Fourth Benny Shilo course in Developmental Biology

The Fourth Bangalore Benny Shilo Course in Developmental Biology

Date: 22nd December 2008 to 3rd January 2009.

Venue: National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore

The course is structured in a modular and flexible manner with each module taught by one of the leading researchers in the field. The focus will be on connecting molecular and cellular pathways to an understanding of the mechanisms that underlie animal development.

The total number of participants in the course will be restricted to about 40. The course will be intense and will require full-time participation. Lectures will be combined with a study of research papers in work-groups followed by discussions with the teachers. At the end of the course, each work -group will be expected to make a presentation of a specific topic.

Teachers

Mohan Balasubramanian (TLL, Singapore)

Stephen Cohen (TLL, Singapore)

Maneesha Inamdar (JNCASR, Bangalore)

VijayRaghavan K (NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore)

Eugene Makeyev (NTU, Singapore)

Maithreyi Narasimha (DBS-TIFR, Mumbai)

Snezhana Oliferenko (TLL, Singapore)

Ze’ev Paroush (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)

Benny Podbilewicz (Technion Haifa)

Veronica Rodrigues (NCBS -TIFR, Bangalore)

Pernille Rorth (TLL, Singapore)

Karuna Sampath (TLL, Singapore)

Eyal Schejter (Weizmann, Rehovot)

Benny Shilo (Weizmann, Rehovot)

Talila Volk (Weizmann, Rehovot)

Applications are invited from graduate Students early in their PhD programme and from undergraduate/ Master’s students contemplating a research career in developmental biology for this intensive course.

An application with a brief CV stating why you would like to do this course should be sent to devbio2008 @ncbs.res.in by 30 November 2008.

Boarding and lodging will be provided for selected students.

Organisers: NCBS-and DBS-TIFR

http://www.ncbs.res.in

LECTURE AND SEMINAR SCHEDULE

DEC 22, 2008- JAN 3, 2009

DAY	Time	Speaker	Title
DAY 1 Tuesday Dec 23	8.30 - 9.00 AM		Registration (Required for course participants only)
	9.00-10.30 AM	K.VijayRaghavan	“Introduction to Drosophila genetics, methods and Questions.”
	10.30-11.00AM		Tea
	11.00-1.00 PM	Benny Shilo	“Compartmentalization of EGFR signaling in Drosophila.”
	12.45 - 2.00PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 4.00 PM	K. VijayRaghavan, Benny Shilo, Maithreyi Narasimha..	Tutorial. Questions and Answers
	4.00 – 4.30 PM		Tea
	4.30 – 6.00 PM	Benny Shilo	“Morphogen gradients and their interpretation.”
	6.00 – 7.30 PM	Benny Shilo	Presentation on Weizmann Institute
	7.30 PM onwards		Dinner and paper preparation in Groups.

DAY 2 Wednesday Dec 24th	9.00 - 10.30 AM	Benny Shilo	“Robustness and scaling of BMP signaling in Flies and Frogs.”I
	10.30 -11.30AM		Tea
	11.30 -1.00 PM	Benny Shilo	“Robustness and scaling of BMP signaling in Flies and Frogs.”II
	12.45 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 3.30 PM	Ze’ev Paroush	“Segmentation in Drosophila: From a morphogen gradient to positional information and cell identity” I
	3.30-4.00 PM		Tea
	4.00-5.00 PM	Anirrudha Das	Special Lecture
	6.00 – 7.30 PM		Paper Discussion 1
	7.30 PM onwards		Dinner and paper preparations in Groups

DAY 3 Thursday Dec 25	9.00-10.30 AM	Free	Free
	11.00 -11.30AM		Tea
	11.30-12.30 PM	Benny Shilo	“Regulation of apical secretion in tubular epithelia by Polarized actin Nucleation.”
	12.45 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 3.30 PM	Ze’ev Paroush	“Segmentation in Drosophila: Transcription factors and regulation of gene expression in development “II
	3.30 - 4.00 PM		Tea
	4.00 – 5.30 PM	Ze’ev Paroush	“Segmentation in Drosophila: Transcription factors and regulation of gene expression in development” III
	6.00 – 7.30 PM		Paper Discussion 2
	7.30 PM onwards		Dinner and paper preparations in Groups

