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(from Gerry Thomsen and Amy Sater)
We still have a few openings for the Xenopus Course at CSHL this April, so we encourage you to bring this opportunity to the attention of anyone in your lab who would benefit from this experience.
CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF XENOPUS
APRIL 8 - 19, 2011
http://meetings.cshl.edu/courses/c-xeno11.shtml
Application deadline: February 25
2011 Instructors:
Amy Sater, University of Houston
Gerald Thomsen, Stony Brook University
Thanks to HHMI and federal funds, substantial scholarships towards tuition, room and board are available based on stated need (include stipend request with application). Individuals from US labs/US citizens are particularly encouraged to apply.
Please pass this along to colleagues or members of your laboratory or group who may benefit from this training. A diverse faculty will bring the most up-to-date results and theories to the students, making this course a valuable resource for young researchers starting out in this fast-moving and expansive field.
Xenopus is the leading vertebrate model for the study of gene function in development. The combination of lineage analysis, gene-knockout strategies, experimental manipulation of the embryo, and genomic/bioinformatic techniques, makes it ideal for studies on the molecular control of embryo patterning, morphogenesis and organogenesis. The course combines intensive laboratory training with daily lectures from recognized experts in the field. Students will learn both emerging technologies and classical techniques to study gene function in Xenopus development. An important element will be the informal interaction between students and course faculty.
Technologies to be covered will include: oocyte and embryo culture, lineage analysis and experimental manipulation of embryos, time lapse imaging of morphogenesis, gain and loss of function analysis using mRNAs and antisense oligos, analysis of regeneration, whole mount in situ hybridization, immunocytochemistry, RT-PCR, and genomic/bioinformatic techniques, preparation of transgenic embryos, and use of Xenopus tropicalis for genetic analyses. The Cell and Developmental Biology of Xenopus course is designed for those new to the Xenopus field, as well as for those wanting a refresher course in the emerging technologies. The course is open to investigators from all countries.
Lecturers for the 2011 course will include:
Rob Grainger
Richard Harland
Doug Houston
Ray Keller
Mustafa Khokha
Kris Kroll
Kevin Lin (Jonathan Slack's lab)
Amy Sater
Jerry Thomsen
John Wallingford
Lyle Zimmerman
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Links to useful sources of information for Xenopus (in no particular order)
general interest and utility
<http://www.nih.gov/science/models/xenopus/> Trans NIH Xenopus
initiative
<http://tropicalis.berkeley.edu/home/> - Harland lab X. tropicalis site
<http://faculty.virginia.edu/xtropicalis/> - Grainger lab X. tropicalis site
<http://tropmap.biology.uh.edu/> - Amy Sater's X. tropicalis genetic map
<https://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/troplist> - Information on the
X. tropicalis listserver
<http://list.mail.virginia.edu/pipermail/troplist/> - Troplist archives.
Lots of good information here.
<http://www.xenbase.org/> - Peter Vize's Xenopus Uber database
<http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/devbiol/zimmerman/> - Zimmerman Lab
X. tropicalis website, database of mutants
<http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/shoko.ishibashi/xenopustropicalis.html> - Shoko Ishibashi's trop web page
genomic resources
<http://xenopus.nibb.ac.jp/> - XDB at NIBB - Naoto Ueno's
X. laevis EST database <http://xgc.nci.nih.gov/> - Xenopus gene collection
<http://informatics.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/online/xt-fl-db.html> - full length
collection at the Gurdon Institute
<http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Xentr4/Xentr4.home.html> - JGI X. tropicalis
genome site with browser and other info
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