8:30AM - 12:00PM

Registration Open - Location - Stone Lobby

9:00AM - 9:20AM

9:20AM - 9:35AM

9:35AM - 9:50AM

9:50AM - 10:05AM

10:05AM - 10:20AM

10:20AM - 10:30AM

Invited Speaker Talk - Modeling neural development and disease with Cre/lox cell type specific knockout

Imaging of cancer cell dynamics and interactions with self-driving, multi-scale microscopy

CRISPR prime editing made precise and highly efficient by inhibition of microhomology-mediated end-joining

“Cut & Trace”: Tracking gene edited melanocyte stem cells through time

Dual Screening of Herbal Extracts with Anti-Pruritic Potential via Bio-Chip and Zebrafish Larvae-Based Assays

Flash Talks:

Comparing robotic and manual injection methods in zebrafish embryos for high-throughput RNA silencing using CRISPR-RfxCas13d

Advancing toxicology data integration through a community-led zebrafish atlas phenotype project- ZAPP

Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of Garra rufa, a High-Temperature Tolerant Cyprinid with Biomedical Potential

From Heartbeat to Regeneration: Fast Volumetric Imaging Across Zebrafish Systems

Maura McGrail, Iowa State University, USA

Stephan Daetwyler, USA

Francois Kroll, France

Stephanie McMaster, UK

Young Sook Kim, South Korea

Jan de Sonneville, Netherlands

Alexa Burger, USA

Yasuhito Shimada, Japan

Kalliopi Arkoudi, USA

11:00AM - 11:20AM

11:20AM - 11:35AM

11:35AM - 11:50AM

11:50AM - 12:05PM

12:05PM - 12:20PM

12:20PM - 12:30PM

Invited Speaker Talk - Immunoresponsive gene 1 supports collagen remodeling during tissue repair

Holostean genomes reveal evolutionary novelty in the vertebrate immunoproteasome that have implications for MHCI function

Progranulin is a critical amplifier of the IL-6/Jak2/Stat3 pathway that controls myeloid lineage decisions

Zebrafish models of inherited bone marrow failure syndromes identify metabolic modulators that restore hematopoiesis

Development of recombinant affinity reagents for model organisms

Flash Talks:

Testing Leukemia-Essential Genes via Somatic Transgenesis and Scale Allo-Transplantation

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Is Overexpressed in AML and Remodels the Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Niche

Role of EZH2 in Developmental Hematopoiesis

Veronika Miskolci, Rutgers University, USA

Jeff Yoder, USA

Raquel Espin Palazon, USA

Sarada Ketharnathan, Canada

Robert Meijers, USA

Iman Owens, USA

Annika Chura, USA

Brittney Love, USA

11:00AM - 11:20AM

11:20AM - 11:35AM

11:35AM - 11:50AM

11:50AM - 12:05PM

12:05PM - 12:20PM

12:20PM - 12:30PM

Zebrafish as a Model to Elucidate Blood-Brain Barrier Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Opportunities in Alzheimer’s Disease

Telomere shortening triggers cGAS–STING and drives inflammation and cancer

Overexpression screen of chromosome 21 orthologs establishes erg as a potent regulator of neurodevelopment

Elucidating injury-site specific regenerative programs to rebuild the tendon

Determining the Risk of Blood Disorders in Aging LESKRES Patients Using Zebrafish Models

Flash Talks:

Mylpf dosage promotes myofibril growth in Zebrafish Fast-twitch muscle

Heterogeneity of telomere maintenance mechanisms in diffuse gliomas at the single cell level

Utilizing Donorguide for Precision Gene Editing and Disease Modeling

Caghan Kizil, USA

Giulia Allavena, France

Anna Moyer, USA

Stephanie Tsai, USA

Daniel Cifuentes, USA

Teresa Easterbrooks, USA

Vittorio Bontempi, Italy

Raeana Mayo, USA

Martina Venditti, Italy

Katarzyna Ochenkowska, Canada

Carmen Feijoo, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile

3:15PM - 3:35PM

3:35PM - 3:50PM

3:50PM - 4:05PM

4:05PM - 4:20PM

4:20PM - 4:35PM

Invited Speaker Talk: Stress induced Apolipoprotein D modulates tumorigenic competence of melanoma

Thromboxane A2-Prostanoid Receptor (TPR) Blockade with Ifetroban Disrupts Platelet-Tumor Cell Interactions to Reduce Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

A Zebrafish Transplantation Screen Identifies the Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger NHE1 as a Metabolic Vulnerability in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Stem Cells

Defining the persister cell state after melanoma therapy as a BMP-dependent intrinsic property

Fishing for new immunotherapy compounds to boost innate-tumor rejection

Len Zon, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

Yann Gibert, USA

Jessica Blackburn, USA

Myron Ignatius, USA

Rita Fior, Portugal