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Day 1 November 29, 2021

14:00 - 14:10

Welcoming Session

14:10 - 15.00

Keynote Talk - Nicolas Gompel
 

Evolutionary modulation of transcriptional enhancer activity and accessibility

Session 1:
Host Defense and Ecological Interactions
15:05 - 15:20

Dissecting host heterogeneity in the acquisition and spread of infectious disease

Pedro Vale

15:20 - 15:35

Non-canonical activation of the Drosophila Toll pathway by viral infection

Miguel Landum

15:35 - 15:50

Mechanisms of reinnervation during wound healing: exploring glial-epithelial cell communication

Catarina Tordo

15:50 - 16:00

Transition to Hopin Platform + Meet the Sponsors

16:00 - 17:10

POSTER SESSION 1 (odd numbers)

Session 2:
Neurobiology and Behaviour
17:10 - 17:40

Identifying neural circuits mediating the exploration- exploitation trade-off in Drosophila melanogaster

Dennis Goldschmidt

17:40 - 17:55

Social modulation of defense behaviours

Mirjam Heinemans

17:55 - 18:05

Coffee Break

18:05 - 18:20

Profiling first steps of brain regeneration in flies

Mariana B. Santos

18:20 - 18:35

String/Cdc25 phosphatases suppress Tau- associated toxicity and neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model

Camila Andreia Oliveira

Day 2 November 30, 2021

14:05 - 15:00

Keynote Talk - Isabel Palacios

Combined function of cytoskeletons in cellular organisation in vivo

+ OPEN ROUNDTABLE: Advantages (and struggles) of Drosophila research in equity and science

15:00 - 15:05

Coffee Break

Session 3:
Genetics and Genomics
15:05 - 15:20

Mapping metabolic programs in a whole animal at single cell resolution

Zita Carvalho-Santos

15:20 - 15:35

Preventing a promiscuous transcription factor from activating cryptic promoters during cell differentiation

Neuza R. Matias

15:35 - 15:50

Spatial and temporal control of expression with light-gated LOV-LexA

Inês M.A. Ribeiro

15:50 - 15:55

Transition to Hopin Platform + Meet the Sponsors

15:55 - 16:55

POSTER SESSION 2 (even numbers)

Session 4:
Development and Cell Biology
16:55 - 17:25

aPKC downregulates contractility at the apical surface to prevent epithelial rupture during proliferation

Mariana Osswald

17:25 - 17:40

Molecular regulation of centrosome stability

Ana Pimenta-Marques

17:40 - 17:50

Coffee Break

17:50 - 18:05

Mitotic characterization of a new tumour-suppressor gene in Drosophila melanogaster

Inês B. Santos

18:05 - 18:20

Myoinhibiting peptide signaling via sex peptide receptor is critical for proper glue expulsion and spreading behavior in Drosophila

Magdalena Fernandez-Acosta

18:20 - 18:35

The role of Serine hydroxymethyl transferase (Shmt) in Drosophila neuroblast fate regulation

Eunice A.B. Silva

18:35 - 18:45

Prize Awarding and Concluding Remarks

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