Presenter's Name Program # Partial Abstract Title Presentation Time Session Assignment
Abou Daya, Farah
175
Town and Country Ballroom A
Identifying the genetic links between insomnia and cardiovascular disease using Drosophila models of sleep and cardiac physiology
Saturday, April 9
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease II
Adams, Elsie
Golden State Ballroom
A mutation in the gene for kinetochore protein Spc25 disrupts both homolog and sister chromatid connections in male meiosis and causes very high levels of meiosis I nondisjunction
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Adebambo, Temitope
Online
Toxicological study and genetic basis of BTEX susceptibility in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Aden, Safiyo
Golden State Ballroom
Genomic insertion of repetitive DNA can trigger conversion of euchromatin to heterochromatin
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Afkhami, Mehrnaz
Golden State Ballroom
Pleiotropy and the rapid coevolution in reproductive traits in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Agi, Egemen
Golden State Ballroom
Target-independent visual map formation
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Aguilar, Gustavo
194
Town and Country Ballroom A
Seamless genetic engineering via CRISPR-triggered SSA allows spatio-temporal control of gene labelling
Saturday, April 9
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Oral
Techniques and Technology Session
Aguilera, Joseph
Golden State Ballroom
X marks the spot: Specifically targeting active chromatin to the X chromosome
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Ahmad, Kami
Golden State Ballroom
The H3.3K27M oncohistone antagonizes reprogramming in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Ahrentløv, Nadja
Golden State Ballroom
Endocrine signals from the gut that regulate metabolism
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Akalu, Saron
Golden State Ballroom
Horizontal transfer of an apoptosis-inducing toxin gene in an agriculturally destructive fruit fly genus
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Akhmetova, Katarina
Golden State Ballroom
Drosophila STING protein has a role in lipid metabolism
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Akos, Zsuzsa
Golden State Ballroom
Using NaNuTrap method to provide insight into synchronized remodeling of adjacent tissues ectoderm and mesoderm at gastrulation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Akula, Srihitha
138
Town and Country Ballroom C
Malvolio, a Fork head target metal ion transporter, is required for salivary gland morphogenesis
Saturday, April 9
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Albanese, Eric
Online
It's about time: an investigation into the role of abnormal oocyte (abo) in embryonic histone gene regulation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Alber, Daniel S.
Golden State Ballroom
Patterning and Morphogenesis of the Posterior Midgut
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Alegria, Andrew D.
Golden State Ballroom
Multiscale, multi-perspective imaging assisted robotic microinjection of Drosophila melanogaster embryos
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Aljabri, Abdulrahman
Online
Active site phosphorylation of CDK11 is antagonised by PNUTS‐PP1 and localised in the centrosomes
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Allen, Brooke
Online
Parkinson’s disease genes interact with ATP7 to regulate copper distribution and availability in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Allen, Sarah
Online
Functions and interactions of sperm-bound seminal proteins in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Almeida, Isabela
Online
OligoY: a pipeline for the design of repetitive oligopaint probes for the Y Chromosome
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Al-nouman, Abdulqater
Golden State Ballroom
Elucidating the role of the Drosophila melanogaster TENT5 homolog in eye development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Alqarni, Adel
Golden State Ballroom
Studying the effect of Methotrexate on DNA damage and repair during ageing: drug treatments and models of JAK/STAT pathway-related blood cancers
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Altindag, Ulku
Online
Variation in genomic instability due to heat stress in early and late meiosis: Regulation of transcription and chromatin availability
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Alvarez, Jessica
Online
Oxidative stress resistance in insulin-signaling impaired male and female Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Amankwaa, Bright
146
Town and Country Ballroom B
Drosophila genome architectural proteins form in vivo liquid -liquid phase separating
Saturday, April 9
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Oral
Chromatin
Amin, Ruksana
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying the regulatory basis of sex differences in reproductive senescence in Drosophila melanogaster.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Amodeo, Amanda
Golden State Ballroom
Excess histone H3 is a Chk1 inhibitor that controls embryonic cell cycle progression
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Andersen, Ditte
Golden State Ballroom
The fly Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor (TNFR), Wengen, restricts cytoplasmic TRAF3 levels to control gut metabolism, immunity, and tissue homeostasis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Anderson, Elizabeth
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of VAPB in axonal ER and motorneuron development and degeneration
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Anderson, Judith
Golden State Ballroom
Bisphenol A exposure impacts neurodevelopmental gene expression, cognitive function, and synaptic morphology in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Andolfatto, Peter
Golden State Ballroom
Extensive genome-wide homozygosity tracts reveal micro-environment population structure in Drosophila populations.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Andrews, Jonathan
Golden State Ballroom
De novo variant in MRTF-B is associated with intellectual disability, minor dysmorphic features, expressive language delay, impulse control issues, and fine motor delay.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Anreiter, Ina
90
Town and Country Ballroom C
The mRNA-binding protein Pumilio pleiotropically regulates food-related phenotypes through foraging
Friday, April 8
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Oral
Neurobehavior I
Ansaf, Huda
Golden State Ballroom
Utilizing Y-mazes to Investigate Olfactory Learning Phenotypic Variations in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Antel, Matthew
Golden State Ballroom
Programmed changes of interaction of Stat92E homologous loci regulate transcription during the stem cell differentiation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Arain, Urfa
Golden State Ballroom
Genetic mechanisms underlying the development and distribution of Dm4 neurons in the Drosophila medulla
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Arama, Eli
Golden State Ballroom
Robustness of the canonical mitochondrial fusion machinery promotes Nebenkern formation in Drosophila spermatids
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Aranjuez, George
74
Town and Country Ballroom A
Discovery of a novel competitive interaction between the Chlamydia trachomatis early effector Tarp and the endogenous actin bundler Singed/Fascin during mechanosensory bristle development
Friday, April 8
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Oral
Cell Biology II
Armour, Ellen
Golden State Ballroom
Extracellular stimulation triggers Tip60 HAT nucleocytoplasmic transport in the Drosophila brain with concomitant induction of Tip60 target neuroplasticity genes
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Armstrong, Alissa
4
Town and Country Ballroom A
Larry Sandler Award
Wednesday, April 6
7:23 PM - 7:27 PM
Oral
Opening General Session
Arsala, Deanna
Golden State Ballroom
Intralocus sexual conflict drives new gene evolution in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Ascencio, Gerson
Golden State Ballroom
A Dominant modifier Screen for Genetic Interactor of Jagunal in the Drosophila compound eye
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Ash, Meagan
Golden State Ballroom
Drosophila larval burrowing: a parasitoid avoidance behavior?
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Atkinson, Nigel
Golden State Ballroom
A non-nuclear NF-κB modulates behavioral alcohol sensitivity but not immunity
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
AURADKAR, ANKUSH
Online
Probing evolution by Hox locus replacement
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Bach, Erika
1
Town and Country Ballroom A
Welcome to #DROS22
Wednesday, April 6
7:00 PM - 7:08 PM
Oral
Opening General Session
Baena Lopez, Luis Alberto
Golden State Ballroom
A toolkit to generate interconvertible overexpression Drosophila transgenes
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Bailey, Hannah
Golden State Ballroom
Developing tools to study the actin mesh during Drosophila oogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Baker, Catherine
Golden State Ballroom
Regulation of cycB translation by a four-protein complex in Drosophila spermatocytes
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Baker, Nick
201
Town and Country Ballroom A
Minute mutations, cell competition, and cellular surveillance
Saturday, April 9
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Oral
Plenary Session III
Balasov, Maxim
Golden State Ballroom
Humanized Drosophila model of the Meier-Gorlin syndrome.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Baldwin-Brown, James
Golden State Ballroom
Intercalary heterochromatin prevents local somatic pairing loss in interspecies Drosophila hybrids
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Bandodkar, Prasad
Golden State Ballroom
Using Natural Variation and Machine Learning to map Gene Regulatory Networks
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Bandyadka, Shruthi
Golden State Ballroom
Characterizing the landscape of alternative splicing events regulating the clearance of nurse cells by non-professional phagocytes in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Bar, Sudipta
Online
Transcriptional regulator of DR responsive genes extends lifespan and regulate Tau pathology in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Barmaleki Lighavn, Fatemeh
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the contributions of Rab11 and the UPR in amyloid-β load at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
BARTOLETTI, Mathieu
Online
Glia-neuron signaling induced by distinct sources of two different BMPs regulate synaptic growth
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Barton, Lacy
120
Town and Country Ballroom C
Old Hormones, new tricks: Juvenile Hormones ensure primordial germ cells reach the embryonic somatic gonad
Friday, April 8
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Oral
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Bauer, Milena
Golden State Ballroom
Heterodimerization-dependent secretion of BMP5/7 is required for wing patterning in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Baumgartner, Michael
Golden State Ballroom
Xrp1 and Irbp18 trigger a feed-forward loop of proteotoxic stress to induce the loser status
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Bautista, Oscar
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of Meiotic Recombination Nodule Proteins Utilizing Proximity Labeling
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Bayer, Livia
Golden State Ballroom
Bruno 1 and Cup interdependent regulation of oskar mRNA life cycle
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Bechard, Abigail
Online
Manipulation of neuron transmission in the mushroom bodies and protocerebral bridge affects social behaviour
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Belato, Paulo
Online
Influence of B chromosomes on gene expression in the D. melanogaster germline
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Bellah, Jeffrey
Online
Regulation of early wing disc growth by Dilp8
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Bellec, Karen
Online
Role of the PIWI protein Aubergine in the regulation of intestinal regeneration
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Ben el kadhi, Khaled
Golden State Ballroom
Deciphering the molecular clock controlling the neurogenesis diversity in drosophila’s medulla
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Bener, Muhammed Burak
Golden State Ballroom
Function of Bazooka in dedifferentiation of the male germline stem cells
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Ben-Hur, Sharon
126
Town and Country Ballroom C
Cell intruder targeting system mediates paternal mitochondrial destruction after fertilization in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Oral Online
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Bereda, Colleen
Golden State Ballroom
Functional Analysis of Bloom Syndrome Helicase in Development and DNA Repair
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Berent, Erica
Golden State Ballroom
Adaptation of the CRISPR-Sirius tool for imaging the genome in Drosophila ovaries
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Bergstralh, Dan
8
Town and Country Ballroom A
Image Award 
Thursday, April 7
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM
Oral Online
Plenary Session I
BHASKAR, PRADEEP
Online
Broad is sex and cell type specifically required in the Drosophila gonads for gametogenesis and fertility.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Bhatnagar, Akanksha
Golden State Ballroom
A tale of two functions: Epigenetic programming and RNA splicing by Tip60 histone acetyltransferase
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Bhattacharya, Mallika
124
Town and Country Ballroom C
Ecdysone signaling times border cell migration by regulating protrusive activity and cell-cell adhesion
Friday, April 8
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Oral
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Bhattacharya, Rachita
79
Town and Country Ballroom A
Microtubule acetylation promotes epithelial cell stretching and squamous cell carcinogenesis in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Oral Online
Cell Biology II
Bielawski, Ashley
Golden State Ballroom
Na+/H+ exchanger (Nhe) regulates neuronal morphology at the neuromuscular junction
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Bieser, Kayla
Golden State Ballroom
Extending the Fly-CURE into an Upper-Level Undergraduate Bioinformatics Course
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
17. Educational Initiatives
Bileckyj, Cayleen
Golden State Ballroom
Establishing the Role of the Conserved TN Domain in Tinman
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Billini, Carlos
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the Regulation of Germline Stem Cell Cytokinesis by Somatic Stem Cells
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Billmyre, Katherine
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating chromosome-specific differences during meiosis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Binder, Andrea
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes required in Drosophila male meiosis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Biswas, Sudeshna
Online
Details of transgene construction determine effective siRNA production
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Bjork, Reed
Golden State Ballroom
TDP-43 expression in dementia-relevant circuits causes axonal degeneration and behavioral deficits in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Blair, Logan
Online
The role of chromatin and DNA sequence changes in de novo gene origin
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Bland, Michelle
10
Town and Country Ballroom A
Regulating host phospholipid metabolism to fight infection
Thursday, April 7
9:05 AM - 9:35 AM
Oral
Plenary Session I
Bleskan, Calvin
Golden State Ballroom
A Genetic Screen Identifying E2s and E3s Involved with Maternal Protein Clearing During the Maternal to Zygotic Transition
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Bolaji, Modupeola
Golden State Ballroom
Mechanism of bruno-mediated tolerance to P-element activity in Drosophila melanogaster germline
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Bondarenko, Simon
Online
The detachment of lamin Dm0 from the nuclear envelope increases variability in 3D positioning of LADs within Drosophila melanogaster nuclei
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Bonilla, Henry
Online
Effective label of XL/XR and Neo-X chromosomes of Drosophila miranda using oligopaints probes
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Bonnette, Paige E
Golden State Ballroom
Evaluating Approaches for Bacterial Mono-association in Parkinson’s disease Model Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Bosch, Justin A.
Online
Proteomic mapping of organ secretomes using in vivo proximity labeling
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Bose, Anish
Golden State Ballroom
Elucidating The Roles of Zelda and Taranis During Late Regeneration in Drosophila Wing Imaginal Discs
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Bostelman, Marina
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating roles of conserved domains in the calcium channel subunit α2δ-3 during synapse development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Bosveld, Floris
142
Town and Country Ballroom C
Tissue geometry reorients in-plane homeotic tension to promote folding.
Saturday, April 9
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Botero, Valentina
153
Town and Country Ballroom A
Neuronal mechanisms of neurofibromin dependent metabolic regulation
Saturday, April 9
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Boukhatmi, Hadi
Online
Molecular mechanisms behind adult muscle stem cells specification and activation.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Boutet, Alison
Golden State Ballroom
ArfGAP1 regulates collective cell migration in vivo.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Bradshaw, Tancia
Online
Distinct downstream effectors downstream of InR activity control multiple aspects of oogenesis.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Brand, Cara
113
Town and Country Ballroom B
Cross-species incompatibility between a DNA satellite and the Drosophila homolog of Spartan poisons germline genome integrity
Friday, April 8
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Evolution II
Braun, Tslil
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying potential caspase substrates involved in spermatid terminal differentiation in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Brehm, Ali
Golden State Ballroom
Drosophila melanogaster containing a galbut virus endogenous viral element are resistant to infection
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Brennan, Kaelan
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the genome-wide cooperativity between the pioneer factor Zelda and patterning transcription factors in the early embryo
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Bretscher, Heidi
36
Town and Country Ballroom C
Differential regulation of glycogen homeostasis by TGFβ/Activin ligands
Thursday, April 7
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Bretz, Nicholas
Online
Not quite FedEx: How are venom proteins packaged for delivery by the parasitoid wasp Ganaspis hookeri?
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Broihier, Heather
Golden State Ballroom
Innate immune signaling sculpts neuron-glia interactions across lifespan
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Broihier, Heather
202
Town and Country Ballroom A
Innate immune signaling sculpts neuron-glia interactions across lifespan
Saturday, April 9
8:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Oral
Plenary Session III
Brown, Haley
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of Polycomb repression in Drosophila eye specification
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Brown, Jeremy
Golden State Ballroom
Mechanisms for culling of Drosophila wing disc cells with loss-of-heterozygosity after irradiation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Brown, Nora
31
Town and Country Ballroom B
An odorant binding protein is required for mating plug formation and male fertility in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Oral
Evolution I
Broyles, Connor N.
Golden State Ballroom
Transcriptomic analysis in NF1: exploring drivers of diverse phenotypes
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Bubnell, Jaclyn
112
Town and Country Ballroom B
Functional divergence of the bag of marbles gene in the Drosophila melanogaster species group
Friday, April 8
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Oral
Evolution II
Buckley, Martin
Online
Utilizing Live Cell Imaging in Drosophila melanogaster Salivary Glands to Determine if Resveratrol Treatment Activates Heat Shock Factor DNA Binding
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Bunnell, Dean
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating Flock House virus-mediated changes in bioenergetics in aged Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Burghardt, Emily
Golden State Ballroom
Transcriptome analysis reveals temporally regulated genetic networks during border cell collective migration.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Burkhart, Jessica
Online
The Role of Copper in Parkinson's Disease
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Burnside, Brittany
Golden State Ballroom
The relationship between natural diet, microbiome, and life history in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Butler, Megan B.
Golden State Ballroom
Determining how H4K20 methylation contributes to L(3)mbt recruitment to chromatin
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Butnaru, Gallia
Online
Resemblances Amomg Different Romanian Ecotypes of Drosophila melanogaster L.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Butova, Nadejda
Golden State Ballroom
Ulp1: a Clock for Heterochromatin Repair
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Byfield, Anari-Mai
Online
Regional differences in timing of apical cell area change associated with sex comb rotation during development
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Cabrera, Cecilia
177
Town and Country Ballroom A
Exploring the effects of diet-induced obesity on the invasiveness of Drosophila tumours
Saturday, April 9
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease II
Cabrera, Ilva
Online
Implications of Class II PI3K Variants and Mtm phosphatase during Autophagic Lysosome Reformation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Cabrera, Kevin
Online
Transcriptional Profiling of Immune Priming in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Call, Tanner B.
