Developmental
programs in microbes, plants, and animals are controlled by sophisticated
transcriptional circuits that regulate temporal and spatial control of
gene expression. Recent progress in our understanding of transcriptional
machinery and control elements allows us to identify common features or
distinctions between diverse life forms. Some of the areas of interest
include mechanisms that allow cells to receive and respond to developmental
signals, the deployment of transcriptional networks, the coupling of morphogenesis
to transcriptional regulation, and the way that evolution of body plans
is driven by changes in transcriptional control elements.
Our Symposium brought together six internationally
recognized speakers from diverse areas, whose research programs have shown
how developmental processes are intimately linked to the design and function
of transcriptional regulation. Transcription in development is a huge
subject area, and to counteract the temptation to stick to one's own discipline/kingdom,
the Symposium offered insights from microbial, plant, and animal research,
with a panel of speakers who have probably never before spoken together
on one platform.
Photos:
Student organizers
Genetics and GEDD sponsors photos
Audience involvement.
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