2004 East Coast Worm Meeting Abstracts

Program of the 2004 East Coast Worm Meeting

Session 1. Friday June 11, 7-8:48 PM Chair: Mónica Colaiácovo

1. Candidate EGO-1 interactors that function in germline development
   Xiang Yu, Valarie Vought, Jamie Wasilenko, Tom Ratliff, Bill Kelly, Eleanor Maine

2. Two controls of FBF expression in the C. elegans germ line
   Liana B. Lamont, Sarah L. Crittenden, David S. Bernstein, Marvin Wickens, Judith Kimble

3. Robust germline amplification and the precise timing of initial meiosis are dependent upon interactions with specific cells of the developing gonadal sheath
   Darrell J. Killian, E. Jane Albert Hubbard

4. The NR4A nuclear receptor is required for spermatheca morphogenesis during somatic gonad development
   Chris R. Gissendanner, Tri Q. Nguyen, Marius Hoener, Ann E. Sluder, Claude V. Maina

5. The spe-38 gene encodes a novel tetraspan integral membrane protein and is required for sperm function at fertilization
   Indrani Chatterjee, Andrew W Singson

6. Sperm-oocyte interactions in C. elegans
   Alissa Richmond, Diane C. Shakes

7. SPE-42 is required for sperm-egg interaction during C. elegans fertilization
   Tim L. Kroft, Steven W. L'Hernault

8. A Vesicle-Budding Model for the Release of MSP from C. elegans Sperm
   Mary Kosinski, Kent McDonald, Jay Jerome, David Greenstein

9. EFL-1 and DPL-1 Activate Genes Required for Oogenesis and Proper Embryonic Specification in the Maternal Germline
   Woo Chi, Valerie Reinke

Session 2. Friday June 11, 9:10-10:46 PM Chair: Martha Soto

10. RGS-7 Completes a Receptor-independent Heterotrimeric G Protein Signaling Cycle to Regulate Mitotic Spindle Positioning in C. elegans
    Heather A. Hess, Michael R. Koelle

11. Three conserved protein kinases, DYRK, CDC2 and GSK3 promote OMA-1 degradation to establish proper cell fate and cell division polarity in early C. elegans embryos
    Masaki Shirayama, Takao Ishidate, Kuniaki Nakamura, Craig C. Mello

12. Automated production of standardized, easy-to-share, easy-to-compare 4D embryonic image data
    Ariel B. Isaacson, William A. Mohler

13. The germ granule protein PGL-1 is required for efficient RNA interference
    Darryl Conte Jr., Yingdee Unhavathaya, Craig C. Mello

14. Enhancers of ksr-1 lethality define new potential regulators of small regulatory RNAs
    Christian E. Rocheleau, Yelena Bernstein, Meera V. Sundaram

15. Multiple, dynamic microRNA ribonucleoprotein complexes with selective microRNA cargos in C. elegans
    Gopalakrishna Ramaswamy, Eun-Young Choi, Frank J. Slack

16. eak (enhancer-of-akt-1) genes encode membrane-associated proteins that potentiate AKT-1 signaling in the C. elegans XXX cells
    Patrick J. Hu, Jinling Xu, Gary Ruvkun

17. Notch function in differentiated neurons is required to maintain dauer
    Jimmy Ouellet, Richard Roy

Session 3. Saturday June 12, 8:30-10:06 AM Chair: Siu Sylvia Lee

18. Control of aging and developmental arrest by TGFbeta and insulin pathways during C. elegans diapause
    Manjing Pan, Li Sun da Graca, Tao Liu, Garth I. Patterson

19. Life span regulation by JNK MAP kinase in C. elegans: a novel input into daf-16
    Seung Wook Oh, Nenad Svrzikapa, Heidi A. Tissenbaum

20. Regulation of chemoreceptor gene expression by MEF-2 and class II HDACs in C. elegans
    Alexander M van der Linden, Katie Nolan, Piali Sengupta

21. mig-10 functions downstream of unc-6 and slt-1 to mediate axon guidance
    Christopher C. Quinn, Elizabeth Stovall, Elizabeth F. Ryder, William G. Wadsworth

22. Genes Involved In Serotonergic Neurotransmission
    Megan Higginbotham, Bob Horvitz

23. Ryanodine Receptors Regulate Neurotransmitter Release at the C. elegans Neuromuscular Junction
    Qiang Liu, Michael Nonet, Lawrence Salkoff, Zhao-Wen Wang

24. KEL-8, a novel Kelch-like protein, is required for glutamate receptor degradation
    Henry Schaefer, Christopher Rongo

25. Knockout of GLT-3 C. elegans Glutamate Transporter: A Genetic Approach to Study Excitotoxic Neurodegeneration
    Itzhak Mano, Sarah Straud, Monica Driscoll

Session 4. Saturday June 12, 10:40 AM-12:16 PM Chair: Peter Roy

26. A non-developmental role for lin-12 Notch signaling in the C. elegans adult nervous system
    Michael Y. Chao, Jonah Larkins-Ford, Anne C. Hart

27. Calcium permeability of death-inducing DEG/ENaC ion channel MEC-4(d)
    Laura Bianchi, Wei-Hsiang Lee, Gargi Mukherjee, Beate Gerstbrein, Dewey Royal, Maryanne Royal, Jian Xue, Monica Driscoll

28. UNC-55, a Nuclear Receptor, is Essential for Male Mating
    Ge Shan, Bill Walthall

29. Genes Controlling Sensory Axon Patterning in the C. elegans Male Tail
    Lingyun Jia, Scott W. Emmons

30. A genomic approach to the development and function of the C. elegans male tail rays
    Douglas S. Portman, Daryl D. Hurd, Nicole Juskiw, Kwi Yeon Lee, William R. Mowrey, Carolyn Tyler, Hai Wu

