It would be interesting to have a workshop on regeneration studies in zebrafish. There could be a small number of talks from those looking at different organs (e.g. spinal cord, fins, heart, retina...). Also, there could be talks describing progress of technology that will move this field forward, such as new ablation technology, genetic screens, inducible ectopic gene expression, transplantation, etc. In thinking about this, though, there might well be enough interest and abstracts for the organizers to consider choosing Stem cells/Regeneration as a session topic. If so, many of the relevant topics could be included within several of the good ideas for workshops proposed by others (adult zebrafish work, targeted mutations, disease models, transplantation).
Ken Poss
Duke University
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I agree fully with Ken. There has been increasing interest in studying regeneration in a variety of different tissues and several investigators have entered this field in the last few years. This workshop could not only provide valuable information on methods and reagents to study regenerative biology in different tissues, but also introduce new investigators to the breadth of the field and the major questions. I also feel that either a workshop or session on tissue regeneration might attract several zebrafish labs to the International meeting that do not regularly participate because much of the meeting is devoted to topics on the early development of the fish, while many of the regeneration labs are studying the adult. The opportunity to increase the participation of some excellent labs at the meeting would be a very positive step for the community.
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