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Workshop 3: Morphogenesis, Limb Growth, Gastrulation, Somitogenesis, Neural Tube Formation: Schedule

Schedule
Monday, November 17
8:30-9:00am Welcome and overview of workshop: Marty Golubitsky and Hans Othmer
9:00-10:00am Ray Keller: How we are shaped: Patterning, cell motility, and forces in several strategies of gastrulation
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am James Glazier: Multi-Cell Simulations of Gastrulation and Somitogenesis in Chick
11:30-12:30pm Lance Davidson: Reverse engineering the physical mechanics of morphogenesis
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-3:00pm Chris Wylie: Cadherin-based cortical actin actin assembly and the control of morphogenetic movements
4:00pm Reception and Poster Session: Jennings Hall, 3rd floor
Tuesday, November 18
9:00-10:00am Paul Kulesa: Watching neural development of the sympathetic ganglia
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am David Odde: Traction Dynamics of Filopodia on Compliant Substrates
11:30-12:30pm Kyle Miller: Modeling Mitochondrial Dynamics During In Vivo Axonal Elongation
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-3:00pm Shigeru Kondo: Multi-Cell Simulations of Gastrulation and Somitogenesis in Chick
3:00-4:00pm David Parichy
4:00-5:00pm Kevin Painter: Modelling cell-cell adhesion and its role in Morphogenesis
Wednesday, November 19
9:00-10:00am Claudio Stern: Gastrulation through a primitive streak: cellular mechanics and signals
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Ruth Baker: Mathematical modelling of domain growth
11:30-12:30pm Magda Stolarska: Mathematical Modeling of Mechnical Processes in Growth and Movement
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-3:00pm Eric Dessaud: Neural tube patterning by Shh: interpretation of a morphogen gradient
3:00-4:00pm Santiago Schnell: Investigating two mechanisms of neural crest migration
Thursday, November 20
9:00-10:00am Lee Niswander: Genetics and dynamic imaging of neural tube closure
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Xin Sun
11:30-12:30pm James Sharpe: New tools to understand vertebrate limb morphogenesis: Combining 3D computer modelling with quantitative empirical data
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-3:00pm Robert Dillon: A cells-based model for vertebrate limb development
6:00-9:00pm Banquet dinner at Holiday Inn on the Lane
Friday, November 21
9:00-10:00am David Umulis
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Hans Othmer: Growth and Patterning in Development The Role of Mechanics