SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Frontiers in Cell Morphogenesis |
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Fred Chang (Columbia University) |
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm | Keynote Speaker: John Pringle (University of North Carolina)
"The Evolutionary Origins and Underlying Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Cytokinesis"
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8:20 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Keynote Speaker: Grant Jensen (Cal Tech)
"How Electron Cryotomography Is Opening a New Window into Microbial Cell Biology"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cytoskeletal Building Blocks |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas Pollard (Yale) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Keynote Speaker: Jacque Dumais (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez)
"To Shape a Cell: Tackling Complex Cellular Processes with Simple Biophysical Models"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Luke Rice (UT Southwestern)
"Using Mutant Tubulin to Better Understand Mechanism in Microtubule dynamics" |
9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | David Kovar (University of Chicago)
"Competition Between Actin Nucleators in Fission Yeast"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Joe Pogliagno (UCSD)
"Alternate Bacterial Tubulins and Actins"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Elna Zehr (UCSF)
"Structure and Assembly Mechanism of a Novel Three-Stranded Tubulin Filament that Centers Phage DNA" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Marcel Janson (Wageningen University)
"Reconstitution of Microtubule Bundles"
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Adam Johnston (Brandeis University)
"Rapid Shortening of Actin Filament Ends Induced by Twinfilin" |
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 | Mitosis and Chromosomes |
| Discussion Leader: Goeff Wasteneys (University of British Columbia) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Ajit Joglekar (University of Michigan)
"Microtubule Attachment and the Inactivation of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Wei Lih Lee (University of Mass Amherst)
"Regulation of Dynein Pathway Function in Budding Yeast"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Rafael Daga (Universidad Pablo de Olavide)
"Regulation of Interphase Chromosomes by Cytoplasmic Microtubules in Fission Yeast"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Gohta Goshima (Nagoya University)
"Microtubules in the Moss Physcomitrella patens"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Dividing the Cell |
| Discussion Leader: Harold Erikson (Duke University) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Laurie Smith (UCSD)
"SCAR Complex-Dependent Polarization of Cell Division in Maize"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Jian Qiu Wu (Ohio State)
"Contractile Ring Assembly in Fission Yeast Cytokinesis"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Matthew Swulius (Cal Tech)
"Electron Cryotomography of the Fission Yeast Actomyosin Contractile Ring" |
10:40 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
10:45 am - 11:05 am | Petra Levin (Washington University)
"Cell Size Control, Cell Cycle Progression and FtsZ in Bacteria"
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11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Masa Onishi (Stanford University)
"Cleavage-Furrow Ingression and F-Actin Dynamics in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" |
11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | David Bouchez (Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin)
"Normal Morphogenesis in Plants Lacking PPB: New Light on PPB Function" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Nathan McDonald (Vanderbilt University)
"Oligomerization of the F-BAR Scaffold Cdc15 Supports Its Efficient Membrane Binding and Contractile Ring Integrity" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Laurent Blanchoin (iRTSV)
"Biomemetic Models for Cytoskeletal Organization" |
12:20 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 | Cellular Mechanics and Organization |
| Discussion Leader: K.C. Huang (Stanford) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Zemer Gitai (Princeton University)
"Novel Polymers and Regulation of Metabolism in Bacteria"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Jan Brugues (MPI-CBG Dresden)
"Organization of Microtubules in the Spindle"
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8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Alphee Michelot (CNRS/ CEA Grenoble)
"Mechanical Properties of Yeast Actin Patches"
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8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Nicolas Minc (Insititut Jacques Monod)
"Symmetry Breaking and Spore Germination"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Olivier Hamant (University of Lyon)
"Mechanical Signals Control Microtubule Behavior and Shape Changes in Plants" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Molecular Motors and Movement |
| Discussion Leader: Bruce Goode (Brandeis) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Chad Pearson (University of Colorado, Denver)
