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FEATURES

ANNOUNCEMENT AND PROGRAM

The VIJIth International Congress

of

The International Society of Developmental Bioloqists (ISDB)

THE INITIATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE

Keidanren Hall Tokyo, Japan

August 29 - September 2, 1977

PROGRAM Symposium I (August 2.9)

1. Genetic control (A.P. Mahowald) 2. Oogenesis: Hormonal mechanism of oocyte maturation

(H. Kanatani) 3. Oogenesis: Gene activity in oogenesis (J.B. Gurdon) 4. The cascade of events at fertilization (D. Epel)

Symposium II (August 30) 5. Membrane-initiated changes: Somatic cell fusion (Y. Okada) 6. Membrane-initiated changes: Lymphocytes (R.E. Paqano) 7. Initiation of dictyostelium development: Control by

membrane receptors (G. Gerisch) 8. Teratocarcinoma as a model system (B. Mintz)

Symposium III (August 31) 9. The molecular fine structure of genes (D.D. Brown)

10. Gene action in early development (F. Wilt) 11. Early events in mammalian embryogenesis (A. McLaren) 12. The initiation of abnormal development (T. Sugimura)

Symposium IV (September 1) 13. Determination and pattern formation in insects (H.A.

Schneiderman) 14. Transdifferentiation (G. Equchi) 15. Pattern formation (P.A. Lawrence) 16. Genetic basis of behavior (to be announced)

Evening Discussion Groups 1. The role of poly(ADP-ribosc) in development (0. Hayaishi) 2. Development of contractile systems (S. Ebashi) 3. Cell movements in morphogenesis (M. Abercrombie) 4. The cell cycle (K. Dan) 5. The neural crest (N. LeDouarin) 6. Cell differentiation in insects (H-A. Schneiderman) 7. The use of mutants in analysing development (D. Bennett) 8. Mammalian reproduction and early development (C.L. Markert) 9. Physiology of the fetal period (W.A. Reynolds)

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Contributed Papers Papers contributed by registrants at the Congress will be presented as platform or poster presentations

Further information concerning the Congress may be obtained from:

Prof. Hiroshi Terayama General Secretary, VIII ISDB Congress Zoological Institute Faculty of Science University of Tokyo 3/l Hongo 7, Bunkyo-Ku Tokyo 113, Japan

ANNOUNCEMENT AND PROGRAM

West Coast Regional Developmental Biology Conference

March 17-20, 1977

Asilomar Conference Center Pacific Grove, California

Open to Developmental Biologists from the Far West and Hawaii

Program

Each session will include a topical review by the chairperson, presentations by one or more invited speakers and short talks by conference participants.

I. Thursday evening, March 17, 7:30 - 10:00 P.M.

MYOGENESIS AND NERVE CELL GROWTH F.E. Stockdale (Ch., Stanford), S. Haushka (U. Wash), J. Garrells (UCSD), M. Noble (Stanford).

II. Friday morning, March 18, 9:00 - 12:00 noon.

GROWTH REGULATORY FACTORS (NGF, EGF) AND HORMONAL CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION W.R. Clark (Ch., UCLA),

H. Herschman (UCLA), G. Sato (UCSD).

III. Friday evening, March 18, 7:30 - 10:00 P.M.

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF CHROMATIN B. Hamkalo (Ch., UCI), B. Alberts (LJCSF), V. Foe (UCSF).

IV. Saturday morning, March 19, 9:00 - 12:00 noon.

MECHANISM OF CELL ADHESION AND CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS V. Vacquier (Ch., UCD), S. Oppenheimer (CSU, Northridge), S. Rosen (UCSF).

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V. Saturday afternoon, March 19, 2:00 - 5:00 P.M.

SEQUENCE ORGANIZATION OF GENOMES R.A. Firtel (Ch., UCSD) and K. Diamond (Ch., UCSF), R. Goldberg (UCLA), J. Manning (UCI).

VI. Sunday morning, March 20, 9:00 - 12:OO noon.

PATTERN FORMATION P.J. Bryant (Ch. UCI), B. Marcum (UC11 , C. Poodry (UCSC), S. Strub (UCI).

Since attendance will be limited to 120 persons, selection will be by application only. Graduate students and postdoctoral trainees as well as faculty members are encouraged to apply. Apply by letter stating name, address, current position and current research interest to:

Dr. Victor D. Vacquier Department of Zoology University of California Davis, California 95616

before February 28, 1977. A fee of $69.00 (triple), $78.00 (double) and $96.00 (single) will be due upon acceptance, but should not be sent with the initial application. The fee includes room, board and registration.

Organizing Committee: P.J. Bryant (UCI), W.R. Clark (UCLA), K. Diamond (UCSF), R.A. Firtel (UCSD), B. Hamkalo (UCI), A. Laszlo (UCB), F.E. Stockdale (Stanford), V. Vacquier (UCD).

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