PROGRAMME

09:00 - 12:00            

SESSION 1 DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANOGENESIS
Chair: Elke Ober

09:00 - 09:15

Didier Stainier, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, GERMANY
CNS NEURONAL PROGENITORS REGULATE VASCULAR PATTERNING IN ADJACENT MESODERMAL TISSUES

09:15 - 09:30

Corinne Houart, King´s College London, UK
MITOSIS AND FATE DECISION: KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE FOX

09:30 - 09:45

Cristina Pujades, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, SPAIN
DECODING THE HINDBRAIN BOUNDARIES: FROM THE CELLULAR FUNCTION TO THE GENOMIC LANDSCAPE

09:45 - 10:00                

Daniela Panakova, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, GERMANY
PCP-DRIVEN CARDIAC REMODELING COUPLES CHANGES IN ACTOMYOSIN TENSION WITH MYOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION

10:00 - 10:15

Jiandong Liu, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
CARDIAC CONTRACTION ACTIVATES ENDOCARDIAL NOTCH SIGNALING TO MODULATE CHAMBER MATURATION

10:15 - 10:30

Florencia Cavodeassi, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), SPAIN
OPPOSING SHH AND FGF SIGNALS INITIATE NASOTEMPORAL PATTERNING OF THE RETINA

10:30 - 10:45

Mary Mullins, University of Pennsylvania, USA
ADULT PHENOMICS IN ZEBRAFISH

10:45 - 11:15            

COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 11:30

Estelle Hirsinger, IBPS / LBD UMR 7622, FRANCE
SPECIES TAILOURED CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUMETRIC GROWTH AND TISSUE CONVERGENCE TO POSTERIOR BODY ELONGATION IN VERTEBRATES

11:30 - 11:45

Nadine Vastenhouw, MPI-CBG, GERMANY
COMPETITION BETWEEN HISTONES AND TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX ASSEMBLY REGULATES THE ONSET OF TRANSCRIPTION IN ZEBRAFISH EMBRYO

11:45 - 12:00

Roland Dosch, Georg-August-University, GERMANY
FUNCTIONAL CONSERVATION OF THE ZEBRAFISH GERM PLASM ORGANIZER BUCKY BALL AND DROSOPHILA OSKAR

12:00 - 13:00

COMMUNITY SESSION ON MORPHANTS VS. MUTANTS
Chair: DIDIER STAINIER

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH

14:30 - 18:30

SESSION 2 DISEASE MODELS
Chair: Betina Schmid

14:30 - 14:45

Melanie Philipp, Ulm University, GERMANY
WHAT REPLICATION PROTEINS DO, WHEN CELLS DON’T DIVIDE

14:45 - 15:00

Miguel Godinho-Ferreira, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, PORTUGAL
THE ROLE OF TELOMERES IN CANCER AND AGEING

15:00 - 15:15

Michel Bagnat, Duke University, USA
NOTOCHORD VACUOLES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN SPINE MORPHOGENESIS DURING VERTEBRAL BONE FORMATION

15:15 - 15:30

Yury Miller, University of California, San Diego, USA
ZEBRAFISH MODEL OF HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA

15:30 - 15:45

Thomas Dickmeis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GERMANY
EXTENSIVE REGULATION OF DIURNAL TRANSCRIPTION AND METABOLISM BY GLUCOCORTICOIDS

15:45 - 16:00                

Peter de Witte, KU Leuven, BELGIUM
SEROTONERGIC MODULATION AS EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR DRAVET SYNDROME IN A ZEBRAFISH MUTANT MODEL

16:00 - 16:15

Anna-Pavlina Haramis, IBL, NETHERLANDS
THE ROLE OF THE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR LKB1 IN STARVATION-INDUCED AUTOPHAGY UNDER SYSTEMIC METABOLIC STRESS

16:15 - 16:45

COFFEE BREAK

16:45 - 17:00

David Hassel, University Hospital Heidelberg, GERMANY
ESSENTIAL MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHORYLATION IS ESSENTIAL TO ADAPT HEART FUNCTION TO AUGMENTED PHYSICAL DEMAND

17:00 - 17:15

Robert T Wheeler, University of Maine, USA
DYNAMICS OF FUNGAL-INNATE IMMUNE INTERACTION IN VIVO

17:15 - 17:30

Francisco Roca Soler, University of Cambridge, UK
THE PRO-APOPTOTIC FACTOR BAX REGULATES NECROSIS DURING MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION

17:30 - 17:45

Astrid van der Sar, VU University Medical Center, NETHERLANDS
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IN ZEBRAFISH LARVAE: ESX-1 SECRETION FACILITATES MYCOBACTERIAL CROSSING OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER

17:45 - 18:00

Yi Feng, University of Edinburgh, UK
LIVE IMAGING THE EARLIEST EVENTS OF TUMOUR INITIATION IN A ZEBRAFISH MODEL

18:00 - 18:15

Rita Fior, Champalimaud Foundation, PORTUGAL
HUMAN-ZEBRAFISH XENOGRAFT MODEL UNRAVELS TUMOR FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY IN VIVO

