The International Xenopus Conference is the premier forum for investigators using Xenopus for biological research. The International Xenopus Conference has been held biennially since 1984. The conference will offer talks on diverse topics, including cell cycle and cytoskeletal regulation, developmental biology and stem cells, evolution, physiology, immunology, single-cell genomics, neurobiology and neurogenesis, biomechanics, and human disease modeling. Sessions will include investigators and trainees at all levels with networking and career development workshops. Need-based Travel Awards are available for students and postdocs.

Program

General Information

Venue: Hyatt Regency, Chesapeake Bay - Cambridge, MD USA

Confirmed speakers:

Bill Bement - Chenbei Chang - Hui Chen - Yonglong Chen - Xianrui Cheng - Ken Cho - Zhou Coral - Mark Corkins - Karel Dorey - Nicole Edwards - Kerstin Feistel - James Ferrell - Jenny Gallop - Leon Grayfer - Charlotte Guyomar - Richard Harland - Stefan Hoppler - Eva Hormanseder - Jerome Jullien - Darcy Kelly - Laurent Kodjabachian - Saurabh Kulkarni - Taejoon Kwon - Carole LaBonne - Jen Landino - Hyeyoon Lee - Miler Lee - Soeren Lienkamp - Roberto Mayor - Rachel Miller - Brian Mitchell - Anne-Helene Monsoro-Burq - Peter Nemes - Shuyi Nie - Muriel Perron - Leon Peshkin - Anna Philpott - Amy Sater - Jakub Sedzinski - Sourabh Sengupta - Mike Sheets - Asako Shindo - Paula Slater - Florina-Alexandra Toma - Kelly Tseng - Valencia Valdez - Kris Vleminckx - Peter Walentek - Shinuo Weng - Andrea Wills - Helen Willsey - Sarah Woolner - Martin Wuhr - Qiong Yang - Jaeho Yoon

Resources: Matt Guille (EXRC) - Hajime Ogino (Amphibian Research Center) - Marko Horb (NXR-CRISPR) - Jacques Robert (Xenopus Immunology Center) - Peter Vize (Xenbase) - Leon Peshkin (Single Cell Analyses) - Richard Harland (UC Berkeley) - Taejoon Kwon (UNIST) - Doug Houston (DSHB) - Dominique Alfandari (Antibodies) - Todd Stukenberg (ORFeome) - Rob Weymouth (Xenopus 1 - WWXR)

Conference Organizers:

Matt Good, Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Ann Miller, Ph.D. - University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Amy Sater, Ph.D. - University of Houston, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston

Aaron Zorn, Ph.D. - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Professor, Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM), Director, University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics, Professor