First Name: Arifa Abdulkareem Matthew Xiaofei Rosie Alex Alekya Last Name: Ahsan Alshaheeb Anderson Bai Bauer Belt Bheemreddy University or Institution: Georgetown University Penn State University NCI-Frederick National Institutes of Health NIH Virginia Commonwealth University University of Delaware Josef Blaszkiewicz The Pennsylvania State University Ruby Boateng The Jackson Laboratory Julia Boehling University of Virginia Christian Louis Bonatto Paese National Cancer Institute Michael Boylan National Cancer Institute Ravindra Chalamalasetty National Cancer Institute Margarita Correa-Mendez University of Maryland Baltimore County Mariah Denhart University of Pittsburgh Shirley Dong Penn State University Lijuan Du University of Maryland Jacob Duggan University of Delaware Dylan Faltine-Gonzalez Lehigh University Nicole Fana-Brito Goucher College Alexandra Fister NIH/NICHD Presentation Title: Poster #: Impact of 3D-Genome Organization on Regenerative Ability Tissue Specific Functions of Adenylosuccinate Lyase FGF4 is Required for Robust Clock Oscillation during Somitogenesis Modelling Genetic Diseases of PIEZO Dysfunction in C elegans C elegans in Rare Disease Modeling and Drug Development Zebrafish Model of MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia Investigating suppressors of top-2(it7) embryonic lethality A Novel Delayed Hatching Phenotype in C elegans is Linked to NAD+ Deficiency and Increased Oxidative Stress Investigating the effect of allelic diversity on ovarian reserve establishment Physical contact regulates bone morphogenesis during zebrafish scale 10 development 11 Development of the pelvic girdle requires apical ectodermal ridge FGFs Keeping it together: the role of FGF signaling in murine embryonic ventral 12 wall closure Role of Wnt regulated Transcription factors, Sp5 and Sp8, in the maintenance 13 of multipotent Neuromesodermal Progenitors The paired-box transcription factor PAX-3 is required for proper specification 14 of the ‘neural crest-like’ P neuroblasts in C elegans Ectopic expression of T and Tbx6 differentially disrupt mouse limb 15 development 16 Modeling learning behavior using adsl-1 deficient C elegans Cytoneme-mediated cell-cell communication depends on contact-dependent 17 synaptic matchmaking process mediated by receptor-ligand interactions 18 PKC Regulates Skeletogenesis Determining the role of oral-aboral patterning on neurogenesis in the sea 19 anemone, Nematostella vectensis Exploring a role for TGFβ signaling on differentiation in the embryonic 20 zebrafish (Danio rerio ) retina The microRNA-204/NFATC1 axis controls developmental lymphangiogenesis 21 in zebrafish First Name: Last Name: Latisha Franklin Ananya Ghosh Ryan Gober Elizabeth Hannifin Jamie Havrilak Alexia Hawkey-Noble Carol Hepfer Lindsey Hernandez Bau-Lin Sarah Huang Ingram Jason Ko Kalin Konrad Hannah Lawson Nguyet Le Shin-Yi Lin Nikolaos Mandalos Mario Martinez Stephen Miller University or Institution: Presentation Title: Poster #: Understanding muscle dysfunction associated with purine nucleotide cycle 22 Pennsylvania State University deficiency 23 University of Kansas Medical Center Role of GATA2 AND GATA3 in placental development A Newly Identified Mutant helps to Characterize the Potential Function of 24 NICHD/NIH Vascular-associated Meningeal Cells Regulation of proliferation in the embryonic Danio rerio retina in response to 25 Goucher College changes in the TGF-beta signaling pathway 26 Lehigh University Investigation of nervous system dynamics in Nematostella vectensis Using Zebrafish (Danio rerio ) to investigate the Role of Forkhead Box Memorial University of 27 Transcription Factors in Craniofacial and Axial Skeleton Development and Newfoundland Disease Characteristics of Squid Muscle Structure Correlate with Differential Gene 28 Millersville University Expression Assessing The Impact of Deleting an Ultraconserved Bmp2 Regulatory 29 Rutgers University Element On Bone Morphogenesis and Quality 30 National Cancer Institute-Frederick Bmp-Wnt interaction determines digit morhphogenesis 31 Virginia Commonwealth University Determining Mechanisms of Cystogenesis in CaMK-II Morphants Dynamic regulation of cell adhesion molecules in a continuous mathematical 32 UMBC model 33 University of Delaware MicroRNA Regulation of Mesodermal Cell Fate in Early Development The Makorin lep-2 and the lncRNA lep-5 regulate lin-28 to schedule sexual 34 University of Rochester maturation of the C elegans nervous system University of Maryland, Baltimore 35 Role of N-Myc Downstream Regulated Gene family in low oxygen tolerance County 36 Rowan University SOM Transcriptional activation by the nematode Gli transcription factor TRA-1 Lhx1 is necessary for pluripotent Epiblast Stem cells to differentiate into the 37 NIH/NCI progenitors of the Spinal Cord and Axial Skeleton 38 Penn State Vitamin B3, a natural insecticide for aphids Functional analysis of rlsD , a gene important for the evolution of cell fate in 39 UMBC Volvox carteri First Name: Last Name: University or Institution: Salvia Misaghian NCI Corinna Moro The Pennsylvania State University Maraki Negesse UMBC Bryan Sarah Nerger Paramore Princeton University Princeton University Sanyam Patel Virginia Commonwealth University Wesley Phelps University of Pittsburgh Eszter Posfai Princeton University Carolyn Remsburg University of Delaware Christine Rourke University of Delaware Nina Faye Sampilo Jundi Seah University of Delaware University of Maryland, Baltimore County Theresa Shafto University of Delaware Pablo Silva Rodriguez Georgetown University Isaac Skromne University of Richmond Matthew Smith Millersville University Alex Sohr University of Maryland Avery Swearer NICHD, NIH Presentation Title: Poster #: FGF8 is required for survival and differentiation of SIX2+ nephron 40 progenitors in kidney development Perturbations in purine metabolism impacts associative and non-associative 41 learning Vangl2 regulates key cellular events driving anterior neural tube 42 morphogenesis 43 Mapping collagen fiber alignment in the developing mouse mammary gland 44 Understanding the role of Vangl2 in mammalian lung development 2+ Role of Ca /Calmodulin- Dependent Protein Kinase Type II (CAMKII) in 45 Zebrafish Hematopoietic Stem Cell Specification Differential embryonic gene activation across the subgenomes of an 46 allotetraploid Expanding the fluorescent reporter toolkit in mouse using a novel CRISPR47 mediated genome editing method 48 Elucidation of the function of miR-31 during early development Characterizing Chromosome Segregation Defects in Suppressors of top-2(it7) 49 Embryonic Lethality in C elegans 50 Transcriptional regulation of miR-1 and its regulatory role in development Amino acids at key positions in the VARL domain of RegA determine cell 51 fate in Volvox carteri Analysis of the role of Topoisomerase II in sister chromatid cohesion release 52 during meiosis of Caenorhabditis elegans The role of Sox11 during development and disease: Insights from Coffin Siris 53 Syndrome 54 Carbon Nanoparticles Bind to Regenerating Adult Zebrafish Bone Turtle embryos exhibit a period of quiescence between two separate waves of 55 NCC migration Drosophila FGF cleavage is required for efficient intracellular sorting and 56 intercellular dispersal 57 Cavefish: a model to study subcutaneous fat deposition First Name: Last Name: University or Institution: Steven Van Osten Penn States Marina Venero Galanternik NICHD, NIH Andre Wallace Fairleigh Dickinson University Judith Wexler University of Maryland James Williams University of Maryland, Baltimore County Joseph Yano NIH/NICHD Isabella Zafra Martinez NIH Presentation Title: Poster #: The MAP kinase effector Thousand and One Amino Acids kinase (TaoK3) 58 is required for early embryogenesis in Xenopus laevis Studying the origin and function of novel vascular-associated cells in the 59 zebrafish meninges The Myosin-IX protein regulates early development by modulating the RHO60 GTPase How to build a cricket: probing the segmentation gene network in Gryllus 61 bimaculatus Cas9 editing of the rlsA gene in Volvox carteri Characterizing the Role of Rhoa in Regulating Vascular Integrity and Development Creation of a Database of C elegans Orthologs for Modeling Human Rare Disease Genes 62 63 64