* All times are based on Canada/Eastern EST.

  • 7:00 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT

    Petit déjeuner / Breakfast - Salle 7e Ciel BC Room

    8:30 AM

    Canada/Eastern

    8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

    Session 3 - Spécification cellulaire /Cell specification - Salle Suroit Room

    Présentateur / Chair: Thomas Hurd - University of Toronto, Canada Conférencier.ère.s invité.e.s / Invited speakers Amy Wong - SickKids, Canada. The role of CFTR in human fetal lung development Yun Li - SickKids, Canada. Studying neurodevelopmental disorders in human pluripotent stem cells derived neural cells and brain organoids Mélanie Laurin - Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Canada. Deciphering the functions of Rho GTPases signaling networks in the skin (Cancelled due to U.Laval teacher strike) Katie Cockburn - McGill University, Canada. Understanding spatiotemporal principles of epidermal differentiation in live mice. Maryam Faiz - University of Toronto, Canada. How stars are born: fate labelling in the developing cerebral cortex reveals temporal differences in the generation of deep and upper layer astrocytes. Julien Vermot - Imperial College London, Angleterre. Physical forces regulation of cell shape during cardiac morphogenesis Courtes présentations sélectionnées / Selected short talks Curtis R French - Memorial, Canada. Mutation of the phospholipid flippase gene atp11a causes defects in eye and ear development Konstantin Ketchoumian - Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Canada. Cell-cell interactions direct pituitary architecture and size Sephora Sallis - Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. CHARGE syndrome - associated protein FAM172A regulates AGO2 nuclear import and function in alternative splicing Emilio Mendez Olivos - University of Calgary, Canada. Regulation of fibroblast precursor migration by PDGF signaling

    12:00 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

    Lunch - Salle 7e Ciel BC Room

    2:00 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

    Session d'éducation / Éducation session - Salle Suroit Room

    Animée par / Moderated by Aimee Ryan - McGill University, Canada How can we integrate equity, diversity and inclusion best practices in our research environment?

    4:00 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    4:00 PM - 5:45 PM EDT

    Session 4 - Évolution et développement / Evo-Devo - Salle Suroit Room

    Présentation / Chair: Liang Song - University of British Colombia, Canada Conférencier.ère.s invité.e.s / Invited speaker Eric Miska - Cambridge University, Angleterre. Epigenetic divergence during early stages of specification in an African crater lake chichlid fish Julia Boughner - University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Tooth Suite: The p63 Gene Network as a Window into Dental Evo-Devo Ehab Abouheif - McGill University, Canada. How ants and bacteria became one Courtes présentations sélectionée.s / Selected short talks Thomas Hurd - University of Toronto, Canada. Determining how deleterious mutations in mtDNA are selectively eliminated in the female germline Marie-Andrée Akimenko - University of Ottawa, Canada. The impact of two actinodin genes knockout on zebrafish fin skeletal morphology

    6:00 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

    Conférence plénière / Keynote lecture - Salle Suroit Room

    Présentée par / Presented by : FUJIFILM VISUAL SONICS Présentateur / Chair: Mélanie Laurin - Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Canada Ya-Chieh Hsu - Harvard University, État-Unis. Skin Deep: Stem Cells at the Nexus of the Niche, Physiology, and the External Environment

    7:30 PM

    Canada/Eastern

    7:30 PM - 11:00 PM EDT

    Banquet / Dinner - Salle 7e Ciel BC Room

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