February 28, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET

March 13, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET

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 ET

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 ET

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 ET

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 ET

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 ET

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 SGT

*Please note this is the only meeting that will occur in SGT.

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 ET

Cancer

Development of a melanocyte lineage-specific knockout system in zebrafish.
Presented by: Sarah Perlee
White lab (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) USA

Fish vs Dish: Transgenic Zebrafish Models Characterize a New Role for an Oncogenic Phosphatase.
Presented by: Trace Jolly
Blackburn lab (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) USA

Chemokine-induced immunosuppression and disease aggression in neuroblastoma.
Presented by: Xiaodan Qin
Feng lab (Boston University Medical Campus) USA

MYC-Driven Mechanisms of Leukemogenesis in Distinct Lymphocyte Lineages.
Presented by: Clay Foster
Frazer lab (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences) USA

organized by RIG leaders:

Yi Feng
Heather Shive
Miranda Hunter

june 19, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET

Aging- free webinar

Prof. Chrissy Hammond: "old bones: unpicking the contributions to skeletal ageing", University of Bristol, UK

 Dr Marta Migocka-Patrzałek: "Investigating Muscle Aging Using Zebrafish as a Model" University of Wroclaw, Poland

Dr. Clay Foster: "Immunosenescence: Establishing Zebrafish as a Model for Thymic Involution", University of Oklahoma, USA  (Frazer lab)

Prof. Mason Posner: "Aging in the zebrafish lens: cataracts and beyond", Ashland University, USA

organized by RIG leaders:

Miguel Ferreira
Catarina Henriques
Max Breuer

july 3, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET

GI

Dr. Alicia Timme-Laragy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Title: The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Redox Stress in the Developing Zebrafish

Dr. Daniel Levic, Duke University
Title: Control of Gut Epithelial Polarization by mRNA Splicing

Dr. Donghun Shin, University of Pittsburgh
Title: Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Hepatocyte-to-cholangiocyte Transdifferentiation in Liver Regeneration

organized by RIG leaders:

Chunyue Yin
Ryan Anderson
Lesha Pretorius

july 17, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET

ZDMS Early Career Investigators Committee Presents:

Harnessing Zebrafish for Therapies and Collaborative Science

Loïc Royer, CZ Biohub
David Langenau, Harvard University
Sarah Petersen, Kenyon College

organized by RIG leaders:

Wade Sugden
Nicole Anderson

september 4, 2024
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET

TOXICOLOGY

organized by RIG leaders:

Subham Dasgupta 
Tracie Baker
Morgan Walcheck