FASEB Conference on Ciliate Molecular Biology
August 7-12, 1999
Saxtons River, Vermont
for more information, contact FASEB,
or Aaron Turkewitz at apturkew at midway.uchicago.edu
Meeting Organizers:
Peter Bruns, Cornell University
Martin Gorovsky, University of Rochester
Aaron Turkewitz, University of Chicago
Preliminary Program
Session 1 Evolution and Natural Populations
Chair, F. Paul Doerder, Cleveland State University
Speakers:
Dennis Lynn, University of Guelph
David Moreira, Universite Paris-Sud
Session 2: Genome organization and reorganization
Chair, Meng-Chao Yao, Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Speakers:
Larry Klobutcher, U. Conn. Health Center
Eric Meyer, Ecole Normale Superieure CNRS, Paris
Session 3: Protein trafficking
Chair, Linda Sperling, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette
Speakers:
Aaron Turkewitz, University of Chicago
Jean Cohen, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette
Cristina Miceli, University of Camerino
Session 4: Nuclear structure and function
Chair, Dieter Ammermann, University of Tubingen
Speakers:
David Allis, University of Virginia
Kathleen Karrer, Marquette University
Session 5: Cytoskeleton
Chair, Jacek Gaertig, University of Georgia
Speakers:
David Asai, Purdue University
Osamu Numata, University of Tsukuba
Session 6: Telomeres
Chair, Carol Greider, Johns Hopkins University
Speakers:
Elizabeth Blackburn, Univ. of California, San Francisco
Carolyn Price, University of Nebraska
Session 7: Development and Differentiation
Chair, Eric Cole, St. Olaf College
Speakers:
Dan Romero, University of Minnesota
Chris Janetopolous, Texas A&M University
Session 8: Surface proteins and cell-cell interactions
Chair, Laurence Amar, Ecole Normale Superieure CNRS, Paris
Speakers:
Guy Thompson, University of Texas
Jacek Gaertig, University of Georgia
Yvonne Capdeville, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette
Session 9: Signal transduction
Chair, Ching Kung, University of Wisconsin
Speakers:
Robert Haynes, University of Wisconsin
Piero Luporini, University of Camerino
Judith Van Houton, University of Vermont
Workshop 1: Emerging techniques
Co-chairs, Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Eduardo Orias, U. C. Santa Barbara
Workshop 2. Ciliates in the classroom
Chair, Dean Fraga, College of Wooster
