with microtubule plus-ends Marc Van de Craen, Luc Maertens, Nina Cromheecke, Marleen Brunain, Peter Verhasselt, Marc De Raeymaeker, Walter Luyten, Christ Platteeuw, Joel Vandekerckhove, Johan Geysen and Thierry Bogaert 29 How the EGL-20/Wnt protein specifies two different migratory behaviors in the Q cell lineage Jennifer Whangbo and Cynthia Kenyon 30 A C. elegans ror receptor tyrosine kinase regulates cell motility and cell polarity Wayne Forrester, Megan Dell, Elliot Perens and Gian Garriga 31 Control of DAF-7 TGF-b expression and neuronal process development by a receptor tyrosine kinase KIN-8 in C. elegans Makoto Koga, Masaya Take-uchi, Tatsuji Tameishi and Yasumi Ohshima Platform Session #3: Sex & Reproduction Thursday, June 3, 7:00 p.m. Abstracts 32 - 47 Meera Sundaram, Chair 24 May 1999 15:50 3 3 Platform Session #4: Chromosomes & The Cell Cycle Friday, June 4, 9:00 a.m. 32 SDC-2 triggers hermaphrodite sexual development and targets dosage compensation machinery to X chromosomes Heather E. Dawes, Denise M. Lapidus, Jason D. Lieb and Barbara J. Meyer 33 Molecular Similarity of Sex Determining Genes In Worms, Flies, and Perhaps Mammals Woesung Yi, Christopher Raymond, Jae Kettlewell, Emily Parker, and David Zarkower 34 The TRA-1 sex-determination protein regulates sexually dimorphic programmed cell death by transcriptionally repressing the egl-1 cell-death activator gene Barbara Conradt and Bob Horvitz 35 TRA-1 regulates the cellular distribution of the tra-2 mRNA in C. elegans Laura E. Graves, Scott P. Segal and Elizabeth B. Goodwin 36 The Brachyury-related gene mab-9 and cell fate determination in C.elegans: a tale of tails. Alison Woollard and Jonathan Hodgkin 37 Genetic analysis of male mating behavior: What’s lov got to do with it? Maureen M. Barr and Paul W. Sternberg 38 Genes utilized in protracting the male C. elegans spicules L. René García and Paul W. Sternberg 39 The PGL Family of P-granule-associated Proteins Interact and Function Redundantly in C. elegans Germline Development Ichiro Kawasaki, Anahita Amiri, Yuan Fan, and Susan Strome 40 EPS-1 Prevents P-Granule Expression in the Soma Yingdee Unhavaithaya, Tae Ho Shin and Craig C. Mello 41 FBF, NANOS-3 and the regulation of germline fates Sarah Crittenden, Brian Kraemer, Andrei Petcherski, Shanping Wang, Beilin Zhang, Maria Gallegos, Gary Moulder, Robert Barstead, Marvin Wickens and Judith Kimble 42 daz-1, a C. elegans homologue of DAZ (Deleted in Azoospermia), is required for the progression of meiosis in oogenesis Takeshi Karashima, Asako Sugimoto and Masayuki Yamamoto 43 Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis in C. elegans Barth Grant, Yinhua Zhang, Laura Pedraza, David H. Hall and David Hirsh 44 Identification of RNA Targets of GLD-1 Min-Ho Lee, Barth Grant, David Hirsh and Tim Schedl 45 GLD-1 represses tra-2 translation through a poly (A) tail-dependent mechanism Eric Jan and Elizabeth B. Goodwin 46 FOG-1 is a Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element Binding protein Suk-Won Jin, Judith Kimble and Ronald E. Ellis 47 CPEBs: a family of related RNA-binding proteins involved in distinct steps of spermatogenesis. C. Luitjens, J. Kimble and M. Wickens Platform Session #4: Chromosomes & The Cell Cycle Friday, June 4, 9:00 a.m. Abstracts 48 - 63 Ben Williams, Chair 24 May 1999 15:50 4 4 Platform Session #5: Neurons: Synapses & Signals Friday, June 4, 7:00 p.m. 48 Getting Intimate with the Right Partner Dernburg, A.F. and Villeneuve, A.M. 49 Meiosis, Mitosis and Their Relationship to Dosage Compensation Annette Chan, Tammy Wu, Danielle Pasqualone, and Barbara Meyer 50 Synapsis and Chiasma Formation in C. elegans Require HIM-3, a Component of the Axial Element That Functions in Meiotic Chromosome Segregation Monique Zetka, Ichiro Kawasaki, Susan Strome, and Fritz Müller. 51 him-4 encodes an extracellular matrix protein required for cell adhesion and germ-line chromosome segregation Bruce E. Vogel and Edward M. Hedgecock 52 Mutants with post-fertilization meiotic progression defects A. Golden, P. Sadler, G. Holt, M. Wallenfang, G. Seydoux, D. Shakes 53 Genes Involved in Meiotic and Mitotic Spindle Formation Martin Srayko, M. Rhys Dow, Chenggang Lu, and Paul E. Mains 54 Secretion is Required to Complete Cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans Ahna R. Skop, Dominique Bergmann, William A. Mohler, and John G. White 55 Depletion of syntaxins in the early C. elegans embryo reveals a role for membrane fusion events in cytokinesis Verena Jantsch-Plunger and Michael Glotzer 56 HKP-1, a kinetochore-associated protein is assembled onto mitotic chromosomes during prophase and is important for chromosome segregation in Caenorhabditis elegans Landon L. Moore, Mike Morrison, and Mark B. Roth 57 The role of lin-5 in chromosome segregation. Monique Lorson, Marian Walhout, Marc Vidal, Bob Horvitz and Sander van den Heuvel 58 Regulation of post-embryonic G1 cell cycle progression by a cyclin D/cyclin dependent kinase-like complex in C. elegans Morgan Park and Michael Krause 59 Genes, mdf-1 and mdf-2, encoding mitotic checkpoint components are essential in C. elegans Risa Kitagawa and Ann M. Rose 60 Two C. elegans mutants with defects in telomere replication Shawn Ahmed and Jonathan Hodgkin 61 The heterochronic gene lin-42 and circadian rhythms: is there a connection? Mili Jeon, Heather Gardner and Ann Rougvie 62 The heterochronic gene lin-41 encodes a temporally regulated RING finger protein that controls the timing of appearance of LIN-29 protein.