Golden State Ballroom
Microbiota effects on climbing abilities in w1118 flies
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Calvary, Lisa
76
Town and Country Ballroom A
WAVE regulatory complex facilitates cell rearrangements through the generation of an F-Actin subpopulation at tri-cellular junction in the follicular epithelium
Friday, April 8
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Oral
Cell Biology II
Calvino, Martin
Online
The NXF gene family in Drosophila: Evolutionary History and Cell-Type Specific Gene Expression
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Campanale, Joseph
Golden State Ballroom
Coordination of border cell cohesion through localization of the RacGEF Cdep by the scribble complex.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Campbell, Shonda
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying Candidate Genes and Genetic Networks that Influence the Age-specific Ability to Clear an Infection Using Genome Wide Association Tests (GWAs)
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Camuglia, Jaclyn
141
Town and Country Ballroom C
Mechanical cues planar polarize Pins and orient divisions during Drosophila gastrulation
Saturday, April 9
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Candib, Alec
Golden State Ballroom
Assessing Novel Therapeutics with a Drosophila Model of Neural Aging and Stressors
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Cansell, Celine
Golden State Ballroom
Two phases of ageing in mice, a mammal model for Smurfness.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Carboni, Alexia L.
71
Town and Country Ballroom C
The Turandot proteins promote tolerance to stress by regulating energy consumption and tracheogenesis
Friday, April 8
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral Online
Immunity and Microbiome
Casarez, Veronica
Golden State Ballroom
Molecular genetic analysis of the mutation I.3.2 by undergraduates participating in a Drosophila CURE
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Castiglione, Melissa
Golden State Ballroom
Examining essential functions of KDM5 via a novel truncation allele (kdm5Q19)
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Cave, Si
Golden State Ballroom
Characterizing the Novel Protein Asperous Involved in Tissue Regeneration
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Cerbin, Stefan
Golden State Ballroom
A genome wide model for estimating DNA transposable element excision rates in Drosophila virilis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Ceretti, Attilio
Online
Investigating the Role of SIFamide in the Effects of Food Deprivation on Female Reproductive Drive
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Chahwala, Kishen
Golden State Ballroom
Why are axonal endoplasmic reticulum tubules so narrow?
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Chakraborty, Shalini
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring molecular mechanisms of Abnormal spindle function in brain growth and development
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Chakraborty, Tuhin
56
Town and Country Ballroom B
The Neuronal and Molecular Mechanisms by Which Death Perception Impacts Fly Behavior and Lifespan
Friday, April 8
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism II
Chang, Ching-Ho
Golden State Ballroom
Rapid diversification shapes the evolution and function of sperm nuclear basic protein genes in Drosophila species
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Chasse, Alexandra
Golden State Ballroom
The Role of Professional Phagocytes during Cell Death in the Ovary of Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
chatla, Kamalakar
Golden State Ballroom
Comparative sex chromosome evolution in Drosophila robusta species group
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Chaudhary, Saurabh
Golden State Ballroom
Cellular and molecular basis of transcriptional regulation during spermatogenesis in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Chaudhry, Norin
185
Town and Country Ballroom B
Lamp1 mediates lipid transport, but is dispensable for autophagy in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral Online
Cell Stress and Cell Death
Chavan, Ankita
Online
Investigating the function of Stonewall in the maintenance of Drosophila female germline stem cells
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Chen, Dahong
Golden State Ballroom
Temporal regulation of neuronal maturation by a chromatin anti-looping factor
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Chen, Dawn
Golden State Ballroom
Octopaminergic/tyraminergic Tdc2 neurons regulate sperm preference in female Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Chen, Hsueh-Ling
Online
Genetic dissection of physiological properties of local interneurons in the Drosophila larval visual circuit
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Chen, Hung-Yuan (Zeke)
Online
Analysis of pMad and Medea Expression in BMP Pathway in Drosophila with Multiple Fluorescent Proteins
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
09. Signal transduction
Chen, Jiayang
Online
Dunk Regulates Cortical Localization of Myosin II during Drosophila Cellularization through Interaction with the Scaffolding Protein Anillin
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Chen, Peiwei
85
Town and Country Ballroom B
Sculpture of a sex-specific piRNA program
Friday, April 8
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Chen, Peiwei
Golden State Ballroom
Evolutionarily young, gene-silencing piRNA: innovation in gene regulation or control of selfish genetic elements?
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
chen, shue
Online
Nurf301 and Su(Hw) coregulate gene expression and nuclear organization through the recruitment of CP190
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Chen, Wei
140
Town and Country Ballroom C
A feedback mechanism mediated by actomyosin activity-dependent apical targeting of Rab11 vesicles reinforces apical constriction
Saturday, April 9
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Chen, Yu-Chieh David
Golden State Ballroom
Codes of cell surface proteins coordinate stochastic and deterministic cell fates during Drosophila color vision circuit assembly
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Chen, Yujun
183
Town and Country Ballroom B
The Protein Phosphatase-1 regulatory subunit dPPP1R15 controls collective cell migration via the eIF2-alpha-ATF4-dependent ER stress pathway
Saturday, April 9
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral
Cell Stress and Cell Death
Chen, Zhe
Golden State Ballroom
MDIS, a mitochondrial DNA exonuclease enforces uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial genome
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Cheng, Duo
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring the role of glial Syndecan on neuroepithelium expansion in the Drosophila optic lobe
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Chhangani, Deepak
Online
Transcription related proteins modify TDP-43 mediated toxicity in a fly model of ALS
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Chimata, Anuradha
Golden State Ballroom
Structure-function analysis of Defective proventriculus (Dve) in Drosophila melanogaster eye development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Cho, Eddie
Golden State Ballroom
Dynamic transcriptional changes in the adult Drosophila central nervous system highlights potential coordination of stress and repair responses following traumatic brain injury
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Choudhury, Tahrim
Golden State Ballroom
Epigenetic regulation of energy homeostasis by the RNA adenosine methylation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Chow, Clement
Golden State Ballroom
A novel assay to study salivary gland dysfunction in a model of NGLY1 deficiency
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Christensen, Christian
Golden State Ballroom
Activin signaling controls ISC proliferation and cell fate to maintain adult gut homeostasis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Christensen, Collin
Golden State Ballroom
Defining the mechanisms underlying how enhancer binding sites regulate Notch signal strength
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Clark, Caitlin
Golden State Ballroom
Genetic determinants of cell fate plasticity during regeneration after radiation damage in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Claussen, Nikolas
Golden State Ballroom
Quantiative Models of Mechanical Feedback in Morphogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Clayworth, Katherine
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the localization and function of laminin and dystroglycan in Drosophila wrapping glia development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Clemente, Giuliana
Golden State Ballroom
Phagocytosis-dependent activation of Nrf2 strengthens the macrophage inflammatory response whilst limiting immune senescence and systemic tissue damage.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Clements, Rhiannon
Online
Myosin XV regulates basal filopodia formation during bristle patterning
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Cobb, Tyler
Online
dFNDC5 Regulates Exercise Performance and Adaptations in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Cobian, Hector
Golden State Ballroom
A Genetic Screen for Identifying E2s and E3s Involved in Protein Clearance During the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Cohen, Lianne
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of Enhancers of the Drosophila Innate Immune System
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Collu, Giovanna
Golden State Ballroom
Lztr1 is a conserved regulator of Ras/MAPK activity
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Colon Plaza, Sarah
180
Town and Country Ballroom B
Ionizing Radiation induces cells with past caspase activity that contribute to the adult organ in Drosophila and show reduced Loss of Heterozygosity
Saturday, April 9
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Oral
Cell Stress and Cell Death
Connacher, Robert
Golden State Ballroom
The mRNA regulatory function of Brat is essential for development and neurogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Conway, Taylor
Golden State Ballroom
Tandem duplications as targets of selection in local adaptation
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Cortés, Alyssa
Golden State Ballroom
Effects of L-DOPA on D. simulans and D. sechellia Mating Behavior
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Courret, Cecile
Golden State Ballroom
SR drive and the evolutionary history of the Y chromosome in Drosophila simulans
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Courville, Robert
Golden State Ballroom
Developing a High Throughput Drug Induced Phenomics and Transcriptomic Assessment
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Crain, Aaron T.
Golden State Ballroom
A novel mosaic system for performing forward genetics in a sensitized histone mutant background
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Crawford, Taylor
Golden State Ballroom
Enhancer hijacking leads to flies with no thorax
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Cruz, Joyner
Online
Same tissue, different responses: How do different cells in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc respond to ionizing radiation and contribute to tissue homeostasis?
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Dadkhah, Sepideh
Online
Identification of factors regulating individualization.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Dahmani, Celya D.
Golden State Ballroom
The ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate ameliorates molecular and behavioral pathological markers in a Drosophila model of glial tauopathy.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Dalton, Hans
182
Town and Country Ballroom B
A genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies DPM1 as a modifier of DPAGT1 deficiency and ER stress
Saturday, April 9
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Oral
Cell Stress and Cell Death
Darby, Andrea
Golden State Ballroom
Short-term feeding on high sugar increases susceptibility to infection
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Darnell, Hannah
Golden State Ballroom
Role of M1BP, a transcriptional pausing factor in JNK-mediated cell death during eye development
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Daumann, Ilsa-Maria
Golden State Ballroom
Systematic functional analysis of Rab GTPases in neuronal development and maintenance
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
David, Olayinka
Golden State Ballroom
Targeted mutagenesis of orco disrupts fertility in the second gonotrophic cycle in the Aedes aegypti mosquito
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Davis, Jacinta
Online
Vexed mediates non-cell autonomous loss of dopaminergic neurons
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Davis, Shaun
88
Town and Country Ballroom C
A hymenopteran odorant alerts flies to bury eggs
Friday, April 8
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Oral
Neurobehavior I
De, Oindrila
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating a morphogenetic role for septate junction proteins in cell shape changes and polarity during dorsal closure
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
De Grace, Olivia
Golden State Ballroom
The role of the extracellular protease AdamTS-B and BMP signaling in wing vein formation
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Decker, Jacob
Golden State Ballroom
Tissue scale viscoelastic properties influence 3-D organ morphology in the developing fly retina
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Dehn, Ari
57
Town and Country Ballroom B
Blocking cell fusion inhibits age-induced polyploidy and maintains epithelial organization in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism II
Delbare, Sofie
125
Town and Country Ballroom C
Transcriptome analysis implicates circadian clock genes in Sex Peptide-dependent post-mating responses in Drosophila melanogaster females
Friday, April 8
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Delgado, Ambar
Golden State Ballroom
TRMT9B regulates synaptic function and motor behavior
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
DeLuca, Steven
Golden State Ballroom
Reguation of Polycomb silencing initiation during nurse cell development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Delventhal, Rebecca
155
Town and Country Ballroom A
Dietary restriction ameliorates TBI-induced phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster.
Saturday, April 9
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Deshpande, Prajakta
Golden State Ballroom
miR-277 targets hid to ameliorate Aβ42-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila eye model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Deshpande, Prajakta
Golden State Ballroom
Drosophila eye model to study the role of NAT9 in Alzheimer’s Disease related Dementia (ADRD)
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Dewett, Deepshe
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of gene expression changes in response to vitamin A deprivation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Dewey, Evan
Golden State Ballroom
Defining Mitotic Crossover Mechanisms Using CRISPR/Cas9 and Bloom Syndrome Helicase
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Dey, Manali
Golden State Ballroom
Adaptive variation in taste detection of carboxylic acids
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Di Cara, Francesca
Golden State Ballroom
Peroxisome metabolism in enterocytes regulates the diet-gut-brain axis and lead to neurodegeneration
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Diamandi, Julia
Golden State Ballroom
A survey of cis-regulatory fragments from the dissatisfaction gene identifies a subpopulation of abdominal interneurons that regulate the opening of the vaginal plates during courtship
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Diao, Fengqiu
Golden State Ballroom
Making Hox Gene-specific Drivers Using a Modified Trojan-exon Strategy
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Diaz, Arely V.
37
Town and Country Ballroom C
Spenito, m6A RNA modification and the establishment of metabolic sexual dimorphism in larvae
Thursday, April 7
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Diaz-Saldana, Pamela
Golden State Ballroom
In vitro identification of critical cis elements in the embryonic Drosophila histone locus
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Diegmiller, Rocky
Golden State Ballroom
Rethinking cyst formation during Drosophila spermatogenesis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Diltz, Jackson
Golden State Ballroom
Metabolic Dysregulation in Frontotemporal Dementia
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Ding, Kate
Online
HIF-1α promotes hypoxia tolerance by restraining excess cytokine signaling
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Diotti, Raffaella
Golden State Ballroom
The Genomics Education Partnership: Teaching and Research Opportunities
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
17. Educational Initiatives
DiVito Evans, Abigail
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying the epigenetic determinants of gene-by-environment interactions using Drosophila melanogaster diapause as a model
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Dixon, Cameron
Golden State Ballroom
Consequences to Organismal Physiology upon Dysregulation of Hormonal Homeostasis using Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Dobi, Krista
Online
Apterous Regulates the Formation of Stable Myotendinous Junctions in the Drosophila Embryo
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Dodge, Ren
70
Town and Country Ballroom C
A symbiotic niche in the Drosophila gut regulates the stable association of a multispecies community
Friday, April 8
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Oral
Immunity and Microbiome
Doe, Chris
7
Town and Country Ballroom A
Central Nervous System Development: Stem Cells to Circuits
Wednesday, April 6
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Oral
Opening General Session
Domingos, Pedro
Golden State Ballroom
EMC is required for biogenesis and membrane insertion of Xport-A, an essential chaperone of Rhodopsin-1 and the TRP channel
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Dondi, Cristiana
32
Town and Country Ballroom C
A novel role for CRTC linking age-related cardiac dysfunction and fibrosis to metabolic syndrome
Thursday, April 7
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Dorador, Ana
Golden State Ballroom
A telomere associated system of paramutation in Drosophila virilis mediated by maternally provisioned piRNAs
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Doubrovinski, Konstantin
Golden State Ballroom
Physical aspects of Drosophila gastrulation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Douglas, Tyler
Online
Trade-offs between cost of ingestion and rate of intake drive defensive toxin use
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Doyle, Susan
Golden State Ballroom
Neural Circuits Involved in Nutrient-Dependent Neuroblast Reactivation
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Draper, Isabella
Golden State Ballroom
Y2H screening reveals potential interactors of a B chromosome-expressed toxin in the jewel wasp
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Drum, Zachary
Golden State Ballroom
More than molting: Ecdysone signaling in adult Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Du, Chengcheng
Online
Social experience and pheromone receptor activity reprogram behavioral switch gene splicing and neuromodulatory gene expression in sensory neurons
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Du, Yipeng
Golden State Ballroom
Regulation of Delta-Notch pathway by mitochondrial signaling during drosophila oogenesis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Duan, Qichen
Online
Organizing the Drosophila olfactory circuits by interacting Ig superfamily adhesion molecules
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Duckhorn, Julia
Golden State Ballroom
Regulation of sexually dimorphic abdominal courtship behaviors in Drosophila by the Tlx/tailless-like nuclear receptor, Dissatisfaction
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Duenas, Alva
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization and functional analysis of diverse reactive Oxygen species produced during the immune response to bacterial infection.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Duffy, Joseph
Online
Kek1 inhibition of EGFR signaling: a Domain V mediated event
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Dumouchel, Jennifer
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring the novel role of a putative tRNA methyltransferase in synaptic growth and neuronal development
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Dunham, Tillie
Golden State Ballroom
Prevalence of galbut virus in wild Drosophila melanogaster populations and to lab colonization
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Dupre, Nathan
Golden State Ballroom
Silencing and position-effect variegation in a dual-reporter transposition mutagenesis screen
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Duramé, Eloïse
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of the physical and functional connection between CNK and Misshapen
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Dutra Nunes, Rodrigo
Online
Obesity and oogenesis in Drosophila: Increased fat storage is not sufficient to impair fertility
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Dutta, Debdeep
Online
Loss of MECR, an enzyme for mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis, causes iron accumulation, upregulation of ceramides and neurodegeneration
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Easwaran, Sreesankar
Golden State Ballroom
Diapause extends female germline stem cell longevity in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Eivers, Edward
Online
Investigating if the linker phosphorylation sites in Drosophila Smad2 control its stability and transcriptional activity
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
El Gammal, Menna
Golden State Ballroom
Molecular players of mis-specified cell elimination during development
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
El Yaman, Razan
Golden State Ballroom
Knockdown of CG6191 (Mary Shelley) results in compensatroy apoptosis in the imaginal wing disc mediated through JNK signaling
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Eldanaf, Rana
Golden State Ballroom
Developmental patterns of the Drosophila visual projection neurons
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Ell, Clara-Maria
Online
Cling film – a novel regulator of epithelial morphogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Emerson, J.J.
Golden State Ballroom
Towards telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies of Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Erclik, Teddy
Golden State Ballroom
Long-range temporal patterning of neuroblasts in the developing Drosophila medulla couples neurogenesis to circuit assembly
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Erdemci-Tandogan, Gonca
Online
Physical mechanisms of tissue compartmentalization in the Drosophila embryo
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Erley, Jake
Golden State Ballroom
Microbial Influence on Drosophila sechellia Fitness on Octanoic Acid
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Ertl, Henry
Golden State Ballroom
Testing long-term evolutionary change and stasis in the pioneer factor Grainyhead
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Espinoza, Claudia
Online
Inter-kingdom lipid transfer mediates D. melanogaster temperature-adaption
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Esteban Collado, José
Online
Imaginal disc regeneration: from stress to nutrients
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Everetts, Nicholas
Online
Importance of cell-cycle and cell-sex correction in single-cell analysis: unmasking novel target genes of the Hedgehog pathway
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Everman, Elizabeth
Golden State Ballroom
Multi-trait genetic characterization of resistance to heavy metal stress
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Ewen-Campen, Ben
Online
A split-Gal4 system that is repressible by Gal80
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Fabre, Caroline
93
Town and Country Ballroom C
Drosophila females receive male substrate-borne signals through specific leg neurons during courtship
Friday, April 8
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral Online
Neurobehavior I
Farmer, Adam
Online
trithorax regulates the expression of multiple Hox genes within the embryonic dorsal vessel and is required for heart proper and aorta specification
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Fasteen, Tess
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the mechanisms that control glycolytic gene expression at the cessation of larval growth
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Feng, Siqian
195
Town and Country Ballroom A
SpyChIP identifies genome-wide and cell type-specific transcription factor occupancy
Saturday, April 9
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Techniques and Technology Session
Ferreira, Erina A.