31. WormBase: What's New and What's Next?
    Nansheng Chen, Lincoln D. Stein, WormBase Consortium

32. Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails? Wormatlas launches a guide to what boy worms are made of
    Robyn Lints, Zeynep F. Altun, Huawei Weng, Gloria Stephney, Maurice Volaski, David H. Hall

33. A New Phylogeny Reveals Frequent Loss of Introns During Nematode Evolution
    Ronald E Ellis, Soochin Cho

Session 5. Saturday June 12, 5:30-7:06 PM Chair: Landon Moore

34. Caenorhabditis phylogeny predicts convergence of hermaphroditism and extensive intron loss
    Karin C. Kiontke, Nicholas P. Gavin, Yevgeniy Raynes, Casey Roehrig, Fabio Piano, David H. A. Fitch

35. Evolutionary innovation of excretory system in Caenorhabditis elegans
    Xiaodong Wang, Helen M. Chamberlin

36. cdc-14 regulates cki-1 to control cell-cycle arrest
    R. Mako Saito, Audrey Perreault, Bethan Peach, John S. Satterlee, Sander van den Heuvel

37. Transcriptional regulation of Hox gene lin-39 during vulval cell fate specification
    Javier A. Wagmaister, Julie E. Gleason, Corey A. Morris, Leilani M. Miller, Ginger R. Miley, Kerry Kornfeld, David M. Eisenmann

38. EPS-8 regulates LET-23/EGFR localization during C. elegans vulval development
    Attila Stetak, Assunta Croce, Giuseppe Cassata, Pier P. DiFiore, Erika Fröhli Hoier, Alex Hajnal

39. The C-terminal sequence of C. elegans smad/SMA-3 has multiple roles
    Jianjun Wang, Cathy Savage-Dunn

40. PKC2 A Calcium-Diacylglcerol Kinase that Runs Hot and Cold
    Marianne Land, Charles S. Rubin

41. Regulation of a Conserved Oxidative Stress Defense by GSK-3 and p38 signaling in C. elegans
    Jae Hyung An, Riva Oliveira, Rosanna Baker, Kelly Vranas, Hideki Inoue, Naoki Hisamoto, Yanxia Bei, Craig C. Mello, Kunihiro Matsumoto, T. Keith Blackwell

Session 6. Sunday June 13, 8:30-9:42 AM Chair: Laura Mathies

42. LIN-28 and LIN-46 converge at a branchpoint in the heterochronic pathway
    Eric G. Moss, Keven Kemper

43. The role of daf-6 and cell-cell interactions in amphid morphogenesis
    Elliot A. Perens, Shai Shaham

44. An FGF Signaling Pathway Regulates Membrane Extensions from the Body Wall Muscles in C. elegans
    Scott Dixon, Raynah Fernandes, Peter J. Roy

45. EGL-15 FGF Receptor Isoforms Play Different Roles in SM Migration
    Te-Wen Lo, Catherine S. Branda, Peng Huang, Isaac E. Sasson, S. Jay Goodman, Michael J. Stern

46. MLS-2, an HMX class homeodomain protein essential for mesodermal patterning and cell fate specification
    Yuan Jiang, Jun Kelly Liu

47. Regulation of TRA-1 by sex specific proteolytic processing and localization
    Mara Schvarzstein, Laura Mathies, Andrew Spence

Session 7. Sunday June 13, 10:10 AM-12:10 PM Chair: Barth Grant

48. Mutations in him-8 suppress developmental defects of egl-13 mutants
    Brian L. Nelms, Wendy Hanna-Rose

49. Generating a more comprehensive picture of apoptosis using multiple functional genomic techniques
    Stuart Milstein, Pierre-Olivier Vidalain, Siming Li, David Hill, Marc Vidal

50. Characterization and cloning of a novel component in the cell-corpse engulfment pathway
    Xiaomeng Yu, Xiaohong Leng, Chin-Hua Chuang, Sampeter Odera, H. Robert Horvitz, Zheng Zhou

51. Characterization of the Cell Deaths Caused by Mutations in lin-24 and lin-33
    Brendan Galvin, Saechin Kim, Erika Hartwieg, Bob Horvitz

52. RME-6 is a new regulator of Rab5-mediated endocytosis
    Miyuki Sato, Ken Sato, Paul Andre Fonarev, Barth Grant

53. Septins function in morphogenesis of the C. elegans pharynx
    Fern P. Finger

54. An Essential Role for HTP-3, a HIM-3 Paralog, in Mediating Meiotic Chromosome Behaviour and Structure
    William Goodyer, Monique Zetka

55. HDA-1 regulates C. elegans embryogenesis: a potential role for a ubiquitous chromatin modifier in regulating tissue-specific gene expression and patterning
    Johnathan R. Whetstine, Julian Ceron, Valerie Reinke, Yang Shi

56. Genetics of telomere replication in C. elegans
    Bettina Meier, Sarah Mense, Yan Zhao, Shawn Ahmed

57. Centromere resolution is inhibited by cohesin proteins and requires condensin II components, HCP-6 and Mix-1
    Landon L. Moore, Matt Stankiewicz, David Rosen, Tovah Day

Poster session: Saturday June 12, 1:45-5:30 PM

58. Identification and Characterization of C. elegans Amine-gated Chloride Channels
    Namiko Abe, Niels Ringstad, Bob Horvitz

59. Linker cell death may be caspase-independent
    Mary C. Abraham, Shai Shaham

60. Octopamine Inhibits Pharyngeal Pumping and Egg Laying and Stimulates Locomotion
    Mark Alkema, Niels Ringstad, Bob Horvitz

61. Establishment of anteroposterior neuronal polarity
    Eleanor Allen, Anastasia Bakoulis, Dave Hunt, Scott Clark

62. The let-7 and mir-35 Families of MicroRNAs Each Act Redundantly in C. elegans
    Ezequiel Alvarez-Saavedra, Eric A Miska, Allison L Abbott, Nelson C Lau, David P Bartel, Victor Ambros, Bob Horvitz

