The Developing Embryo: Perspectives From Different Animal Models

Friday, October 4, 2013: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
217 A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chair:
Carmen Domingo, PhD, Professor, San Francisco State University

Description: The development of a new life is a process that represents a stunning series of events leading to the formation of cell types that comprise the adult form. Four developmental biologists will present current research findings, and will discuss the state of the field and needed areas for future research.

Sponsored by: by the Society for Development Biology



10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:20 AM
Patterning coronary arteries during heart morphogenesis
Kristy Red-Horse, PhD , Assistant Professor , Stanford University
10:40 AM
Stem cells and regeneration of the central nervous system in planarians
Ricardo M. Zayas, PhD , Assistant Professor , San Diego State University
11:00 AM
GFP: Lighting Up Life
Martin Chalfie, PhD , Professor of Biological Sciences , Columbia University