DAY 4 Friday Dec 26	9.00 - 10.30 AM	Benjamin Podbilewicz	“Introduction to C.elegans.” I
	10.30- 11.00AM		Tea
	11.00-12.30 PM	Ze’ev Paroush	“Regulation of transcriptional repression by RTK Signaling.”
	12.30 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 3.30 PM	Worm Lab Beni/Sandhya	Practical: Worms
	3.30-4.00 PM		Tea
	4.00-5.00 PM	Maithreyi Narasimha	Research Talk
	6.00 – 7.30 PM		Paper Discussion 3
	7.30 PM onwards		Dinner and paper preparations in Groups

DAY 5 Saturday Dec 27	9.00 - 10.30A.M	Benjamin Podbilewicz	“Introduction to C. elegans.” II
	10.30 -11.00AM		Tea
	11.00-12.30 PM	Benjamin Podbilewicz	“Autonomous development, par genes and embryonic Morphogenesis.”
	12.30 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 5.30 PM	Maneesha Inamdar	“Mouse Embryology contd.”
			Free Evening

DAY 6 Sunday Dec. 28	Free day		Discussion on experiments (For Selected Students)

DAY 7 Monday Dec. 29	9.00 - 10.30 AM	Eyal Schejter	“The cytoskeleton and Establishment of asymmetry during Drosophila oogenesis.”
	10.30 -11.00AM		Tea
	11.00-12.30 PM	Benjamin Podbilewicz	“Inductive development, EGF, Notch and Wnt signaling in the embryo and vulva.”
	12.30 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 3.30 PM	Eyal Schejter	Research Talk: “Regulators of the Arp2/3complex Facilitates myoblast fusion in Drosophila.”
	4.00 - 5.30 PM	Free	Institute seminars
	5.30-6.00 PM		Tea
	6.00 – 7.30 PM		Paper Discussion 4
	7.30 PM onwards		Dinner and paper preparations in groups

DAY 8 Tuesday Dec. 30th	9.00 - 10.30 AM	Eyal Schejter	“Utilization of protein trafficking to convey Development signals.”
	10.30 -11.00AM		Tea
	11.00-12.30 PM	Mohan Balasubramanian	“Introduction to yeast genetics.”
	12.45 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 3.30 PM	Mohan Balasubramanian	Research Talk
	3.30 - 4.00 PM		Tea
	4.00 – 5.00 PM	Benjamin Podbilewicz	“Cell-cell fusion, self-cell fusion and formation of neuronal menorahs”
	6.00 – 7.30 PM		Paper Discussion 5
	7.30 PM onwards		Dinner and paper preparations in groups

DAY 9 Wednesday Dec. 31st	9.00 - 10.30 AM	Talila Volk	Lecture 1
	10.30 -11.00AM		Tea
	11.00 –12.30AM	Karuna Sampath	“Introduction to Zebra fish Development.”
	12.30 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 3.30 PM	Karuna Sampath	Research Talk
	3.30 -4.00 PM		Tea
	4.00 - 5.00 PM	Talila Volk	Lecture 2
	6.00PM onwards		Free evening and special dinner

DAY 10 Thursday Jan. 1	9.00- 10.30 AM	Talila Volk	Research Talk
	10.30 -11.00AM		Tea
	11.00 -12.30AM	K. VijayRaghavan	“Development of Behavior.” I
	12.45 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	2.00 - 4.30 PM	Lab I for selected students	Veronica Rodrigues/Maithreyi Narasimha
	4.00 – 5.30 PM	Talila Volk	Research Talk
	6.00 – 7.30 PM		Paper Discussion 6
	7.30 PM onwards		Dinner and paper preparations in groups

DAY 11 Friday Jan. 2	9.30- 10.30 AM	Veronica Rodrigues	“Development of Circuits”
	10.30 -11.00AM		Tea
	11.00 -12.30AM	K. VijayRaghavan	“Development of Behavior.”
	12.00 - 2.00 PM		Lunch and free time
	2.00 – 4:00 PM	Lab II for selected participants	Veronica Rodrigues/Maithreyi Narasimha
	4:00 – 5:30 PM	Benjamin Podbilewicz	“Programmed Cell Death in C. eleganS.” I
	5.30 - 6.00 PM		Tea
	6.00 – 7.30 PM		Paper presentation
	7.30 – 8:30 PM		Dinner
	8:30 PM onwards		Lab II continued

DAY 12 Saturday Jan. 3	9.00- 10.30 AM	Benjamin Podbilewicz	“Programmed Cell Death in C. elegans.” II
	10.30 -11.00AM		Tea
	11.00 – 5.00PM		Lab III for selected participants
	12.45 - 2.00 PM		Lunch
	5.00-5.30 PM	K. VijayRaghavan	Summary, Assignments and Evaluation, Closing etc.