63. Characterization of the Synthetic Multivulva Suppressor Gene isw-1, a Homolog of the Drosophila Chromatin-Remodeling ATPase ISWI
    Erik Andersen, Xiaowei Lu, Scott Clark, Bob Horvitz

64. met-1 and met-2, Two Putative Histone Methyltransferases, May Act as Synthetic Multivulva Genes
    Erik Andersen, Bob Horvitz

65. Generation of left/right asymmetry in the nervous system of C. elegans
    Celia Antonio, Oliver Hobert

66. Alterations of the C. elegans Excretory Duct in Dauer Larvae
    Kristin R. Armstrong*, Helen M. Chamberlin*

67. Sheath cell-dependent maintenance of AWC dendritic morphology
    Taulant Bacaj, Shai Shaham

68. Association of Oscheius species with millipedes in the Wright State University Woods
    Scott Everet Baird, Christine M. Spice

69. Females, Hermaphrodites and Developmental Bias
    Chris Baldi, Soochin Cho, Ronald E Ellis

70. Genome-wide RNAi screen to identify novel regulators of membrane trafficking
    Zita Balklava, Barth D. Grant

71. Molecular connections between developmental timing and circadian timing: The C. elegans homolog of the circadian gene doubletime regulates post-embryonic developmental timing
    Diya Banerjee, Alvin Kwok, Shin-Yi Lin, Frank Slack

72. Towards cloning mutations isolated in a genetic screen for hyperactive egg-laying mutants
    I. Amy Bany, Michael R. Koelle

73. C. elegans HDACs, CBP, and CREB play roles in polyglutamine neurotoxicity
    Emily A. Bates, Cindy Voisine, Martin Victor, Yang Shi, Anne Hart

74. Study of the genetic and cellular bases of ventral nerve cord maintenance
    Claire Benard, Oliver Hobert

75. A Genome-Wide RNAi Screen for Components Affecting Sex Muscle Differentiation
    Daniel C. Bennett, Isaac E. Sasson, Michael J. Stern

76. A Genetic Screen for New Genes Involved in Aging
    Ala Berdichevsky, Leonard Guarente, Bob Horvitz

77. Towards understanding the role of the stomatin-like protein UNC-24 in the process of gentle touch sensation: evidence for functional interaction with the mechanosensory ion channel complex MEC-4/MEC-10
    Laura Bianchi, Wei-Hsiang Lee, Dan Slone, Julie Y. Koh, David M. Miller III, Monica Driscoll

78. A germline-specific RNA-binding protein required for germ cell survival and cytokinesis
    Peter R, Boag, T. Keith Blackwell

79. Identification of C. elegans spindle assembly checkpoint components
    Mike Boxem, Marc Vidal

80. Development of high-throughput sublehtal toxicity tests using Caenorhabditis elegans
    Windy A. Boyd, Sandra J. McBride, Julie R. Rice, Jonathan H. Freedman

81. Using enriched populations of single neuron types and microarrays to identify sensory neuron-specific genes
    Marc Colosimo, Adam Brown, Anne Lanjuin, Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Piali Sengupta

82. Modulations of thermotactic behavior by food
    Adam Brown, Damon Clark, Chris Gabel, Steven Lin, Ares Perides, Piali Sengupta, Aravi Samuel

83. A Systematic Genome-Wide Genetic Interaction Analysis of Signaling Pathways in C. elegans
    Alexandra Byrne, Scott J. Dixon, Jason Moffat, Peter J. Roy

84. Temporal regulation of postmitotic neural differentiation by heterochronic genes including the microRNA lin-4
    Katherine O. Carter, Kristy Reinert, Shin-Yi Lin, Frank Slack

85. Identification of genes acting redundantly with lin-35 Rb
    Julian Ceron, Abha Chandra, Khursheed Wani, Jean-Francois Rual, Marc Vidal, Sander van den Heuvel

86. Functional analysis of AMPA-type glutamate receptor tail sequences in C. elegans.
    Howard Chang, Chris Rongo

87. Feeding status and serotonin modulate a chemosensory circuit in C. elegans
    Michael Y. Chao, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Hana S. Fukuto, Heather M. Dionne, Anne C. Hart

88. D1- and D2-like dopamine receptors antagonistically modulate C. elegans behavior through Galphaq and Galphao signaling
    Daniel Chase, Judy Pepper, Michael Koelle

89. Germline establishment and maintenance in the early embryo
    Paula M. Checchi, Christine E. Schaner, William G. Kelly

90. GUM-1, a protein affecting the subcellular localization of RME-1, is required for endocytic recycling in the C. elegans intestine
    Carlos Chih-Hsiung, Chen, Peter Schweinsberg, Eric Lambie, Barth Grant

91. Translational control in the germ plasm: nos-2 RNA regulation.
    Pei-Lung Chen, Ingrid D'Agostino, Geraldine Seydoux

92. Translational control in the germ plasm: nos-2 RNA regulation
    Pei-Lung Chen, Ingrid D'Agostino, Geraldine Seydoux

93. Age-associated feeding decline in C. elegans can be modulated by genetic and environmental inputs
    David K. Chow, Catherine A. Wolkow

94. An Investigation into the potential regulatory relationships between components of a network specified by pal-1
    Julia M. Claggett, L. Ryan Baugh, Craig P. Hunter

95. Genome-wide RNAi analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans distal tip cell migration
    Erin J. Cram, Jean E. Schwarzbauer

96. Characterization of the DTC niche and germline stem cells in C. elegans
    Sarah L. Crittenden, Dana Byrd, Kim Leonhard, Judith Kimble

