Programme: Friday 25 April 2003
Raadszaal 1, 2 and 3 in the Main Building (Wageningen University reception)
Costerweg 50 (building no. 400), 6701 BH Wageningen
chairman: Michael Richardson
09.30 Coffee and registration
10.00 Introduction by Johan van Leeuwen
10.15 Formation of embryonic axes and organising regions
Hans Meinhardt (Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Germany)
10.45 Self-organisation during early development of fishes
Johan van Leeuwen (Experimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University)
11.15 Coffee
11.30 Cardiovascular development and shear stress responsiveness
Rob Poelmann (Department of Anatomy, Leiden University Medical Centre)
12.00 Epithelium to mesenchyme transitions in early embryonic development
Bas Defize (Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht)
12.30 Lunch
13.30 131st annual meeting KNDV
14.15 Evolutionary solutions to the problems of oxygenation of amphibian embryos
Roger Seymour (Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, Australia)
15.00 Coffee/tea
15.15 Dutch Zoology Prize 2003 ceremony - Jury report and presentation of the prize to Sander Kranenbarg
Jan Sevenster (Nature management, ministry of Agriculture, Nature management and Fisheries)
15.30 Does oxygen constrain size and shape the teleost embryo?
Sander Kranenbarg (Experimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University)
16.15 Concluding remarks by Bert Speelman, rector magnificus of Wageningen University
16.30 Reception
Registration
Joining the symposium is free of charge. For organisational reasons, please register your participation:
Phone: +31 317 48 3509 or
+31 317 48 4007
Email: sander.kranenbarg@wur.nl
Sponsored by: KNDV- Royal Dutch Zoological Society
WIAS- Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences
WUR - Wageningen University and Research centre
WEB - Wageningen Expertise centre for Biomechanics