24
Town and Country Ballroom B
Partial overlap between inversions and genomic islands of divergence during early stages of ecological speciation in Drosophila yakuba
Thursday, April 7
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Oral
Evolution I
Fijabi, Oluwatobi
Golden State Ballroom
The Influence of Lab Manipulated Fermented Fruit and Maternally Inherited Microbiota on Metabolic Phenotype
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Fischer, Matthew
Golden State Ballroom
Necessity versus sufficiency: furthering understanding of ftz cis-regulatory elements in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Freund, Meghan
144
Town and Country Ballroom B
Uncovering how the pioneer transcription factor Grainy head binds and opens chromatin
Saturday, April 9
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Oral
Chromatin
Friesen, Sophia
143
Town and Country Ballroom C
The flipside of tissue growth: how the two layers of the wing imaginal disc keep pace with each other
Saturday, April 9
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral Online
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Fujimoto, Marisa
Golden State Ballroom
Comparing the Neurotoxic Effects of P3 (Aβ­17-42) and Aβ1-42 using Drosophila as an Alzheimer’s Disease Model
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Gabbert, Allison
Golden State Ballroom
Septins are necessary for detachment and protrusion formation in border cell migration
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Gadau, Alice
27
Town and Country Ballroom B
Dissecting the genetic changes underlying the adaptation of the carbon dioxide receptor in the D. suzukii species complex
Thursday, April 7
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Oral
Evolution I
Gagnon, Sarah
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating mechanisms of Frazzled/Dcc signaling in axon guidance
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Gaitan, Tatiana
Golden State Ballroom
Shavenbaby as a model to link phenotypic and gene regulatory changes across Drosophila evolution
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Galagovsky, DIego
Online
The conquest of a new habitat: A study of the nutritional and sensory adaptations of the D. suzukii larvae.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Galenza, Anthony
100
Town and Country Ballroom D
PAAC to the new normal: Intravital imaging of dynamic brush border repair in the adult Drosophila intestine
Friday, April 8
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Oral
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Galvin, Jake
127
Town and Country Ballroom C
Genetic coordination of sperm morphology and seminal fluid proteins promotes male reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Oral Online
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Gambetta, Maria Crisitna
Online
Essential role of Cp190 in physical and regulatory boundary formation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Gandara, Ana Caroline
Online
Warm and cold temperatures have distinct germline stem cell lineage effects during Drosophila oogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Ganguly, Anindya
104
Town and Country Ballroom A
Cellular and molecular basis of detection of acidic pH in fly gustatory system
Friday, April 8
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Gangwani, Karishma
Online
Roles of Hippo and Ecdysone Receptor Signaling in the regulation of dronc
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Gao, Ming
Golden State Ballroom
Analysis of RNA Helicase Me31B’s Molecular Mechanism in Germline Development by Motif Mutations
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Garcia, Melanie
Online
Establishing the feasibility of Drosophila melanogaster as a model system for Acinetobacter baumannii infection
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Gautam, Sumit
Golden State Ballroom
Mechanisms of D2R signaling in the blood-brain barrier that regulates courtship in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Gauthier, Kimberley
Golden State Ballroom
Regulation of epithelial tissue sealing during Drosophila dorsal closure by the PI4P phosphatase Sac1
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Geier, Benjamin
Golden State Ballroom
Proteomic characterization of Dube3a substrates in glia versus neurons using ubiquitin activated interaction trap (UBAIT)
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
George, Alexander
Golden State Ballroom
Evaluating the Effect of Architectural Features on Border Cell Migration in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Gerlitz, Offer
Online
Nucleoporin107 mediates female sexual differentiation via Dsx
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Ghosh, Neha
Golden State Ballroom
The role of ZP domain proteins in controlling corneal lens architecture
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Gilbert, Mary
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying subperineurial glia-specific dlg1 isoforms required for septate junction function
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Gilliland, William
Golden State Ballroom
A Cytological F1 RNAi Screen for Defects in Drosophila melanogaster Female Meiosis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Giniger, Edward
Golden State Ballroom
Abl tyrosine kinase controls the distribution and propagation of cellular forces by regulating the coherence of an actin network
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
girada, shravan
Golden State Ballroom
Regulated demolition in muscle remodeling: a T-tubule membrane disassembly pathway maintains muscle function
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Glassford, William
82
Town and Country Ballroom B
Hox linker domain phosphorylation alters Exd-Hox DNA-binding preferences and regulates gene expression
Friday, April 8
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Glowalla, Joshua
Online
Evolution of longevity and immunity differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Gohl, Daryl
Golden State Ballroom
Genetic barcoding for single cell transcriptomics and population behavioral assays
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Gokhale, Amrita Shrikant
51
Town and Country Ballroom A
Understanding the Role of Loner in Myoblast Fusion.
Friday, April 8
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Cell Biology I
Goldberg, Zachary
Golden State Ballroom
Insights into the evolution and development of stochastic Drosophila retinal patterning through cross-species comparison with yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Goldsmith, Samuel
Golden State Ballroom
dSmad2 MARCM clones reveal a requirement for dILP2 secretion in the adult brain
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Goldstein, Gabriel
Online
Identification of Drosophila new genes using machine learning
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Gomaa, Aya
Online
A toolkit to wire synthetic transcriptional circuits in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Gomez, Jillian
Golden State Ballroom
fs(1)K741 is a female sterile allele of the gene Sxl and disrupts Sxl splicing
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Gordon, Kathleen
Online
Does varying investment in egg production modify immune defense in mated female Drosophila melanogaster?
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Goyal, Manisha
Online
Odor mediated control of blood-progenitor redox homeostasis in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Grace, Mara
Golden State Ballroom
The role of ESCRTs in signaling within the testis stem cell niche
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Gracheva, Elena
Golden State Ballroom
Using optogenetic cardiac pacing and imaging to develop new heart function research platform
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Green, Llewellyn
Golden State Ballroom
Tracking Natural Variation in Tolerance to Transposable Elements Across Time
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Green, Nicole
Golden State Ballroom
Nuclear actin is a critical regulator of Drosophila germline stem cell maintenance
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Grey, Jasmine
Golden State Ballroom
The impact of cell cycle and DNA damage response on germline stem cell survival in the Drosophila testis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Grimes, Krista
Golden State Ballroom
The role and regulation of metabolic enzymes astray and Nmdmc during infection
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Grmai, Lydia
Golden State Ballroom
The stress response transcription factor ATF4 regulates oocyte maturation
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Gruys, Madeline
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the origin and evolution of CG17359, rapid-evolving, essential ZAD-ZNF gene in multiple Drosophila species
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Gu, Lingkun
Golden State Ballroom
Essential functions of gish in nuclear positioning during early embryogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Gualtieri, Claudia
Online
Candidate Autism Genes Nrx1 and Nlg3 Lead To Ectopic Synapses in Nociceptive Neurons in Drosophila Larvae
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
GUAN, WENYUE
Online
The post-transcriptional regulation of TFs in immature motoneurons shapes the axon-muscle connectome
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Guay, Sara
114
Town and Country Ballroom B
A putative de novo evolved gene is essential for male fertility via a paternal effect
Friday, April 8
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Oral
Evolution II
Guevara, Ruby
Golden State Ballroom
Observing the Effects of the Human Peptide, LL-37, on Aβ42’s Neurotoxicity and Effects on Gene Expression Using a Drosophila Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Guichard, Annabel
Online
Efficient allelic conversion by homologous chromosome-templated repair in Drosophila somatic tissues
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Guida, Clara
Golden State Ballroom
Cardiac aging prevention through H3K27me3 modulation
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Guleria, Vishal Singh
Online
Elucidation of the role of IFT52 associated with a novel skeletal ciliopathy using in vitro and Drosophila systems
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Guo, Hanqing
Online
Mechanical bistability of the mesoderm facilitates mesoderm invagination during Drosophila gastrulation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
GUO, LI
92
Town and Country Ballroom C
Descending neurons coordinate anterior grooming behavior in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Oral Online
Neurobehavior I
Guo, Yiming
Golden State Ballroom
Time-restricted feeding improves striated muscle in genetic-induced obese Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Guo, Yungui
Golden State Ballroom
The STRIPAK complex and microtubule protein transport in Drosophila muscle tissue
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Gupta, Vanika
Online
Role of Juvenile hormone in mediating trade-offs between immunity and reproduction
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Gutierrez Ramos, Ximena
Online
fushi tarazu and fushi tarazu factor 1, novel re-wiring in the Tribolium castaneum pair-rule gene network
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Haelterman, Nele
Online
Reproducibility for Everyone
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
17. Educational Initiatives
Hafezi, Yassi
115
Town and Country Ballroom B
The Y-linked gene, WDY, is necessary for sperm storage in Drosophila melanogaster.
Friday, April 8
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Oral
Evolution II
Hakes, Anna
121
Town and Country Ballroom C
The role of Drosophila germ granules in regulating mRNA stability during germ cell development
Friday, April 8
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Hamlin, Victoria
Golden State Ballroom
Uncovering the Genetic Basis of Variation in Learning and Memory Phenotypes using the Drosophila Synthetic Population Resource
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Han, Dongsheng
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating dBRWD3’s regulation on ORC by ubiquitination
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Han, Ivy
Golden State Ballroom
Wound-induced changes in epithelial tension
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Hanley, Davron
Golden State Ballroom
Tissue-specific diversity of the Muscleblind expression in adult flies
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Hannaford, Matthew
52
Town and Country Ballroom A
Pericentrin-Like-Protein is a Kinesin-1 Adaptor that drives Centriole Motility.
Friday, April 8
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Oral
Cell Biology I
Hannon, Colleen
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of intrinsic protein disorder in transcription factor dynamics and function
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Hanson, Katherine
Golden State Ballroom
Discovering Zinc Resistance Loci via Extreme QTL Mapping
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Hanson, Mark
Online
In vivo demonstration of polymorphisms in antimicrobial peptides shaping host-pathogen interactions
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Harrison, Melissa
207
Town and Country Ballroom A
Pioneers, settlers, and life on the OregonR trail: Transcriptional regulation during development
Sunday, April 10
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Closing Plenary
Hasan, Md Rezaul
Online
Scraps, an anilin, and Nebbish, a kinesin, are integral components of a Fox transcription factor-regulated subnetwork that mediates specific cardiac progenitor cell divisions
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Haseeb, Muhammad Abdul
Golden State Ballroom
Cohesin dynamics during meiotic prophase in Drosophila oocytes
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Hatch, Hayden
152
Town and Country Ballroom A
A KDM5-Prospero transcriptional axis functions during early neurodevelopment to regulate mushroom body formation
Saturday, April 9
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Hatfield, Jeffrey
91
Town and Country Ballroom C
Genetic Variation in Cocaine Preference in the Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel
Friday, April 8
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral
Neurobehavior I
Hawley, Hannah
Online
Focus on the foci: Investigating the role of HDAC4 aggregation in neuronal development in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
He, Bing
Online
Cell polarity determinant Dlg1 regulates the spatial organization and contractile behavior of non-muscle myosin II during tissue morphogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Heckscher, Ellie
6
Town and Country Ballroom A
Keynote Introduction
Wednesday, April 6
7:57 PM - 8:00 PM
Oral
Opening General Session
Heinkele, Helena
Golden State Ballroom
Gapvd1 regulates slit diaphragm formation in Drosophila but is otherwise dispensable for fly development.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Helms Cahan, Sara
Golden State Ballroom
Widespread effects of early embryonic thermal stress on morphology, physiology and performance across the lifespan in D. melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Helt, Rina
Golden State Ballroom
Defining the Dynamics of Transcriptional Bursting in Developing Drosophila legs
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Hemba-Waduge, Rajitha Udakara Sampath
Online
Role of Wnt signaling in regulating lipid homeostasis in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Henderson, Jake
Golden State Ballroom
Differential expression of the roundabout 3 (Robo3) guidance receptor regulates interneuron dendrite morphogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster somatosensory circuit development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Hendricks, Emily
Golden State Ballroom
The Drosophilla CD63-related tetraspanins, Tsp42Ee and Tsp42Eg, regulate synaptic structure, function, and vesicle pool dynamics
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Herdman, Zoe
Golden State Ballroom
Size Regulation within the Germline of the Developing Egg Chamber.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Hernandez, John
Golden State Ballroom
The circuit basis of operant self-administration for ethanol in Drosophila Melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Herriage, Hunter
Golden State Ballroom
Regulation of induced endocycling cells and their effects on tissue growth
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Hester, Jaquelyn
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of Three Novel Paralogs of CG3795
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Hiller, Mark
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of test specific sugar transport and glycolysis genes in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Hilovsky, Dalton
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of transcription factors acting in larval fat body to regulate whole-animal growth
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Hilsabeck, Tyler
Online
A GWAS for late-life mortality in Drosophila identifies Diabetes and obesity regulated to regulate mortality and resilience.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Hime, Gary
Online
The adult Drosophila salivary gland exhibits an unusual mode of cell division
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Himes, Cameron
Online
Sexual Selection is not a Driver of Female Sperm Storage Organ Length in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Hingole, Swapnil
Online
Frizzled receptor-mediated mechanisms of Wingless signaling in developing Drosophila wing epithelium
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Ho, Kevin
Online
Kinetics of blood cell differentiation during hematopoiesis revealed by quantitative long-term live imaging
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Hocaoglu, Helin
Golden State Ballroom
Coordinated shifts in redox metabolites during quiescence are heritable factors that reprogram progeny metabolism
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Hodge, Rachel
48
Town and Country Ballroom A
The septate junction protein Bark beetle (Bark) is required for Drosophila intestinal barrier function and homeostasis
Friday, April 8
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Oral
Cell Biology I
Hodkinson, Lauren
Online
Determinants of transcription factor function
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Hoff, Robert
Golden State Ballroom
Drosophila Holes in muscles is required for ongoing adult muscle function and muscle stem cell maintenance.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Holsopple, Jessica
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying split-GAL4 drivers for targeting and manipulating enteroendocrine cells in the Drosophila midgut
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Hope, Kevin
Golden State Ballroom
An in vivo screen identifies small molecule modulators of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Hopkins, Ben
Golden State Ballroom
Charting the development of leg sensory organs at the single-cell level
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Hossain, Al Rohet
Golden State Ballroom
Rasputin – A mediator of translational activation for essential proteins in neurodevelopment
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Hrdina, Alexandra
Online
Immune role of Drosophila melanogaster Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor CG14933
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Hsu, Felicity (Ting-Yu)
Golden State Ballroom
The Role of dMyc in Drosophila wing imaginal disc regeneration
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Huang, Annie
Golden State Ballroom
Protein-RNA interaction drives co-transcriptional regulation and RNA processing
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Huang, Xingfan
196
Town and Country Ballroom A
The continuum of Drosophila embryonic development at single cell resolution
Saturday, April 9
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Oral
Techniques and Technology Session
Huang, Yan
Online
Novel dominant and recessive variants in human ROBO1 cause distinct neurodevelopmental defects through different mechanisms
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Huang, Yuheng
Golden State Ballroom
Effects of epigenetic silencing of transposable elements on local recombination rate
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Hui, Justin
Online
Cell wound repair requires the coordinated action of linear and branched actin nucleation factors
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Hunsaker, Reese
Golden State Ballroom
The influence of environmental factors on the composition of fruit fly microbiota.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Hur, Suzy SJ
Golden State Ballroom
Determining how antagonistic transcription factors control transcription dynamics for robust cell fate specification by single nuclei imaging of transcription factor and target mRNA dynamics
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Icoy, Jude
Golden State Ballroom
Analysis of sexually dimorphic gene expression in Drosophila legs
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Illescas, Sandra
Golden State Ballroom
Comparitive Effectiveness of Antioxiant and Lowered Carbohydrate Diets on Dysplastic Guts
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
17. Educational Initiatives
Ip, Kelvin
Online
Integration of BMP, JAK/STAT and EGFR signaling during anterior-posterior patterning of the follicular epithlium.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Isenhart, Randi
148
Town and Country Ballroom B
Condensin II loss ameliorates long-range chromosomal interactions in both active and inactive physical compartments within a chromosome territory
Saturday, April 9
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Oral
Chromatin
Islam, Ishrat Maliha
Golden State Ballroom
Long-range temporal patterning of progenitors in the developing Drosophila optic lobe
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Islimye, Eva
21
Town and Country Ballroom A
Fatty acid flux through triacylglycerol regulates neuroblast proliferation during oxidative stress
Thursday, April 7
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment I
Jain, Alexandra (Olenka)
Golden State Ballroom
Probing the Temporal Regulation of Hatching in D. melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Jaiswal, Janhvi
Online
JNK and JAK/STAT stratify cell behaviors during tissue regeneration
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Jaksic, Ana Marija
Golden State Ballroom
Natural genetic modifiers of sensitivity to dopamine-level perturbations in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Jalal, Mohammed Shah
Golden State Ballroom
Spargel/dPGC-1 is required in eggshell patterning and proper cytoskeleton organization during oogenesis and embryogenesis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Janssen, Aniek
Online
Repair of double-strand breaks in Drosophila polycomb bodies
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Janz, Maren
Golden State Ballroom
Endosomal maturation in Drosophila nephrocytes depends on a trimeric Rab7 GEF complex
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Jaszczak, Jacob
Golden State Ballroom
Steroid hormone signaling activates a sensory switch during Drosophila peripheral nervous system development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Jauregui-Lozano, Juan
54
Town and Country Ballroom B
Tissue-specific chromatin profiling reveals a key role for Clock-dependent transcription in regulation of Drosophila photoreceptor homeostasis
Friday, April 8
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism II
Jean-Guillaume, Claude
Golden State Ballroom
The Goldilocks effect: proper dosage of PAX6 levels is required for proper retinal differentiation and patterning in Drosophila.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Jeyapalan, Nishani
Golden State Ballroom
Developing a Drosophila genetic screen for mutations that disrupt axonal ER organization
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Jhuti, Unmila
Golden State Ballroom
Mechanism of adult neurodegeneration in drop-dead mutants
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Ji, Hui
109
Town and Country Ballroom A
Orion bridges phosphatidylserine and Draper in the phagocytosis of somatosensory neurons in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral Online
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Jiang, Lan
Online
The Osiris family genes regulate endocytic trafficking during Drosophila tracheal maturation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
JIN, LINNI
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of Drosophila sugar receptors
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Jindal, Dan
Golden State Ballroom
Glia-dependent regulation of synapses in the Drosophila antennal lobe
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Johansen, Aubrey
Golden State Ballroom
Acetobacter to Lactobacillus Ratios within Drosophila Melanogaster Microbiota, Diet and Environment Across a Latitudinal Gradient
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Johnson, Heidi
Online
Genotype-dependent effects of human disturbance on organismal fitness
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Johnston, Robert
208
Town and Country Ballroom A
Temporally dynamic antagonism between transcription and chromatin compaction controls stochastic photoreceptor specification
Sunday, April 10
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Oral
Closing Plenary
Johny, Jibin
Online
Exploring the functional evolution of odorant receptors in bark beetles using Drosophila empty-neuron system
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Jones, Mia
Golden State Ballroom
The role of Akirin/NuRD interactions during heart development
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Jones, Nicolas
Golden State Ballroom
The loss of function mutation in the Drosophila Neprilysin Like 15 changes expression of key enzymes involved in glycogen homeostasis, and effects longevity in sex specific manner, but exerts similar effects on motor activity in both sexes
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Josserand, Manon
147
Town and Country Ballroom B
Chromatin state transitions in the Drosophila intestinal lineage gives new insights into cell type specification
Saturday, April 9
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Chromatin
Juarez-Carreño, Sergio
34
Town and Country Ballroom C
Macrophages-derived Pvf2 modulates developmental transition by ecdysone synthesis regulation
Thursday, April 7
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Judson, Kayla
Golden State Ballroom
Development of a novel molecular assay to sensitively detect Fmr1's translational function in Drosophila ovarian follicles.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Julio, Alison
Online
Structural basis of the Calpain A:Cactus (IκB) complex reveals fit induced and competition based mechanisms that alters NFκB activity in embryonic patterning and the immune response
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
09. Signal transduction
Jurmu, Jack
Golden State Ballroom
Reconstructing the evolutionary history and neofunctionalization of the ZAD-Znf chromatin regulator dwg
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Kagemann, Catherine
Golden State Ballroom
Assessing the interactions between W. pipientis genotype and titer on the bag of marbles partial loss of function mutant (hypomorph) in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Kagey, Jacob
Golden State Ballroom
Students who participate in Fly-CURE demonstrate gains in self-efficacy and belonging across a Research Coordination Network both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
17. Educational Initiatives
Kahraman, Ayşe
Online
De novo missense mutations in E3 ubiquitin ligase RNFT2 lead to intellectual disability as evidenced by loss of function studies in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Kajal, Kreeti
Online
WD40 Wuho regulates intestinal stem cell homeostasis for Gut integrity and Longevity
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Kalladanthyil, Shania
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying the minimal sequence that enables protein trafficking to the B-body, a novel nuclear domain
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Kalra, Mahip
Golden State Ballroom
The Evolutionary Genetic Basis of Bacterial-Mediated Embryonic Lethality
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Kalra, Siddhant
Golden State Ballroom
Sources of variation in gene expression
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Kamemura, Kosuke
Online
Intra- and extra-cellular functions of ALS-related ER protein VAP in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Kanca, Oguz
Golden State Ballroom
An expanded toolkit for gene tagging using synthesized homology donor constructs for CRISPR mediated homologous recombination
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Kandul, Nikolay
193
Town and Country Ballroom A
Temperature-Inducible precision guided Sterile Insect Technique, TI-pgSIT
Saturday, April 9
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Oral
Techniques and Technology Session
Kanzler, Jacqueline
Golden State Ballroom
A homeostatic transcriptional response counteracts I-SMAD activity in Drosophila motor neurons
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Kapali, George
Golden State Ballroom
The steroid hormone ecdysone regulates growth rate in response to oxygen availability
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Karanja, Faith
Golden State Ballroom
The epithelial apical-basal polarity regulator Lgl constrains imaginal disc regeneration
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Kasturacharya, Nandashree
95
Town and Country Ballroom C
STIM dependent dopamine-neuropeptide axis maintains the larval drive to feed and grow.
Friday, April 8
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Oral Online
Neurobehavior I
Kaur, Ishneet
67
Town and Country Ballroom C
Interorgan transfer of intact micron-sized lipid droplets to macrophages during the Drosophila immune response
Friday, April 8
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Immunity and Microbiome
Kaur, Rupinder
69
Town and Country Ballroom C
The cytoplasmic incompatibility factor proteins CifA and CifB are both nucleases in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Immunity and Microbiome
Keene, Alexandra
Golden State Ballroom
RNA viral metagenomics of 100-year-old Drosophila melanogaster museum specimens
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Keith, Scott
Golden State Ballroom
Endocrine regulation of metabolism and immunity in response to commensal and pathogenic bacteria
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Kemph, Allie
Golden State Ballroom
Characterizing the composition and morphology of the germ plasm in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Kennell, Jennifer
Online
A semester-long genetics lab exploring gene families through comparative genomics and CRISPR-based gene editing
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
17. Educational Initiatives
Kentro, James
20
Town and Country Ballroom A
Chromatin regulatory networks underlying coordinated synaptic gene expression
Thursday, April 7
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment I
Keränen, Soile V. E.
Online
REDfly: The Regulatory Element Database for Drosophila and other insects
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Kerlin, Fiona
Golden State Ballroom
Lineage decisions and competency in early Drosophila melanogaster neurogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Kern, Beth
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating re-initiation of stem cell cytokinesis during tumor proliferation
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Kezos, James
176
Town and Country Ballroom A
A multi-model system approach identifies genetic interactions underlying atrial fibrillation susceptibility
Saturday, April 9
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease II
Khan, Chaitali
Online
Shared functions of p53 and Xrp1 in DDR and cell competition
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Khan, Chaitali
Online
Towards understanding the mechanism of tumorigenesis caused by centrosome dysfunction
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Kilbourn, Eric
Online
Developmental Exposure to the PFAS molecule, PFOA, alters Lipid Homeostasis in Drosophila Melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Kilwein, Marcus
Golden State Ballroom
Embryonic lipid transport works with TORC1 to ensure rapid and efficient development
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Kim, Boram
Online
Intestinal CNMa induced by protein deficit affects two distinct pathways in the brain to regulate the preference for protein-rich food
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Kim, Ho
Golden State Ballroom
Wear and Tear of the Intestinal Visceral Musculature by Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Kim, Ji Hoon
Online
Shaping 3D geometry in tubulogenesis: a PDZ domain-containing protein Arc regulates Crumbs to determine salivary gland morphology in Drosophila embryogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Kimmerer, Greg
Golden State Ballroom
Initiating and Maintaining the Histone Locus Body: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
King, Annesha
Online
Regulation of gene expression by the HP1 variants
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Kirkland, Natalie
Online
Age-dependent Lamin Remodeling Induces Cardiac Dysfunction via Dysregulation of Cardiac Transcriptional Programs
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Klemm, Jacob
Golden State Ballroom
Necrosis-induced apoptosis promotes regeneration in Drosophila wing imaginal discs
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Klinke, Nora
Golden State Ballroom
A Drosophila model for human ARVC-5 caused by TMEM43S358L
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Kmiecik, Brian
Golden State Ballroom
Age-dependent antiviral immunity in Wolbachia-infected Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Knapp, Elizabeth
Golden State Ballroom
The Drosophila serotonin transporter (dSERT) is required for proper sleep amount and sleep architecture
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Koger, Aundrea
Golden State Ballroom
A toolkit to investigate subtype-specific functions of octopaminergic neurons on fly behavior
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Kolapo, Tolulope
Golden State Ballroom
Genotype-by-Sex-by-Exercise Studies Using Drosophila melanogaster: Comparing the Power Tower and the TreadWheel as Two Exercise Apparatuses 
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Komori, Hideyuki
83
Town and Country Ballroom B
Assembly of the Brain tumor RNA decay pre-complex expedites downregulation of Notch signaling following asymmetric stem cell division
Friday, April 8
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Kondai, Abhilash
Online
Aggression in Hieroglyphus banian (Rice grasshopper) vs. in Drosophila melanogaster: A Comparison
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Kopp, Artyom
Golden State Ballroom
What shall we do with the melanogaster species group?
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Koran, Reina
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of mechanosensitive regulation of cell adhesion by membrane kinase Gish
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Kotadia, Shaila
13
Town and Country Ballroom A
Collective Action for Institutional Transformation
Thursday, April 7
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral
Plenary Session II (Equity and Inclusion)
Kotb, Noor
Golden State Ballroom
Stonewall promotes germ cell to oocyte transition by promoting heterochromatin maintenance during Drosophila oogenesis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Kovacs, Levente
Golden State Ballroom
Moonlighting of the Golgi protein, Gorab, at the centriole is regulated by its high affinity for centriolar protein Sas6
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Krabbenhoft, Sam
Golden State Ballroom
Imbalances in active and repressive chromatin states underlie phenotypes caused by the oncoproteins H3 K27M and EZHIP
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Krieger, Avery
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring the effects of multiple neuropeptides on state-dependent visuomotor transformations
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Kroeger, Benjamin
Online
Basal intercellular junctions integrate local cytoskeletal forces to regulate Hippo signalling in growing epithelia
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Krueger, Walt
Golden State Ballroom
A small molecule ion channel screen to suppress gliopathic epilepsies
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Kucerova, Lucie
Golden State Ballroom
Modified binding site of IDGF proteins is important for their function
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Kuebler, Daniel
Online
Adding low levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids to the diet eliminates seizure-like activity and paralysis and alters gene expression in the bang-sensitive mutant technical-knockout
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
kumar, ajay
Online
Metabolic regulation of blood progenitor homeostasis and heterogeneity by TCA cycle in development and immune response in Drosophila larvae
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Kumar, Ankur
Online
Role of peroxisome in mitochondrial dynamics during aging in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Kumar, Justin
Golden State Ballroom
The timing of cell fate decisions is critical for initiating pattern formation in the Drosophila eye
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Kumar, Nilay
Online
Piezo ensures robust tissue size regulation by balancing proliferation, cell size, anisotropy and cell death
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Kunduri, Govind
65
Town and Country Ballroom D
Late Endosomes act as carriers for delivery of Ceramide phosphoethanolamine (CPE) with unique acyl chain anchors to cleavage furrows during male meiosis cytokinesis.
Friday, April 8
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral Online
Cell Division and Cell Growth
Kurihara, Yusuke
Golden State Ballroom
Evolutionarily young genes flf1 and flf2 are required for Wingless signaling in the wing development of Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Kurzum, Sereene
Online
Using Drosophila Models to Dissect Biology and Signaling Mechanisms in Rare Drug Resistant Variants of Lung Cancer
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Labrador, Mariano
Golden State Ballroom
The Phosphorylated Histone Variant H2Av Associates With Gypsy Insulator Proteins Through Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Lago-Baldaia, Inês
Golden State Ballroom
Characterising the molecular basis of Drosophila glial diversity
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Lampe, Lena
Online
The epicuticular lipid barrier is highly dynamic across the life course in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Lancaster, Carly
107
Town and Country Ballroom A
A conserved RNA binding protein regulates RNAs critical for neurodevelopment
Friday, April 8
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Langridge, Paul
Online
C. elegans Notch proteins are tuned to lower force thresholds than Drosophila Notch, bypassing the requirement for Epsin-mediated ligand endocytosis.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
09. Signal transduction
Larson, Elizabeth
Golden State Ballroom
Precocious expression of Zelda does not initiate early zygotic genome activation
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Lassen, Mette
58
Town and Country Ballroom B
Mechanisms of Systemic and Cellular Growth Control by Cholesterol
Friday, April 8
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism II
Laughlin, Annabelle
Online
De novo discovery of motifs enriched in promoters of D. ananassae F Element genes
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Lawlor, Matthew
Online
Identification of candidate regulators of transposable element (TE) expression from host gene/TE coexpression
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Laws, Kaitlin
Golden State Ballroom
DrosoPHILA: a partnership between teachers and scientists that begins in the lab and continues in city schools
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
17. Educational Initiatives
Le, Nguyen
Online
Amyloid Beta Peptide Plays an Immune Role in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Lebestky, Tim
Golden State Ballroom
Toll Family Receptor Function in Neuronal Recognition of Immune State
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Lee, Cheng-yu
Golden State Ballroom
Cullin 3 promotes polarization of aPKC phosphorylated differentiation determinants during asymmetric neuroblast division
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Lee, Jae Ho
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of Ecdysone signaling during mid embryogenesis using Halloween genes
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Lee, Ji-Hyeon
Golden State Ballroom
The role of commensal microbes in the longevity effects of Aronia berry (Aronia melanocarpa) in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Lee, Kwan Yin
Golden State Ballroom
RNA–protein interaction mapping via MS2-based APEX2 targeting in the Drosophila ovary
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Lefebvre, Matthew
Golden State Ballroom
Anisotropic Myosin Recruitment Responds To A Static Source During Drosophila Body Axis Elongation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Legesse, Lelahiwat
60
Town and Country Ballroom D
The role of Jagunal protein in the establishment of cortical polarity in Drosophila melanogaster neuroblast
Friday, April 8
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Oral
Cell Division and Cell Growth
Lehmann, Michael
Golden State Ballroom
Mutational characterization of phosphorylation sites suggests sex-specific regulation of the metabolic regulator Lipin
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Lei, Elissa
Online
Analysis of nuclear organization and dosage compensation in Bombyx mori by Oligopaint FISH reveals divergent 3D architecture between moths and flies
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Lemons, Kate
Online
Maintenance of genomic integrity in the male germline of Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Lenhart, Benedict
Golden State Ballroom
Mechanisms of Action and Natural Variation within Fasting-induced Starvation Resistance in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Leone, Sofia
Golden State Ballroom
Persistence of courtship behavior neurons from larval to adult life in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Li, Duojia
Golden State Ballroom
Karyotype evolution - Insights from a D. melanogaster strain with unusual sex chromosome karyotypes
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Li, Haosheng
Golden State Ballroom
The Effect of Heterozygous Inversion on Crossover Frequency near Inversion Breakpoints by High-Res Whole Genome Sequencing
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Li, Ke
63
Town and Country Ballroom D
Cell-surface proteomic profiling identifies key regulators in epithelial cell competition
Friday, April 8
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Cell Division and Cell Growth
Li, Menglin
Golden State Ballroom
rhodopsin 3 regulates circadian periodicity
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Li, Wanhe
Golden State Ballroom
A Drosophila model for understanding the perception and central processing of chronic social isolation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Li, Xiaotong
Golden State Ballroom
Nutrient-dependent acyl-CoA metabolism regulates tissue remodeling by adjusting stem cell quiescence and activation in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Li, Xuelin
Online
Local 5-HT signals bi-directionally modulate the coincidence time window of associative learning
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Li, Xueying
Online
Synthetic evolution of a Drosophila developmental network predicts trends in wild populations
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Li, Yutian
Golden State Ballroom
Inducing limb regeneration in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Liao, Zhe
156
Town and Country Ballroom A
Cyclin-dependent kinase 8 regulates mitochondrial morphology and modulates a Parkinson’s disease model in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Liebl, Faith
Golden State Ballroom
The CHD protein, Kismet, regulates both clathrin-mediated and activity-dependent bulk endocytosis at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Lieser, Bethany
Golden State Ballroom
The Conservation of The GlyP Gene Across highly divergent species of Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Lima, Aklima khanam
Golden State Ballroom
ShKT-domain-containing protein from parasitic nematode is toxic to Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Lin, Kun-Yang
Online
The role of Diaphanous in the reactivation of quiescent neural stem cells
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Lin, Leila
Golden State Ballroom
Testing the Effects of Fast-Evolving Heterochromatic Genes on Euchromatic Transposable Elements in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Lindhorst, Daniel
Online
Reporter gene assays and chromatin-level assays define substantially non-overlapping sets of sequences as enhancers
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Liu, Guangmei
Golden State Ballroom
Phagocytic defects lead to or exacerbate neurodegeneration through increased immune signaling
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Liu, Han-Hsuan
Golden State Ballroom
A photo-switchable assay system for dendrite degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Liu, Mengmeng
Online
Identification of direct targets of Bortezomib in Drosophila using a chemical proteomics approach
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Liu, Peiduo
Online
mTORC2 protects heart from HFD induced-damage through promoting mitochondrial fission
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Liu, Wei
110
Town and Country Ballroom A
The Circular RNA Edis-Relish-Castor Axis Regulates Neurodevelopment
Friday, April 8
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Oral Online
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Liu, Xinyuan
Online
In vivo analysis of a Hox gene enhancer required for segment-specific sense organ patterning
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Liu, Yizhou
Golden State Ballroom
Divergent signaling requirements of dSARM in injury-induced degeneration and developmental glial phagocytosis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Livelo, Christopher
Golden State Ballroom
Time-restricted feeding promotes skeletal muscle function in diet-induced obesity through purine related pathway in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Loehlin, David
Golden State Ballroom
A tandem duplication in Drosophila melanogaster shows enhanced expression beyond the gene copy number
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Loganathan, Rajprasad
Golden State Ballroom
Customization of tissue growth coordinates organ form and function in the embryo
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Logeay, Remi
Golden State Ballroom
PECAn, a pipeline for image processing and statistical analysis of complex mosaic 3D tissues
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Long, Delaney
Golden State Ballroom
Serotonin autoreceptors regulate Drosophila serotonergic axon morphology in vitro
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Longden, Kit D
94
Town and Country Ballroom C
Color augments motion vision for detecting approaching objects in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Oral Online
Neurobehavior I
Longworth, Michelle
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring the Role of Retrotransposable Elements in the Development of Microcephaly
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Lopez, Luis Alberto
Golden State Ballroom
Non-apoptotic activation of Drosophila Caspase-2/9 limits the growth of open-wound-like tumours by modulating JNK signalling and the tumour microenvironment
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Louis, Collin
Golden State Ballroom
Use of transformants bearing deletions in the 5’ upstream region of the Hdc gene to identify regions required for CNS expression of Hdc
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Louwagie, Troy
Online
Towards a novel method for cryopreservation via embryonic nuclear transplantation in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Lowenstein, Eve
150
Town and Country Ballroom B
Single-cell chromatin accessibility in Drosophila melanogaster human tauopathy model
Saturday, April 9
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Oral Online
Chromatin
Lowery, Cameron
Golden State Ballroom
The Effect of Cannabidiol on Central Nervous System Development and Function using Drosophila as a Model System
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Loza-Coll, Mariano
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of the mode of transmission of ethanol resistance to progeny of repeatedly intoxicated parental flies
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Loza-Coll, Mariano
Golden State Ballroom
Functional analysis of Escargot and STAT targets in intestinal stem cells of the Drosophila melanogaster posterior midgut
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Lu, Shenzhao
158
Town and Country Ballroom A
Loss of function variants in TIAM1 are associated with developmental delay, intellectual disability and seizures
Saturday, April 9
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Oral Online
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Lu, Yisi Louise
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of a Drosophila Activin signaling network
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Luf, Max
Golden State Ballroom
A CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Knockout of RNaseZ in Drosophila Neurons
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Luis Casta?eda, Ana Cecilia
Online
Mutagenic-Antimutagenic Effect from the extract of a Medical Plant: the Wormwood in the Drosophila SMART assay
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Lujano Perez, Laura Alejandra
Online
Behavioral Characterization of tecu Mutants
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Luo, Yige
26
Town and Country Ballroom B
Cis-regulatory Changes at the Fatty Acid Elongase eloF Underlie the Evolution of Sex-specific Pheromone Profiles in Drosophila Prolongata
Thursday, April 7
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Oral
Evolution I
Lv, Mingyue
Online
Spying on the dynamics of octopamine by genetically-encoded GRABOA sensor in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Ly, Michelle
Online
Cell-extracellular matrix adhesion is necessary for rapid embryonic wound closure
