This special focus is jointly sponsored by the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), the Biological, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences Interfaces Institute for Quantitative Biology (BioMaPS), and the Rutgers Center for Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry (MBBC) and the Program in Mathematics and Molecular Biology (based at Florida State University).
Monday, May 22, 2006 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast and Registration 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks Introduction to the course 9:30 - 10:45 Introduction to Development Eric Wieschaus, Molecular Biology; Princeton University 10:45 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:30 Eric Wieschaus (continued) 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 3:00 Patterning in the Early Fly Embryo John Reinitz, SUNY Stony Brook 3:00 - 3:15 Break 3:15 - 4:15 John Reinitz (continued) 5:15 Reception 6:00 Dinner Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:30 - 10:45 Pattern formation in Drosophila oogenesis Stanislav Shvartsman, Genomics Institute & Chem. Eng; Princeton University 10:45 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:30 Stanislav Shvartsman (continued) 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 3:15 Gene networks for fly gastrulation and sea squirt cardiogenesis Michael Levine, Molecular & Cell Biology; University of California, Berkeley 3:15 - 3:30 Break 3:30 - 5:00 Michael Levine (continued) Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:30 - 10:45 Evo-devo: how do various embryos pattern their axis? Claude Desplan, Biology; NYU 10:45 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:30 Claude Desplan (continued) 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 3:15 Left-right asymmetry in the zebrafish Rebecca Burdine, Molecular Biology; Princeton University 3:15 - 3:30 Break 3:30 - 5:00 Rebecca Burdine (continued) Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:30 - 10:45 Growth and Patterning in the Fly Kenneth Irvine, Waksman Institute; Rutgers University 10:45 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:30 Kenneth Irvine (continued) 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 3:15 Modeling the onset of cell polarity in development Michel Kerszberg, Systematique, Adaptation, Evolution; Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie 3:15 - 3:30 Break 3:30 - 5:00 Michel Kerszberg (continued) Friday, May 26, 2006 9:30 - 10:45 Aging and neuro-degeneration Monica Driscoll, Rutgers University 10:45 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:00 Monica Driscoll (continued) 12:00 - 12:30 Closing Remarks