SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Proteins' Influence Over Membrane Shape |
| Discussion Leader: William A. Mohler (University of Connecticut Health Center) |
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm | William A. Mohler (University of Connecticut Health Center)
"Introduction: Cell-Cell Fusion, from Natural History to Molecular Physics and Medical Applications" |
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Harvey T. McMahon (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
"Protein-Induced Stress and Strain Within Lipid Bilayers - A Route to Membrane Fusion" |
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cellular Fusogens: Viral, Developmental, and Trafficking Fusion Proteins |
| Discussion Leader: Benjamin Podbilewicz (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Benjamin Podbilewicz (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Judith M. White (University of Virginia)
"Diversity among viral membrane fusion proteins" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Joshua Zimmerberg (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
"Fusion mechanisms in infection and secretion" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:50 am - 11:05 am | Yorgo Modis (Yale University)
"Crystal structure of dengue virus type 1 envelope protein in the postfusion conformation and its implications for membrane fusion" |
11:05 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:35 am | Amir Sapir (California Institute of Technology)
"The FF proteins in developmental cell fusion" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Bolette Bjerregaard (Copenhagen University)
"Syncytin - a common fusogen" |
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Andre Levchenko (Johns Hopkins University)
"Generality of intercellular transfer of membrane and cytosolic components" |
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary Discussion for morning session |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| On Display: Last names A through K; Presenters: A through C. |
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Fertilization and Gamete Fusion |
| Discussion Leader: Laurinda A. Jaffe (University of Connecticut Health Center) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Laurinda A. Jaffe (University of Connecticut Health Center)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Andrew W. Singson (Rutgers University)
"Fertilization in nematodes" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Kenji Miyado (National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan)
"CD9 action in the egg and on the sperm of mice" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Laurinda A. Jaffe (University of Connecticut Health Center)
"Regulation of sperm-egg fusion by membrane potential: possible role of a voltage-sensitive phosphatidylinositol phosphatase in sperm" |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Summary Discussion for evening session |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Myoblast and Mesenchymal Cell Fusion |
| Discussion Leader: Elizabeth H. Chen (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Elizabeth H. Chen (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Charles A. Ettensohn (Carnegie Mellon University)
"The dynamics and regulation of mesenchymal cell fusion in the sea urchin embryo" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Grace K. Pavlath (Emory University School of Medicine)
"Regulation of cell fusions in mammalian myogenesis" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:15 am | Renate Renkawitz-Pohl (Philipps-Universitat / FB Biologie)
"FuRMAS: a signaling center triggering myoblast fusion in Drosophila myogenesis" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:40 am | Carmen E. Birchmeier (Max Delbrück Centrum)
"The small G-proteins Rac1 and Cdc42 are essential for myoblast fusion in the mouse" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Eyal Schejter (Weizmann Institute of Science)
"WASp is required for myoblast fusion during formation of adult Drosophila muscles" |
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Anne-Sofie Hobolt Pederson (Vejle Hospital / University of Southern Denmark)
"The molecular mechanism behind osteoclast-myeloma cell fusion; Syncytin 1 is involved in the fusion of human osteoclasts" |
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary Discussion for morning session |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| On Display: Last names A through K; Presenters: D through K. |
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Fusion within Epithelia |
| Discussion Leader: William A. Mohler (University of Connecticut Health Center) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | William A. Mohler (University of Connecticut Health Center)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Steven Bassnett (Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine)
"Looking through a glass onion - cell fusion in the vertebrate lens" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Michael J. Galko (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
"Wound-induced epidermal cell-cell fusion in Drosophila" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Neal S. Rote (MacDonald Women's Hospital, University Hospitals of Cleveland)
"Cell-to-cell fusion in the human placenta" |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Summary Discussion for evening session |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Models of the Physicochemical Pathway to Membrane Fusion |
| Discussion Leader: Leonid V. Chernomordik (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Leonid V. Chernomordik (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Michael M. Kozlov (Tel Aviv University School of Medicine)
"Forces in membrane bending and fusion" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Marino Arroyo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
"Relaxation dynamics of fluid membranes" |
10:00 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:20 am | Yeon-Kyun Shin (Iowa State University)
"Cholesterol and synaptotagmin I in SNARE-dependent membrane fusion: beyond the concept of the spontaneous curvature" |
10:20 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Michael Schick (University of Washington)
"Fusion and Lysis: two outcomes, one mechanism" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:55 am | Huey W. Huang (Rice University)
"X-ray diffraction and GUV studies of bilayer-fusion intermediates" |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Monika Bajorek (University of Utah)
"Structural basis for ESCRT-III protein autoinhibition" |
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary Discussion for morning session |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| On Display: Last names L through Z; Presenters: L through R. |
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting, Part I: Planning a Gordon Research Seminar in 2011 |
| (Nominations of Chairs; Discussion of topics for a GRS program) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Monocytic Cells: Homotypic/Heterotypic Fusion and Nanotubular Communication |
| Discussion Leader: Agnès Vignery (Yale University School of Medicine) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Agnès Vignery (Yale University School of Medicine)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Markus Grompe (Oregon Health Science University)
"Ploidy reduction in fusion derived cells" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Simon C. Watkins (University of Pittsburgh)
"Dendritic cell networks via nanotubular communication" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Agnès Vignery (Yale University School of Medicine)
"Fusion of macrophages" |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Summary Discussion for evening session |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:45 am | Through the Wall: Fusion in Fungal and Plant Species |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Grote (Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Eric Grote (Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Aska Goverse (Wageningen University)
"Pathological synctia induced by root cyst nematodes" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Tarek A. Hewezi (Iowa State University)
"Mechanisms of cyst nematode-induced feeding site formation in plant roots" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:15 am | Mark D. Rose (Princeton University)
"Fusion and karyogamy in yeast" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:40 am | William J. Snell (Univerisity of Texas Southwestern)
"Two blocks to polyspermy: Gamete fusion in Chlamydomonas activates rapid loss of two proteins essential for the membrane fusion reaction" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Minisession: Fertilization, "Back to where we all began..." |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Hitoshi Nishimura (Emory University)
"A male germline-specific, immunoglobulin-like gene is required for C. elegans fertilization" |
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Luis Mayorga (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo)
"Changes in acrosomal membrane topology during exocytosis in human sperm" |
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary Discussion for morning session |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| On Display: Last names L through Z; Presenters: S through Z. |
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting, Part II: Planning for the 2011 Cell-Cell Fusion GRC |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Applications of Induced Cell Fusion in Medicine and Biotechnology |
| Discussion Leader: Benjamin Podbilewicz (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Benjamin Podbilewicz (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | José Alexandre Barbuto (University of São Paulo)
"Dendritic-tumor cell fusion vaccines: clinical and immunological effects on patients with advanced cancer" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Roy Duncan (Dalhousie University)
"FAST proteins in cell-cell fusion" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Oscar Ces (Imperial College London)
"Smart Droplet Microtools: a novel platform for spatially selective single cell analysis" |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Summary Discussion for evening session |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion of entire GRC and Chairs' Farewell |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |