Program

Keynote lecture: 30+10 min

Selected PI talk: 12+3 min

Selected postdoc talk: 4+1 min

Posters (size A0 - max. 900mm x 1200mm) 

Odd posters will be presented: Friday 7.9. 18:00-19:30
Even posters will be presented: Friday 7.9. 19:30-21:00
More discussion in front of posters can be during coffee breaks or on Saturday (8.9. 17:45-19:00)  

NEW!  Final program - printable form

NEW!  List of posters

NEW!  List of additional posters

NEW!  Abstract book - PDF

- printed version of abstract book will be included in registration bags

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from 11:00

Registration open to all participants

   
13:00 - 13:30

Opening by the organisers 

Practical comments about the meeting and the establishment of the Visegrad Group Society for Developmental Biology (V4SDB)

  

13:30 - 14:10 Keynote lecture I: Claudio D Stern: Two for the price of one: twinning - the ultimate regeneration
  SESSION 1: Introductory talks (Chair: V. Bryja)
14:10 - 14:25 Ondrej Machon: Transcription factors of Meis family control differentiation of neural crest cells in vertebrates
14:25 - 14:40 Cecilia Winata: Genomics dissection of the zebrafish heart
14:40 - 14:55 Ildiko Kristo: Investigation the role in mRNA export of the actin binding protein, Moesin
14:55 - 15:10 Adriana Kolesarova: A prominent and promising impact of grape skin extract on human ovarian cells
15:10 - 15:15 Krisztina Herberth-Minko: A new theory of the thimic structure
15:15 - 15:20 Karol Kaiser: WNT5A governs branching morphogenesis of choroid plexus in the developing brain
   
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee break
   
15:50 - 16:30 Keynote lecture II: Andrei Chagin: A novel stem cell niche discovered in the epiphyseal growth plate
  SESSIONS 2: Stem cells/Progenitors (Chair: A. Hampl)
16:30 - 16:45 Ales Hampl: Early lung epithelial progenitors originating from human pluripotent stem cells
16:45 - 17:00 Agnieszka Bernat: The model of intragenic homologous recombination for studying genetic stability in ESC cells
17:00 - 17:15 Vladimir Krylov: Identification and characterization of immature Sertoli cell progenitors derived from Xenopus tropicalis testis
17:15 - 17:30 Lukas Cajanek: Acentrosomal divisions prevent self-renewal and trigger p53-dependent differentiation in human pluripotent stem cells
17:30 - 17:35 Eniko Sutus: Connecting RING1 and YY1 Binding Protein to the retinoic acid signaling pathway during neural differentiation
17:35 - 17:40 Josef Vecera: HIF1α role in early mammalian neural development
   
17:40 - 23:00 POSTERS 1 (with welcome reception)

 

 

           

9:00 - 9:40 Keynote lecture 3: Marie-Helene Verlhac: Active fluctuations modulate gene expression in mouse embryos
  SESSION 3: Early development/germ cells (Chair: A. Bruce)
9:40 - 9:55 Martin Anger: Functional correlation between Spindle Assembly Checkpoint and Anaphase Promoting Complex activity during mammalian meiosis I
9:55 - 10:10 Petr Solc: Roles of three Aurora kinases (A, B, C) in spindle formation and chromosome segregation during mammalian oocyte meiosis
10:10 - 10:25 Rita Sinka: Changes of mitochondria in Drosophila melanogaster spermatids
10:25 - 10:40 Ferenc Jankovics: Small ovary (sov): a novel heterochromatin regulator in Drosophila
10:40 - 10:45 Dmitry Dedukh: Cytological insights about hybrid male gametogenesis from Cobitis taenia complex
10:45 - 10:50 Viktor Vedelek: Stage-specific transcriptom analysis in Drosophila testis
   
