2002 Program

Monday, September 30, 2002, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Larry Goldstein
University of California – San Diego
"Linking kinesin-dependent transport pathways to signaling and disease"

Martina Brueckner
Yale University
"Ciliary dynein generates embryonic left-right asymmetry"

Bo Liu
University of California – Davis
"Roles of multiple kinesin-related proteins in plant cytokinesis"

Dan Kiehart
Duke University
"Cell sheet morphogenesis during dorsal closure and wound healing in Drosophila"


Evening Banquet at the Weisman Art Museum
After Dinner Speaker

David McClay
Duke University
"Orders to march: motility in morphogenesis"


Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Tony Hyman
Max Planck Institute – Dresden
"Unequal division in C.elegans embryos"

Anne Ephrussi
EMBL – Heidelberg
"Establishment of Drosophila embryonic polarity by oskar mRNA localization
and translational control"

Poster Session and Lunch

Paul Bridgman
Washington University
"Myosin II plays an essential role at multiple stages of nervous system development"

Richard Gomer
Rice University
title to be announced

All participants are invited to attend the Monday evening banquet. Since seating is limited, those interested in attending the banquet should return the registration materials promptly. All participants are encouraged to present their work at the poster session on Tuesday. Topics of the posters may include any area of biology. A prize will be given for the best poster from a grad student or post doc.