Plenary Speakers

Sam Pfaff – Salk Institute, La Jolla
Genetic regulation of spinal motor neuron development

Sean Morrison - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The regulation of stem cell self-renewal

Kathryn Anderson – Sloan Kettering Instistute, New York
The cell biology of Sonic hedgehog signaling

Professor Raphael Kopan – Washington University, St Louis

Session Chairs

Simon J. Conway – Indiana University, Indianapolis
Genetic Approaches To Understanding Periostin Function During Heart Morphogenesis

Mannie Liscum – University of Missouri, Columbia
When gradients rule: Plant phototropism and its dependence on gradients of signal perception, morphogens, gene expression, and cell elongation

 Rebecca Hays – University of Kansas, Lawrence
Regulation of cell death in Drosophila retinal patterning

Vicky Prince – University of Chicago, Chicago
Zebrafish Hox function: From gene to behavior

 Kevin Campbell – University of Iowa, Iowa City
Dystroglycan and Congenital Muscular Dystrophy: New Insights into Brain Development

 Ben Novitch – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Regulatory circuits controlling the differentiation of motor neuron progenitors

 Susan Abmayr – Stowers Institute, Kansas City
Cell surface and intracellular events that mediate myoblast fusion in Drosophila.

 Other invited speakers

Charlie Little – Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City
Computational time-lapse imaging approaches to biological pattern formation

 Judy Heady – University of Michigan, Dearborn
How can 'I' support my students' learning in the complex and extensive field of Developmental Biology?

 Ida Chow – Society for Developmental Biology, Bethesda
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