18:15 - 18:30

Marina Mione, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GERMANY
ACTIVATION OF YAP SIGNALING IS NECESSARY FOR PROGRESSION FROM HETEROTOPIA TO BRAIN TUMOR

19:30 - 20:30

DINNER @ HOTEL OLISSIPO

20:30 - 22:30

EVEN POSTER SESSION @ HOTEL OLISSIPO

09:00 - 12:00

SESSION 3 CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MIGRATION
Chair: Lila Solnica-Krezel

09:00 - 09:15

Uwe Straehle, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GERMANY
DYSFERLIN-MEDIATED PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE SORTING ENGAGES MACROPHAGES IN SARCOLEMMA REPAIR

09:15 - 09:30

Robin Kimmel, University of Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-3-KINASE REGULATES PANCREATIC ENDOCRINE CELL MIGRATION AND ASSEMBLY

09:30 - 09:45

Steffen Scholpp, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), GERMANY
IMAGING OF EXTRACELLULAR WNT TRAFFICKING IN THE LIVING ZEBRAFISH EMBRYO

09:45 - 10:00

Heinz-Georg Belting, Biozentrum, Uni Basel, SWITZERLAND
BLOOD VESSEL MORPHOGENESIS: A CONCERTED EFFORT OF ENDOTHELIAL CELL ADHESION AND THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON

10:00 - 10:15

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, IST, AUSTRIA
THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF COMPLEX TISSUE SPREADING

10:15 - 10:30

Claudia Linker, King´s College London, UK
LEADER CELLS DEFINE DIRECTIONALITY OF TRUNK, BUT NOT OF CRANIAL NEURAL CREST MIGRATION

10:30 - 11:15

COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 11:30

Fürthauer Maximilian, Institut de Biologie Valrose, FRANCE
DELTA/NOTCH SIGNALLING IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF APICO-BASAL POLARITY IN THE ZEBRAFISH SPINAL CORD

11:30 - 11:45

Fernando Martin-Belmonte, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC), SPAIN
DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF NOTCH-CONTROLLED TISSUE PATTERNING IN ZEBRAFISH TUBULAR ORGANS

11:45 - 12:00

Caren Norden, MPI-CBG, Dresden, GERMANY
RETINAL GANGLION CELL MIGRATION IS A ROBUST PROCESS AND SETS THE STAGE FOR ALL RETINAL LAMINATION PHENOMENA

12:00 - 13:00

COMMUNITY SESSION ON FUNDING
Chair: UWE STRAHLE

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH

14:30 - 17:30

SESSION 4 STEM CELLS AND REGENERATION
Chair: Catherina Becker

14:30 - 14:45

Laure Bally-Cuif, Paris-Saclay Institute for Neuroscience, FRANCE
FORMATION, MAINTENANCE AND FUNCTION OF ADULT NEURAL STEM CELL POOLS IN THE ZEBRAFISH PALLIUM

14:45 - 15:00

Joachim Wittbrodt, COS Heidelberg, GERMANY
DE NOVO NEUROGENESIS BY TARGETED EXPRESSION OF ATOH7 TO MÜLLER GLIA CELLS

15:00 - 15:15

Lieve Moons, KU Leuven, BELGIUM
THE AGING ZEBRAFISH: LOSS OF NEUROREGENERATIVE CAPACITY

15:15 - 15:30

Michell M. Reimer, Center for Regenerative Therapies, GERMANY
OLIGODENDROGLIA IN SPINAL CORD INJURY

15:30 - 15:45

Robert Kelsh, University of Bath, UK
EMBRYONIC PIGMENT PATTERN FORMATION – SILENCE THOSE ADULT STEM CELLS!

15:45 - 16:00

Ana Cvejic, University of Cambridge, UK
SINGLE CELL RNA-SEQUENCING REVEALS A CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENTIATION IN HAEMATOPOIETIC CELLS

16:00 - 16:45

COFFEE BREAK

16:45 - 17:00

Rui Monteiro, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, UK
HOW TO MAKE A STEM CELL: NOVEL ROLES FOR TGFβ IN THE HAEMOGENIC ENDOTHELIUM

17:00 - 17:15

Brant M. Weinstein, NICHD, NIH, USA
EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF HEMATOPOIESIS BY DNA METHYLATION

17:15 - 17:30

Dimitris Beis, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Greece
ACTIVATION OF NOTCH SIGNALING IS REQUIRED FOR CARDIAC VALVE REGENERATION

17:30 - 17:45

Jeroen den Hertog, Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands
PROTEIN-TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SIGNALING IN FIN REGENERATION

17:45 - 18:30

COMMUNITY SESSION ON GENDER EQUALITY
Chair: CORINNE HOUART

19:30 - 20:30

DINNER @ HOTEL OLISSIPO

20:30 - 22:30

ODD POSTER SESSION @ HOTEL OLISSIPO

09:00 - 12:15

SESSION 5 NEUROSCIENCES
Chair: Michael Brand

09:00 - 09:15

Filippo Del Bene, Institut Curie, FRANCE
REELIN CONTROLS AXONAL LAMINATION OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS IN THE OPTIC TECTUM

09:15 - 09:30

Tim Czopka, Technische Universität München, GERMANY
ELUCIDATING MECHANISMS OF MYELIN DAMAGE AND REPAIR IN VIVO

09:30 - 09:45

Emre Yaksi, NTNU, NORWAY
STUDYING THE FUNCTION AND CONNECTIVITY OF HABENULAR NETWORKS IN ZEBRAFISH BRAIN

09:45 - 10:00

Tom Baden, University of Tübingen, GERMANY
PARALLEL PROCESSING: MAPPING LIGHT-RESPONSES OF ALL EXCITATORY NEURONS OF THE RETINA

10:00 - 10:15

Konstantinos Ampatzis, Karolinska Institutet, SWEDEN
MODULAR ORGANIZATION OF ZEBRAFISH SPINAL LOCOMOTOR CIRCUITS

10:15 - 10:30

Benjamin Judkewitz, Charité / Humboldt University Berlin, GERMANY
DANIONELLA – A NEW MODEL FOR STUDYING THE ADULT BRAIN

10:30 - 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 11:15

German Sumbre, Ecole Normale Superieure, FRANCE
FUNCTIONAL INCORPORATION OF NEWBORN NEURONS INTO MATURED NEURONAL CIRCUITS

11:15 - 11:30

Stephan Neuhauss, University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND
SUBFUNCTIONALIZATION OF A EXCITATORY GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER AT THE COEN PHOTORECEPTOR SYNAPSE

11:30 - 11:45

Drew Robson and Jennifer Li, Rowland Institute at Harvard, USA
BRAIN ON THE RUN: WHOLE BRAIN CALCIUM IMAGING IN FREELY SWIMMING LARVAL ZEBRAFISH

11:45 - 12:00

Gil Levkowitz, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL
ASSEMBLY AND FUNCTION OF OXYTOCIN NEURONAL CIRCUITS

12:00 - 12:15

Claire Wyart, ICM, FRANCE
INVESTIGATION OF A SENSORY INTERFACE RELAYING INFORMATION FROM CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TO MOTOR CIRCUITS

12:15 - 13:15

LUNCH

13:45 - 14:45

EurFishBioMed MEETING

15:00 - 16:00

SESSION 6 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Chair: Andy Oates

15:00 - 15:15

Ozlen Konu, Bilkent University, TURKEY
COMPARIZOME: A COMPUTATIONAL TOOL FOR COMPARISON OF ZEBRAFISH TRANSCRIPTOMES

15:15 - 15:30

Periklis Pantazis, ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND
MAPPING SINGLE NEURONS IN VIVO WITH CONFINED PRIMED CONVERSION

15:30 - 15:45

Reinhard W. Koester, TU Braunschweig, GERMANY
PC-ATTAC - PURKINJE CELL APOPTOSIS THROUGH TARGETED ACTIVATION OF CASPASE

15:45 - 16:00

Patrick Müller, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, GERMANY
MEASURING THE TRANSPORT OF SIGNALING MOLECULES IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES

16:00 - 16:15

Karuna Sampath, Warwick Medical School, UK
EXTRACELLULAR INTERACTIONS AND LIGAND DEGRADATION SHAPE THE NODAL MORPHOGEN GRADIENT

16:15 - 16:45

COFFEE BREAK

18:00 - 19:00

GUIDED VISIT to OCEANÁRIO

19:00 - 20:00

COCKTAIL @ OCEANÁRIO
sponsored by FILSAT/LEICA

20:00 - 21:30

MEETING DINNER @ OCEANÁRIO

22:00 - 24:00

MEETING DINNER PARTY @ OCEANÁRIO

10:00 - 11:00

SESSION 7 BEHAVIOR
Chair: Ruben Portugues

10:00 - 10:15

Rui F. Oliveira, ISPA, IGC, PORTUGAL
ZEBRAFISH AS A MODEL ORGANISM FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIAL COGNITION AND BEHAVIOUR

10:15 - 10:30

Gonzalo Polavieja, Champalimaud Foundation , PORTUGAL
DECISION-MAKING IN ZEBRAFISH GROUPS

10:30 - 10:45

Will Norton, University of Leicester, UK
CONTRIBUTION OF NOS1 TO ZEBRAFISH AGGRESSION

10:45 - 11:00

Michael B. Orger, Champalimaud Foundation, PORTUGAL
AN UNSUPERVISED LEARNING APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZE THE LOCOMOTOR REPERTOIRE OF ZEBRAFISH LARVAE

11:00 - 11:30

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 - 12:30

CLOSING KEYNOTE LECTURE
Gilles Laurent, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, GERMANY
“WHAT’S IN THE BRAIN OF A SLEEPING DRAGON?”

12:30 - 12:45

CONCLUDING REMARKS