97. Structure/function studies of the polarity regulator PAR-1 in C. elegans
    Adrian Cuenca, Geraldine Seydoux

98. Experimental Design for C. elegans Microarray
    Yuxia Cui, Sandra J. McBride, Jonathan H. Freedman

99. Tracking the mid-life crisis of C. elegans
    Diana David-Rus, Peter J. Schmeissner, Beate Hartmann, Christophe Grundschober, Uri Einav, Eytan Domany, Patrick Nef, Garth Patterson, Monica Driscoll

100. An HCP-6 Suppression Screen for Genes Involved in Centromere Resolution
     Tovah A. Day, Landon Moore

101. Analysis of sel-2, an enhancer of lin-12 activity in vulval precursor cells
     Natalie de Souza, Laura G. Vallier, Hanna Fares, Iva Greenwald

102. Function of a novel protein EFF-1 in cell fusion
     Jacob J del Campo, Ariel B Issacson, Morgan Tucker, Min Han, William A Mohler

103. Degenerate binding sites for the FAX-1 nuclear receptor predict potential downstream target genes
     Stephen DeMeo, Rebecca Lombel, Danielle Snowflack, Aaron Wagner, Eric Smith, Sheila Clever, Bruce Wightman

104. Mapping transcription regulatory networks in C. elegans
     B. Deplancke, D. Dupuy, M. Vidal, A.J. Marian Walhout

105. SYP-3, a coiled-coil protein required for chromosome synapsis and chiasma formation in C. elegans
     Andreas Eizinger, Allison Hurlburt, JoAnne Engebrecht, Kirthi Reddy, Anne Villeneuve, Mónica Colaiácovo

106. A genetic screen for mutants defective in male leaving, a mate-searching behavior of C. elegans
     Chunhui Fang, Rajarshi Ghosh, Scott W. Emmons

107. DKF-2 is a Novel Target-Effector of Protein Kinase C
     Hui Feng, Min Ren, Charles S. Rubin

108. A novel mutant that partially suppresses the daf-2 (e1370) Daf-c phenotype
     Manuel A. Fidalgo, Manuel J. Munoz

109. Specificity of the C. elegans Putative Transmembrane Channel SID-1
     Michael C. Fitzgerald, Craig P. Hunter

110. SMA-9, a Protein Involved in Patterning of the C.elegans M Lineage
     Marisa L Foehr, Ming Xu, Jun Liu

111. Cloning and characterization of the C. elegans post-embryonic cytokinesis gene unc-85
     Iwen Fu, Jason W. Reuter, Fern P. Finger

112. CeMyoD(hlh-1) in embryonic muscle fate determination
     Tetsunari Fukushige, Joan McDermott, Thomas Brodigan, Michael Krause

113. Quantification of electrotaxis
     Chris Gabel, Albert Kao, Dmitri Pavlichin, Aravi Samuel

114. Barotaxis
     Chris Gabel, Alex Dahlen, Aravi Samuel

115. Genetic analysis of mutations that suppress dauer arrest in age-1/PI3 kinase mutants
     Minaxi S. Gami, Keaton Hanselman, Catherine A. Wolkow

116. spe-19, a Gene Affecting Spermiogenesis
     Brian Geldziler, Andy Singson

117. Death defying acts: RNAi screen for genes influencing neuronal necrosis
     Beate Gerstbrein, Vienna Lo, Monica Driscoll

118. An in vivo analysis of age-related biomarkers in C. elegans
     Beate Gerstbrein, Georgios Stamatas, Nikiforos Kollias, Monica Driscoll

119. Serotonin and octopamine modulate thrashing behavior of C elegans
     Rajarshi Ghosh, Scott W. Emmons

120. Functional Characterization of the Vertebrate Homologs of LIN-10: Mint 1, 2, and 3
     Doreen R. Glodowski, Bonnie L. Firestein, Christopher Rongo

121. The Myt1 ortholog in C. elegans is essential for oocyte maturation
     Andy Golden

122. RecQ Helicases, Genomic Stability and Lifespan in C. elegans
     Melissa M. Grabowski, Nenad Svrzikapa, Heidi Tissenbaum

123. The temporal patterning microRNA let-7 controls multiple transcription factors including the nuclear hormone receptor DAF-12
     Helge Grosshans, Ted Johnson, Mark Gerstein, Frank J. Slack

124. The genes tra-4 and mog-7 are necessary to ensure hermaphrodite development in the soma and in the germline
     Phillip Grote, Claudia Huber, Barbara Conradt

125. SMA-10 is a novel extracellular regulator of the Sma/Mab TGF-beta pathway in C. elegans
     Tina L. Gumienny, Cole M. Zimmerman, Andrew F. Roberts, Huang Wang, Lena Chin, Richard W. Padgett

126. LON-2 is a glypican heparan sulfate proteoglycan that regulates the Sma/Mab TGF-beta pathway in C. elegans
     Tina L. Gumienny, Huang Wang, Richard W. Padgett

127. Reproductive isolation of C. briggsae haplotypes
     Rachael M. Hampton, Scott E. Baird

128. High Throughput TILLING, Ecotilling, Genotyping, and Sequencing Instrumentation
     Jeff Harford

129. Analysis of synMuv Protein Complexes in vivo and Characterization of the Class B synMuv Gene lin-61
     Melissa M Harrison, Xiaowei Lu, Bob Horvitz

130. Visualizing activity of C. elegans interneurons
     Gal Haspel, Anne C. Hart

131. Multiple factors act in concert to initiate the cell death of the NSM sister cells
     Julia Hatzold, Barbara Conradt

132. An RNAi-based suppressor screen for components of the Aurora B kinase pathway
     Todd R. Heallen, Jill M. Schumacher