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Lynch, Jeremy
Golden State Ballroom
DNA methylation machinery is required for transcriptome regulation and early development in the wasp Nasonia
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
MA, KAICHENG
Golden State Ballroom
Lingerer interact with FMRP to promote FMRP target translation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Ma, Mengqi
Online
De novo variants in SUPT16H are associated with developmental delay, intellectual disability, epilepsy and facial dysmorphism
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Ma, Wen-Juan
118
Town and Country Ballroom B
The evolution and genetic mechanism of sex-ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis
Friday, April 8
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Oral Online
Evolution II
Maag, Isabella
Golden State Ballroom
Candidate ion channel screen identifies modifiers of brain tumor size
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Maalouf, Tania
Online
A non-cell-autonomous buffering mechanism protects cells from replication stress-driven DNA damage
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Maaroufi, Houda Ouns
Golden State Ballroom
Mutation in Drosophila Concentrative nucleoside transporter 1 (cnt1) alters spermatid maturation
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Macabenta, Frank
Golden State Ballroom
BMP-gated cell cycle progression drives anoikis during mesenchymal collective migration
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
MacCharles, Katja
Golden State Ballroom
Characterizing Robinow Syndrome-associated DVL1 mutations in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Machado, Luana
Golden State Ballroom
Live longer, climb further: Parabacteroides distasonis promotes healthy aging and gut barrier integrity in Drosophila melanogaster.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
MacPherson, Rebecca A
Golden State Ballroom
Pleiotropic fitness effects at the Uhg4-Boot locus in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Madhwani, Kimberly Rose
Golden State Ballroom
Neurodevelopmental role of a tRNA methyltransferase implicated in intellectual disability
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Maggs, Lara
Online
REV7 Acts Independently of Polymerase ζ to Maintain Genome Stability During Development
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Mahadevaraju, Sharvani
Golden State Ballroom
Investigation of Y expression in germ cells, if it is modulated by the non-autonomous cues from soma
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Mahmoudzadeh, Nader
35
Town and Country Ballroom C
The Drosophila enzyme L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase is required in the renal system for recovery from hypoxic stress
Thursday, April 7
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Maillee, Colleen
Golden State Ballroom
Neural IgCAMs at work in epithelia: phylogeny and function
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Malin, Jacob
Golden State Ballroom
Phosphoinositide PI(3,4,5)P3 turnover modulates cytoskeletal forces controlling Drosophila eye morphogenesis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Man, Bowen
Online
Genetic Requirement of IC effect
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
M'Angale, Peter
19
Town and Country Ballroom A
Copia, a Drosophila retrotransposable element, regulates structural synaptic plasticity at the larval neuromuscular junction
Thursday, April 7
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment I
Manier, Mollie
Online
Genetic architecture of male-female coevolution in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Manning, Samuel
81
Town and Country Ballroom B
Hippo pathway transcriptional regulators alter chromatin binding dynamics of the transcription factor Scalloped
Friday, April 8
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Mannino, Constanza
Golden State Ballroom
The neurodevelopmental transcriptional landscape of a fly model for human microcephaly
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Mao, Yanlan
203
Town and Country Ballroom A
Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics in homeostasis and repair
Saturday, April 9
9:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Oral
Plenary Session III
Marchetti, Marco
Golden State Ballroom
An improved organ explant culture method reveals stem cell lineage dynamics in the adult Drosophila intestine
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
María Paula, Gervé
Online
Myc-regulated miRNAs modulate p53 expression in Drosophila.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Mariyappa, Daniel
Golden State Ballroom
A novel transposable element based authentication protocol for Drosophila cell lines
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Marsh, Audrey
87
Town and Country Ballroom B
Embryo development requires histone acetylation by Nejire during the maternal-to-zygotic transition
Friday, April 8
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Marsh, Joshua
Golden State Ballroom
Developmental ethanol exposure causes changes in the expression of histone modifying enzymes and results in long-term changes in gene expression
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Marshall, Zarion
23
Town and Country Ballroom A
Sequential addition of neuronal temporal cohorts generates a stimulus on-set detection circuit
Thursday, April 7
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Oral Online
Neurodevelopment I
Marshman, Evan
Golden State Ballroom
An Analysis of the Microbiota of Various Drosophila melanogaster Parkinson's Disease Models
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Marston, Samuel
Online
The interaction between male courtship plasticity and female mate choice in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Martinho, Rui Gonçalo
Online
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins prevent the assembly of higher order repetitive structures during meiosis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Martins, Laura
Online
Identifying Proteins that Mediate Increased Proliferation at Higher Intracellular pH
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Mashburn, Sarah
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of the Immune Deficiency Pathway during female meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Massey, Caroline
Golden State Ballroom
Effects of host genetic feeding preferences in shaping microbiota composition in D. melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Mastrogiannopoulos, Alex
Golden State Ballroom
Ribosome protein mutant cells rely on the GR64 cluster of gustatory receptors for survival and proteostasis in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Matt, Abby
Golden State Ballroom
Graphene Enabled Optical Cardiac Control of Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Matthews, Marguerite
15
Town and Country Ballroom A
NINDS Strategies for Enhancing the Diversity of Neuroscience Researchers
Thursday, April 7
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Oral
Plenary Session II (Equity and Inclusion)
Matute, Daniel
11
Town and Country Ballroom A
The genetics basis of inviability in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and D. santomea
Thursday, April 7
9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
Oral
Plenary Session I
Maxson, Roilea
Golden State Ballroom
Behavioral changes and tau pathology in response to traumatic brain injury in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
May, Annabel
Golden State Ballroom
A single cell atlas of Drosophila embryonic epidermal and salivary gland cells highlights spatiotemporal gene expression during tube morphogenesis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Maya-Maldonado, Krystal
Online
Microbiome remodeling influences Drosophila immune response across generations
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Mayer, Sara
Online
Drosophila models of SNRNP200-retinitis pigmentosa exhibit retinal apoptosis and loss of photoreceptor function
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
McAvoy, Rebecca
Golden State Ballroom
Molecular mechanism glia use to contribute to the production of motor outputs in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
McClain, Georgia
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the Effects of Genetic Distance and Regulatory Elements on Tandem Gene Duplicate Expression in Drosophila Melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
McIntyre, Jennifer
Golden State Ballroom
Environmental Effects on the Epigenetic Silencing of Transposable Elements
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
McIntyre, Lauren
Golden State Ballroom
Insights into D. melanogaster and D. simulans transcriptome evolution and complexity using transcript distance (TranD)
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
McMullen, Ellen
Golden State Ballroom
JAK/STAT mediated metabolic reprogramming during immune response
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
McPherson, Jeanne-Marie
Golden State Ballroom
Interrogating the roles of canonical versus variant histone H3 in genome function and aging
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Medina, Andre
Online
Enteroendocrine control of intestinal health and disease in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Megaly, Marvel
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of Notch signalling in the development of the ventral mesoderm in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Meiselman, Matthew R.
108
Town and Country Ballroom A
Recovery from cold-induced reproductive dormancy is regulated by temperature-dependent AstC signaling
Friday, April 8
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Mejia Natividad, Isabel
Golden State Ballroom
Functional dissection of recently diverged HMG-box proteins in Drosophila spermatogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Mellentine, Samuel
78
Town and Country Ballroom A
Defining the role of prostaglandins in collective cell migration
Friday, April 8
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Oral
Cell Biology II
Mendez, Joanne
184
Town and Country Ballroom B
Increased intracellular pH promotes cell death in the developing Drosophila eye
Saturday, April 9
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Oral Online
Cell Stress and Cell Death
Mendez Gonzalez, Ivan D.
Golden State Ballroom
Resolving the evolution and diversification of a Hox-regulated pigmentation trait
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Mercer, Marianne
Golden State Ballroom
bourbon interacts with known germline sex determination regulator otu and promotes the expression of sxl in the Drosophila female germline
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Messer, Luke
Golden State Ballroom
The small GTPase Rap1 promotes polar cell survival and morphogenesis to form the migratory border cell cluster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Mewborne, Quinlan
Golden State Ballroom
Identify novel approaches suppressing stress granule assembly to mitigate TDP-43-mediated neurotoxicity
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Mi, Ting-Wei
Online
Molecular and cellular basis of acid taste sensation in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Miao, Erik
Golden State Ballroom
A Screen for Amino Acid Transporters Involved in Nutrient-Dependent Reactivation of Quiescent Neuroblasts
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Miao, Guangxia
168
Town and Country Ballroom C
Cactin, a component of spliceosome C complex, is required for collective border cell polarization and migration in the Drosophila ovary
Saturday, April 9
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis II
Miao, Ting
38
Town and Country Ballroom C
Acetyl-CoA mediated autoacetylation of fatty acid synthase as a metabolic switch for de novo lipogenesis in developing Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Oral Online
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Midillioglu, Ipek
Golden State Ballroom
Ion channel trafficking is coordinated with dendrite morphogenesis in sensory neurons
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Migunova, Ekaterina
Golden State Ballroom
Mitochondria malfunction and RNaseZ-associated cardiomyopathy
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Mikucki, Emily
Golden State Ballroom
Maternal mRNAs underlie higher heat tolerance in tropical vs. temperate Drosophila melanogaster embryos
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Milan, Marco
12
Town and Country Ballroom A
Tissue Biology of Chromosomal Instability
Thursday, April 7
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
Oral
Plenary Session I
Milano, Samantha
Golden State Ballroom
P-bodies Protect mRNAs from the RNAi Machinery
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Miles, Cecelia
Online
Validation of candidate genes influencing egg size in cold-adapted Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Minenkova, Anastasia
53
Town and Country Ballroom A
Uncovering the mechanism of BNIP3-mediated mtDNA selection in the female germline
Friday, April 8
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral Online
Cell Biology I
Minniefield, Bre
Online
Single-nucleus RNA-seq of Drosophila Thorax Post Exercise Treatment: Pilot Study
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Miranda-Alban, Julio
50
Town and Country Ballroom A
The Abelson tyrosine kinase cooperates with the Nedd4-family ubiquitin ligase Suppressor of Deltex to regulate the late endosomal passage of Notch and modulate signaling activation
Friday, April 8
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Oral
Cell Biology I
Mishra, Abhinava
75
Town and Country Ballroom A
Sufficiency of active Rac to drive whole tissue phagocytosis in vivo
Friday, April 8
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral
Cell Biology II
Misner, Rachel
Golden State Ballroom
Signals governing pupal development of ovarian Follicle Stem Cells and Niche Cells
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Misra, Jyoti
170
Town and Country Ballroom C
Endocytic regulation of Fat protocadherins in tissue growth and morphogenesis
Saturday, April 9
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Oral Online
Patterning and Morphogenesis II
Misra, Snigdha
Online
Female factors are important for the seminal Sex Peptide’s association with sperm, in mated D. melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Mitchell, Katrina
Online
The JNK and Hippo pathways regulate an overlapping transcriptome to control neoplastic tissue growth
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Mitchell, Noah
136
Town and Country Ballroom C
Visceral organ morphogenesis via calcium-patterned muscle constrictions
Saturday, April 9
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Mitra, Sahana
Golden State Ballroom
Deciphering an unrecognized role of bZIP transcription factor IRBP18 during unfolded protein response (UPR) in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Miyamoto, Tetsuya
Golden State Ballroom
Neuronal gluconeogenesis regulates systemic glucose homeostasis via FMRFa signaling
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Mohapatra, Pratyajit
16
Town and Country Ballroom A
A conserved anoctamin regulates olfactory neuron firing in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment I
Mok, Jung-Wan
Golden State Ballroom
Modulation of Hippo signaling by Mnat9 N-acetyltransferase for normal growth and tumorigenesis in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Molina, Claudia
Golden State Ballroom
Pelado, a conserved protein that regulates actin dynamics
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Molinari Roberto, Gabriela
72
Town and Country Ballroom A
Regulation of Misshapen during Border Cell Migration
Friday, April 8
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Oral
Cell Biology II
Monier, Manon
Golden State Ballroom
Evolution of Drosophila glue adhesiveness
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Monteiro, Vernon
Online
A new shape, a new fate: uncovering how mitochondria regulate germline stem cell differentiation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Montell, Denise
3
Town and Country Ballroom A
GSA Welcome
Wednesday, April 6
7:13 PM - 7:23 PM
Oral
Opening General Session
Montell, Denise
200
Town and Country Ballroom A
GSA Awards
Saturday, April 9
7:45 PM - 8:00 PM
Oral
Plenary Session III
Montemurro, Marianne
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of Apoptosis and Junctional Tension as Pro-tumoral Factors in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Mooney, Katelyn
Online
Symptoms following Traumatic Brain Injury in a Drosophila melanogaster CTE Model are Ameliorated by Ketone Body Enantiomers
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Morales, Gonzalo
Golden State Ballroom
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Cues Regulate the Early-to-Late Transition of Transcription Factors in Drosophila Type II Neuroblast
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Moreira, Danielle
Online
Screening of genes that regulate the maintenance of synapse during aging of Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Moreno, Gabriella
Online
Screening for cryptic genetic variation in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Mornement, Abigail
Golden State Ballroom
Drosophila Undigested Metabolite Profiling - Uncovering age-related changes in amino acid absorption
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Mortimore, Nicholas
Golden State Ballroom
Uncovering the Mechanisms Behind the Neuroprotective Effect of Glycolysis in a Drosophila Model of ALS
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Mosca, Timothy
18
Town and Country Ballroom A
γ-secretase promotes postsynaptic development through the cleavage of a Wnt receptor
Thursday, April 7
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment I
Mostoufi, Sabrina
Golden State Ballroom
Bacterial infection promotes transposable element activation in Drosophila species
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Mu, Yizhu
Golden State Ballroom
Peroxisomes regulate the Imd amyloid fibril formation and subsequent Relish signaling pathway
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Mueller, Courtney
Online
The role of host microbiota in aging of Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Mulhern, Kathleen
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring The Sperm Head-Tail Connection Apparatus
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Mullinax, Sarah
Golden State Ballroom
Diptericin A protects flies from opportunistic gut infections in a sex dependent manner
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Munteanu, Daniel
Golden State Ballroom
Dynamic expression of Lgr1 in the hindgut suggests a role in cold tolerance and acclimation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Murillo-Maldonado, Juan Manuel
Online
Lifestyles and metabolism of Drosophila lutzii, a floridosa group of species, and sympatric D. simulans, a generalist specie
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Muron, Savannah
Golden State Ballroom
The expression of OVO isoforms throughout Drosophila development
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Murphy, Natalie
Golden State Ballroom
Characterizing the Role of Doublesex in Creating Sexual Dimorphism in the Somatic Gonad
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Mutch, Morgan
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating neuronal survival from caspase activity in neurodegeneration
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Myers, Abigail
Golden State Ballroom
Comparative Analysis of Node Degree on Gene Evolution in the Insulin Signaling Pathway
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Nagy, Agota
Golden State Ballroom
Functional domains of the Ana1 centriole protein and their regulation by mitotic protein kinases and phosphatases
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Nahid, Md Ausrafuggaman
Online
Regulation of nutrient-independent proliferation of the mushroom body neuroblasts (MB NBs) in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Nakamura, Mitsutoshi
102
Town and Country Ballroom D
Rab35 mediates two distinct pathways that regulate actin modification through Mical/SelR and actin remodeling through Septins during cell wound repair
Friday, April 8
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Oral Online
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Nandakumar, Shyama
99
Town and Country Ballroom D
Enterocyte dynamics in the Drosophila adult midgut epithelium upon infection
Friday, April 8
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Nanni, Adalena
28
Town and Country Ballroom B
Faster-X: Evolution of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans Sex-biased Expression and Associated Chromatin
Thursday, April 7
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Oral
Evolution I
Nassari, Sonya
Online
Early endosomal Rab21 in enterocytes contributes to gut tissue maintenance
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Nedbalová, Pavla
Golden State Ballroom
Beauty of adenosine and immune system metabolism
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Negm, Sherif
Golden State Ballroom
Modelling Satellite DNA organization
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Neisch, Amanda L.
