Program
Zebrafish 2015 Program
Print Full program| Time | Session/Lecture info |
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| 08:30-09:00 | Registration and refreshments
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| 09:00-09:10 | Opening remarks
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| 09:10-11:20 | Session I: Embryonic Development and Organogenesis
Chair: Karina Yaniv, WIS |
| 09:10-09:55 |
Keynote Speaker- Didier Stainier , Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
Cardiovascular development in zebrafish, knock-downs and knock-outs
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| 09:55-10:15 |
Adi Inbal , Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Development and disease models of the eye in zebrafish
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| 10:15-10:35 |
Karina Yaniv , Weizmann Institute of Science
How YouTube the vertebrate's body: insights from zebrafish
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| 10:35-10:50 |
Yaniv Elkouby , University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Dynamics of early oocyte development and polarization in zebrafish
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| 10:50-11:20 |
Coffee break
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| 11:20-12:50 | Session II: Neuroscience and Behavior
Chair: Adi Inbal, HUJI |
| 11:20-11:40 |
Michael Gliksberg , Gil Levkowitz lab, Weizmann Institute of Science
The role of oxytocin producing neurons in the development of social behaviour
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| 11:40-12:00 |
Lior Appelbaum , Bar Ilan University
The mechanisms and treatment of thyroid hormone transporter-dependent psychomotor retardation
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| 12:00-12:20 |
Inbal Shainer , Yoav Gothilf lab, Tel Aviv University
Novel efferent connections of the pineal gland suggests an additional pineal function
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| 12:20-12:35 |
Lilach Avitan , Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia
Does topography play a functional role in decoding spatial information?
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| 12:35-12:50 |
Gilad A Jacobson , Friedrich Miescher Institute of Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
Variability and adaptation of odor representations in the zebrafish homolog of olfactory cortex
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| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch
Optional: visit to fish facility |
| 14:00-17:00 | Session III: Disease Models and Regeneration
Chair: Lior Appelbaum, BIU |
| 14:00-14:50 |
Keynote Speaker: Randall Peterson , Harvard Medical School
In vivo chemical biology
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| 14:50-15:10 |
Ramon Birnbaum , Ben Gurion University
Characterization of gene regulatory elements of the neurodevelopmental genes
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| 15:10-15:40 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:40-16:00 |
Raz Somech , Sheba Medical Center
Zebrafish to model primary immunodeficiencies
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| 16:00-16:15 |
Anat Akiva, Weizmann Institute of Science
Tracking the bone formation pathways in the larval zebrafish tail
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| 16:15-16:30 |
David Karasik , Bar-Ilan University
A report from inaugural meeting FishBone 2015, Seattle, WA
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| 16:35-16:45 |
Closing remarks
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