TISDB Workshop on
Stem Cells and Development
Thursday February 16th 2012 | David Lopatie Conference Centre, Weizmann Institute of Science
08:30-09:00
Registration & coffee
09:00-09:15
Greetings
09:15-10:00
Christophe Marcelle (EMBL Australia)
Making muscles: lessons from embryos
10:00-10:25
David Sprinzak (Tel Aviv University)
From Notch signaling to robust developmental patterning
10:25-10:50
Peleg Hason (Technion)
Connective tissues and collagen crosslinking regulate muscle
development and patterning
10:50-11:20
Coffee Brake
11:20-11:45
Leor Williams (Hebrew University, Rehovot)
Polycomb proteins mediated epigenetic mechanisms in plant
11:45-12:10
Hila Toledano (Haifa University)
Aging-related changes to stem cells and the niche
12:10-12:25
Nadav Sharon (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Isolation and analysis of the human gastrula organizer
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-13:55
Yaqub Hanna (Weizmann Institute of Science)
The induction and maintenance of pluripotent cell states
13:55-14:20
Carmit Levy (Tel Aviv University)
Lineage-specific transcriptional regulation of DICER by MITF in melanocytes
14:20-14:45
Tal Burstyn-Cohen (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Role of TAM signaling in development and adult homeostasis
14:45-15:15
Coffee Brake
15:15-15:40
Iftach Nachmann (Tel Aviv University)
Entry/exit dynamics of the induced pluripotency state
15:40-15:55
Amos Gutnick (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Formation of the neuro-vascular interface of the pituitary
15:55-16:40
Andrew Lumsden (King’s College London)
A local organizer of diencephalon development
16:40-16:45
Concluding remarks
Organizers: Eldad Tzahor (WIS), Ruth Ashery-Padan (TAU), Dalit Sela-Donenfeld (HUJI)
Coordinator: Judith Gan (WIS)