Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: A Diverse and Changing Cytoskeleton
Discussion Leader: PRITHA CHOWDHURY (University of Toledo, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Holly Goodson (University of Notre Dame, United States)
"What Aspects of Cell Biology are Predictable? "
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Microtubules and Actin across the Tree of Life
Discussion Leader: Alexandra Long (Stanford University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Dhanya Kalathil (Boston College, United States)
"The Role of the Arp2/3 Complex in Regulating Mitotic Entry and Progression in S. pombe "
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Sarah Prostak (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
"Actin Regulators Associated with Actin-Based Migration are Highly Expressed in Animal-Like cells of the Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ."
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Zsofia Winter (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
"Rooting for Orientation: MAP70-2 as Potential Division Plane Co-ordinator during Lateral Root Formation"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Zachary Curtis (Brandeis University, United States)
"Halofilins as Emerging Bactofilin Families of Archaeal Cell Shape Plasticity Orchestrators"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Claudia Petrucco (Duke University, United States)
"Spindle Orientation and Nuclear Distribution in the Multi-Budding Yeast, Aureobasidium Pullulans "
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Caroline Simon (EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, Germany)
"Investigating the Role of Microtubule Organizing Centers in Mitosis of the Green Alga Chlamydomonas Reinhardtian "
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cell Division, Motility and Interactions with Membranes
Discussion Leader: Panteleimon Livanos (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Bellana Driscoll (University of Vermont, United States)
"Mechanisms of Peroxisome Movement in Filamentous Fungi"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Choy Kriechbaum (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
"PP2A Facilitates the Spatiotemporal Localization of PHRAGMOPAST ORIENTING KINESINs during Cell Division"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Yannis Reignier (Institut Jacques Monod - CNRS, France)
"Mechanisms of Mechanosensation and Repair in Fission Yeast Cell Wall"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Samed Delic (Duke University, United States)
"The Single Septin from Chlamydomonas Binds to Evolutionarily Related Chloroplast Translocons and Regulates Chloroplast Division"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Ashley Albright (UCSF, United States)
"Genome-Wide Anterior-Posterior RNA localization and the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Stentor coeruleus "
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Diverse Careers In Cytoskeletal Research
Discussion Leader: Liam Elliott ( ENS de Lyon, France)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Abeni Wickham (SciFree, Sweden)
"Diverse Careers In Cytoskeletal Research: Outside Academia Perspective"
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
John Salogiannis (Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, United States)
"Diverse Careers In Cytoskeletal Research: Academic Perspective"
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes