2022 Midwest Zebrafish Conference Preliminary Program
Except for keynote speakers, all talks were selected from the submitted abstracts.
Click HERE for screen-friendly list of posters.
Click HERE for poster list in pdf format.
Friday, May 20, 2022
| 3:00 pm | Residence Hall Check-in |
| 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Registration |
| 6:00 – 6:15 pm | Opening remarks |
| 6:15 – 7:15 pm | KEYNOTE LECTURE #1: Kandice Tanner, NIH/NCI
Microenvironment regulation of metastasis Introduction by Delia Calderon, The Ohio State University |
| 7:15 – 7:30 pm | Group Photo |
| 7:30 – 9:30 pm | Poster Session 1 and Reception |
Saturday, May 21, 2022
| 7:30 – 8:30 am | Registration and breakfast |
| 8:30 – 10:00 am | Plenary session 1
Session Chairs: Genevieve Kendall, The Ohio State University and Justin Kenney, Wayne State University |
| 8:30 – 8:45 am | Julia Peloggia, Stowers Institute
A dual Notch code regulates ionocyte adaptive cell invasion of lateral line organs in zebrafish |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Paola Vega-Rodriguez, Purdue University
Illuminating the role of NADPH oxidase 2 in neuronal development |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Jacob Brandt, University of Notre Dame
Deciphering neural progenitor fate in developing sensory ganglia via in vivo synchronized calcium activity |
| 9:15 – 9:30 am | Sriivatsan Govinda Rajan, University of Illinois Chicago
Dynamic cellular neighborhoods convert stochastic signaling inputs into sustained olfactory neurogenesis |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am | Dana Shaw, Washington University in St. Louis
An intricate immune balance necessary for natural spinal cord regeneration |
| 9:45 – 10:00 am | Martin Silic, Purdue University
Uncovering the dynamic bioelectric signals during zebrafish embryogenesis |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – noon | Plenary session 2
Session Chairs: Aaron Johnson, Washington University and Jennifer Schumacher, Miami University |
| Jose Segura-Bermudez, The Ohio State University
A cardiac transcriptional enhancer for regeneration activates an anti-proliferative program |
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| 10:45 – 11:00 am | Ugo Coppola, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Conserved transcriptional mechanisms directing Nr2f1 expression in vertebrate atria |
| 11:00 – 11:15 am | Ricardo DeMoya, University of Pittsburgh
The role of sap130 genes in zebrafish cardiogenesis and regeneration |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am | Nicole Weaver, University of Notre Dame
gldc is essential for renal progenitor patterning during kidney development |
| 11:30 – 11:45 am | Olayinka Olamide, University of Illinois at Chicago
Characterizing the lymphatic vessel phenotype during edema formation and resolution |
| 11:45 – noon | Marlies Rossmann, Harvard University
TIF1γ regulates nucleotide and mitochondrial metabolism, and counteracts ferroptosis to drive erythroid progenitor differentiation |
| noon – 1:00 pm | Announcements and Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:30 pm | Poster session 2 |
| 2:30 – 3:30 pm | Plenary session 3
Session Chairs: Yohaan Fernandes, University of South Dakota and Heather Shive, The Ohio State University |
| 2:30 – 2:45 pm | Ebru Ermis, University of Chicago
A role for the BLT2 receptor in macrophage migration |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Jacob Gafranek, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Adaptation of the sinus venosus reveals insights into adult CHD progression and evolutionary transitions of the vertebrate heart |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Abbigail McCune, Iowa State University
A zebrafish model of granulin deficiency reveals essential roles in myeloid cell differentiation |
| 3:15 – 3:30 pm | Wantong Li, The Ohio State University
Single-cell epigenomics reveals a regulatory mechanism of Protein Kinase C expression in the hematopoietic niche |
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Coffee break |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Plenary session 4
Session Chairs: Ben Lovely, University of Louisville and Mayssa Mokalled, Washington University |
| 4:00 – 4:15 pm | Gopal Kushawah, Stowers Institute
CRISPR-Cas13d induces efficient mRNA knock-down in animal embryos |
| 4:15 – 4:30 pm | Monica Blatnik, Ohio State University
Pnrc2-dependent mRNA decay and translational control mechanisms promote oscillatory gene expression during vertebrate segmentation |
| 4:30 – 4:45 pm | Silvia Karim, Indiana University
Bisphenol A and its analogues Induce a feed-forward estrogenic response in zebrafish |
| 4:45 – 5:00 pm | Yingxiang Li, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Mitochondria regulates epithelial cell plasticity by inducing mitochondrial expression of Sgk1 |
| 5:00 – 5:15 pm | Elaine Kushkowski, University of Chicago
Quest for the crest: fate mapping the zebrafish neural crest using a photoconvertible lineage labeling approach |
| 5:15 – 5:30 pm | Rebecca Norcross, University of Kentucky
The scaffold protein Shoc2 controls ERK1/2-driven neural crest development by balancing the expression of extracellular matrix components |
| 6:00 – 6:30 pm | Bus or walk to Ohio Stadium |
| 6:30 – 9:30 pm | Social and Dinner at the Ohio Stadium |
Sunday, May 22, 2022
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | KEYNOTE LECTURE #2: David Parichy, University of Virginia
Developmental genetics of adult traits in zebrafish and its relatives Introduction by Anna Lubertozzi, The Ohio State University |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – noon | Plenary session 5: Meet new Midwest zebrafish PIs and laboratories!
Session Chairs: Kaarthik Balakrishnan, The Ohio State University and Geremy Lerma, The Ohio State University |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Lindsey Barske, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Patterning of cartilaginous condensations in the developing facial skeleton |
| 10:45 – 11:00 am | Tony Tsai, Washington University in St Louis
An adhesion code coordinates robust pattern formation with morphogenesis in the zebrafish spinal cord |
| 11:00 – 11:15 am | Julia Ganz, Michigan State University
A rapid F0 CRISPR screen in zebrafish to identify regulators of neuronal development in the enteric nervous system |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am | Lihue Ye, The Ohio State University
An Enteroendocrine-vagal sensory pathway that transmit gut bacterial signal to the brain |
| 11:30 – 11:45 am | Hyun Min Jung, University of Illinois at Chicago
MicroRNA fine-tunes endothelial cell differentiation and regulates vascular development |
| 11:45 am – noon | Stephanie Grainger, Van Andel Institute
EGFR-mediated endocytosis is required for Wnt9a/Fzd9b signaling during hematopoietic stem cell development |
| noon – 12:15 pm | Concluding remarks, awards, and farewell |
| 3:00 pm latest | Check-out at residence hall and return keys |