Golden State Ballroom
Dynein acts to cluster glutamate receptors and traffic the PIP5 kinase, Skittles, to regulate postsynaptic membrane organization at the neuromuscular junction
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Nelson, Kara
Golden State Ballroom
Uncovering the mechanism of hematopoietic niche formation
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Nettemeyer, Nicolas
Online
Some Innexin Family Members Are Required for Cold Nociception Responses Mediated by Class III Dendritic Arborization Neurons
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Neville, Kathryn
Golden State Ballroom
Discs large licenses Pins to orient mitotic spindles
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Newcomb, Susan
Golden State Ballroom
brinker gene promoter-proximal element drives ovary expression and supports sequential action of distal enhancers
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Newfeld, Stuart
192
Town and Country Ballroom A
Enabling recombination on the 4th chromosome: FRT101F and Bloom syndrome helicase
Saturday, April 9
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Oral
Techniques and Technology Session
Nielsen, Tanja
Golden State Ballroom
New genetic avenues in Congenital Heart Disease: Ribosomal protein genes as regulators of cardiac growth (via YAP/yorkie) and proliferation (via p53) along with cardiogenic transcription factors
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Niepielko, Matthew
Golden State Ballroom
Germ granule analysis reveals conserved and diverse features among Drosophila species
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Nil, Zelha
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of the Fly Models for Glutaminase-related Neurological Disorders
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Nirala, Niraj
Online
Hinfp is a guardian of the somatic genome by repressing transposable elements
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Noronha, Lidane
Golden State Ballroom
Developmental Effects of Cactus on Drosophila mettleri
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Nukala, Krishna Madhav
Online
Increased oxidative stress precedes activation of the seizure-exacerbating glial immune response in prickle mutants
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Nunez, Joaquin
117
Town and Country Ballroom B
Do supergenes mediate seasonal adaptation in overwintering Drosophila?
Friday, April 8
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Evolution II
Nunez Flores, Rogelio
Golden State Ballroom
HDAC-inhibitory Microbial Volatiles Effect on Slowing Huntington’s Disease in a Drosophila model
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Nyachhyon, Utsav
Online
Exploring pathophysiology in long-lived fly populations reared on two diets
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Nystrom, Taylor L.
Golden State Ballroom
Building an integrative model of how nutrition and natural genetic variation interact during neurogenesis in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Nystul, Todd
14
Town and Country Ballroom A
Strategies at UCSF for addressing barriers in science that disproportionately affect people from marginalized groups.
Thursday, April 7
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Plenary Session II (Equity and Inclusion)
O'Brien, Caitlin
Golden State Ballroom
Loss of the GARP but not EARP complex drives Golgi sterol overload during dendrite remodeling
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
O'Brien, Lucy
9
Town and Country Ballroom A
Origins of adult organ plasticity: How cell lifecycles define tissue states
Thursday, April 7
8:35 AM - 9:05 AM
Oral
Plenary Session I
Oh, Yangkyun
Online
Gastric mechanosensation and the peptidergic sugar sensing regulate the Drosophila nutrient sensor
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
O'Haren, Thomas
Golden State Ballroom
Developmental regulation of histone genes by pioneer factor Zelda
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Okakpu, Ogadinma
Golden State Ballroom
Nematode secreted PLA2 displays toxicity and immunosuppression in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Okenve-Ramos, Pilar
Online
IFT88 maintains sensory cilia function in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Olaveja, Ishtar
Online
Identification of a pseudogene derived from Arr1 in D. ananassae
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
O'Leary, Thomas
Golden State Ballroom
Redox balance and the oxidative stress response following acute heat stress of the early embryo in temperate and tropical lines of Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Olson, Claire
Golden State Ballroom
Roles for CG5755, a SLC25A46 ortholog, in mitochondrial morphogenesis during Drosophila spermatogenesis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Olufs, Zachariah
Online
Determining the mechanism of anesthetic-induced neurotoxicity in a Drosophila model of mitochondrial disease
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Omar, Omar
Golden State Ballroom
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay plays an essential role during female germline development in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
O'Neill, Ryan
Golden State Ballroom
Spd-2 gene duplication suggests cell type-specific mechanisms of pericentriolar material assembly
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
O'Neill, Ryan
154
Town and Country Ballroom A
Traip controls brain size via suppression of mitotic DNA bridges
Saturday, April 9
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Ong, Katy
178
Town and Country Ballroom A
The Clot Thickens: Tumor-induced coagulopathy is a conserved driver of host mortality
Saturday, April 9
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Oral Online
Models of Human Disease II
Oramas, Rebecca
Online
The bHLH-PAS transcriptional complex Sim::Tgo plays active roles in late oogenesis to promote follicle maturation and ovulation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Ordway, Alison
Golden State Ballroom
Hh signaling coordinates stereotyped and stochastic patterns in the Drosophila eye
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Osterfield, Miriam
Golden State Ballroom
Molecular mechanisms underlying alternating cell polarity establishment in Scaptodrosophila follicle cells
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Owings, Katie
Golden State Ballroom
A Drosophila screen identified a role of histone methylation in ER stress preconditioning
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Ozel, Mehmet Neset
Golden State Ballroom
Coordinated control of neuronal differentiation and wiring specificity by a sustained code of transcription factors
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
OZTURK, ZEYNEP
49
Town and Country Ballroom A
Role of Intramembrane Spastic Paraplegia Proteins in Organization of Axonal ER and ER-mitochondria Contacts in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Cell Biology I
Pal, Soumitra
Online
Dynamic time warping on sn- and sc-RNA-seq trajectories of Drosophila adult and larvae testis enables contrasting the different germline developmental stages
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Palumbo, Ryan
Golden State Ballroom
The Drosophila ortholog of POLR1D, an RNA Polymerase I & III assembly protein, is required for development
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Paluri, Sravya
Golden State Ballroom
Regulation of Glial Septate Junction proteins by microRNA-184
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Panda, Pallavi
Golden State Ballroom
Tissue specific requirements of the Rcd4:Ana3 sub-complex in Drosophila centriole assembly
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Pandey, Ashutosh
Online
Gut barrier defect and hyperactivation of innate immune response in a Drosophila model of NGLY1 deficiency
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Pandey, Udai
Golden State Ballroom
DDX17 modulates FUS toxicity in an RGG-domain dependent manner
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Pang, Michelle
Golden State Ballroom
Dissecting the subcellular mechanisms of signal processing in the Drosophila visual system
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Panning Pearce, Margaret
Golden State Ballroom
Phagocytic glia mediate prion-like spreading of mutant huntingtin aggregates in Drosophila brains
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Park, Jae
Online
Regulation of PDF neuropeptide production in the central nervous system
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
PARK, SUNG YEON
Online
Targeted downregulation of Hipp1 ameliorates tau-engendered deficits in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Parks, Sophia
66
Town and Country Ballroom C
Immunostimulatory Lipids in Drosophila Bacterial Infection
Friday, April 8
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Oral
Immunity and Microbiome
Parveen, Samia
Golden State Ballroom
Using expansion microscopy to examine parasegmental boundaries at nanoscale resolution
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Patel, Aleena
145
Town and Country Ballroom B
Image-based investigation of enhancer-promoter bridging in the Drosophila genome
Saturday, April 9
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Oral
Chromatin
Paul, Maimuna
159
Town and Country Ballroom A
Extremely rare variants in EIF4A2 are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by hypotonia, intellectual disability and epilepsy
Saturday, April 9
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral Online
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Paul, Pranab Kumar
Online
Loss of rer1-mediated ER-stress drives cell competition in the developing Drosophila wing epithelium
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
11. Cell division and cell growth
Pazhayam, Nila
Golden State Ballroom
Meiotic Crossover Patterning: The Centromere Effect
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Pearson, William H.
68
Town and Country Ballroom C
Paying the amino acid cost of the humoral immune response to bacterial infection
Friday, April 8
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Oral
Immunity and Microbiome
Peebles, Katherine
Golden State Ballroom
The mystery of the Peroxidasin mutant: why does this catalytically dead Drosophila mutant survive?
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Pelaez, Julianne
89
Town and Country Ballroom C
A taste for toxins: Evolution of feeding preferences in the herbivorous drosophilid Scaptomyza flava
Friday, April 8
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Oral
Neurobehavior I
Pellegrino, Stephanie
Golden State Ballroom
Using FIB-SEM to create a 3D model of early oogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Penfield, Lauren
Golden State Ballroom
Nuclear lamins promote collective cell migration and coordinate protrusion dynamics
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Peng, Junhui
Online
Intermolecular interactions drive protein adaptive and co-adaptive evolution at both species and population levels
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Perales, Isabella
Golden State Ballroom
Structural changes in centrosomes correlate with activation of a checkpoint that triggers germline stem cell loss
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Perkin, Alani
Golden State Ballroom
Decapentaplgic Regulates the Boundary Expression of Midline and Groucho in the Developing Eye Imaginal Disc of Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Perlmutter, Jessamyn
Golden State Ballroom
Metchnikowin alleles are associated with both immune and life history phenotypes
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Persaud, Manisha
Golden State Ballroom
A Borealin-HP1 Interaction Regulates Chromosome Passenger Complex Binding to Chromosomes and Movement to Microtubules
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Petit, Christopher
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of CG4511 as a Novel Regulator of Spermatogenesis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Piggott, Beverly
Golden State Ballroom
Na+/H+ Exchangers play essential roles in neurogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Pimenta-Marques, Ana
Online
Molecular regulation of centrosome stability
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Pipkin, Heidi
Golden State Ballroom
High-Resolution Imaging Method with Standardized Conditions Facilitates Reproducible, Spatial, Quantitative Data
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Pitton, Caroline
Golden State Ballroom
Genome-wide Effects of the GeneSwitch GAL4 System on Drosophila melanogaster Gene Expression
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Pizarro Salazar, Maria Alejandra
Golden State Ballroom
Uncovering the mechanism of slit function in PNS development
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Powell, Amanda
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring the role of Oatp74D, an Ecdysone Importer, in the Drosophila ovary.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Pozmanter, Caitlin
Online
Tudor5-like promotes post-transcriptional regulation of maternal RNAs
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Pragati, .
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring the role of shaggy and dmyc in development of combination therapy against human neuronal tauopathies in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Pranoto, Inez
98
Town and Country Ballroom D
Blocking the native differentiation program recapitulated in yki3S/A-induced midgut tumor alters the tumor cells’ capacity to disseminate and induce cachexia-like wasting
Friday, April 8
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Oral
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Prasad, Anadika
Golden State Ballroom
Differentiation signals from glia are fine-tuned to set neuronal numbers during development
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Prediger, Carolina
Online
Genome-wide relaxation and phylogenetic inertia of codon usage bias in the Neotropical Drosophila saltans species group
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Preger-Ben Noon, Ella
Golden State Ballroom
The evolution of morphology at a single-cell resolution
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Presser, Adam
Online
The role of Scabrous in long distance Notch signaling during bristle patterning
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Price, Kari
Golden State Ballroom
Evolutionarily conserved midbody reorganization precedes ring canal formation during gametogenesis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Pritchard, Caroline
Golden State Ballroom
Physiological and functional implications of differentially enriched transcripts on eRpL22-family polysomes
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Prokhorenko, Mariya
Golden State Ballroom
Transition from acute nerve injury to central sensitization requires metabotropic driven astrocyte store-operated Ca2+ entry
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Puñal, Vanessa
Golden State Ballroom
Molecular instructions for the production of sparse inputs
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Quinn, John
Online
Regulation of Damage-Responsive Maturity-Silenced enhancers in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
R, Radhika
Golden State Ballroom
Title: Exploring transcriptional signatures of Anti-Microbial Peptides early in infection to predict infection outcomes
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Rahman, M. Mahidur
Golden State Ballroom
Sphingolipid metabolism regulates intestinal stem cell homeostasis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
rai, arushi
Golden State Ballroom
Yorkie dependent transcriptional network promotes tumor growth
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Rai, Madhulika
Golden State Ballroom
Lactate and glycerol-3-phosphate metabolism cooperatively regulate larval growth in a tissue nonautonomous manner
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Raicu, Ana-Maria
84
Town and Country Ballroom B
Using CRISPRi to uncover mechanisms of transcriptional repression by Rb and CtBP co-repressors
Friday, April 8
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Rajan, Arjun
Golden State Ballroom
Fruitless modulates the threshold of Notch target gene transcription during asymmetric neuroblast division
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Ranallo-Benavidez, Timothy
Golden State Ballroom
Chromosomal Rearrangements in two populations of Drosophila yakuba
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Rangan, Prashanth
206
Town and Country Ballroom A
Becoming an oocyte: demise of the germ cell program and new beginnings
Sunday, April 10
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Closing Plenary
Ranjan, Rajesh
101
Town and Country Ballroom D
Asymmetric nucleosome density and differential condensation of sister chromatids coordinates with Cdc6 to ensure distinct cell fates
Friday, April 8
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral Online
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Rao, Arya
119
Town and Country Ballroom B
The genetic basis of cardiac glycoside resistance in wild-caught Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Oral Online
Evolution II
Ravenscroft, Thomas A.
Online
Chordotonal neurons have dendritic spike initiation zones that are controlled by Para, the Drosophila sodium channel
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Ray, Mukulika
80
Town and Country Ballroom B
Maternal pioneer factor CLAMP regulates sex-specific transcript diversity in early Drosophila embryos.
Friday, April 8
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Rebeiz, Mark
204
Town and Country Ballroom A
The evolution of morphological novelties at the cellular and gene regulatory levels
Saturday, April 9
9:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Oral
Plenary Session III
Reddy, Kayla
Golden State Ballroom
How acetic acid alters interactions of parasitoids with their Drosophila melanogaster hosts
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Reed, Bruce
Online
A method to estimate the frequency of chromosomal rearrangements induced by CRISPR/Cas9 multiplexing in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Reinger, Cindy
Golden State Ballroom
A role for the apterous gene in adult survival of Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Rele, Chinmay P.
Golden State Ballroom
Correlating Regulatory Region and Genetic Evolution
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Rera, Michael
Golden State Ballroom
Positive selection of senescence through increased evolvability: ageing is not a by-product of evolution.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Riccard, Sean
Online
Characterization of adhesion and secretin GPCRs in the salivary glands and germ cells during Drosophila embryogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Rice, Gavin
116
Town and Country Ballroom B
Investigating the evolution of new body parts in the rapidly evolution genitalia of Drosophila
Friday, April 8
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Oral
Evolution II
Richards, Logan
Online
ORC associates with the Nup107-160 subcomplex, coupling nucleoporins to replication initiation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Riggs, Blake
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the impacts of engaging undergraduates as developers of inclusive curriculum through a service-learning course
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
17. Educational Initiatives
Rincón-Ortega, Lourdes
Online
How to form and maintain a monolayered epithelium: the role of integrins
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Ríos Méndez, Sara
Golden State Ballroom
Investigation of the tRNA modifying enzyme, TRMT1, in neurodevelopment
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Rizik, Zainab
Golden State Ballroom
Examining the synthetic lethality between BRCA2 and methyl and ethyl Paraben
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Roach, Tiffany
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating somatic stem cell cytokinesis and coordination of daughter cell release from the testis niche
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Roberts, David
Online
Exploring the mechanistic roles of APC in the Armadillo/β-catenin destruction complex
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
09. Signal transduction
Robinson, John
Online
Understanding the neural circuity of social spacing behaviour through the lens of Drosophila Neuroligin 3
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Rodan, Aylin
Online
The bestrophin-1 chloride channel is required in the Malpighian tubules and hindgut for osmoregulation in response to high salt diet
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Roddam, Noelle
Golden State Ballroom
What Ingredients are Contributing to the Toxicity of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides, in Drosophila melanogaster?
