Developmental Biology of Transcription Control
Organized by Roy Britten, Eric Davidson, and Gary Felsenfeld
October 26-28, 1995
Irvine, CA
Session One: Spatial Control of Transcription in Embryos
Michael Levine, Moderator
Modes of Transcriptional Repression in the Drosophila Embryo
Michael Levine
Regulation of Brachyury Gene Expression in Xenopus
J.C. Smith
Transcriptional Regulatory Domains and Genes Controlling Plant Embryos
Robert B. Goldberg
Spatial Control of Gene Expression in Ascidian Embryos
Noriyuki Satoh
Spatial Control of Gene Expression in Sea Urchin Embryos
Eric H. Davidson
Session Two: Signaling and Specification of Cell Type
Mariann Bienz, Chair
Signaling and Homeotic Gene Control in the Drosophila Midgut
Mariann Bienz
Cell Type Specification during C. elegans Vulval Development
Paul W. Sternberg
Xenopus Mesoderm: Mechanisms of Formation and Differentiation
John B. Gurdon
In Vivo Imaging of Cell Interaction and Cell Type Specification in Zebra Fish
Scott E. Fraser
Cell Specification in Morphogenesis of the Eye in Drosophila
Gerald Rubin
Retrospective on the Development of Developmental Genetics
Edward B. Lewis
Friday, October 27
Session Three: Gene Expression and Spatial Organization of Morphogenesis
Robb Krumlauf, Chair
Conservation in the Regulatory Cascade Controlling Hox Genes in Hindbrain Segmentation
Robb Krumlauf
Sonic Hedgehog and the Establishment of Embryonic Pattern
Cliff Tabin
Regulation and Evolution of Insect Wing Number, Formation, and Pattern
Sean B. Carroll
Cell-cell Interaction and the Transcriptional Regulation of Cell Fate in Drosophila PNS Development
James W. Posakony
Origin, Lineage, and Diversification of the Neural Crest
Marianne Bronner-Fraser
Session Four: Transcription Factor Interactions in Control of Differentially expressed Genes
Tom Maniatis, Chair
Activation and Repression of a Multicomponent Transcription Enhancer Complex
Tom Maniatis
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell-Type Specific Gene Repression in Yeast
Alexander D. Johnson
Interactions of the Glucocorticoid Receptor with Other Transcription Factors
Keith Yamamoto
Development and Signal-Dependent Regulation of Interleukin-2 Gene Expression
Ellen Rothenberg
Genetic Control of Myogenesis
Eric Olson
Saturday, October 28
Session Five: Insertion Elements, Organization of Gene Families, and Gene Expression
Roy J. Britten, Chair
Mobile Elements in Animal Genomes: Their Function in Gene Regulation
Roy J. Britten
Drosophila Retrotransposons: Mechanisms of Mutagenesis and Mobilization
Victor Corces
Transposable Elements and the Evolution of Gene Expression
Susan Wessler
Vertebrate T Cell Receptor Loci: Organization, Evolution, and Serendipity
Leroy E. Hood
Genomic Organization and Expression of Smell Receptor Genes
Richard Axel
Session Six: Chromatin Organization and Gene Expression
Gary Felsenfeld, Chair
Globin Gene Organization and Regulation
Gary Felsenfeld
Sex and Death in C. elegans
Barbara Meyer
Control of Lymphocyte Gene Expression and Factor Access in Chromatin
Rudolf Grosschedl
Phenotypic Variegation: The Dynamic Role of the Chromosome in Gene Regulation
Daniel Gottschling
