Mark Peifer, gave an invited talk, “APC Family Proteins as Regulators of Wnt Signaling and the Cytoskeleton”, at the Keystone Meeting on “Wnt and beta-catenin signaling in Development and Disease”. Snowbird, Utah, April 2006.

Melissa Hayden, Ph. D. Student, gave an invited talk at the 2006 National Drosophila Meeting in Houston TX in March 2006: "Roles for the Tumor Suppressor Genes Adenomatous Polyposis Coli 1 and 2 in Cell Adhesion and Axon Outgrowth in the Developing Larval Brain."

Jessica Sawyer, Ph. D. Student, gave an invited talk at the 2006 National Drosophila Meeting in Houston TX in March 2006: " The Role of Canoe in Morphogenesis"

Don Fox, Ph.D. Student, gave an invited talk in the “Coordination of Cytoskeletal Networks” Mini-Symposium at the 2005 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting in San Francisco CA in December 2005: “Abelson kinase coordinates apical constriction and RhoGEF2 localization during Drosophila morphogenesis”

Julie Gates, postdoc, gave an invited talk at the Gordon Research Conference on Motile and Contractile Systems in New London NH in July 2005: " Ena promotes actin filament elongation during Drosophila development."

Mark Peifer, gave an invited talk, “Building the body plan: the Miracle of Morphogenesis.” at the Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization Gordon Conference, Barga ITALY, June 2005

Mark Peifer, gave an invited talk, "Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cancer: the Armadillo Connection." at the Keystone Meeting on Cytoskeletal Systems Interactions in Cellular Morphogenesis. Coeur d’Alene ID March 2005

Tony Harris, postdoc, presented an invited talk at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting in Washington DC in December 2004: "Adherens junction-dependent and -independent steps in the establishment of epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila."

Julie Gates, postdoc, gave an invited talk at the National Drosophila Research Conference in Washington DC in March 2004: "Enabled plays roles in epithelial morphogenesis and nurse cell cytoplasmic transport."

Tony Harris, postdoc, gave an invited talk at the National Drosophila Research Conference in Washington DC in March 2004: "Adherens junction-dependent and -independent processes regulate epithelial polarity and structure during early Drosophila development."

Mark Peifer presented an Invited talk in the Signaling and Cancer Symposium, at the American Society for Cell Biology National Meeting, San Francisco CA December 2003. "Cell adhesion, signal transduction, cytoskeletal regulation and cancer: a model organism approach."