Session I: Innovations in live cell imaginng  of developmental biology Part I

Symposium introduction (David Q. Matus and Rebecca Adikes, Stony Brook University)

Vanessa Barone, Postdoctoral Researcher, Lyons Lab (Scripps Institute of Oceanography / UC San Diego)

Echinoderm embryos and the evolution of tissue patterns

Erica Hutchins, Postdoctoral Researcher, Bronner Lab (California Institute of Technology)

Imaging RNA decay during the neural crest epithelial—mesenchymal transition

Bin Gu, Postdoctoral Researcher, Rossant Lab (SickKids Research Institute / University of Toronto)

Light up the embryos: Efficient generation of knock-in reporter mice by 2C-HR-CRISPR

Hidehiko Hashimoto, Postdoctoral Researcher, Munro Lab (University of Chicago)

Dynamic integration of cell-cell signaling, force generation and tissue remodeling control zippering and neural tube closure

Virtual Coffee break

Session II: Innovations in light sheet microscopy design

Alfred Millett-Sikking , Scientist, York Lab (Calico)

A bolt-on single-objective light-sheet design with uncompromised numerical aperture

Citlali Perez-Campos, Staff Scientist, Hillman Lab (Columbia University)

SCAPE microscopy for high-speed imaging of in-vivo dynamics 

Tian-Ming Fu, Postdoctoral Researcher, Betzig Lab (Janelia Research Campus / HHMI)

Imaging Biology in Native State: From Single-Molecule Dynamics to Whole-Organism Development

Virtual Coffee break

Session III: Innovations in live cell imaging of development part II

Akanksha Jain, Postdoctoral Researcher, Quantitative Developmental Biology Lab (ETH Zürich)

4D quantitative lightsheet imaging and analysis to study developing embryos and organoids

Elizabeth Haynes, Postdoctoral Researcher, Halloran Lab (UW Madison)

Branching out: kinesin light chains in the development of neuronal morphology and function

Rebecca Green, Research Scientist, Oegema Lab (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

4D High Content Imaging and Automated Phenotypic Profiling of C. elegans Embryogenesis

Session IV: Innovations in image analysis

Meghan Driscoll, Postdoctoral Researcher, Danuser Lab (UT Southwestern)

Regulation of Intracellular Signaling via Cellular Morphology

Breakout Sessions (links in WHOVA app before sessions start):

Breakout 1: Image Analysis

Breakout 2: Building Microscopes

Breakout 3: Imaging Invertebrates

Breakout 4: Imaging Vertebrates