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February 28, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Drug Discovery
“Fishing for the cellular mechanisms of cisplatin chemotherapy-induced hearing loss”
Presented by: Lavinia Sheets, Washington University of Medicine in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
“A chemical-genetic screen to discover new androgen receptors”
Presented by: Daniel Gorelick, Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Houston, TX, USA
“Eying up Drug Discovery in Zebrafish”
Presented by: Tess McCann, University College Dublin, Ireland
“Cross-species compatibility when modelling psychiatric illness in animals: Can we combine rodent and zebrafish models in drug discovery?”
Presented by: Brian Harvey, NorthWest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
organized by RIG leaders:
Jeroen den Hertog
Carine Smith
Liyun Zhang
March 13, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Innate Immune Safeguarding
"Discovering viruses and studying immunity in a zebrafish RNAquarium"
Presented by: Dr Keir Balla, Chan Zuckerber Biohub, San Francisco, USA
“IL-22 controls enteric nervous system function"
Presented by: Dr Pedro Hernandez-Cerda, Institut Curie, France
"Training innate immunity in zebrafish using Shigella"
Presented by: Dr Margarida Castro Gomes Spencer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
organized by RIG leaders:
Phil Elks
Stefan Oehlers
Tracey Ollegwagen
March 27, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
ECI Committee Free WebinaR
”Taking the Leap, Making a Transition to a Career in Industry”
A discussion on how zebrafish researchers have made the transition to a career in industry.
Panel discussion, followed by breakout sessions to chat directly with panelists:
Audrey Calvird, PhD: Licensing and IP Associate, Elemental Enzymes (R&D)
Juan Carlos Lopez, PhD: Medical Affairs Manager, Astra Zenica (Pharma);
Co-Founder/Director of Work With Pharma
Julie Perlin, PhD: Director of Scientific Communications, Ten Bridge Communications (Sci. Com.)
Haley Noonan, PhD: Scientist, Dyno Therapeutics (Biotech)
Maurizio Fazio, MD PhD: Principle, Atlas Ventures (Venture Capital Firm)
Alessandra M. Welker, PhD: Senior Scientist, Abbvie (Pharma)
organized by RIG leaders:
Wade Sugden
Nicole Anderson
april 10, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Hematology
“Mapping HSPC development across stages, species and models” Presented by: Zhixin Kang
"A zebrafish model of parn-mutant dyskeratosis congenita reveals novel mechanisms underlying bone marrow failure” Presented by: Sarada Ketharnathan
“Apelin-mediated clonal expansion of niche endothelial cells drives selection of leukemic and normal HSC clones “ Presented by: Chloé Baron
“Loss of integrin α4 Function During Development Leads to Premature Aging of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Adulthood” Presented by: Nicole Woodhead
organized by RIG leaders:
Jordan Shavit
Eirini Trompouki
Brandon Gheller
april 24, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Skeletal Disease
Brittney Voigt - Doctoral Candidate with Ryan Gray
Arul Subramanian - Project Scientist with Tom Schilling (UC-Irvine)
Joanna Smeeton - PI, Columbia University
organized by RIG leaders:
Ryan Gray
Matthew Harris
Beth Pearce
Zoe Irons
may 8, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Muscle
10:00
Opening Kazu Kikuchi
10:00 – 10:22
Muscle I (Chair: Kazu Kikuchi)
Chen-Hui Chen, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
In toto imaging approach to study muscle growth in developing zebrafish
10:22 – 10:44
Cardiac I (Chair: Christian Mosimann)
Suphansa Sawamiphak, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (Germany)
The neuroimmune interface in cardiac development and repair
10:44 – 11:06
Muscle II (Chair: Christian Mosimann)
Jared Talbot, University of Maine (USA)
Fast-twitch myofibrils grow in proportion with Mylpf dosage
11:06 – 11:28
Cardiac II (Chair: Jared Talbot)
Christian Mosimann, University of Colorado School of Medicine (USA)
Pericardial morphogenesis as a model for mesothelial development and disease
11:28 – 11:30
Closing
Jared Talbot
organized by RIG leaders:
Clarissa Henry
Kazu Kikuchi
Jared Talbot
may 22, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Neural Disorders
10:00
Opening
10:00 – 10:22
Elena Dreosti, University College London, UK
Social behaviour in zebrafish: from isolation to schizophrenia
10:22 – 10:44
Gabriel Bossé, Université Laval, Canada
Modeling opioid disorder in zebrafish
10:44 – 11:06
Liz Haynes, Morgridge Institute at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Understanding Brain Aging and Disease Across Scales in Zebrafish
11:06 – 11:28
Takashi Kawashima, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Behavioral and neural effects of psychedelics in zebrafish
11:28 – 11:30
Closing
organized by RIG leaders:
Summer Thyme
Karin Tuschl
Deepika Dogra
may 29, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Asian-Pacific Infection & Inflammation Research Interest Group Meet Up 2024
Analysis of macrophage function in zebrafish disease models
Webinar is open to all. Registration required. Register here.
Hosted by:
Dr Stefan Oehlers
A*STAR ID Labs and ZDMS I&I RIG Lead
june 5, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Cancer
organized by RIG leaders:
Yi Feng
Heather Shive
Miranda Hunter
june 19, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Aging
organized by RIG leaders:
Miguel Ferreira
Catarina Henriques
Max Breuer
july 3, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
GI
organized by RIG leaders:
Chunyue Yin
Ryan Anderson
Lesha Pretorius
july 17, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
ECI Committee Free Webinar
organized by RIG leaders:
Wade Sugden
Nicole Anderson
september 4, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Toxicoloy
organized by RIG leaders:
Subham Dasgupta
Tracie Baker
Morgan Walcheck