Regional Drosophila Meeting 2010

Schedule for the 16th Regional Drosophila Meeting 2010 (pdf)


Thu, 26.08.2010

12:00-19:00: Registration

13:00-13:30: Welcome to Goettingen

13:30- 15:00: Talks

  • Magdalena Baer:
    • Lumen formation in tracheal terminal cells - novel role of Microsomal triacylglycerol transfer protein.

  • Martina La Rosa:
    • Involvement of Cyclin G in the regulation of fat metabolism in Drosophila

  • Wilhelm Palm:
    • Drosophila Lipophorin Requires Different Lipid Transfer Proteins for the Uptake of Dietary and Endogenous Lipids

  • Katharina Thiel:
    • Role of COPI function in lipid storage regulation of Drosophila melanogaster

    15:00-15:30: Coffee Break

    15:30-16:30: Talks

  • Katrin Stinski:
    • Translational control in Drosophila spermatogenesis: in search for the trans-acting factors

  • Ilka Pfurr:
    • IRES activity in dicistronic mRNAs of Drosophila

  • Alf Herzig:
    • Chromatin assembly surveillance dependent on histone de novo synthesis

    16:30-17:30: Poster session I

    17:30-18:30: Plenary Lecture by Cayetano Gonzalez (Barcelona)

    18:30-20:30: BBQ

    21:00-22:30: Guided Tour of Goettingen (by choice)

    - group I: 21:00 (25 people)
    - group II + III: 21:30 (25 / 18 people)

    22:30-open end: Come Together in the “Blooming Bar” in the old town of Goettingen




    Fr, 27.08.2010

    9:00-10:00: Talks

  • Yujun Zhang:
    • Roles of X-330 in global cell movement in ventral furrow formation and germ band extension of Drosophila

  • Ulrike Löhr:
    • A “morphogenic network” patterns the head region of Drosophila

  • Philip Laupsien:
    • Role of slow as molasses (slam) during cellularization in D. melanogaster


    10:00-11:30: Coffee Break and Poster Session II

    11:30-12:15: Talks

  • Martina Frank:
    • Analysis of the function of the cell cycle regulator „Rca1“ at the G1-S transition in the cell cycle

  • Christoph Morgenthaler:
    • Degradation of the Drosophila APC/C inhibitor Rca1 during G1

    12:15-13:15: Lunch

    13:15-14:30: Talks

  • Robert Freyberger:
    • Optogenetically induced olfactory stimulation in Drosophila larvae reveals the neuronal basis of odor-aversion behavior

  • Sven Niehues:
    • A new role of the apoptosome complex during axon pathfinding in the olfactory system in Drosophila

  • Alexandra Kumichel:
    • Epithelial cell polarity in the hindgut of the Drosophila embryo

  • Michael Krahn:
    • Stardust associates with Bazooka to regulate early epithelial polarity in Drosophila

    14:30-15:00: Voting, prices, Concluding remarks

    15:00- open end: Coffee and Good-bye drinks and snacks