Sunday 19th June 2016
3:30 – 4:30
Registration
4:15 – 4:30
Welcome & Keynote Introduction
4:30 – 5:30
Opening Keynote – Azim Surani, The Gurdon Institute
Development of human primordial germ cells
5:30 – 7:00
Welcome reception with posters on display
Monday 20th June 2016
9:00 – 12:00
Session 1 – Germ Cell Origins
9:00 – 9:30
Susan Strome, University of California - Santa Cruz
Transmission of an epigenetic memory of germline from parent to offspring in C. elegans
9:30 – 9:45
Edouard Curran, Inra – LPGP, FR
Stemness properties and molecular signature of paired spermatogonia in adult zebrafish
9:45 – 10:15
Diana Laird, University of California - San Francisco
Clonal dynamics and apoptosis in the fetal germline
10:15 – 10:30
Josephine Bowles, University of Queensland, AU
How is Stra8 expression regulated in the mouse fetal ovary?
10:30 – 11:00
Morning coffee
11:00 – 11:15
Abcam Welcome, Anne Wiblin
11:15 – 11:45
Amander Clark, University of California - Los Angeles
Primordial germ cell differentiation in vitro and in vivo
11:45 – 12:00
Aileen Helsel, Washington State University
The ID4+ Spermatogonial Stem Cell Population is Established During a Defined Period in
Early Neonatal Life
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 3:30
Poster Session & Networking Hour
3:30 – 6:00
3:30 – 4:00
Session 2 – Programming the Germline Genome
Brad Cairns, University of Utah
Transcription and chromatin dynamics of male germline stem cells
4:00 – 4:15
Elaine Dunleavy, National University of Ireland Galway
Chromatin inheritance in Drosophila germ line stem cells
4:15 – 4:45
Patricia Hunt, Washington State University
Age, the environment and the spermatogonial stem cell
4:45 – 5:15
Afternoon break
5:15 – 5:30
Imrul Faisal, University of Helsinki
A role for USF1 in mouse germline stem cell differentiation?
5:30 - 6:00
Kyle Orwig, Magee-Womens Research Institute
Adark are active stem cells in the adult primate testis
Tuesday 21st June 2016
9:00 – 12:15
Session 3 – Specification of Germline Stem Cells
9:00 – 9:30
Jon Oatley, Washington State University
Influence of ID4 on the stem cell state in spermatogonia
9:30 – 9:45
Robin Hobbs, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
Heterogeneity and dynamics of the undifferentiated spermatogonial pool
9:45 – 10:15
Brian Hermann, University of Texas at San Antonio
The spermatogonial stem cell barcode
10:15 – 10:30
Makiko Yamada, Weill Cornell Medical
In vivo analysis of spermatogonial stem cell fate
10:30 – 11:00
Morning coffee
11:00 – 11:30
John McCarrey, University of Texas at San Antonio
The case for predetermination of spermatogonial stem cells
11:30 – 11:45
Travis Kotzur, University of Texas at San Antonio
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) promotes spermatogenic regeneration
after high-dose alkylating chemotherapy.
11:45 – 12:15
Miles Wilkinson, University of California - San Diego
The Identification of a Transcription Factor that Drives the Initial Establishment of
Spermatogonial Stem Cells
12:15 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 4:30
1:30 – 2:00
Session 4 –Germline Stem Cell Homeostasis
Erika Matunis, Johns Hopkins University
Regulation of Germline Stem Cell Competition
2:00 – 2:15
Alexis Bailey, Stanford University
Conserved regulation of the switch from mitosis to meiosis by Bgcn in the germline
2:15 – 2:45
Christopher Geyer, East Carolina University
The role of retinoid exposure in determining spermatogonial fate
2:45 – 3:00
Tessa Lord, Washington State University
Retinoic acid receptor expression in spermatogonial stem cells: how do SSCs resist
differentiation in response to retinoic acid?
3:00 – 3:30
Afternoon break
3:30 – 4:00
Norman Arnheim, University Southern California
Germline stem cell competition and frequent genetic disorders
4:00 – 4:30
Margaret Fuller, Stanford University
Regulation of proliferation and differentiation in the male germ line stem cell lineage
4:30 – 4:35
4:35 – 5:35
Keynote Introduction
Closing Keynote – Dirk de Rooij, Utrecht University
The identity of male germ line stem cells
5:35 – 5:45
Closing Remarks & Adjourn