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Rodriguez, Felipe
Online
Modeling effects of human disease variant of Barrier-to-Autointegration on oogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Rogalski, Felipe
Online
Genetic analysis of Juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolases in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Rogers, Michael
Golden State Ballroom
(E)close but no cigar: Essential developmental programs transcriptionally regulated by the chromatin modifier KDM5
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Rogers, Rebekah
Golden State Ballroom
New Transcript Formation in Hybrid Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Rohrbach, Ethan
Golden State Ballroom
An Octopaminergic Circuit in Egg Laying
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Rollins, Katie
Golden State Ballroom
Rab1 suggests a role for ER regulation in chromosomal separation during mitosis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Roman, Bruna
Online
Evidence of horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in Drosophila sturtevanti and Drosophila lehrmanae (saltans group)
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Rooney, Lossie (Elle)
Online
Gene Regulatory Networks in Development: Genetic Variation and Robustness of Anterior-Posterior (AP) Axis Formation in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Rosa, Christian
Golden State Ballroom
Regulated actomyosin turnover is essential for eye epithelial morphogenesis
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Rose, Saloni
Online
Pre-copulatory reproductive behaviours are preserved in Drosophila melanogaster infected with bacteria.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Rosenthal, Justin
Golden State Ballroom
Temporal regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits supports central cholinergic synapse development in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Rothenberg, Katheryn
Online
Rap1 acts via Canoe and Rho1 to control the adhesion and cytoskeletal rearrangements that drive rapid wound repair
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Roy, Swagota
Golden State Ballroom
Spargel/dPGC-1 is a closer ancestor to mammalian PRC-1 with an RRM domain ​that is functionally essential for oogenesis​
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Ruan, Zhi-Rong
171
Town and Country Ballroom C
Inter-organ signaling regulates the onset of myoblast fusion
Saturday, April 9
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Oral Online
Patterning and Morphogenesis II
ruma, Fatema
Online
Frequent co-domestication of PIF-like transposable element proteins in insects
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Rundell, Thomas
Golden State Ballroom
Experimental Evolution to identify genes that contribute to fitness in high-sugar-fed Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Rusch, Jannette
Golden State Ballroom
Nuclear Function of the protocadherin fat in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Rylee, Johnathan
Golden State Ballroom
Genetic regulation and protein interactions necessary for proper formation of Drosophila rhabdomeres and the inter-rhabdomeral space
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Sabatino, Giovanni
Online
Investigating the Role of Septate Junction Proteins during Border Cell Migration
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Sachan, Akanksha
Online
Quantitative input-output mapping of cytoskeleton regulator localization demonstrates linearity in developing epithelia systems
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Sachdev, Shaila
Online
The Impact of Increasing Concentrations of Ragweed Pollen on the Innate Immune System and Allergic Response of Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Sainz de la Maza, Diego
Golden State Ballroom
Cell cycle exit and stem cell differentiation are coupled through regulation of mitochondrial activity in the Drosophila testis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Salazar, Anna
Online
Impacts of Intestinal Occluding Junction Modulation on Non-Cell Autonomous Hallmarks of Aging
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Salzler, Harmony
149
Town and Country Ballroom B
Histone gene replacement reveals functional independence, redundancy and synergism between lysine 36 of H3.2 and H3.3
Saturday, April 9
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Chromatin
Samuelson, Kaylah
Golden State Ballroom
Understanding the role of Matrimony in suppressing the drive of the B chromosomes
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Samuk, Kieran
Golden State Ballroom
Natural Selection Shapes Variation in Genome-wide Recombination Rate in Drosophila pseudoobscura
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Sanchez Bosch, Pablo
Golden State Ballroom
Fmi-mediated cell polarity and adhesion are critical during cell competition and tumorigenesis in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Sanghera, Navneet
Golden State Ballroom
The effects of developmental ethanol exposure on markers of aging in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Santos, Maggie
Golden State Ballroom
Hormonal Effects of Glyphosate Based Herbicides on Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Sanz Juste, Sara
Golden State Ballroom
A nickase Cas9 gene-drive system promotes super-Mendelian inheritance in Drosophila melanogaster.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Sapozhnikov, Lena
181
Town and Country Ballroom B
Irradiation-Induced Cell Migration: An Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Process Regulated By Low-Level Caspase Activity
Saturday, April 9
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Oral
Cell Stress and Cell Death
Sarkar, Kahini
122
Town and Country Ballroom C
A feedback loop between heterochromatin and the nucleopore complex controls germ-cell to oocyte transition during Drosophila oogenesis
Friday, April 8
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Oral
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Sarkar, Sunayana
Online
Development of a fly model to probe the functions of inorganic polyphosphates
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Sarnacki, Cazmir
Golden State Ballroom
Impact of histamine deficiency on accessory gland secondary cell differentiation, persistence, and post-mating responses in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Sawyer, Jessica
Golden State Ballroom
Differential sensitivity to cell death cues in long-lived, non-regenerative cells in the Drosophila hindgut
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Sawyer, Melissa
Online
Ectopic heterochromatin triggered by insertion of repetitive DNA is temperature-sensitive
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Sayied, Shanzeh
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of tRNA methyltransferase ALKBH8 in learning and memory
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Scharenbrock, Amanda
Golden State Ballroom
General anesthetics are toxic to flies mutant for a mitochondrially-encoded subunit of the electron transport chain.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Schloop, Allison
Online
Negative feedback regulation in Drosophila dorsal-ventral patterning
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Schmidt, Anja
139
Town and Country Ballroom C
Defining the structure and function of the multivalent protein network at cell-cell adherens junctions during morphogenesis
Saturday, April 9
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Schneider, Blair
Golden State Ballroom
Retrotransposons: a major driving force of aging
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Schroeder, Analyne
Golden State Ballroom
Protein biogenesis factors Nascent Polypeptide Associated Complex–alpha and Signal Recognition Particle are required in heart development
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Schroeder, Courtney
Online
Evolutionary Diversification of Drosophila Arp2 for Specialized Actin Branching
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Schwabach, Sierra
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the initiation of collective cell migration in the Drosophila follicular epithelium
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Schweibenz, Colby
62
Town and Country Ballroom D
Elucidating the mechanism of coactivator Taiman/AIB1-driven cell competition and its relation to the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) tumor suppressor in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Oral
Cell Division and Cell Growth
Scott, Shayna
Golden State Ballroom
A Screen to Identify Genetic Modifiers of Seizure Susceptibility in a Drosophila model of PIGA Deficiency
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Secchia, Stefano
151
Town and Country Ballroom B
Simultaneous cellular and molecular phenotyping of embryonic mutants using single cell regulatory trajectories
Saturday, April 9
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral Online
Chromatin
Segu, Aishwarya
Online
Chronic caffeine teatment disrupts circadian rhythm in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Segura, Roberto
Golden State Ballroom
The Establishment and Maintenance of Centrosome Asymmetry in Neural Stem Cells
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Sekar, Aashika
Online
Rbf/E2F1-mediated transition from steroid-dependent to steroid-independent ecdysone receptor signalling in Drosophila prostate-like secondary cells
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Sekelsky, Jeff
Golden State Ballroom
Crossover interference through ATR phosphorylation of Mei‑218 leading to phase separation of RING finger proteins
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Seo, Jin
Online
Effects of Ambient Temperature on Body Fat
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Shah, Hemin
Golden State Ballroom
Control of Crag's localization and activity in the polarized deposition of basement membrane proteins in epithelial cells.
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Shaikh, Razeen
Golden State Ballroom
Using ISRES+, an evolutionary optimization algorithm to fit experimental data in systems biology models
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Shapiro, Joanatta
Golden State Ballroom
Regulation of Meiotic Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachments by the RZZ Complex
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Sharma, Abhishek
64
Town and Country Ballroom D
Hypoxia-dependent regulation of epithelial tissue growth and development
Friday, April 8
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Oral Online
Cell Division and Cell Growth
Sharma Singh, Aditi
Online
JNK-independent Eiger/TNFR signaling during cell competition
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Shea, Sydney
Golden State Ballroom
Functional Genetic Screen to Identify Interneurons Governing Behaviorally Distinct Aspects of Drosophila Flight Motor Programs
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Shefali, Shefali
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 (GPDH1) in Drosophila growth and development
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Shekhar, Shashank
Golden State Ballroom
The functionally conserved neuronal pseudokinase Allnighter retrogradely regulates homeostatic UPR and autophagy responses in photoreceptor neurons.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Sherlekar Banerjee, Aparna
Online
Cell extrusion during starvation-induced intestinal shrinkage
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Sherlock, Kathleen
Golden State Ballroom
Nuclear and ring canal growth in the germline of the developing egg chamber
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Shukla, Harsh G.
Golden State Ballroom
Genetic variation in recalcitrant repetitive genomic regions in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Sidisky, Jessica
Online
Characterizing synaptic deficits at adult neuromuscular Junctions in a model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Simecek, Petr
Golden State Ballroom
Genomic Benchmarks: A Collection of Datasets For DNA Sequence Classification
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Simmons, Chad
Golden State Ballroom
Examining the Role of Adipokines in Regulating Oogenesis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Simon, Anne F
Online
Don’t want to be all by myself BUT Don’t stand so close to me
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Sims, Sarah
Online
Dual loss of HP1B and HP1C impacts chromatin structure
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Singh, Jyotsna
Online
Tissue specific knockdown of Scribble induces tumor progression and metastasis in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Slicko, Alyssa
Golden State Ballroom
Identification of factors involved in rDNA magnification in the male germline
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Slobodian, Mitchell
Online
The impacts of sex and genetic background on the response of Drosophila melanogaster to essential and non-essential metal toxicity
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Smith, Alison
Online
The Thanos Requirement for Transdetermination Leads to an End Game on Wing Cell Fate as Ectopic Eyes Develop
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Smith, Ireland
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the Effects of Rab11 on Synaptic Proteins FasII and APPL in kismet Mutants
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Smith, Sequioa
Golden State Ballroom
Identification and characterization of novel genes in Drosophila’s retinal development utilizing a transcriptomics approach
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Smits, Celia
137
Town and Country Ballroom C
Maintaining symmetry in morphogenetic movements
Saturday, April 9
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis I
Sneideman, Maggie
Online
Aid from repeat-binding and architectural maintenance proteins important in D. melanogaster dosage compensation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Sodders, Maggie
Online
The Role of Glial Peroxisome in Neuron-Glia Communication in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Son, Jae Hak
Online
Evolutionary diversification and repeated gene capture by telomeric retrotransposons across the Drosophila genus
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Sood, Chhavi
Golden State Ballroom
Delta/Notch signaling inhibits expression of the early temporal factor Imp to promote termination of neurogenesis during development
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Sop, Joel
Golden State Ballroom
Genome-wide RNAi screen for new meiotic genes in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Sorge, Sebastian
Online
Optimisation of macro- to micronutrient balance for larval growth on a holidic diet
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Sosa, Dylan
Golden State Ballroom
Predicting Gene Essentiality in Non-Model Drosophila Species to Understand Phenotypic Evolution of New Genes
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Sottolano, Christopher
Golden State Ballroom
Nebulous without white: annotated long-read genome assembly and CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering in D. nebulosa
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Soussana, Tamar
Golden State Ballroom
The neurodegeneration gene iPLA2-VIA is required for mitochondrial maintenance in the Drosophila melanogaster female germline, with autonomous and non-autonomous components
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Spana, Eric
Golden State Ballroom
A Research-based laboratory course in Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Evolution
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
17. Educational Initiatives
Spletter, Maria
Online
Temporal-specific requirement of Bruno1 in Drosophila flight muscle to support myofibril assembly, growth and maturationTemporal-specific requirement of Bruno1 in Drosophila flight muscle to support myofibril assembly, growth and maturation
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Spokony, Rebecca
Online
Endogenous degradation of hormones by two distinct classes of enzymes uniquely impact coordinated animal growth and development
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Stahl, Aaron
106
Town and Country Ballroom A
Associative learning drives longitudinally-graded presynaptic plasticity of neurotransmitter release along axonal compartments
Friday, April 8
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Stanek, Timothy
Golden State Ballroom
Sex-specific variation in R-loop formation in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Stanhope, Sarah
Golden State Ballroom
Developing a quantitative analysis of cysteine availability via iodoTMT-multiplex method using Drosophila S2 cells and w1118 eyes.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Stephens, Kimberly
Online
RASopathy Drug Discovery Aimed at Treating Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Sterner, Emily
Golden State Ballroom
Elucidating the interaction between the chromatin reader Kismet and histone deacetylases in the promotion of axon pruning
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Stevens, Cody
Golden State Ballroom
Out of the shadows: Co-acting cis­-regulatory elements control T-box transcription factors midline and H15 during development.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Stewart, Rebeccah
Golden State Ballroom
Response to and regulation of codon bias in Drosophila neural lineages.
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Stinchfield, Michael
Golden State Ballroom
Comprehensive Resource for the Drosophila 4th Chromosome
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Stobdan, Tsering
Golden State Ballroom
Pupation as a critical hypoxia-sensitive stage in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Strachan, Emily
Golden State Ballroom
Sex and reproductive differences in intestinal tumours
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Strand, Jessica
Online
Analysis of eIF4E1 Conservation and Synteny across Drosophila Species to Understand the Evolution of the Insulin Pathway
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Stricker, Aubrie
Golden State Ballroom
Basement membrane repair dynamics in the Drosophila midgut
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Su, Tin Tin
2
Town and Country Ballroom A
Drosophila Community Update
Wednesday, April 6
7:08 PM - 7:13 PM
Oral
Opening General Session
Suisse, Annabelle
Online
Consequences of monosomy: How stem cells can lose their female identity and start tumors.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Sujkowski, Alyson
157
Town and Country Ballroom A
Endurance exercise ameliorates phenotypes in Drosophila models of Spinocerebellar Ataxias
Saturday, April 9
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease I - Diseases with a Neurological Focus
Sullivan, Luis
Golden State Ballroom
Lgr1 Localization Reveals a Larval-to-Adult Developmental Switch in Hindgut Compartmentalization
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Sun, Jie
Golden State Ballroom
fruitless Controls the Timing of Steroid Hormone Pulses in Drosophila Somatic Cell
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Suvorov, Anton
30
Town and Country Ballroom B
Widespread introgression across a phylogeny of 155 Drosophila genomes
Thursday, April 7
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Oral
Evolution I
Suzawa, Miyuki
Golden State Ballroom
Distinct dietary nutrients regulate circulating levels of Dilp2 and Dilp6 in Drosophila larvae
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Syed, Mubarak H
105
Town and Country Ballroom A
Developmental mechanisms regulating the formation and function of drosophila sleep-wake circuit
Friday, April 8
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Szymanski, Rachel
Golden State Ballroom
Exploring the function of Canoe’s intrinsically disordered region in linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton during morphogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Tafesh, Ghada
Golden State Ballroom
Zika Virus infection in Drosophila brain activates host immune responses in a sex-dependent manner
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Tagorti, Ghada
Online
A Bibliometric Analysis of Somatic Mutation and Recombination Tests of Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Takenaka, Risa
Online
Investigating the consequences of histone overexpression in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Talley, Christina
Golden State Ballroom
Screening for the genetic polymorphism underlying aging-related muscle degeneration
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Talyn, Becky
Golden State Ballroom
Determining Critical Period of Herbicide Sensitivity in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Tam, Rebecca
Online
Centrosome-induced membrane infolding linked to Rac pathway and Arp2/3 network recruitment during actin cap formation in the Drosophila embryo
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Tan, Sher Li
Online
Genetic investigation of the Endolysosomal Network in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s disease
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Tanentzapf, Guy
205
Town and Country Ballroom A
What long-term quantitative Imaging of stem-cells in their natural environment can tell us about the way they are born, differentiate, and talk to eachother
Sunday, April 10
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Closing Plenary
Tapia Merino, Daniel
Online
Characterization of shock wave effects in syncytial embryos of Drosophila melanogaster using fluorescent nanoparticles
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
16. Techniques and technology
Tarnopol, Rebecca
Golden State Ballroom
Domestication of a phage-encoded DNAse I by Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Teeters, Gary
Golden State Ballroom
Adapting the Nitroreductase Cell Ablation System to Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Teklay, Salina
Golden State Ballroom
Unique chromatin characteristics allow a genome-eliminating B chromosome to avoid self-elimination
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Tennessen, Jason
Golden State Ballroom
The Drosophila gene sima is an essential regulator of the larval glycolytic program
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Terry, Douglas
97
Town and Country Ballroom D
Role for local ecdysone signaling in Drosophila imaginal wing disc regeneration
Friday, April 8
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Oral
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Terry, Joseph
Golden State Ballroom
Meiotic Crossovers on Chromosome 4 induced by the Interchromosomal Effect in Drosophila Melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
TG, Sahana
Golden State Ballroom
ER stress-induced JNK promotes stress granule formation via epigenetic modifications in C9orf72 mediated ALS/FTD
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Thackeray, Justin
Golden State Ballroom
Mimicking human disease-causing mutations in Drosophila PLC-γ
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Thakur, Rajan
Golden State Ballroom
PDZD8 promotes autophagy at ER-Lysosome contact sites to regulate synaptic growth
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Thomas, Christina
Golden State Ballroom
Extracellular neuronal stimulation promotes Tip60 histone acetyltransferase mediated epigenetic neuroplasticity gene control in the Drosophila brain.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Thomas, Claire
Golden State Ballroom
βH-spectrin Recruits PP2AWaldorf to Crumbs where it Regulates Growth and Apical Domain Stability In Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Thompson, Ellen
Golden State Ballroom
Understanding the Progressive Loss of Larval Muscle Fibers in Cachexia Tumor Model System with Focus on Myosin
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Thornton-Kolbe, Emma
Golden State Ballroom
Promiscuous wiring via variable spatial sampling of an orderly array
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Thorpe, Holly
Golden State Ballroom
Coevolution is pervasive between unrelated glycosylation pathways and points to potential disease modifiers
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Thum, Andreas
Online
Two Individually Identified Paired Dopamine Neurons Signal Taste Punishment in Larval Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Tian, Aiguo
103
Town and Country Ballroom D
Re-entry into mitosis and regeneration of intestinal stem cells through enteroblast dedifferentiation in Drosophila midguts
Friday, April 8
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Oral Online
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Tian, Xiaolin
Golden State Ballroom
Enhancing Mask activity in dopaminergic Neurons extends lifespan in flies
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Ting, Chau-Ti
Online
Dietary utilization drives the differentiation of gut bacterial communities
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Tirgar, Reyhaneh
Golden State Ballroom
The histone chaperone NASP has multiple functions during development.
