UMASS Fly Club

Tentative Speaker Schedule Spring '97:

• Feb. 4, 11, 25 R. Murphey Lab
  - Feb 4 Rod Murphey
  - Feb 11 Ping Jin
  - Feb 25 Jim Trimarchi
  "Drosophila photoreceptor axon guidance and targeting requires
  the DREADLOCKS sh2/sh3 adapter protein."
  Garrity et al (1996) Cell 85: 639-650.| MEDLINE |
• Mar. 4, 11 S. Cumberledge Lab
• March 18 SPRING BREAK!
• March 25 E. Connor Lab
  "Agrin acts via a MuSK Receptor Complex"
  Glass et al. (1996) Cell 85:513-523 | MEDLINE |
• April 1, 8 V. Budnik Lab
• April 15, 22, 29 R. Phillis Lab
  - April 22 Randy Phillis and John Nambu
  Review of Drosophila meetings
  - April 29 Jennifer Klenz
  "MIDLINE UNCOORDINATED, a gene affecting behavior and neuroanatomy in Drosophila."
  Thesis talk
  *   *   *   Room 319, 12:30 PM   *   *   *
  Jennifer Klenz
• May 6, 13 J. Nambu Lab
  - May 6 John Nambu
  "Functional interaction of Beta-catenin with the transcription factor LEF-1"
  Behrens et al. (1996) Nature 382:638 | MEDLINE |
  - May 13 Yue Ma
  "The Drosophila fish-hook gene encodes a HMG domain protein essential for segmentation and CNS development"
  Nambu PA and Nambu JR.   (1996)   Development 122, 3467-3475 | MEDLINE |