Triangle Fly Symposium Schedule of Events
Friday, May 15
4:30-5:00 – Registration and light refreshments
5:00-6:00 – Keynote Address
“Life, death, and resurrection at the cellular level”
Denise Montell, PhD
University of California Santa Barbara
6:00 – 7:00 Reception
Saturday, May 16
8:30-9:00 – Breakfast
9:00-10:30 – Development Session
9:00 –
“Generation of olfactory neuron diversity in flies”
Scott Barish
Graduate Student
Duke University
9:20 –
“Robust patterning of the dorsal-ventral axis in the Drosophila
melanogaster embryo”
Sophia Carrell
Graduate Student
North Carolina State University
9:40 –
“Defining how Abelson tyrosine kinase regulates cell adhesion and actin
dynamics during morphogenesis”
Andrew Spracklen
Post-Doctoral Researcher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10:00 – “Defining the steroid hormone-induced gene regulatory network in
Drosophila germline stem cells”
Elizabeth Ables, PhD
East Carolina University
10:40-12:10 – Genetics and Genomics Session
10:40 – “Effects of Tom40 RNAi-suppression on Drosophila lifespan”
Desiree Unselt
Graduate Student
North Carolina State University
11:00 – “Sensory-motor interface and the control of egg-laying behavior in fruit
flies”
Ying Liu
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Duke University
11:20 – “Transcriptomic signatures of disease in Drosophila models of spinal
muscular atrophy"
Eric Garcia
Post-Doctoral Researcher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
11:40 – “Genomics of gene regulation in development”
Daniel McKay, PhD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
12:20-1:20 – Lunch
1:20-2:50 – Cell Cycle Session
1:20 –
“The Drosophila retina: a model for cell cycle control during development
and regeneration”
Joy Meserve
Graduate Student
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1:40 –
“Shifting from meiotic double-strand break repair to a mitosis-like
recombination pathway”
Talia Hatkevich
Graduate Student
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2:00 –
“Surviving and thriving after multiple s-phases”
Benjamin Stormo
Graduate Student
Duke University
2:20 –
“Waves, switches, and integrators in cell cycle control during embryonic
development”
Stefano Di Talia, PhD
Duke University
3:00-4:00 – Poster Session
4:00-5:30 – Signaling and Mathematical Modeling Session
4:00 –
“A two-layered model of descending control of limb movements in
Drosophila”
Cynthia Hsu
Graduate Student
Duke University
4:20 –
“Characterization of Ftz-f1 in the Drosophila ovary”
Amelia Helms
Graduate Student
East Carolina University
4:40 –
“Molecular mechanisms of brain oxidative metabolism on aggression:
Hongmei Li-Byarlay
Post-Doctoral Researcher
North Carolina State University
5:00 –
“A mathematical model of Dorsal/Cact interactions highlights a new
interpretation of experimental data”
Greg Reeves, PhD
North Carolina State University
5:30-6:30 – Happy Hour