# Lecture schedule for MBL GERN 2023

Below, find the lecture schedule for the [2023 MBL Gene Regulatory Networks for Development](https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings/gene-regulatory-networks-development) course.

Lectures are open to all; please join us!

Unless otherwise specified, morning lectures take place in Candle House 104/105 at 9:30am, and afternoon/evening lectures take place in the Bay Reading Room on the second floor of Lillie. Afternoon lectures start at 2pm.

Please contact Titus Brown [e-mail] with any questions.

### Monday, Oct 9

Morning lecture: **GRN overview: networks, modularity, subcircuits.**
Dr. Veronica Hinman, CMU

Afternoon lecture : **Cis-Regulatory Elements.**
Dr. Scott Baralo, U. Michigan.

### Tuesday, Oct 10

Morning lecture: **Design Features of Cis-Regulatory Elements.**
Dr. Scott Baralo, U. Michigan.

Afternoon lecture: **Introduction to BioTapestry.**
Dr. William Longabaugh, Institute for Systems Biology.

### Wednesday, Oct 11

Morning lecture: **Gene Regulatory Networks and Evolution.**
Dr. Doug Erwin, Smithsonian.

Afternoon lecture: **Hinman: GRNs in echinoderm development and evolution.**
Dr. Veronica Hinman, CMU

### Thursday, Oct 12

Morning lecture: **Gene regulatory networks in Drosophila.**
Dr. Mark Rebeiz, U. Pittsburgh.

Afternoon lecture: **Gene regulatory networks in Drosophila, continued.**
Dr. Mark Rebeiz, U. Pittsburgh.

### Friday, Oct 13

Morning lecture: **Inferring Gene Regulatory Networks.**
Dr. Sarah Tulin, Canisius University.

Afternoon lecture: **Evolution of the Bilaterian body plan.**
Dr. Doug Erwin, Smithsonian.

### Saturday, Oct 14

Morning lecture: **Gene Regulatory Networks and Novelty.**
Dr. Leslie Babonis, Cornell.

Afternoon lecture: **Comparative GRNs in Arthropods.**
Dr. Nipam Patel, MBL.

### Monday, Oct 16th

Morning lecture: **High throughput Seq and inferring GRNs.**
Dr. Hui-Chun (Grace) Lu, University College London.

Afternoon lecture: **The evolution of neurogenic gene regulatory networks.**
Dr. Roberto Feuda, University of Leicester.

### Tuesday, Oct 17

Morning lecture: **Sensory Placodes and GRNs.**
Dr. Andrea Streit, King's College, London.

Afternoon lecture: **Neural Crest and GRNs.**
Dr. Megan Martik, UC Berkeley.

### Wednesday Oct 18th,

Morning lecture: **Modeling AP patterning.**
Dr. Zeba Wunderlich, Boston University.

Afternoon lecture: **Morphogen Gradients/GRN logic response to gradients.**
Dr. James Briscoe, Crick Institute.

### Thursday, Oct 19th

Morning lecture: **GRN of neural crest.**
Dr. Crystal Rogers, UC Davis.