7:45AM - 8:45AM

9:00AM - 9:10AM

RIG Leaders Meeting

ECI Committee Member Meeting

Welcome Remarks

9:55AM - 10:15AM

10:15AM - 10:27AM

10:27AM - 10:39AM

10:39AM - 10:51PM

10:51PM - 11:03PM

11:03PM - 11:10PM

Invited Speaker Talk: Gut-Brain Signalling in Zebrafish 

Macrophage adaptation to hypoxia in the tuberculous granuloma potentiates mycobacterium-induced mitochondrial damage and granuloma necrosis

Granuloma macrophage focal adhesions at the necrotic core are essential to host-defense against mycobacteria in humans and zebrafish

Guanylate-binding proteins differentially regulate macrophage and neutrophil inflammatory functions during mycobacterial infection

Macrophage v-ATPase function restrains Aspergillus fumigatus germination and hyphal growth In Vivo

Flash Talks

Immuno-protective effects of stress: Acute stress-induced macrophage redistribution increases barrier immunity in zebrafish

An RNA Switch for Inflammation: ELAVL1 Links Tanshinones to Neutrophil Control

Live Imaging the Wound Inflammatory Response and the Consequences of Disrupted Circadian Clocks on Angiogenesis and Collagen Deposition

Caroline Wee, Singapore

Michal Eisenberg-Bord, UK

Charlie Pyle, USA

Mayra Alejandra, Netherlands

Aqib Magray, India

Erin Faught, Netherlands

Catherine Loyne, UK

Mark Naven, UK

11:10am-11:30AM

Coffe Break

11:30AM-11:50AM

11:50AM - 12:02PM

12:02PM - 12:14PM

12:14PM - 12:26PM

12:26PM-12:37PM

12:37PM - 12:45PM

Invited Speaker Talk: Gene Regulation

Oncogenic competence in fusion-driven rhabdomyosarcoma

Development of CAR T therapy for Ewing sarcoma using zebrafish in vivo models

A Novel Zebrafish Model of Multifocal Primary Disease and Spontaneous Tumor Regression in Neuroblastoma
Chromatin compartment reorganization drives a MITF-decoupled therapeutically vulnerable resistant state in melanoma

Flash Talks

Targeting lipid transfer from macrophages to recurrent glioblastoma cells for novel therapies

Temporal control of zebrafish Kmt2a-AF9 reveals stage-specific leukemogenic outcomes.

Trajectory-based transcriptomic analysis identifies NFIL3 as a key regulator of neutrophil reprogramming in the preneoplastic niche

Ferenc Mueller, UK

Genevieve Kendall, USA

James Amatruda, USA

Nicole Anderson, USA

Maggie Chasse, USA

Gabriel Forn-Cuni, Netherlands

Amber Ide, USA

Gabriela Marinescu, UK

12:45pm-2:00pm

Lunch

2:00PM - 2:20PM

2:20PM- 2:34PM

2:34PM - 2:46PM

2:46PM - 2:58PM

2:58PM - 3:10PM

3:10PM - 3:30PM

Invited Speaker Talk: Heart Tissue Dynamics

Dietary protein absorption in the ileum is regulated by regional metabolism of circulating lipoproteins

Gene regulatory programs in zebrafish enteric nervous system development and disease

Regional intestinal wounding during early life leads to imperfect regeneration and deployment of a metaplastic regional program

Defining Dietary Conditions Driving MASLD-to-MASH Transition in Early Zebrafish Larvae

Flash Talk

UHRF1 Overexpression Generates Distinct Senescent States That Promote Cancer Evolution

Distinct transcriptional programs in acinar-derived and ductal-derived pancreatic tumours revealed by single cell RNA sequencing

Rashmi Priya, UK

John Rawls, USA

Julia Ganz, USA

Peyton Moore , USA

Gulcin Cakan Akdogan, Turkey

Kirsten C. Sadler, UAE

Elisa Déom, USA

3:40PM-4:00PM

4:00PM - 4:12PM

4:12PM - 4:24PM

4:24PM - 4:36PM

4:36PM - 4:48PM

Invited Speaker Talk: CRISPR-Cas RNA-targeting optimizations and screenings in vivo

Phagocytic macrophages and B cells drive sequential immune mechanisms required for cardiac regeneration in the Mexican cavefish

Musashi1 couples Notch repression to mTOR signalling to promote Müller glial reprogramming

A tissue-specific Calreticulin code mediates macrophage interactions in regeneration of multiple organ systems

Macrophage-derived signals synergize neutrophil-mediated regeneration of the olfactory epithelium in the adult zebrafish

Miguel Moreno Mateos, Spain

Esra Sengul, UK

Vincent Tropepe, Canada

Damien Laouteouet, USA

Valerie Wittamer, Belgium