"Organizing Ciliary Beating in Tetrahymena"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Luis Vidali (Worcester Polytechnic)
"Interplay Between Myosin XI, Vesicles, and F-Actin During Polarized Plant Cell Growth"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Marko Kaksonen (EMBL)
"High Resolution Microscopy of Endocytosis in Budding Yeast"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Hai Yu Ren (Bejing Normal University)
"Function of Formins in Plants"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Matthew Lord (University of Vermont)
"Removal of the Fission Yeast Myosin-II Lever Arm Slows Motility and Accelerates Contractile Ring Constriction During Cytokinesis"
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11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Prachee Avasthi (UCSF)
"Actin Regulates IFT in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Mohan Gupta (University of Chicago)
"Spatial Control of Microtubule Length and Lifetime by Opposing Stabilizing and Destabilizing Functions of Kinesin-8" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Andreas Nebenfuehr (University of Tennessee)
"Myosin Motor Proteins Drive Pollen Tube Growth and Are Required for Normal Fertilization" |
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 |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Selected Short Talks |
| Discussion Leader: Magdalena Benzanila (University of Massachusetts) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Jelmer Lindeboom (Carnegie Institute)
"A Mechanism for Reorientation of Cortical Microtubule Arrays Driven by Microtubule Severing" |
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion |
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm | Lillian Fritz-Laylin (UCSF)
"An Evolutionarily Conserved Requirement for Both Wasp and Wave in Rapid Amoeboid Motility" |
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Christopher Hernandez (Cornell University)
"A Microfluidics Platform for Mechanical Characterization and Subcellular Imaging in Bacteria |
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Anneke Hibbel (MPI-CBG Dresden)
"The Yeast Kinesin Kip2p Promotes Microtubule Growth Through Polymerase and Anti-Catastrophe Activities" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Peter van Ginsbergen (UMass Amherst)
"A Class I Formin Directly Links Exocytosis to the Actin Cytoskeleton in Plants" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Christopher Nosala (UC Davis)
"Microtubule Hyperstabilization is Supported by Novel Microtubule Associated Proteins in the Ventral Disc of Giardia lamblia" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Alex Paredez (University of Washington)
"Phospho-Dependent 14-3-3 Regulation of Actin in the Absence of Cofilin" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Katja Zieske (MPI Biochemistry Munich)
"Reconstitution of Min Protein Oscillations and Regulated Placement of FtsZ In Vitro" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Shaping the Cell |
| Discussion Leader: David Erhardt (Carnegie Institute) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Ying Gu (Penn State)
"Linking Cortical Microtubules to Cellulose Microfibrils"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Otger Campas (UC Santa Barbara)
"Morphogenesis of Tip-Growing Cells"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Juan Francisco Abenza MartÃnez, (University of Cambridge)
"The Biomechanics of Fission Yeast Cell Growth" |
10:40 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
10:45 am - 10:55 am | Daniel Van Damme (VIG/Ghent University)
"Aurora-Dependent Phosphorylation of MAP65-1 Is Required for Lateral Root Development" |
10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Nassos Typas (EMBL)
"A Signal Transduction System Tying Cell Shape with Cell Division in E. coli"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Sabine Muller (University of Tubingen)
"Leading the Way - The Phragmoplast-Orienting Kinesin-12 Class Proteins at the Cortical Division Zone" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Alexander Colavin (Stanford University)
"Quantitative Bacterial Cell Width Control Through Single Residue Perturbation of the Cytoskeletal Protein MreB" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Doug Weibel (University of Wisconsin Madison)
"Mechanical Control of Bacterial Cell Wall Growth and New Applications for Antibiotics" |
12:20 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 | Breaking Symmetry |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Sophie Martin (University of Lausanne)
"Mechanisms of Cell Polarization in Fission Yeast"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Sid Shaw (University of Indiana)
"Reorganization of the Plant Cortical Microtubule Array"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Roland Wendlich Soldner
"Actin and Membrane Organization in Budding Yeast"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Thomas Pollard (Yale University)
"Structural Insights into Cytokinesis: Super-Resolution Imaging of Cytokinesis Nodes and Contractile Rings in Live Fission Yeast" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |