YOUNG DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGIST'S FORUM

 

Young Development Biologists’ Forum is a day-and-a-half-long event accompanying the main V4SDB meeting. It will be held in the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, on September 7th - 8th, 2023.

The Forum is dedicated to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, as well as to early-stage postdocs. They will be able to participate in practical workshops on developmental biology, polish their soft skills, and have an opportunity to present their data during special plenary sessions.

Participation in the Forum is free for the delegates to the main V4SDB conference. The number of participants is limited, so please, register early!

Preliminary programme of the Young Developmental Biologists’ Forum:

07.09.2023 - Day 0 - Young Developmental Biologists’ Forum
From 09:30
Registration
09:45 - 10:00
Welcome and short introduction to the Forum formula
10:00 - 13:00
GROUP I: A crash course on mouse oocytes: how to isolate mouse oocytes and mature them in vitro?

GROUP II: A crash course on chick embryos: how to isolate and manipulate chick embryos?

GROUP III and IV: How to prepare a perfect abstract? – a workshop
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 17:00
GROUP I and II: How to stop procrastinating and motivate yourself to work? – a workshop

GROUP III: A crash course on mouse oocytes: how to isolate mouse oocytes and mature them in vitro?

GROUP IV: A crash course on chick embryos: how to isolate and manipulate chick embryos?
17:00 - 19:00
Young researchers’ session pt. I
Chairs: Anna Piliszek and Roberto de la Fuente (Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology PAS, Jastrzębiec, Poland)

10 min for a talk + 3 min for Q&A

1. The presence and effect of hydrogen sulfide producing enzymes in boar spermatozoa during capacitation and acrosome reaction.
Aneta Pilsová (Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)

2. Assessing blastocyst development and cell lineage specification in inter-strain chimeras generated with a mouse model of autism.
Joanna Czyrska (Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology PAS, Jastrzębiec, Poland)

3. Placental gene expression and morphology suggest a peculiar metabolic balance in the BTBR mouse model of autism spectrum disorders.
Maria Pia Viscomi (Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology PAS, Jastrzębiec, Poland)

4. The role of V-ATPASE in phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in mouse blastocysts and in human trophoblast cell line AC-1M88.
Jozef Pisko (Institute of Animal Physiology, Centre of Biosciences SAS, Košice, Slovakia

5. Insight into St14 (matriptase) role during developmental processes.
Barbora Hutečková (Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics CAS, Brno, Czech Republic; Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)

6. Pharyngeal patterning in the rostral vertebrate head.
Agáta Horáčková (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

7. The effect of T-2 and zearalenone toxins on chicken embryonic development – Early results.
Arnold Toth (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary)

8. Investigating the role of YY1 Associated Factor 2 in mouse neural differentiation.
Emese Bélai (Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary; University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary)

9. Overexpression of R-spondin 3 in the murine ectoderm alters morphogenesis and development of hair follicles.
Szymon Ławicki (University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland)

10. Influence of neoadjuvant therapy on fibroblasts migration and chemotaxis in co-culture with autologous adipose-derived stem cells.
Maciej Pancewicz (Medical Univesity of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland)
17:00 - 18:30
Developmental biology for everyone – online outreach event
2 x popular science lectures (45 min each)
19:00
Grill party
Venue: Patio of the Faculty of Biology, UW
08.09.2023 - Day 1 - Young Developmental Biologists’ Forum
10:00 - 12:00
Young researchers’ session pt. II
Chairs: Anna Ajduk (University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland) and Katarzyna Filimonow (Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology PAS, Jastrzębiec, Poland)

10 min for a talk + 3 min for Q&A

1. The influence of in vitro culture and sodium citrate supplementation on the development and differentiation of preimplantation rabbit embryos.
Patrycja Konowrocka (Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology PAS, Jastrzębiec, Poland)

2. Investigating the consequences of Tead1 silencing on epiblast formation in the murine blastocyst.
Dominika Żbikowska (Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology PAS, Jastrzębiec, Poland)

3. Investigating the regulatory role of Tead4 in blastomere positioning and cell fate during mouse preimplantation embryogenesis.
Rebecca Collier (University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

4. Genotype dependent effects of ionizing radiation in zebrafish embryos.
Barnabás Németh (ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source, Szeged, Hungary)

5. Zebrafish hatching and potassium channels.
Ruchi Prakash Jain (International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland)

6. The integration of embryonic gonad cell suspension in guinea fowl.
András Ecker (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary)

7. Homeotic transformation of amphibian pharyngeal arches through inhibition of RAR receptors.
Jan Vintr (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

8. Modifying membrane potential alters somitogenesis clock in chick embryo.
Manohara Mahadeva (Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research PAS, Olsztyn, Poland)