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please Note all times are in eastern time zonE unless otherwise noted
march 12, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
early career investigators
“Harnessing Single-cell Technology Platforms for Zebrafish Research”
Ravi Girdhar, (Scale Biosciences)
Jeff Bylund, (10x genomics)
Ege Kaan Ozkaya, (Parse Biosciences)
Michael Garbati, (Active Motif)
organized by RIG leaders:
Shipra Bhatia
Uzoamaka Nwagbo
Sarada Ketharnathan
March 26, 2025
10:00pm ET
Hosted by a*star
infection & inflammation - Asia
"Mycobacterial Infection Modeling Around the Pacific Rim”
Dr. Antonio Pagan, Stanford, USA
Dr. Hua Yang, Tongji, China
Ms. Denise Wee, A*STAR, Singapore
organized by RIG leader:
Stefan Oehlers
april 2, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
infection & inflammation
“Granulocytes in Infection”
"Permanently Shut or Considering Re-opening: Can Reopening the Phagosome Aid Prey Digestion?"
Clare Muir, Edinburgh, UK
“New Tools for Eosinophils in Zebrafish Reveal Their Response to Mycobacterial Infection”
Mark Cronan, MPIIB, Germany
"Regulation of Neutrophil Responses Against Aspergillus Fungi"
Emily Rosowski, Clemson, USA
organized by RIG leaders:
Philip Elks
Tracey Ollewagen
April 9, 2025
10:00AM-11:30Am ET
Drug Discovery
“Scalable CRISPR Screens in Zebrafish Using MIC-Drop and MIC-Drop-Seq”
Saba Parvez, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
“High Content Screening technologies”
Elspeth M. Payne, UCL, London, UK
“Drug Repurposing for Neurogenerative Diseases”
Thais Del Rosario Hernandez, Brown University, Providence, USA
“Bioprospecting Fungi for Bioactive Compounds”
Jelmer Hoeksma, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Organized By Rig Leader:
Jeroen den Hertog
Carine Smith
Liyun Zhang
Francesca Lorenzini
april 23, 2025
10:00AM-11:30Am ET
Skeletal Diseases
Organized By Rig Leader:
Elizabeth Bearce
may 14, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
Hematology
“Weird and Wonderful Hematology: Novel Findings in Zebrafish”
organized by RIG leaders:
Jordan Shavit
Rui Monteiro
Brandon Heller
May 21, 2025
10:00PM ET
Hosted by a*star
Registration link coming soon!
Cancer - Asia
“Applications of Zebrafish Models in Human Cancer Research”
organized by RIG leaders:
Stefan Oehlers
Yan Chuan
may 28, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
Cancer
Organized by rig leader:
Yi Feng
Heather Shive
Miranda Hunter
june 4, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
early career investigators
“Beyond the Tank: Innovative Approaches to Zebrafish Behavior”
organized by RIG leaders:
Harini Iyer
Yunlu Zhu
july 9, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
aging
“Investigating the Genetics of Aging in a Naturally Short-Lived Vertebrate”
Dr. Itamar Harel
“Using Zebrafish Models to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Tauopathies”
Prof. David Rubinsztein
organized by RIG leader:
Catarina Henriques
Chrissy Hammond
Max Breuer
july 30, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
Neural Disorders
organized by RIG leaders:
Harini Iyer
Deepika Dogra
august 13, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
GI Metabolism
James Minchin, University of Edinburgh
Suphansa Sawamiphak, Max-Delbrück-Center
Steve Farber, Johns Hopkins
Ryan Anderson, University of Chicago
Organized By Rig Leaders:
Yann Gibert
Anjali Nath
August 27, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM eT
Muscle and Cardiac Disease
“Postdoc Presentations”
organized by riG leaders:
Christian Mosimann
Kazu Kikuchi
Jared Talbot
september 10, 2025
10:00AM - 11:30AM ET
toxicology
“Multi-Career Stage ZDMS Toxicology Webinar”
organized by RIG leaders:
Tracie Baker
Subham Dasgupta
Patrice Delaney