SATURDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
4:45 pm - 5:00pm | Welcome by GRS Chairs |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Poster Session - Odds |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session - Evens |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | New Directions and Approaches to Cell Adhesion Complex Function and Signaling |
| Discussion Leader: W. James Nelson (Stanford University) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Simon de Beco (Institut Curie - CNRS) "Endocytosis is required for cadherin redistribution at mature adherens junctions" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Vera Schulte (DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V.) "Surface Topography induces Fibroblast Adhesion and Spreading on two intrinsically non-fouling Biomaterials" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Andrea Hartsock (Stanford University) "Identifying the function of p120-catenin binding E-cadherin juxtamembrane domain" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Monika Abedin (UC Berkeley) "Cadherin evolution and the origin of animals" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:45 pm - 11:30 pm | Poster Session |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Integration of Cell Adhesion Receptors and Cell Signaling |
| Discussion Leader: Clare Waterman (NIH) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Justin G. Peacock (Yale University) "Fibronectin adhesion triggers microtubule delivery of Abl-related gene (Arg) to regulate actomyosin contractility and focal adhesion dynamics in migrating cells" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Rosalyn A. Jurjus (George Washington University) "Increased Migration and Altered Integrin Function Accompany Loss of Syndecan-1 (sdc-1) in Primary Dermal Fibroblasts Derived From Sdc-1 Deficient Mice" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Steve Warner (Washington University) "Opposing roles for Rho1 and Cdc42 in epithelial junctions and apical cell tension" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Martine Van Miltenburg (Leiden University) "Deletion of Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) disrupts mammary epithelial cell organization and contractility in vitro and in vivo" |
11:15 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:35 am | Botond Cseh (Centre Antoine Lacassagne) "The Role of Cellular Fibronectin Variants in Vascular Endothelial Cells" |
11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 11:55 am | Jennifer Leight (University of Pennsylvannia) "Mechanical properties of the microenvironment modulate the oncogenic potential of TGF-beta" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Discuss request for a subsequent GRS; Nominations for the next Student/Post-doc Vice Chair(s) to work with GRC Chair (serving as mentor); Fill out Evaluation Forms) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 2:00 pm. |