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
   
11:20 - 12:00 Keynote lecture 4: Petra Hájková: Epigenetic reprogramming in vivo: what have we learnt?
  SESSION 4: Early development/signalling (Chair: A. Piliszek)
12:00 - 12:15 Anna Ajduk: Optical coherence microscopy as a novel, non-invasive method for the 4D live imaging of early mammalian embryos
12:15 - 12:30 Marta Czernik: Mitochondrial fusion in pre-implantation mouse embryos
12:30 - 12:45 Lenka Gahurova: Stage specific mTOR-regulated translation affects the relative spatial positioning of cells during mouse preimplantation embryo development
12:45 - 13:00 Aneta Suwinska: The role of paracrine interactions involving FgfR1 and FgfR2 receptors in regulation of development of the preimplantation mouse embryo
13:00 - 13:05 Zofia E. Madeja: Pluripotency and lineage specific signalling affects the quality of bovine preimplantation embryos obtained in vitro
13:05 - 13:10 Jan Nevoral: SIRT1 in oocyte: epigenetic and non-epigenetic mode of action
   
13:10 - 14:30 Lunch 
   
14:30 - 15:10 Keynote lecture 5: Jeremy Green: Epithelial bending for organ formation: forces, molecular signals, and novel ensemble cell behaviours
  SESSION 5: Regulation of development (Chair: M. Varga)
15:10 - 15:25 Zuzana Koledova: Regulation of epithelial branching morphogenesis by fibroblasts: lessons from mammary gland
15:25 - 15:40 Alena Krejci: NADH metabolism as regulator of Drosophila development
15:40 - 15:55 Stefan Cikos: Maternal stress during early pregnancy: short-term and long-term consequences
15:55 - 16:10 Jozsef Mihaly: A STORM analysis of sarcomere structure and assembly in Drosophila flight muscles 
16:10 - 16:15 Ahmed Gad: Expression profiling of miRNAs in porcine oocytes with different developmental competence
16:15 - 16:20 Ondra Bernatik: Tau tubulin kinase 2 substrates phosphorylation in cilia initiation
   
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break
   
16:45 - 17:25 Keynote lecture 6: Pavel Tomančák: A new force awakens: comparative approach to tissue morphogenesis in insects
   SESSION 6: Comparative developmental biology (Chair: P. Vilmos)
17:25 - 17:40 Marek Jindra: Tissue-restricted juvenile hormone signaling simultaneously permits larval growth and adult development during advanced Drosophila metamorphosis
17:40 - 17:55 Jiří Pergner: Evolution of photoreception in chordates – insights from development of amphioxus photoreceptors 
17:55 - 18:10 Vladimir Soukup: Hyoid breathing: Heterochrony underlies development of larval adaptive structures
18:10 - 18:20 Viktor Demko: The mechanism and evolution of positional signalling in plants – understanding the DEK1 pathway
   
18:20 - 19:00 POSTERS 2  
   
19:00 - 24:00 Banquet (at restaurant Pivovarská Starobrno)
   

 

         

9:00 - 9:40 Keynote lecture 7: Olov Andersson: Pancreatic beta-cell regeneration in zebrafish
  SESSION 7: Repair/regeneration (Chair: D. Fabian)
9:40 - 9:55 Jan Krivanek: How do the continuously growing teeth regenerate? 
9:55 - 10:10 Radek Sindelka: Role of nitric oxide during wound healing 
10:10 - 10:25 Zdenek Trachtulec: An ancient pathway of the initiation of meiotic DNA repair present in Mus musculus
10:25 - 10:30 Josef Jaros: 3D bioprinting of stem cells and their environment
   
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
   
11:00 - 11:40 Keynote lecture 8: Abigail S. Tucker: Development of the human ear canal sheds light on external ear defects in patients 
  SESSION 8: Developmental and disease models (Chair: M. Buchtova)
11:40 - 11:55  Dusan Fabian: Transgenerational mouse obesity model – an ideal choice for reproductive and developmental studies
11:55 - 12:10 Mate Varga: Defective pseudouridylation results in impaired differentiation during zebrafish development
12:10 - 12:25 Tomas Barta: miR-183 cluster: a microRNA family regulated by light in human retinal organoids
12:25 - 12:40 Michaela Kunova Bosakova: Regulation of ciliary function by fibroblast growth factor signaling identifies FGFR3-related disorders achondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia as ciliopathies
12:40 - 12:45 Eva Hruba: Pathophysiology of Sprouty2 and its association with ciliopathies
12:45 - 12:50 Katarzyna Filimonow: Rabbit as a model for inner cell mass and trophectoderm differentiation 
   
12.45 - 13:00 Closure of the meeting and final comments
   
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch (included in registration fee)
   
14:30 - 15:00 Round table of organizers about future meeting and society running