1. Setting up for gastrulation: D. melanogaster Angelike Stathopoulos and Susan Newcomb 2. Setting up for gastrulation in zebrafish Florence L. Marlow 3. Signaling events regulating embryonic polarity and formation of the primitive streak in the chick embryo Ana Raffaelli and Claudio D. Stern 4. Comparative analysis of human and mouse development: From zygote to pre-gastrulation Matteo A. Molè, Antonia Weberling and Magdalena M. Zernicka-Goetz 5. The cellular and molecular mechanisms that establish the mechanics of Drosophila gastrulation Clint S. Ko and Adam C. Martin 6. Cellular, molecular, and biomechanical control of epithelial intercalation in Drosophila Adam C. Pare and Jennifer A. Zallen 7. Gastrulation in the sea urchin David R. McClay, Jacob Warner, Megan Martik, Esther Miranda and Leslie Slota 8. Tunicate gastrulation Konner M. Winkley, Matthew J. Kourakis, Anthony W. DeTomaso, Michael T. Veeman and William C. Smith 9. Mesoderm and endoderm internalization in the Xenopus gastrula Rudolf Winklbauer 10. Convergent extension in the amphibian, Xenopus laevis Ray Keller and Ann Sutherland 11. Mechanisms of zebrafish epiboly: A current view Ashley E. E. Bruce and Carl Philipp Heisenberg 12. Zebrafish gastrulation: Putting fate in motion Diana Pinheiro and Carl-Philipp Heisenberg 13. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of convergence and extension in zebrafish Margot L.K. Williams and Lilianna Solnica-Krezel 14. Movements of chick gastrulation Octavian Voiculescu 15. Guts and gastrulation: Emergence and convergence of endoderm in the mouse embryo Sonja Nowotschin and Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis
Lila Solnica-Krezel, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor and Head, Washington University School of Medicine, USA