# New York Area Worm Meeting: Wednesday, April 2

**URL:** <https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/new-york-area-worm-meeting-wednesday-april-2/4866>\
**Category:** Worms\
**Created:** [March 28, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/new-york-area-worm-meeting-wednesday-april-2/4866 "2014-03-28T16:24:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Rockman](https://community.alliancegenome.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Matt\_Rockman](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/Matt_Rockman)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/new-york-area-worm-meeting-wednesday-april-2/4866/1 "2014-03-28T16:24:17Z")

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Join us Wednesday, April 2, 2014, for the next NYAWM!

New York University  
Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, 12 Waverly Place  
Reception at 6:30 pm. Talks at 7:15 pm.

For more information and directions, see [https://files.nyu.edu/mr176/public/NYAWM.html](https://files.nyu.edu/mr176/public/NYAWM.html).

Talks:  
A novel mechanism inhibits axon regeneration intrinsically  
Rachid El Bejjani and Marc Hammarlund  
Yale University

The mechanisms of C. elegans Dosage Compensation Complex binding and function  
Sevinc Ercan  
New York University

The insulin/IGF signaling regulators cytohesin/GRP-1 and PI5K/PPK-1 modulate susceptibility to excitotoxicity in C. elegans  
Nazila Terhani and Itzhak Mano  
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, CCNY/ CUNY

Spatiotemporal control of synapse formation mediated by the single-immunoglobin domain protein OIG-1  
Kelly Howell and Oliver Hobert  
HHMI & Columbia University

Thanks to Advanced Imaging Concepts for sponsoring the meeting!

Matt Rockman, Itzak Mano, Alicia Meléndez  
Co-organizers