Live Blogging "Genetics and Evolution of the Skeleton" Symposium at UC Berkeley

I'm currently live blogging a symposium on the Genetics and Evolution of the Skeleton on twitter. Should be of interest to those who like stem cells, evolution, regenerative medicine.

Talks I'll probably be going to:

Craig Miller (UC Berkeley) - "Genetic analysis of development and evolution of the head skeleton"

Ophir Klein (UCSF) - "Long in the tooth: genetic regulation of stem cells in the mouse incisor"

Jackie Moustakas (UC Berkeley) - "Studies on the development of teeth in non-model organisms"

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Rich Schneider (UCSF) - "Mesenchymal control of skeletogenesis during development and evolution"

Nadav Ahituv (UCSF) - "Characterization of regulatory elements leading to human limb malformation"

Ralph Marcucio (UCSF) - "Mechanisms that pattern the upper jaw"

Gabriela Loots (LLNL) - "Genetics of Van Buchem disease and role of sclerostin in limb morphogenesis"

Mike Sohaskey (UC Berkeley) - "JAWS coordinates chondrogenesis and synovial joint positioning: a disjointed tale of mouse skeletal development"

Bill Clemens (UC Berkeley) - "Evolution of the mammalian dentition: a 250 million year perspective"

Live Blogging the UC Berkeley "Systems Cell Biology" Symposium

I'm currently live blogging what's left of this  informative symposium on "systems cell biology" on Twitter. Systems biology is an attempt to get "big picture" information on complex biological phenomena. Cell biology is the study of basic cellular processes, like eating and dividing. Scheduled speakers:

Lucas Pelkmans, UTH Zurich: Population context predicts activity in human cells

Ulrike Eggert, Harvard Medical School: A combined chemical genetic/RNAi approach: new tools to study cell division

Charlie Boone, Univ. of Toronto: Integrating high-throughput yeast genetics and high content screening

Jonathan Weissman, UCSF: Biology without basis: functional insights from high-resolution genetic interaction maps

Tune in!