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

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

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

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