| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Polarity and Morphogenesis |
| Discussion Leader: Tony Bretscher (Cornell University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introductions |
| 7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Gerd Jurgens (University of Tubingen)
"Apical-basal polarity in Arabidopsis early embryogenesis" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University)
"Asymmetries during stomatal development" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:10 pm | Rong Li (Stowers Institute)
"Fluorescence-based analysis of protein dynamics and interaction during yeast polarized growth and cytokinesis" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Henrik Buschmann (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
"AIR( is a novel, auxin-inducible microtubule-associated protein that marks the site of cell plate insertion" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Regulating Polarity |
| Discussion Leader: Kathy Gould (Vanderbilt University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Brenda Andrews (University of Toronto)
"Phenotypic activation to explore kinase substrates: cell polarity and cell cycle targets for the Pho85 cyclin-dependent protein kinase" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Ken Sawin (University of Edinburgh)
"Molecular interactions leading to cortical anchoring of the fission yeast polarity protein tea1p" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Sheila McCormick (University of California Berkeley)
"Receptor Kinase Signaling during Pollen Tube Growth" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:25 am | Kathy Gould (Vanderbilt University)
"Restricting Mitotic Exit through Phosphorylation-Dependent Regulation of the Cdc14 phosphatase in S. pombe" |
| 11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Noni Franklin-Tong (University of Birmingham, UK)
"Actin depolymerization is sufficient to induce programmed cell death in self-incompatible pollen" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Michael Deeks (University of Durham)
"Arabidopsis CAP1 is essential for normal plant development" |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Daniel Szymanski (Purdue University)
"SPIKE1 is a Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor that Positively Regulates the ROP-WAVE-ARP2/3 Morphogenesis Pathway" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Regulation and Assembly of Cytoskeletal Structures: Microtubules |
| Discussion Leader: Susan Dutcher (Washington University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Goeff Wasteneys (University of British Columbia)
"MOR1 and CLASP: 2 HEAT repeat-riddled microtubule-associated proteins" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Patrick Hussey (Durham University)
"Regulation of the microtubule associated protein MAP65" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Jacek Gaertig (University of Georgia)
"Tubulin Polymodifications Sites and Katanin Subunits are Required for Severing of Microtubules and Assembly of the Central Pair Apparatus in Tetrahymena" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Despina Kaloriti (Illinois State University)
"Interactions between microtubule plus end localising proteins EB1s and SPR1 in Arabidopsis" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Naomi Morrissette (University of California, Irvine)
"Dinitroanilines bind protozoan alpha-tubulin to disrupt protofilament interactions in the microtubule lattice" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Regulation and Assembly of Cytoskeletal Structures: Microfilaments |
| Discussion Leader: Chris Staiger (Purdue University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Bruce Goode (Brandeis University)
"Mechanisms for the dynamic formation and turnover of actin cables" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Alice Cheung (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
"Analysis of plants formins and their contribution to pollen tube growth" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Chris Staiger (Purdue)
"Plant actin-binding proteins use diverse mechanisms for regulation of actin dynamics" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:25 am | Doug Cole (Idaho)
"Structural and Functional Studies of Intraflagellar Transport in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" |
| 11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Isabelle Sagot (CNRS Bordeaux, France)
"A new actin cytoskeleton organization specific of the yeast quiescent cells: a reserve of actin?" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Laurent Blanchoin (CNRS Grenoble, France)
"Novel mechanism for actin filament bundle formation by a non-processive formin" |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | David Amberg (Upstate Medical University, Syracuse)
"Complex haplo-insufficiency screening with an act1 allele uncovers a rich spectrum of genetic interactions" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Matthew Lord (University of Vermont)
"Regulation of yeast myosin function by the UCS proteins" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanisms and fidelity in cell division: Mitosis |
| Discussion Leader: Kerry Bloom (UNC Chapel Hill) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Kerry Bloom (UNC Chapel Hill)
"The Path of DNA in the Kinetochore" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Richard Cyr (Penn State)
"The PPB as an Equatorial Organizer for Prophase Spindle Assembly" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Tomoyuki Tanaka (University of Dundee)
"Mechanisms of kinetochore capture by spindle microtubules" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Jackie Vogel (McGill University, Canada)
"γ-Tubulin function in Kar9-depedent spindle positioning in budding yeast" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Hongmin Qin (Texas A&M University)
"Intraflagellar transport is required for the vectorial movement of TRPV channels in the ciliary membrane" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Mechanisms and fidelity in cell division: Organelle segregation and Cytokinesis |
| Discussion Leader: Tom Pollard (Yale University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Lois Weisman (University of Michigan)
"Regulation of myosin V discrimination between multiple cargoes" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Liza Pon (Columbia University)
"Puf3p is a mitochondrial protein that regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and motility in budding yeast" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Laurie Smith (University of California, San Diego)
"Spatial Regulation of Cytokinesis in Plant Cells" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:25 am | Tom Pollard (Yale University)
"Assembly of the cytokinetic contractile ring in fission yeast" |
| 11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:55 am | Arturo de Lozanne (Univerity of Texas, Austin)
"How does INCENP localize at the cleavage furrow?" |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Mohan Balasubramanian (National University of Singapore)
"Cell Polarity Determinants Tea1p, Tea4p and Pom1p prevent division septum assembly at cell ends in fission yeast" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Natalia Shamina (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia)
"Catalogue of phragmoplast/cell plate abnormalities: a tool for plant cytokinesis study" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Genomic Approaches |
| Discussion Leader: Charles Boone (University of Toronto) |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Charlie Boone (University of Toronto)
"Exploring the Mode-of-Action of Bioactive Compounds by Chemical-Genetic Profiling in Yeast" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | David Pellman (Dana Farber Cancer Center)
"Genome-wide analysis of polyploidy in yeast: scaling effects and genome stability" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Magdalena Bezanilla (University of Massachusetts)
"Using RNAi to analyze Plant Gene Function during tip growth in the model plant Physcomitrella patens" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Membrane Traffick and the Cytoskeleton |
| Discussion Leader: David Drubin (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | David Drubin (University of California, Berkeley)
"Harnessing actin dynamics for endocytic trafficking events Endocytosis session" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Erik Nielson (Danforth Plant Center)
"A Role For Phosphoinositides in Polar Secretion During Root Hair Development" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Patrick Brennwald (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Spatial Regulation of Exocytosis by Rho GTPases" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:25 am | Federica Brandizzi (University of Saskatchewan)
"Export out without strings: ER-to-Golgi protein transport in plant cells" |
| 11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Daria Bloch (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Regulation of vesicular trafficking by ROP GTPases" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Annabelle Forsmark (Gothenburg University, Sweden)
"The Saccharomyces cerevisiae tumour suppresor homologue Sro7p is required for targeting of the sodium transporting ATPase Ena1p to the cell surface" |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Catherine Kanopka (University of Wisconsin, madison)
"A role for dynamin-regulated protein 1C during polar cell growth" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Regulation and Coordination of the Cytoskeleton |
| Discussion Leader: Lynne Quarmby (Simon Fraser University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Lynne Quarmby (Simon Fraser University)
"Coordinate regulation of cilia and the cell cycle: Is katanin involved?" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Frank Luca (University of Pennsylvania)
"The S. cerevisiae RAM signaling network regulates polarized secretion" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Shaul Yalovsky (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Novel ROP GTPase signaling pathways in Arabidopsis" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Benedikt Kost (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
"GDI, GAP and PLC activities maintain the polarity of Rac/Rop signalling in pollen tubes" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Scott Bratman (Columbia University)
"Fission yeast CLASP promotes microtubule stability in the mitotic spindle and interphase MTOCs" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
