Online Lectures -- The Legacy of Drosophila Genetics
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Introduction
1. Drosophila genetics - the first 25 years
Prof. Dan Lindsley – University of California, San Diego, USA
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Establishment of the Primary Body Axes
2. The homeotic genes of the bithorax complex in Drosophila
Prof. Francois Karch – University of Geneva, Switzerland
3. Regulation of gastrulation in Drosophila
Prof. Dr. Maria Leptin – University of Cologne, Germany
4. Limb development: how Drosophila genetics can be used to understand pattern formation
Prof. Konrad Basler – University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Cell Type Specification and Organ Systems
5. microRNA function in stem cells
Prof. Hannele Ruohola-Baker – University of Washington, USA
6. From germ cell specification to gonad formation
Prof. Ruth Lehmann – New York University School of Medicine, USA
7. Drosophila stem cells
Dr. Michael Buszczak – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
8. The miracle of morphogenesis, cell adhesion, polarity and cytoskeletal regulation
Prof. Mark Peifer – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
9. Axon guidance in Drosophila
Prof. John Thomas – Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
10. Development and physiology of the heart
Prof. Rolf Bodmer – Burnham Institute for Biomedical Research, USA
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Genome Organization and Function
11. The genetic analysis of meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster females
Prof. R. Scott Hawley – The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA
12. Genome scale analysis of cellular processes using RNAi
Dr. Amy Kiger – University of California, San Diego, USA
13. Dorsal-ventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo
Prof. Mike Levine – University of California, Berkeley, USA
14. Using gene expression information to provide insights into patterning and differentiation
Prof. Angelike Stathopoulos – California Institute of Technology, USA
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Behavior
15. The development of the peripheral nervous system in the fruitfly Drosophila
Prof. Hugo Bellen – Baylor College of Medicine, USA
16. Genetics of chemosensory transduction: taste and smell
Dr. Leslie Vosshall – The Rockefeller University, USA
17. Cracking the case of circadian rhythms by Drosophila genetics
Prof. Jeffrey Hall – Brandeis University, USA
18. Sleep in Drosophila
Dr. Ralph Greenspan – The Neurosciences Institute, USA
19. Drosophila's contribution to the genetics of learning and memory
Prof. Tim Tully – Dart Neuroscience LLC, USA
20. Drosophila as a model for drug addiction
Prof. Ulrike Heberlein – University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Mechanism of Human Disease
21. Cross-genomic analysis of human disease genes
Prof. Ethan Bier – University of California, San Diego, USA
22. Human neurodegenerative disease: insights from Drosophila genetics
Prof. Nancy Bonini – University of Pennsylvania and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
23. Metastasis of Drosophila tumors
Prof. Allen Shearn – Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University, USA
24. Control of tissue growth: elucidation of the Hippo signaling pathway
Dr. Duojia Pan – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
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Evolution of Adaptive Novelties
25. The evolution of morphological novelty
Prof. Nipam Patel – University of California, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
26. The genetic architecture of complex traits: lessons from Drosophila
Prof. Trudy Mackay – North Carolina State University, USA
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