Registration Required
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Deadline: September 28, 2018
Second Annual Joint Symposium
UofT-ZJU Joint Institute of Genetics and Genome Medicine
Toronto - October 2, 2018
Welcome & Introductory Remarks:
09:00-09:15
Leah Cowen, Chair, Molecular Genetics, UofT
Min-Xin Guan, Director, Institute of Genetics, ZJU
Session 1
Session Chair: Howard Lipshitz
09:15-09:45
Freda Miller, University of Toronto
Building the mammalian brain with growth factors and neural stem cells
09:45-10:15
Xiaohang Yang, Zhejiang University
Life span of a neural stem cell
10:15-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-11:15
Benjamin Blencowe, University of Toronto
Microexons: roles in nervous system development and disorders
11:15-11:45
Jun Ma, Zhejiang University
Seeking unified concepts about embryonic pattern scaling
11:45-12:15
Stephen Scherer, University of Toronto
Molecular Imbalances in Autism Spectrum- and Related- Disorders
Lunch
12:15-13:30
Location: PGCRL Gallery
Session 2
Session Chair: C.C. Hui
13:30-14:00
Wei Liu, Zhejiang University
Signal transduction regulation of autophagy initiation
14:00-14:30
John Dick, University of Toronto
Tracking leukaemia development back to the cell of origin
14:30-15:00
Tianhua Zhou, Zhejiang University
Twa1 is a beta-catenin nuclear retention factor for Wnt signaling and colorectal tumorigenesis
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-16:00
Daniel Durocher, University of Toronto
Charting the genetic architecture of the DNA damage response
16:00-16:30
Yuehai Ke, Zhejiang University
Tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 regulates inflammatory microenvironment in lungs
16:30-17:00
Lori Frappier, University of Toronto
New mechanisms of manipulation of cellular processes by Epstein-Barr Virus
Closing Remarks
17:00-17:15
Leah Cowen, Chair, Molecular Genetics, UofT
Min-Xin Guan, Director, Institute of Genetics, ZJU
Reception & Cocktails
17:15-18:15
Location: PGCRL Gallery (Invited guests)
For more information
Dianne Wells
dianne.wells@utoronto.ca
