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New Genetic Tools for Non-Model Organisms

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March 17 - 20, 2019
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The advent of new tools for transgenics and genome manipulation has provided an opportunity to perform functional manipulations of non-model species. Multiple groups are now working to develop and optimize these tools. This meeting will provide an opportunity for the labs developing these tools for non-model organisms to compare notes and to identify bottlenecks in tool development and new opportunities for the future. Invited speakers have been chosen to represent a broad taxonomic spectrum of study organisms and biological problems. We expect the meeting to have approximately a 3:1 ratio of active scientists to PIs in order to optimize the transfer of information among those developing the tools.

Applicants: In lieu of an abstract submission, please answer each of the following questions (in 3 sentences or less) within the “abstract” field of the online application form:

  1. What is your non-model organism and what are the reasons you chose to study it (e.g. a big insect like Manduca sexta, cool behavior like Peromyscus mice, etc.)
  2. What are the big questions you are addressing?
  3. What problems do you face in making the non-model organism tractable?
  4. What solution(s) have you successfully built to making the non-model organism tractable?

Application deadline: November 7, 2018 (11:59 p.m. EST)

 

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Organizers

Adam HantmanJanelia Research Campus/HHMI
David Stern, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Leslie Vosshall, HHMI / Rockefeller University

Invited Participants

Zach Adelman, Texas A&M University
Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet
Monika Gulia-Nuss, University of Nevada, Reno
Elissa Hallem​, University of California, Los Angeles
Hopi Hoekstra​, HHMI/Harvard University
Mark Krasnow​, Stanford University
Daniel Kronauer​, Rockefeller University
Lindy McBride, Princeton University
Joe Parker, California Institute of Technology
Anastasios Pavlopoulos​, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Jason Rasgon​, Pennsylvania State University
Vanessa Ruta, Rockefeller University
Shuji Shigenobu​, National Institute for Basic Biology
Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Max F. Perutz Laboratories