BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:Asia/Jerusalem X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Jerusalem BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1263@biology.technion.ac.il DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20250113T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20250113T140000 DTSTAMP:20250106T154747Z URL:https://biology.technion.ac.il/en/seminars/faculty-seminar-prof-oliver -hobert-13-1-2025-2/ SUMMARY:Faculty seminar - Prof. Oliver Hobert 13.1.2025 [No Categories] DESCRIPTION:Location: Biology auditorium and by ZOOM:https://technion.zoom. us/j/91374645319 Prof. Oliver Hobert \n Affiliation: Department of Biolo gical Sciences\, Columbia University. \n Host:Dr. Inbal Shainer \n Dear a ll\,\n\n \;\n\nOur next seminar will be given by Prof. Oliver Hobert from the Department of Biological Sciences\, Columbia University.\n\n  \;\n\nPlace and time: Biology auditorium\, Monday 13/1/2025 at 13:00.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nTitle: Homeobox genes and the specification of cell types in the brain\n\n \;\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe enormous diversity of cell types in any animal model system is defined by neuron type-specific gene batteries that endow distinct cells with distinct anatomical and functional properti es. I will show that the diversity of neuronal cell types in the nematode C. elegans can be reduced to a simpler descriptor\, the combinatorial exp ression of a specific class of transcription factors\, encoded by homeobox genes. I propose that the preponderance of homeobox genes in neuronal ide ntity control reflects an evolutionary trajectory in which an ancestral ne uron type was specified by an ancestral homeobox genes and that this funct ional linkage then duplicated and diversified to generate distinct cell ty pes in an evolving nervous system.\n\n \;\n\nHobert lab website: https ://www.hobertlab.org/\n\n \;\n\nLooking forward to seeing you all\,\n\ nInbal\n\n \;\n\nZoom link: https://technion.zoom.us/j/91374645319\n\ n \;\n\n \;\n\nFor inquiries regarding the course\, please contact Prof. Dedi Meiri <\;dmeiri@technion.ac.il>\; LOCATION:Biology auditorium and by ZOOM:https://technion.zoom.us/j/91374645 319 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Jerusalem X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Jerusalem BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR