Science programme – supermodel-organisms

Chair:

Professor Enrico Coen (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom)

Speakers:

09:40 – 10:20 Dr Tanya Whitfield (University of Sheffield, UK)

Zebrafish: a chemical screening tool to study the auditory and vestibular system

10:20 – 11:00 Professor Sean Cutler, (University of California, Riverside, USA)

Sidestepping Genetic Redundancy with Small Molecules

11:00 – 11:40 Coffee

Chair:

Professor Veronica van Heyningen

Medal:

11:40 – 12:20 Professor Jonathan Hodgkin (University of Oxford, UK)

The nematode C. elegans as a patient for infection and drug treatment

The Genetics Society 2011 Medal

12:20 – 12:35 The Genetics Society AGM

12:20 – 13:35 Lunch

Chair:

Dr Ian Henderson (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Speakers:

13:35 – 14:15 Professor Jane Mellor (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

Exploiting model organisms and their genetics in a phenotypic high throughput screen for compounds that ameliorate age-related disorders.

14:15 – 14:55 Professor Kevin Eggan (Harvard University, USA)

Using cell and reprogramming approaches for the study of neural degeneration

14:55 – 15:35 Professor Scott Waddell (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

Bending the not so simple mind of the fruit fly

15:35 – 16:15 Tea

Chair:

Professor Patricia Kuwabara (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Speakers:

16:15 – 16:55 Dr Jason Chin (Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK)

Reprogramming the genetic code

16:55 – 17:35 Professor Kristala Prather (MIT, USA)

Parts, devices and chassis in support of metabolic engineering

17:35 – 18:00 Open Discussion

18:00 – 19:00 Wine Reception