24TH ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
It Takes A Village:
Symbiosis and Development MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 Coffman Memorial Union Minneapolis Campus
Speakers ROSIE ALEGADO Center for Microbial Oceanography, University of Hawaii
Bacterial Sulfonolipids Regulate Multicellular Development in Choanoflagellates
ANGELA DOUGLAS
Banquet
Department of Entomology, Cornell University
The Multi-Organismal Animal: Insights from Insect-Microbial Interactions
Conference banquet to follow at the McNamara Center featuring after-dinner speaker:
KAREN GUILLEMIN
WILLIAM SULLIVAN
Institute of Molecular Biology, The University of Oregon
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Molecular Dialogues with the Microbiota: Insights from the Zebrafish Intestine
ANN HIRSCH Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
How Does the Rhizosphere Microbiome Influence Plant Development?
SPENCER NYHOLM Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut
The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid: a Model Host for Understanding Animal Development in a Microbial World
RAMNIK XAVIER Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Harvard Medical School
Microbiome Shifts in Complex Immune Disorders
Wolbachia, Microtubules and Big Sur
Submit poster titles by September 10, 2015. Prize for the best poster from a graduate student or postdoc.
Registration Register online: www.dbc.umn.edu DEADLINE: September 10, 2015 REGISTRATION FEES:
BANQUET FEES:
Undergraduates: FREE Graduate students: $20 All others: $30
All students: $20 All others: $30
Organizers: Emilie Snell-Rood, David Zarkower, Michael Travisano, Ann Rougvie and Michael O’Connor
Sponsored by: Developmental Biology Center, Company of Biologists, the College of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, and the Medical School.