SATURDAY |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Cell Adhesion and Mechanics in Development |
| Discussion Leader: Clare Waterman (NIH) |
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Matt Farber (University of Pittsburgh)
"Shroom2 regulates contractility to control endothelial morphogenesis" |
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm | Discussion |
3:40 pm - 3:55 pm | Robert Harmon (Northwestern University)
"Erbin Mediates The Promotion of Epidermal Differentiation By Desmoglein-1" |
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (presenters having last names starting with A-M) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | New Directions in Cell Adhesion Complex Function and Signaling |
| Discussion Leader: Sanjay Kumar (UC Berkeley) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Wies Van Roosmalen (Leiden University)
"Systematic Imaging-based RNAi Screen to Identify Signaling Components that Control Tumor Cell Migration" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Matthias Truttmann (Basel University)
"Integrin beta 1-mediated signaling via talin 1 promotes B. henselae-triggered invasome formation" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Kimberly Stroka (University of Maryland)
"Effects of morphology versus cell-cell adhesions on endothelial cell stiffness" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Michele Wozniak (University of Pennsylvania)
"Cell shape regulates proliferation by controlling SRF-mediated transcription" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:30 am | Dynamics of Cell-Matrix Adhesions |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Schwartz (University of Virginia) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Alexandra Goldyn (Max Planck Institute)
"Periodic forces acting on spreading cells induce an anisotropic formation of actin stress fibers" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Jennifer Cable (University of North Carolina)
"Effects of pH on Conformation, Dynamics, and Phosphorylation of the Focal Adhesion Targeting Domain of Focal Adhesion Kinase" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Yee Han Tee (National University of Singapore)
"Kinectin-mediated endoplasmic reticulum dynamics supports focal adhesion growth in the cellular lamella" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Ingo Thievessen (NIH)
"Vinculin stabilizes nascent adhesions and establishes a lamellipodium-lamella border in migrating cells" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Workshop: Survival Skills for Successfully Transitioning from Graduate Student to Post-Doc and Independent Researcher |
| Leader: Sanjay Kumar (UC Berkeley) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Poster Session II (presenters having last names starting with N-Z) |
3:30 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |