Schedule

(Please check this page regularly for changes to the schedule. Updates will be posted on Twitter also.)

The Embryo Journal Club schedule for summer, 2018 is the following:

June 1 "Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Embryonic Cell Lineage Studies."

A presentation by Beatrice Steinert (Harvard University and MBL).
Location: Grass Reading Room, MBL Library (Lillie Building, 2nd Floor)
No readings

June 8 Old Problem: Annelids

Discussion Leader: Eric Edsinger (MBL)
Readings
Wilson (1892) The Cell-Lineage of Nereis. A Contribution to the Cytogeny of the Annelid Body
Higher quality images for Wilson (1892) can be found here.
Wilson (1898) Considerations on Cell lineage and Ancestral Reminisence Based on a Re-examination of Some Points of Early Development of Annelids and Polyclads

June 15 New Solution: Biosensors

Discussion Leader: Dave Matus (Stony Brook)
Readings
Spencer et al (2013) The Proliferation-Quiescence Decision Is Controlled by a Bifurcation in CDK2 Activity at Mitotic Exit
Matus et al (2015) Invasive Cell Fate Requires G1 Cell-Cycle Arrest and Histone Deacetylase-Mediated Changes in Gene Expression

June 22 Old Problem: Crepidula

Discussion Leaders: Jon Henry (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) and Beatrice Steinert (Harvard University and MBL)
Readings

June 29 New Solution: Lightsheet

Discussion Leader: Hari Shroff (NIH)
Readings and Resources
Hari Shroff's iBiology seminar on principles of diSPIM
Winter and Shroff (2014) Faster Fluorescence Microscopy: Advances in High Speed Biological Imaging
Power and Huisken (2017) A guide to light-sheet fluorescence microscopy for multiscale imaging

July 6 Old Problem: Annelids (part 2)

Discussion Leader: Eric Edsinger (MBL)
Location: MRC 310
Readings
Wilson (1892) The Cell-Lineage of Nereis. A Contribution to the Cytogeny of the Annelid Body
Higher quality images for Wilson (1892) can be found here.
Wilson (1898) Considerations on Cell lineage and Ancestral Reminisence Based on a Re-examination of Some Points of Early Development of Annelids and Polyclads

July 13 Old Problem: Chiton

Discussion Leader: Dede Lyons (SCRIPPS)
Location: MRC 210
Readings
Heath (1899) The Development of Ischnochiton
Heath (1899) The Development of Ischnochiton - plates
Henry et al (2004) The cell lineage of the polyplacophoran, Chaetopleura apiculata: variation in the spiralian program and implications for molluscan evolution

July 18 Ice cream social!! All are welcome!

Location: Swope terrace
Time: 4:30 to 6:00
Courtesy of the Embryo Journal Club and the McDonnell Initiative @MBL, we are holding an ice cream social, including an ice cream embryo contest, for all folks interesting in embryos. Keep an eye out for our upcoming poster for more details.

July 27 Old Problem: Cerebratulus

Discussion Leader: Maryna Lesoway. (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
Location: MRC 310
Readings
Hörstadius (1937) Experiments on Determination in the Early Development of Cerebratulus lacteus

August 3 New Solution: Single Cell Sequencing

Discussion Leader: Katelyn Mika. (University of Chicago)
Location: MRC 310
Readings
Harland (2018). A new view of embryo development and regeneration

August 10 Old Problem: Cephalopods

Discussion Leader: Karen Crawford. (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
Location: MRC 310
Readings
Naef (1928) Die Cephalopoden (in German, with embryo plates)
Naef (1928) Cephalopoda

August 17 Old Problem: Clepsine

Discussion Leader: B. Duygu Özpolat (MBL)
Location: MRC 210
Readings
Whitman (1878) The Embryology of Clepsine

August 24 New Solution: Dyes

Discussion Leader: Luke Lavis. (HHMI, Janelia)
Location: MRC 210  (Please note location may change! Check twitter for the update: https://twitter.com/Embryo_JC)
Readings
Lavis (2017) Teaching Old Dyes New Tricks: Biological Probes Built from Fluoresceins and Rhodamines
Lavis (2017) Chemistry Is Dead. Long Live Chemistry!
Grimm et al (2015) A general method to improve fluorophores for live-cell and single-molecule microscopy
Legant et al (2016) High-density three-dimensional localization microscopy across large volumes

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