8:30 am - Ziyaan Harji - Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University TARDBP Knock-In Zebrafish Display an ALS-like Phenotype and Present with Some Pathological Hallmarks of the Human Disease 8:45 am - Jordan Corcoran - University of Ottawa Fin-specific combinatorial contributions of hox13 paralogs for ray patterning 9:00 am - Tamara Franz-Odendaal - Mount Saint Vincent University Effects of simulated microgravity on adult and larval bone 9:15 am - Katarzyna Ochenkowska - University of Montreal Investigating mutations in THAP12 as a novel genetic etiology of Lennox Gastaut Syndrome 9:30 am - Antoine Légaré - Université Laval Influence of neuromodulation on brain state transitions in larval zebrafish 9:45 am - Gabriel Bossé - Université Laval Role of neurosteroids in behavior and opioid use disorder 10:00 am - Aquaneering Aquaneering - What’s New

Coffee break / Poster session (digital screens on site)

> Simon Monis, U. Ottawa: Identifying, generating, and characterizing enhancer-based reporters in zebrafish: an early heart development perspective > Éric Samarut, U. Montreal: Small tips for short knock-ins > Stéphanie Larrivée-Vanier, U. Montreal: I finally got rid of this gene! > Collective brainstorming

lunchbox provided

1:30 pm - Abhinav Sur - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD/NIH) Diversification of transcriptional cell states during zebrafish development 1:45 pm - Emilio Mendez Olivos - University of Calgary Regulation of fibroblast precursor migration by PDGF signaling 2:00 pm - Qian Lin - University of Toronto Brain-wide neurodynamics underlying motor planning 2:15 pm - Mingqin Wang - CHU Sainte Justine Research Center Defects in notochord development caused by loss of function of the planar cell polarity gene Ptk7a contribute to congenital vertebral malformations in zebrafish mutants 2:30 pm - Kim Kobar - University of Ottawa & Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Zebrafish tp53 Mutants Recapitulate Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Phenotypes and Provide a Preclinical Platform for EvaluatingTumor Preventive Compounds 2:45 pm - Gülsüm Kayman Kürekçi - CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center Role of Fibulin-2 as a coronary angiocrine factor during heart regeneration

Coffee break / Poster session (digital screens on site)

> Minoru Koyama, U. Toronto: Towards all-optical mapping of physiological interactions in the brain: two-photon optogenetics and voltage imaging > Peng Huang, U. Calgary: Using photoconversion to study cell signalling dynamics and lineage > Matthew Stoyek, U. Dalhousie: A Move in the Bright Direction: Advances in optogenetic actuators for the control of cells and systems in zebrafish > Collective brainstorming

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