133. Characterization of tissue-specific suppressors of cdc-25.1(gf)
     Michael Hebeisen, Roshni Basu, Richard Roy

134. Form and function of glia-neuron interactions
     Maxwell G. Heiman, Shai Shaham

135. Vulval and uterine development are not temporally coordinated in ku212 mutants
     Li Huang, Wendy Hanna-Rose

136. COMPUTER MODELING, SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF C. elegans VULVAL INDUCTION
     Na'aman Kam, Jasmin Fisher, David Harel, Amir Pnueli, Michael J. Stern, E. Jane Albert Hubbard

137. A Screen for Genes Synthetically Lethal with lin-35 Rb
     Mike Hurwitz, Bob Horvitz

138. Genetic variation reveals differences among C. elegans isolates for ASH mediated behaviors
     Rhonda Hyde, Anne C. Hart

139. Study of the Effects of Oxidative Damage Repair on Aging and Muscle HealthSpan
     Carolina Ibanez-Ventoso, Samuel Bassous, Peter J. Schmeisser, Suzhen Guo, Monica Driscoll

140. Guidance and cell-matching of a migrating epidermal sheet during ventral enclosure by MAB-20 and PLX-2
     Richard Ikegami, Kristin Simokat, Louise Dixon, Jeff Hardin, Joseph Culotti

141. Identification of Wnt Pathway Target Genes in C. elegans by Microarray Analysis
     Belinda M. Jackson, David M. Eisenmann

142. Combinatorial control of lin-48 expression in the C. elegans excretory duct cell is mediated through Pax and bZip transcription factors
     Hongtao Jia, Xiaodong Wang, Helen M. Chamberlin

143. Structural and functional studies of the C.elegans Hsp90 ortholog DAF21
     Dayadevi Jirage, Harold Smith

144. GNA-2, Chitin and the Functionally-Redundant CEJ-1/B0280.5 are Required for the Synthesis of a Lipophobic Extraembryonic Matrix (EEM) and are Essential for Development and Polarity in the One-cell Embryo
     Wendy L. Johnston, Aldis Krizus, James W. Dennis

145. Biochemical and structure/function analysis of DGK-1, a neuronal diacylglycerol kinase and putative downstream effector of Gapha_o signaling
     Antony Jose, Michael Koelle

146. Cytological screening of the germ lines of sterile mutants for meiotic defects
     Malek Jundi, Monique C. Zetka

147. EGL-26 belongs to the NlpC/P60 superfamily of putative enzymes and is closely related to a mammalian acyl transferase
     Rasika Kalamegham, Wendy Hanna-Rose

148. Genes controlling the developmental response to nutrients in L1 larvae
     Gautam Kao, Peter Naredi, Simon Tuck

149. Characterization of F11A10.3, a RING domain protein that interacts with the transcription factor UNC-3
     Ozgur Karakuzu, Brinda Prasad, Scott Cameron

150. Characterization of sel-6, a suppressor of lin-12 gain-of-function mutants
     Iskra Katic, Iva Greenwald

151. How Does Ivermectin Induce Cell Death?
     Aamna Kaul, Joseph Dent

152. Expression, function and regulation of gon-2
     Ben Kemp, Rachel West, Diane Church, Samantha Schilling, Janet Lee, Robert Bruce III, Matthew Ambros, Eric Lambie

153. Centrosome Maturation and Duplication In C. elegans Require the Coiled-Coil Protein SPD-2
     Catherine A Kemp, Kevin R. Kopish, Peder Zipperlen, Julie Ahringer, Kevin F. O’Connell

154. nhr-67 and nhr-111, two NR2E nuclear receptors that may function in nervous system development
     Ryan Kennedy, Kristy Reinert, Genna Albert, Chris Gissendanner, Ann Sluder, Bruce Wightman

155. The lin-4 homologue, mir-237, directs proper vulva and gonad development in C. elegans
     Aurora Esquela Kerscher, Lei Bai, Frank J. Slack

156. Sex-specific centrosome inheritance requires cki-2 in C. elegans
     Dae Young Kim, Richard Roy

157. Roles of PAR-3 and PKC-3 in establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity in C. elegans
     Heon S. Kim

158. The Regulation of the CDC-6 Replication Licensing by CUL-4
     Jihyun Kim, Hui Feng, Edward T. Kipreos

159. The O/E transcription factor UNC-3 specifies the identities of the ASI chemosensory neurons via cell-specific repression and activation mechanisms
     Kyuhyung Kim, Marc Colosimo, Piali Sengupta

160. Identification of CUL-4 complex components
     Youngjo Kim, Edward T. Kipreos

161. Genetic pathways that affect C. elegans leaving, a mate searching behavior
     Gunnar A. Kleemann, Ling yun Jia, Johnathan O .Lipton, Scott W. Emmons

162. A screen for suppressors of cyclin-D1 in C. elegans
     John Koreth, Mike Boxem, Huihong Xu, Stuart H. Orkin, Sander van den Heuvel

163. Attempts to develop molecular genetic tools to study parasitic nematodes
     Kelly Kraus, Meera Sundaram

164. Reiteration of a lineage branch generating right-sided amphid neurons in ref-1 bHLH mutants
     Anne Lanjuin, Julia K. Thompson, Piali Sengupta

165. Identification and Characterization of Suppressors of him-3
     Ka-Lun Law, Monique Zetka

166. A him-8 mutation suppresses the PIE-1-induced synMuv defect
     Jungsoon Lee, Prashant Raghavan, Byung-Jae Park, Tae Ho Shin

167. Interaction between the SEK-1-PMK-1 p38 MAPK and DAF-2/DAF-16 insulin signaling pathways mediating pathogen resistance and longevity in C. elegans
     Dennis H. Kim, Valerie Reinke, Danielle A. Garsin, Gary Ruvkun, Siu Sylvia Lee, Frederick M. Ausubel

168. Global transcriptional changes caused by cognition enhancing compounds in C. elegans N2
     French A. Lewis, III, Brian A. Dougherty

169. Study of par-3 function in C. elegans
     Bingsi Li

170. sma-9, A Gene that Regulates Body Size Development in C. elegans
     Jun Liang, Ling Yu, Cathy Savage-Dunn

