The Second International Symposium on Women in Tunicate Biology

-Program-

All times below refer to West Coast USA/East Coast USA

Please email Marie Nydam (mnydam “at” soka dot edu) for the Zoom link

Day One: Tuesday, March 25th

           

6:00-6:15 am/9:00-9:15 am 

Welcome

Anna Di Gregorio

New York University, USA

                      

6:15-6:45 am/9:15-9:45 am

Origin of vertebrates and the evolutionary process of chordates under

a changing environment: Insights from Ciona

Atsuko Sato

Tohoku University, Japan 

                       

6:45-7:15 am/9:45-10:15 am

Ascidian diversity: perspectives from the Indian Coast

Jhimli Mondal

Estuarine and Coastal Studies Foundation (ECSF), India

           

7:15-7:45 am/10:15-10:45 am          

An Integrative Study on Botryllus humilis and Botrylloides

niger: Ecological, Histological, Cellular and Gene Expression

Perspectives

Fatıma Nur Oğul Ünal 

Middle East Technical University, Türkiye

                      

7:45-8:15 am/10:45-11:15 am

Decoding Regeneration: Uncovering the genetic regulation driving

whole-body regeneration in Botrylloides diegensis

Devon Gamble

University of Otago, New Zealand

         

8:15-8:45 am/11:15-11:45 am

Unveiling the Cycle of Aging and Rejuvenation in Botryllus schlosseri

Oshrat Ben-Hamo

Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel

         

8:45-9:15 am/11:45-12:15 pm

Insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms of invertebrate chordate

regeneration

Tal Gordon

University of Padua, Italy and Stanford University, USA

         

9:15-9:45 am/12:15-12:45 pm

Husbandry and culture techniques of Megalodicopia at Monterey Bay

Aquarium

Megan Olhasso and Kaylee Moody

Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA         

9:45-10:15 am/12:45-1:15 pm

The diversity of ascidians as indicators of reef environmental quality in the

Mexican Caribbean

Lily Palomino-Alvarez

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Day Two: Wednesday, March 26th

 6:00-6:15 am/9:00-9:15 am

Welcome

Marie Nydam

Soka University of America, USA

                      

6:15-6:45 am/9:15-9:45 am

New Botryllids from Brazil

Júlia Serenato

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

                      

6:45-7:15 am/9:45-10:15 am

A Tribute to the Academic Journey of Françoise Monniot: Sixty-Three Years

of Dedicated Research on Ascidians

Sarah Samadi

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France

          

7:15-7:45 am/10:15-10:45 am

From the field to the freezer: Clarifying methods of microbial

characterization in ascidian hosts

Brenna Hutchings

University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA

          

7:45-8:15 am/10:45-11:15 am

An Emerging Gene Regulatory Network for Larval Ascidian Cholinergic

Fate and Motor Neuron Identity

Sydney Popsuj

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

           

8:15-8:45 am/11:15-11:45 am

Dormancy in a botryllid tunicate: A state of deconstruction

Laurel Hiebert

University of California at Santa Barbara, USA

            

8:45-9:15 am/11:45 am-12:15 pm

Host-microbe interactions in the digestive tract: Lessons from the

protochordate, Ciona robusta

Susy Liberti

Stazione Zoologica “A. Dohrn”, Italy

           

9:15-9:45 am/12:15-12:45 pm

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: From Myoplasm to MBL

Billie Swalla

Friday Harbor Laboratories and University of Washington, USA

                       

9:45-10:15 am/12:45-1:15 pm

Opportunity for Informal Conversation

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