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Titus-McQuillan, James
Golden State Ballroom
Ultra Violet radiation tolerance between Drosophila species from São Tomé and Africa: Adaptation across Drosophila yakuba and Drosophila santomea
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Tomlin, Sarah A.
Golden State Ballroom
De novo suppression of a male-harming mitochondrial mutation in Drosophila melanogaster via laboratory passaging
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Töpfer, Uwe
172
Town and Country Ballroom C
Distinct contributions of ECM proteins to basement membrane mechanical properties in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Oral Online
Patterning and Morphogenesis II
Torosin, Nicole
Online
Evolutionary conservation and divergence of 3D genome organization in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Tran, Hiep
Golden State Ballroom
Tet (Ten-Eleven Translocation) Regulates Axonal Development in the Drosophila Pupal Brain via Transcriptional Repression
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Tripathi, Jyoti
179
Town and Country Ballroom A
Modeling Paraneoplastic Diabetes in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral Online
Models of Human Disease II
Tripoli, Benjamin
Online
Septins regulate heart contractility through modulation of cardiomyocyte store-operated Ca2+ entry
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Trujillo, Elizabeth
Golden State Ballroom
Defining the Role of CG11617 in the Transcriptional Control of Muscle Development in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Tsao, Chia-Kang
Online
Early lineage segregation of the retinal basal glia in the Drosophila eye disc
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
TSENG, CHEN YUAN
96
Town and Country Ballroom D
chinmo-mutant spermatogonial stem cells cause mitotic drive by evicting non-mutant neighbors from the niche
Friday, April 8
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Oral
Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Repair
Tu'ifua, Travis
174
Town and Country Ballroom A
Genetic modifiers of NGLY1 deficiency identified through a Drosophila genetic screen point to the role of NGLY1 in ERAD
Saturday, April 9
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Oral
Models of Human Disease II
Turcotte, Carolyn
Golden State Ballroom
Mechanisms and regulation of meiotic recombination: a whole-genome approach
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Turingan, Michael
59
Town and Country Ballroom B
Hypoxia-dependent Control of Larval Maturation
Friday, April 8
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral Online
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism II
Turner, Brandon
Golden State Ballroom
Chromosomal rearrangements as a source of local adaptation in island Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Ueda, Kazuki
Golden State Ballroom
A neuroprotective role of select peroxisome proteins at the fat body of Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Uhlhorn, Juliane
Golden State Ballroom
Parallel processing of polarized skylight from the optic lobes towards the central brain
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Ulgherait, Matthew
55
Town and Country Ballroom B
Circadian autophagy drives longevity response to Intermittent Time-Restricted-Feeding (iTRF)
Friday, April 8
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism II
Urban, Elizabeth
Golden State Ballroom
Activating and repressing stochastic gene expression between chromosomes
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
07. Chromatin, epigenetics and genomics
Vaikakkara Chithran, Aarya
Golden State Ballroom
Developmental axon guidance cues are critical for adult neuronal survival and function
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Vaikakkara Chithran, Aarya
Golden State Ballroom
A drosophila model depicting braak-like propagation of tau pathology
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Valencia Expósito, Andrea
Online
Modulation of integrin levels triggers actomyosin reorganization essential for proper tissue folding
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Valentino, Priscilla
Golden State Ballroom
Dorsal-Ventral Patterning of the Developing Drosophila Medulla
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Vanderzalm, Pam
Golden State Ballroom
Inhibitors of BMP signaling during synapse development in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Varadarajan, Ramya
Golden State Ballroom
The N-end rule Pericentrin degradation is required for centrosome assembly and function in Drosophila spermatogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Varte, Vanlalrinchhani
Online
Identification of human genes that modify concurrent Aβ42 and tau pathology in a fly model of Alzheimer’s disease
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Vasudevan, Deeptha
Golden State Ballroom
Establishing anterior-posterior diversity in how stem cells give rise to neural circuits for somatosensory processing
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Vaughen, John
33
Town and Country Ballroom C
glial GBA links neural lipid metabolism and proteostasis with sleep
Thursday, April 7
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Velazquez-Ulloa, Noma
Golden State Ballroom
Survival and motility of adult Drosophila melanogaster flies fed high-calorie diets during early development
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Verster, Kirsten
29
Town and Country Ballroom B
Phage-derived DNAses are novel innate immune cell effectors in animals
Thursday, April 7
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Evolution I
Vida, Gabriela
Golden State Ballroom
Identifying factors that maintain the adult testis niche
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Villa, Sammy
Golden State Ballroom
The OTUD6 deubiquitinase associates with the 40S ribosome to regulate translation and the response to stressors in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Vincent, Ben
Golden State Ballroom
Reorganizations in the apical extracellular matrix underlie morphological diversification in Drosophila genital structures
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Vishal, Kumar
Golden State Ballroom
Insulin receptor/Akt/TOR signaling regulates muscle stem cell pool in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Vishwakarma, Vishakha
Golden State Ballroom
Smog GPCR regulates distinct myosin pools and cortical actin organization during Drosophila SG invagination
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Viveiros, Jennifer
Golden State Ballroom
Assessment of cellular and functional heterogeneity within the Drosophila testis stem cell niche
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Vogler, Georg
Golden State Ballroom
Single-cell sequencing of Drosophila embryonic heart and muscle cells during differentiation and maturation
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Vuilleumier, Robin
17
Town and Country Ballroom A
Dissection of the BMP-activated synaptic gene network identifies dichotomous BMP-responsive elements regulating synaptic functions
Thursday, April 7
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Neurodevelopment I
Wallrath, Lori
Online
Drosophila models reveal nuclear shape and lamin localization patterns that differentiate clinically distinct laminopathies
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Walsh, Justin
Online
Single cell transcriptomic analysis of homologous courtship song neurons between species
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Walsh, Karen
Online
Experimental Evolution for Longevity Differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Walsh, Kristoffer
Golden State Ballroom
An in vivo Drosophila screen to identify new regulators of ATF4 signaling
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Waltrip, Andrea
Online
Localization of transgenes for Drosophila models of myotonic dystrophy type 1
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Wang, Chueh Wen
Online
Explore the roles of steroid hormone signaling mediated Drosophila oogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Wang, Fei
Golden State Ballroom
Optogenetic control of Drosophila cardiac function with ChRmine and ReaChR opsins
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Wang, Hongsu
Golden State Ballroom
The synergistic roles of Glass and EGFR signaling in the differentiation of multiple retinal cell types
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
06. Regulation of gene expression
Wang, Liping
22
Town and Country Ballroom A
Neuronal activity induces Glucosylceramide that is extruded via exosomes upon glial BMP signals for lysosomal degradation in glia
Thursday, April 7
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Oral Online
Neurodevelopment I
Wang, Xian-Feng
Online
How polyploid cells become tumor and how fly deals with it?
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Wang, Yu-Ting
Online
Switching On/Off the Hh signalling Pathway Determines Niche Cell Fates of Ovarian Germline Stem Cells
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Wang, Zong-Heng
39
Town and Country Ballroom C
Mechanical activation of mitochondrial energy metabolism during cell differentiation
Thursday, April 7
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Oral Online
Physiology, Aging, and Metabolism I
Warder, Bailey
169
Town and Country Ballroom C
The cytoskeletal mechanics that shape a stem cell niche
Saturday, April 9
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Oral
Patterning and Morphogenesis II
Wardwell-Ozgo, Joanna
86
Town and Country Ballroom B
The steroid hormone Ecdysone coordinates larval growth and development through its interaction with the transcriptional repressor Smrter.
Friday, April 8
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Oral
Gene Regulation
Warren, Jasmine
Golden State Ballroom
Extradenticle expression in the Drosophila Melanogaster eye regulates ectopic patterning on the ventral margin of the eye-antennal imaginal disc
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Wat, Lianna
5
Town and Country Ballroom A
Larry Sandler Award Talk - Sex-specific regulation of fat metabolism in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
7:27 PM - 7:57 PM
Oral
Opening General Session
Watson, Keala
Golden State Ballroom
Mob family proteins and Tricornered kinase are required to form dorsal appendages of the Drosophila eggshell
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Wei, Kevin
123
Town and Country Ballroom C
Single-cell testes expression of ampliconic meiotic drivers on the sex chromsomes of Drosophila miranda
Friday, April 8
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Oral
Reproduction and Gametogenesis
Weichselberger, Vanessa
173
Town and Country Ballroom C
Affinity-driven germline-soma interactions mediate Drosophila oogenesis
Saturday, April 9
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral Online
Patterning and Morphogenesis II
Weiner, Alexis
Golden State Ballroom
Unraveling Positive and Negative Feedback in Planar Cell Polarity
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Welch, Chloe
Golden State Ballroom
Kismet affects gut biomechanics, the gut microbiome, and gut-brain axis in Drosophila melanogaster
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
weng, mo
Golden State Ballroom
Snail drives epithelium-to-mesenchymal transition by cytoplasmic sequestering of polarity protein Bazooka/Par-3
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Wenzel, Miwa
Golden State Ballroom
Genetic interactions between new bag-of-marbles mutants and the endosymbiont bacteria Wolbachia in D. melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
White, James
Golden State Ballroom
The Role of Polyploidy During Drosophila Epithelial Wound Repair
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
White, Roger
Golden State Ballroom
Fatty acid trafficking during Drosophila oogenesis
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
10. Cell biology: Cytoskeleton, organelles and trafficking
Williams, Anna
Golden State Ballroom
Tnpo-SR maintains ovarian cyst connectivity and is required for GSC fusome dynamics morphogenesis in Drosophila ovarian germline stem cells
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Williams, Audrey
77
Town and Country Ballroom A
Fat2 polarizes the WAVE complex to align protrusions for collective cell migration
Friday, April 8
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Cell Biology II
Wilson, Clive
Online
Homologues of the human disease-associated amyloidogenic proteins APP and TGFBI are required for physiological protein aggregation in Drosophila secondary cells
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Wilson, Kenneth
Online
Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Wilson, Sarah
Online
It’s not just about physical attraction: Investigating the interaction between HDAC4 and Ankyrin2 in Drosophila melanogaster neuronal function
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Wit, Charlotte
Golden State Ballroom
Robustness of Early Pattern Formation in the Drosophila Visual Map
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Won, Jong-Hoon
Online
Identification of individual essential amino acid sensors in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Woods, Grace
Golden State Ballroom
The Role of Thrombospondin in Neuromuscular Junction Development and Function
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Worley, Melanie
Online
Ets21C organizes a pro-regenerative microenvironment that is essential for imaginal disc regeneration
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Wright, Dynisty
25
Town and Country Ballroom B
Chromatin Architecture Constrains Where Inversion Breakpoints Occur Over a Short-Time Scale in D. pseudoobscura
Thursday, April 7
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Evolution I
WU, Jhen-Wei
Online
dysfusion negatively regulates JAK/STAT signaling to constraint the invasive cell population
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
xia, shengqian
Golden State Ballroom
Genomic analyses of new genes and their phenotypic effects reveal rapid evolution of essential functions in Drosophila development
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
xia, xiju
198
Town and Country Ballroom A
Spying on the dynamics of neuropeptides by the GRAB sensors in Drosophila
Saturday, April 9
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Oral Online
Techniques and Technology Session
Xiao, Cong
Online
Identifying New Players in Structural Synaptic Plasticity
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Xiao, Shuke
Golden State Ballroom
Meeting a threat of the Anthropocene: Robust taste avoidance of metal ions
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Xu, Heng
Online
Differential regulation of alternative promoters emerges from unified kinetics of enhancer-promoter interaction
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Xu, Yineng
197
Town and Country Ballroom A
Optogenetic manipulation of endogenous proteins in Drosophila by light-inducible trapping
Saturday, April 9
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Oral Online
Techniques and Technology Session
Yamamoto, Shinya
Golden State Ballroom
MARRVEL and ModelMatcher: Online resources to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaborations between scientists, clinicians and beyond
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
16. Techniques and technology
Yang, Jun
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the mechanism of the pro-aging effects of blue light in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Yang, Mengye
Golden State Ballroom
Searching for the female receptor for the D. melanogaster seminal fluid protein ovulin
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Yassin, Amir
Online
A locus affecting pigmentation evolution and male mating success between two sibling species in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Yeh, Anna
73
Town and Country Ballroom A
Investigating mechanisms regulating actin assembly in the early Drosophila embryo
Friday, April 8
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Oral
Cell Biology II
Yheskel, Matanel
Golden State Ballroom
Ribosomal profiling Reveals Changes in the Translatome of kdm5-Knockdown Neurons
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Yin, Jun
Golden State Ballroom
Glia-derived lipid binding protein confers resistance to oxidative stress in the Drosophila brain
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Yip, Cecilia
Golden State Ballroom
Neuronal E93 Regulates Metabolic Homeostasis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Yoon , Wan Hee
Golden State Ballroom
Biallelic variants in OGDHL cause a neurodevelopmental spectrum disease featuring epilepsy, hearing loss, visual impairment, and ataxia
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Yost, Ryley T
Online
Neuroligin3 and dopamine are required for a response to social isolation, but recovery is complex and sex-specific.
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
14. Neural circuits and behavior
Yow, Kristi
Golden State Ballroom
Defining the roles of the small GTPase Rap1 and its regulator Dizzy in embryonic morphogenesis
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Yu, Alder
Online
Effect of Circadian Rhythm Disruption on DNA Double Strand Break Repair Pathway Choice
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Yu, Kewei
Golden State Ballroom
Salt-inducible kinases synergise with Homeodomain-interacting protein kinases to promote significant tumour growth
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Yu, Yang
Golden State Ballroom
Seasonal plasticity and adaptive fluctuations of gene expressions of D. melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
03. Evolution
Yu, Zihao
Golden State Ballroom
Investigating the role of Uif and Gprk2 in tissue-specific growth of the larval trachea
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Yuschock, Molly
Golden State Ballroom
Characterization of novel Drosophila Egf receptor signaling targets with roles in eggshell structure and morphology
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Zane, Flaminia
Golden State Ballroom
Smurfness helps deconvolving ageing transcriptional signature
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
12. Physiology, metabolism and aging
Zaremba, William
Golden State Ballroom
Effects of nuclear lamina aging on oogenesis
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster
04. Stem cells, regeneration and tissue injury
Zeidler, Martin
Golden State Ballroom
Identification and characterisation of functionally distinct macrophage subpopulations in Drosophila
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Zein-Sabatto, Hala
61
Town and Country Ballroom D
Exploring the role of dynein in transporting cen mRNA to the centrosome
Friday, April 8
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Oral
Cell Division and Cell Growth
Zhan, Li
199
Town and Country Ballroom A
Cryopreservation method for Drosophila melanogaster embryos
Saturday, April 9
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral Online
Techniques and Technology Session
Zhang, Ke
Golden State Ballroom
Poly(ADP-ribose) Promotes the Condensation of C9ORF72 Arginine-rich Dipeptide Repeat Proteins
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Zhang, Peng
Golden State Ballroom
The Krüppel-like factor Cabut has cell cycle regulatory properties similar to E2F1
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Zhang, Tianyi
Online
RNA-binding protein Nocte regulates glass mRNA translation during Drosophila eye development
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
06. Regulation of gene expression
Zhang, Yingbiao
Golden State Ballroom
Wdr59 regulates the interaction of GATOR1 with RagA to inhibit TORC1 activity in the Drosophila ovary
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death
Zhang, Yu
111
Town and Country Ballroom A
Netrins and receptors control Drosophila optic lobe organization and transmedullary neuron axon targeting
Friday, April 8
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Oral Online
Neurodevelopment II/Neurobehavior II
Zhao, Li
Online
Transcriptional and mutational signatures of the aging germline
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
05. Reproduction and gametogenesis
Zhao, Ziwei
Golden State Ballroom
CryAB is a target protein of NUAK kinase activity to prevent protein aggregation in muscle tissue
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Zhou, Dan
Online
Generating Drosophila melanogaster isofemale lines tolerating extreme oxygen conditions
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
15. Models of human disease
Zhu, Fionna
Golden State Ballroom
Discs Large is a novel regulator of the Enteroblast Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition in the adult Drosophila midgut
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Zhu, Hailun
Online
A comprehensive temporal patterning gene network controls developmental timing in Drosophila medulla neuroblasts
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
13. Neural development and physiology
Zhu, Haolong
Golden State Ballroom
Molecular and transcriptional characterization of a physical niche mediating symbiotic gut microbiome colonization in Drosophila melanogaster
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
02. Immunity and the microbiome
Zhuang, Xuan
Online
Genetic basis of variation in high sugar-induced diabetes-associated traits and development delay in Drosophila
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
03. Evolution
Ziliotto, Silvia
Golden State Ballroom
Targeting the Ras/Raf/ERK negative regulator sprouty as a novel strategy for cancer therapy
Saturday, April 9
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
15. Models of human disease
Zinzen, Robert
Golden State Ballroom
Unraveling the mechanisms of early neurogenesis with single cell resolution
Thursday, April 7
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
13. Neural development and physiology
Zuckerman, Jacob
Golden State Ballroom
Alternative End Joining Preferences in RPA-Deficient Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
11. Cell division and cell growth
Zúniga-García, Manuel Alejandro
Online
Characterization of kayak (kay) mutant phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster eye development
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Poster Online
08. Patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis
Zurovec, Michal
Golden State Ballroom
Adenosine receptor and its downstream targets, Mod(mdg4) and Hsp70, work as a signaling pathway modulating cytotoxic damage in Drosophila
Friday, April 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poster
01. Cell Stress and cell death