171. Toward Identifying Targets of MAP Kinase During C. elegans germline Development Using Functional Proteomic Approaches
     Baiqing Lin, Valerie Reinke

172. CaM KII Regulates Neurotransmitter Release at the C. elegans Neuromuscular Junction
     Qiang Liu, Zhao-Wen Wang

173. Control of aging and developmental arrest by TGF and insulin pathways during C. elegansdiapause
     Tao Liu, Manjing Pan, Garth Patterson

174. End-to-end chromosome fusions in C elegans
     Mia R. Lowden, Bettina Meier, Shawn C. Ahmed

175. An intracellular serpin, srp-6, is required for survival from hypoosmotic shock in Caenorhabditis elegans
     Cliff J. Luke, Stephen C. Pak, Vasantha Kumar, Sule Çataltepe, Carmen M. Knebel, Anthony Clark, Deiter Brömme, Gary A. Silverman

176. Genetic Analysis of the Putative SUP-9/SUP-10/UNC-93 Two-Pore Domain K⁺ Channel Complex
     Long Ma, Bob Horvitz

177. Modeling and simulation of the behavior of proliferating C. elegans germ cells
     John Maciejowski, Nadia Ugel, Marco Isopi, Bud Mishra, E. Jane Albert Hubbard

178. Nog mutants and early germline proliferation in C. elegans
     John Maciejowski, Giselle Cipriani, Ji-Inn Lee, James Ahn, Kerry Donny-Clark, E. Jane Albert Hubbard

179. DNA replication and the proliferation versus meiotic development decision
     Valarie Vought, Min-Ho Lee, Larissa Wirlo, Katy Michalak, Deborah Springer, Ying Liu, Valerie Reinke, Tim Schedl, Eleanor Maine

180. The molecular analysis of ego-2
     Ying Liu, Deborah Swenton, Dave Hansen, Eleanor Maine

181. Control of lipid accumulation by ciliated neurons in C. elegans
     Ho Yi Mak, Gary Ruvkun

182. n3263 is a mutant with persistent cell corpses that defines a candidate new engulfment gene
     Paolo M. Mangahas, H. Robert Horvitz, Zheng Zhou

183. Localization of APH-1 Protein in Embryos
     David McGaughey, Valerie Hale, Caroline Goutte

184. EGL-32 Functions in Sperm to Regulate Egg-Laying through the TGF-beta Pathway in C.elegans
     Marie McGovern, Ling Yu, Cathy Savage-Dunn

185. sns-10, the C. elegans ortholog of Aristaless/ARX, regulates sensory and motor neuron development
     Tal J. Melkman, Piali Sengupta

186. him genes and X chromosome meiosis
     Philip M. Meneely, Joshua Havassy, Kathryn Crozier

187. Characterization of an hlh-8 mutant
     Stephany G. Meyers, Ann K. Corsi

188. Functional Analysis of the MicroRNA Genes of C. elegans
     Eric A Miska, Ezequiel Alvarez-Saavedra, Allison L Abbott, Andrew B Hellman, Nelson C Lau, David P Bartel, Victor Ambros, Bob Horvitz

189. Genetic and molecular analysis of the C2H2 zinc-finger gene ehn-3
     Kristin M. Morphy, Judith Kimble, Laura D. Mathies

190. Analysis of an UNC-13 protein expressed from an internal promoter
     Theresa Moser, Bethany Stitt, Kristin Servent, Brooke Swalm, Lydia Sanchez, Monique Spencer, Rebecca Kohn

191. cwp-4, a novel male-specific C. elegans gene with a potential role in mating behavior
     William R. Mowrey, Douglas S. Portman

192. Identification of genes regulating chemosensory neuron-specific morphologies
     Saikat Mukhopadhyay, Anne Lanjuin, Piali Sengupta

193. The Role of PDZ Domain Proteins in GLR-1 Localization
     Vidhya Munnamalai, Christopher Rongo

194. Uncovering the role for sperm contributed SCU-1 in regulating meiotic exit and axis formation in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo
     MaryAnn Murrow, Anna Mazor, Rebecca Lyczak

195. Characterization of the identity and specificty of RGS protein targets in C. elegans
     Edith M. Myers, Michael R. Koelle

196. Evidence that lin-35 Rb functions in hyp7 to inhibit vulval fates
     Toshia R Myers, Iva Greenwald

197. RNAi-mediated screen for meiotic genes in C. elegans
     Sandra Nagl, Allison Hurlburt, Mónica Colaiácovo

198. A germline-specific cell cycle inhibitor involved in dauer and adult lifespan
     Patrick Narbonne, Richard Roy

199. The C. elegans pumilio ortholog, puf-9, controls the timing of development
     Mona J. Nolde, Kristy Reinert, Nazli Saka, Frank J. Slack

200. High throughput genetic screen for suppressors of necrotic cell death
     Yury O. Nunez, Dewey Royal, MaryAnn Royal, Michael Lizzio Jr., Monica Driscoll

201. Activation of SKN-1 stress response by a chemoprotective antioxidant
     Riva P. Oliveira, Jae Hyung An, Rosana P. Baker, Hideki Inoue, Kunihiro Matsumoto, T. Keith Blackwell

202. Some Dauer Formation, Social Feeding, and Chemotaxis Mutants are Abnormal in the Enhanced Slowing Response
     Daniel Omura, Bob Horvitz

203. Transcriptional regulation and stochasticity of eff-1 in fusing cell types
     Eugene Opoku-Serebuoh, Victoria L. Scranton, William A. Mohler

204. Characterization of mutants defective in intestinal nuclear division
     Jimmy Ouellet, Richard Roy

205. SRP-2 is an intracellular serpin that participates in postembryonic development
     Stephen C. Pak, Vasantha Kumar, Christopher Tsu, Cliff J. Luke, Yuko S. Askew, David J. Askew, David R. Mills, Anthony C. Clark, Gary Silverman

206. The Identification of Factors Mediating the Downregulation of MEP-1 Function by PIE-1
     Byung-Jae Park, Prashant Raghavan, Seung-Il Kim, Jungsoon Lee, Keunhee Park, Tae Ho Shin

207. A Screen for Mutants Resistant to Serotonin: a Search for Genes Involved in Neurotransmitter Signaling and Centrosome Movement
     Judy S. Pepper, Michael R. Koelle

208. Investigating interacting partners of CeTwist
     Mary C. Philogene, Ann Corsi

209. Genome wide RNAi screen for new synMuv genes
     Gino Poulin, Yan Dong, Andrew Fraser, Neil Hopper, Julie Ahringer

210. A screen for axon branching and guidance mutants
     Brinda Prasad, Scott Clark

211. Identification of Genetic Pathways Dependent on Protein N-glycosylation by GlcNAc-TV
     Justin M. Prien, Justin M. Crocker, Aldis Krizus, James W. Dennis, Charles E. Warren

212. Components of the dosage compensation machinery antagonize the MEP-1 complex function
     Prashant Raghavan, Jungsoon Lee, Byun-Jae Park, Seun-il Kim, Keunhee Park, Tae Ho Shin

213. Behavioral quiescence during the L1 stage and its alteration in eat-7 mutants
     David M. Raizen, Meera Sundaram, Allan I. Pack

214. Characterization of UNC-43/CaMKII transport and activity in neurons
     Paris Rapp, Toru Umemura, Christopher Rongo

215. Identification of factors required for germline silencing
     Tom Ratliff, Karissa McClinic, David Han, Bill Kelly

216. Histone variant H2A.Z is essential for development in C.elegans
     Brianne J. Ray, William G. Kelly, Adam Raymond

217. A Mos1 transposon mutagenesis screen for suppressors of the let-7 microRNA
     K. Reinert, F. J. Slack

218. DKF-1 is A Diacylglycerol-regulated Kinase Involved in C.elegans Motility
     Min Ren, Hui Feng, Charles S. Rubin

219. Modulation of C. elegans Egg-laying Behavior by the Environment and Experience
     Niels Ringstad, Bob Horvitz

220. Dissecting the role of CNK-1 in LIN-45 Raf activation
     Christian E. Rocheleau, Meera V. Sundaram

221. Progress Towards the Cloning of lin-38 and Identification of Novel Class A SynMuv Genes
     Adam Saffer, Ewa Davison, Bob Horvitz

222. C. elegans rme-3 encodes a clathrin heavy chain required for embryogenesis and neuro-muscular function
     Ken Sato, Chih-Hsiung Chen, Miyuki Sato, Barth D. Grant

223. Characterization and mapping of sig-1, a new gene involved in germline-specific silencing of extrachromosomal transgenes
     Christine E. Schaner, William G. Kelly

224. The mutation bc202 blocks physiological as well as non-physiological germ cell death in the adult hermaphrodite gonad
     Claus Schertel, Barbara Conradt

225. Thrashing in liquid as a quantifiable measurement of aging
     Peter J. Schmeissner, Suzhen Guo, Shih-Hung Yu, Monica Driscoll

226. The BarH Class Homeodomain Gene ceh-30 is Directly Regulated by tra-1 to Specify the Sexually Dimorphic Survival of the CEM Neurons
     Hillel Schwartz, Bob Horvitz

227. The "Green Pharynx" Phenotype of Transgene Misexpression Yields New Insight into the synMuv Genes
     Hillel Schwartz, Dawn Wendell, Bob Horvitz

228. Toward expression and biochemical characterization of EFF-1
     Victoria L. Scranton, William A. Mohler

229. atx-2 Promotes Germline Proliferation and the Female Fate
     Xingyu She, Valarie E. Vought, Dave Hansen, Deborah Springer, Eleanor M. Maine

230. The Unfolded Protein Response Regulates Glutamate Receptor Export from the ER
     Jaegal Shim, Toru Umemura, Erika Nothstein, Christopher Rongo

231. Microarrays analysis of two essential factors required for RNAi, RDE-1 and RDE-4
     Martin J. Simard, Darryl Conte Jr, Jennifer A. Keys, Juerg Straubhaar, Danila Ulyanov, Craig C. Mello

232. Regulation of gene expression by the Pax factor EGL-38
     Sama F. Sleiman, Helen M. Chamberlin

233. C.elegans recognizes protons as a nociceptive stimulus through the DEG/EnaC and TRP channel
     Alfonso J. Apicella, Robert D. Slone, Monica Driscoll, William R. Schafer

234. Move or Die: Epidermal Migration in the Caenorhabditis elegans Embryo
     Esteban Chen*, Michael M. S. Huang*, Veronica Zappi, Martha C. Soto

235. Phenotypic characterization of egg-1, a molecule involved in fertilization
     Pavan Kadandale, Allison Stewart, Richard Klancer, Barth Grant, Andrew Singson

236. How are cytoplasmic asymmetries achieved? In vivo studies of germ plasm localization dynamics during early embryogenesis
     Michael L. Stitzel, Denis Wirtz, Geraldine Seydoux

237. Screen for Enhancers of ksr-2 Lethality
     Craig Stone, Meera Sundaram

238. EGL-26 controls vulF morphogenesis
     Hongliu Sun, Rita Sharma, Wendy Hanna-Rose

239. Development of Caenorhabditis elegans in CeHR Axenic Medium
     Maria Szilagyi, Hugh F. LaPenotiere, Eric D. Clegg

240. The Wnt genes egl-20 and cwn-1 are redundantly required for proper vulval cell fate specification
     Elizabeth Szyleyko, Julie E. Gleason, David M. Eisenmann

241. The G proteins GOA-1 and EGL-30 function antagonistically in the HSN neurons that regulate egg-laying behavior in C. elegans
     Jessica E. Tanis, James J. Moresco, Robert A. Lindquist, Michael R. Koelle

242. SRY-box containing protein SOX-2 directly binds to the promoter of Hox gene egl-5 and negatively regulates its expression
     Yingqi Teng, Scott W. Emmons

243. Identification of genes involved in the specification of the sexually dimorphic CEMs
     Tatiana Tomasi, Stefanie Löser, Phillip Grote, Barbara Conradt

244. Genetic screen for factors functioning with EGL-38 Pax to regulate lin-48 expression in Caenorhabditis elegans
     Rong-Jeng Tseng, Helen M. Chamberlin

245. Transcriptional specification of neural subtype in the C. elegans male tail
     Carolyn Tyler, Nicole Juskiw, Douglas S. Portman

246. Suppressors of pha-4/FoxA loss of function mutations define potential pha-4 regulators
     Dustin L. Updike, Susan E. Mango

247. Identification of genes involved in cell fate specification of the gonadal sheath cells in Caenorhabditis elegans
     Laura G. Vallier, Helaina Skop, Lindsay Eisemann

248. Genetic Screens for Suppressors of the ceh-30(n3714gf) Phenotype of Inappropriate Survival of the Male-Specific CEM Neurons in Hermaphrodites
     Johanna Varner, Hillel Schwartz, Bob Horvitz

249. Screens for suppressors of cul-2 and zyg-11
     Srividya Vasudevan, Edward T. Kipreos

250. Half-molecule ATP-binding cassette transporter, CeHMT1, is required for PC-dependent heavy metal detoxification in Caenorhabditis elegans
     Olena K. Vatamaniuk, Elizabeth A. Bucher, Meera V. Sundaram, Philip A. Rea

251. How are apoptotic cells recognized by their phagocytes?
     Victor Venegas, Zheng Zhou

252. Modifiers of polyglutamine-mediated neurodegeneration
     Cindy, Voisine, Adriana, K., Jones, Anne, C., Hart

253. Disruption of germline pattern by forward and reverse genetics
     Roumen V. Voutev, E. Jane Albert Hubbard

254. Regulation of Cell Death in the C. elegans Tail Spike Cell
     Carine Waase, Shai Shaham

255. A suppressor screen for genes involved in UNC-6 mediated guidance
     Gauri Kulkarni, Chaunte Cannon, William G. Wadsworth

256. Regulation of RNA Polymerase II in C. elegans embryos and germline
     Amy K. Walker, T. Keith Blackwell

257. Identification and characterization of the downstream target genes of CeTwist and its partner CeE/DA
     Peng Wang, Ann Corsi

258. Identification of regulatory sequences necessary for egl-1 function in the ventral nerve cord
     Erin Webster, Tamara Strauss, Kelly Liu, Scott Cameron

259. Identification and Characterization of MAPK Signaling Targets in the C. elegans Germline
     Stefanie West, Valerie Reinke

260. The nuclear receptor gene fax-1 and homeobox gene unc-42 coordinate interneuron identity by regulating the expression of glutamate receptor subunits and other neuron-specific genes
     Bruce Wightman, Sheila Clever

261. Characterization of loci that control or depend upon N-glycosylation in C. elegans
     William C. Wiswall Jr, Kristin M.D. Shaw, Weston B. Struwe, Charles E. Warren

262. sid-5 is required for robust environmental RNAi
     Amanda J. Wright, Craig P. Hunter

263. LIN-10 inhibits the synaptic delivery of GLR-1
     Tricia Wright, Henry Schaefer, Keri Martinowich, Howard Chang, Douglas Beach, Christopher Rongo

264. MSP signals microtubule reorganization in C. elegans oocytes prior to fertilization
     Jana E. Harris, Ikuko Yamamoto, David Greenstein

265. The conserved DEAD-box helicase CGH-1 negatively regulates MAP kinase activation in C. elegans oocytes
     Ikuko Yamamoto, David I. Greenstein

266. Functional genomic characterization of germline stem cells in C. elegans
     Zhang Yang, Michelle Banfill, Valerie Reinke

267. The Function of rde-1 homologs in C. elegans
     Erbay Yigit, Martin Simard, Ka Ming Pang, Ngan K. Vo, Shih-Chang Tsai, Shohei Mitani, Craig C. Mello

268. Alteration of Pax protein DNA binding properties affects tissue-specific activities of the C. elegans gene egl-38
     Guojuan Zhang, Rong-Jeng Tseng, Helen M. Chamberlin

269. The regulation of egl-5 expression in C. elegans by sop-2
     Hongjie Zhang, Yingqi Teng, Scott Emmons

270. Characterizing the Cell Biology of mec-4(d)-induced Necrotic Cell Death in C. elegans
     Wenying Zhang, Monica Driscoll

271. The Roles of Chitin and Chitin Synthases in C. elegans and Parasitic Nematodes
     Yinhua Zhang, Jeremy Foster, Laura Nelson, Dong Ma, Clotilde Carlow

272. Identification and characterization of a mutation which causes arg-1 to be expressed ectopically in C. elegans
     Jie Zhao, Ann Corsi

273. Neuropeptide modulation of C. elegans male mating behavior
     Tiewen Liu, Maureen M. Barr

274. Tracking the mid-life crisis of C. elegans
     Diana David-Rus, Peter J. Schmeissner, Beate Hartmann, Christophe Grundschober, Uri Einav, Eytan Domany, Patrick Nef, Garth Patterson, Monica Driscoll

275. Isolation of Mutations that Cause Mini-Chromosome Loss
     Christine Barbishs, Sandi-Jo Galati, Stephanie Keller, Stacey Eggert, Mary Howe

276. Abstract for Leica Microsystems Inc.
     Lon Nelson