CMD Symposia 2011

CMD Symposia 2010
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2011 Annual Meeting: Ottawa May 16 - 20 (Register)

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Symposium
Tuesday
May 17
8:30 AM

Regeneration: Developmental & Evolutionary Perspectives

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Speakers

	Bruce Carlson (Michigan) Regeneration - One of Nature's Enduring Mysteries (abstract)
	Catherine Tsilfidis (OHRI) Characterizing the dedifferentiation process in newt forelimb regeneration (abstract)
	Alexandra Bely (Maryland) Evolution and development of regeneration loss in annelids (abstract)

SPONSORS
Generous support for this symposium has been provided by:

Ontario Veterinary College and Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
Local Organizing Committee, University of Ottawa
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
Vice President (Research), University of Alberta
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
Faculty of Science, University of Calgary
Vice President (Research & Intl.), University of Calgary

SATELLITE
Symposia
2010

In addition to normal contributed paper sessions, the CMD section sponsors one or two satellite symposia. The STUDENT SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM includes one distinguished speaker to give the opening presentation (30 min.) and three or four 15-min. presentations by graduate students/postdocs (download details). The LOCAL SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM has a lead speaker to give the opening presentation (30 min.), but is organized by a faculty member at or near the host university (download details).

#1-- STUDENT SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM: Tue. May 17, 2011

New perspectives on adaptation to environmental variation via epigenetic mechanisms

David Crews (University of Texas, Austin)
Life Imprints: Epigenetic modifications and the development of behavior

Sanoji Wijenayake (Carleton University)
How cytosine methylation acquired its gene regulation function

Christina Castellani (University of Western Ontario)
Genomic exploration of monozygotic twins discordant (MZD) for schizophrenia uncovers de novo mutations (DNM) and reveals candidate genes

Laia Navarro Martin (University of Ottawa)
An epigenetic mechanism involved in temperature-induced sex ratio shifts in fish populations

Executive for 2010-2011

Chair	Matt Vickaryous Biomedical Sciences University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario H3A 1B1 mvickary@uoguelph.ca
Vice-Chair	Andreas Heyland Department of Integrative Biology University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 aheyland@uoguelph.ca
Past Chair	Ehab Abouheif Department of Biology McGill University Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1 ehab.abouheif@mcgill.ca
Secretary-General	Rich Palmer Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9 rich.palmer@ualberta.ca

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