2009 European Conference on Nematode Neurobiology  

Posters

   

Information for presenters:

Poster display boards will be 2 m high (from the floor) and 1 m wide. The poster session will be in the Music room (located in E staircase; see map). Please contact the organisers at wormmeeting@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions or special needs.

 
Poster titles:  

1 Peter Appleby, Leeds

Associative learning in C. elegans chemotaxis: a neural circuit perspective


2 Christian Schulteis, Frankfurt

Improving optogenetic methods in Caenorhabditis elegans


3 Einav Gross, LMB Cambridge

Natural variation in a neural globin tunes oxygen responses in wild C. elegans


4 Marina Ezcurra, LMB Cambridge

Modulation of chemosensation in ASH through extrasynaptic dopaminergic and neuropeptide signaling


5 Sascha de Henau, Ghent

Wide diversity in structure and expression profiles among members of the Caenorhabditis elegans globin protein family


6 Rachael Ward, UCL

The role of EGL-8 at the C.elegans neuromuscular synapse


7 Suzanne Rademakers, Erasmus Rotterdam

Dauer pheromone and G protein signaling regulate the coordination of intraflagellar transport motors


8 Katherine Weber, LMB Cambridge

Determining the genetic basis of naturally-varying C. elegans oxygen response and social feeding behaviours


9 Susan Thawley, Bath

Transgenic C. elegans as a method for studying drug resistance genes of parasitic nematodes


10 Yoshinori Tanizawa, LMB Cambridge

Arousal regulation by sensory stimuli and neuromodulators in adult animals


11 W. Y. Leong, Erasmus Rotterdam

Identification of proteins that regulate intraflagellar transport


12 Rosa Garcia-Verdugo, Barcelona

A simple drug selection system for C. elegans


13 Stephen Husson, Frankfurt

Optogenetics tools to dissect a nociceptive neuronal network and neuropeptide signalling pathways in C. elegans


14 Christopher James, Southampton

On tracking the behaviour of C. elegans using a novel GMM based video analysis algorithm


15 Emilano Cohen, Hebrew Univ Jerusalem

TRP proteins role in sensory neuron morphogenesis and function


16 Millet Treinin, Hebrew Univ
Jerusalem

Identification of determinants regulating RIC-3 function


17 Nikhil Sasidharan, ENI Göttingen

Deciphering the C. elegans Rabome


18 Anna Crisford, Southampton

A model invertebrate organism with vertebrate pharmacology employed for testing selective toxicity of an anthelmintic drug


19 Christopher Franks, Southampton

Investigating chemical co-transmission using channelrhodopsin activation in a C. elegans microcircuit


20 Jeff Barclay, Liverpool

Regulation of locomotion by PKC phosphorylation of UNC-18


21 Cornelia Schmitt, Frankfurt

Achieving single-cell expression of Channelrhodopsin-2 using the cre-lox system to analyze habituation in neural circuits inducing withdrawal behaviour


22 Sebastian Wabnig, Frankfurt

RNAi based optogenetic screen for defects in synaptic transmission


23 Brian Piasecki, Karolinska Inst

Towards identifying and characterizing evolutionarily conserved cilia genes with sensory specific functions


24 Jan Burghoorn, Karolinska Inst

The cis-regulatory architecture of (sensory) cilia genes: from the worm C. elegans to humans


25 Florian Csintalan, Frankfurt

Proteomics of the Synaptic Vesicle in C. elegans Utilizing Tandem Affinity Purification


26 James Johnson, Liverpool

Analysis of Cysteine String Protein Function in Caenorhabditis elegans


27 Andrew Porter, UCL

A genetic suppressor screen with whole genome sequencing identifies novel effectors of RHO-1 in the nervous system


28 Stephen Buckingham, Oxford

A fast automated swimming (“thrashing”) assay that does not use morphometry


29 Nate Szewczyk, Nottingham

Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying spaceflight induced muscle atrophy


30 Manuel Ruiz-Rubio, Cordoba

Behavior analysis of neuroligin and neurexin deficient mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans


31 Noemi Cabrera-Poch, Madrid

Characterization of C.elegans KDIN-1, an ortholog of rat Kidins220 with an important role in development


32 Karen Erbguth, Frankfurt

Applying and combining optogenetic and imaging tools in the C.elegans nervous system


33 Sandrine Fraboulet, Oxford

Chemical rescue of paralysis in a transgenic model of Caenorhabditis elegans overexpressing human ß-amyloid


34 Stephan Gysi, Zurich

The role of ZFP-1 during C. elegans nervous system development


35 Nuria Vergara, Southampton

DNA triple-helix formation in C. elegans


36 Bodhicharla Rakesh, Nottingham

Transgenic Nematodes as a model for Parkinson disease


37 Vuokko Aarnio, Kuopio Univ

Fatty acid composition and gene expression profiles are altered in aryl hydrocarbon receptor-1 mutant Caenorhabditis elegans

 

38 Robyn Branicky, LMB Cambridge

Phenotypic and calcium imaging analysis of HSN-defective mutants identifies a new gene required for DCV release

 

39 Sunkyung Lee, Hanyang Univ Seoul

Functional characterization of rcn-1, a regulator of calcineurin, in C. elegans

 

 

 
  For information, contact Bill Schafer (wschafer[at]mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk)