8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:15
Check-in & Coffee
Welcome remarks
9:15 - 10:00
Keynote: Eva Nogales | UC Berkeley
A structural biologist perspective of microtubule interaction with associated cellular factors
10:00 - 10:40
Session 1: Cellular Adaptation & Dynamics
10:00 - 10:05
Natalie Sahabandu | McKenney Lab, UC Davis
Active Microtubule-Actin Crosstalk Mediated by a Nesprin-Kinesin Complex
10:05 - 10:20
Yusheng Shen | Ori-McKenney Lab, UC Davis
Microtubule-Associated Protein, MAP7, Tunes the Tubulin Code for Cellular Adaptation
10:20 - 10:25
Xing Liang | Shen Lab, Stanford University
How do neurons achieve microtubule stability and dynamicity at the same time?
10:25 - 10:40
Erika Ding | Kumar Lab, UC Berkeley
Neurofilament tail domain conformations in mixed protein brushes
10:40 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 11:50
Session 2: Cell Division
11:15 - 11:30
Emmanuel Nsamba | Villeneuve Lab, Stanford University
Evidence that bipolar spindle assembly during C. elegans oocyte meiosis requires a balance between microtubule crosslinking activity and Katanin-mediated microtubule severing
11:30 - 11:45
Miquel Rosas Salvans | Dumont Lab, UCSF
SKAP binding to microtubules promotes kinetochore-microtubule attachment stability under force
11:45 - 11:50
Constance Man Kei Tse | Liu Lab, UC Davis
Deciphering the Roles of MAP65 Family in Phragmoplast Dynamics in Plant Cytokinesis
11:55 - 12:30
Session 3: Evolution
11:55 - 12:10
Alex Long | Feldman & Stearns Labs, Stanford University
Remodeling the microtubule cytoskeleton: evolutionary insights from ciliated chytrid fungi
12:10 - 12:25
Brae Bigge | Arcadia Science
Exploring the actin family with ProteinCartography
12:25 - 12:30
Ashley Albright | Marshall Lab, UCSF
Genome-wide anterior-posterior RNA localization and the microtubule cytoskeleton in Stentor coeruleus
12:30 - 2:00
Lunch & Poster Session
2:00 - 2:35
Session 4: Motility
2:00 - 2:15
Grace Zhong | Prakash Lab, Stanford University
Navigating captivity: the motile life of a dinoflagellate symbiont in an acoel worm
2:15 - 2:30
Meghan Bacher | Welch Lab, UC Berkeley
Comparative analysis of Rickettsia actin-based motility mechanisms
2:30 - 2:35
Rachel Howard-Till | Winey Lab, UC Davis
Exploring structural and functional relationships of microtubule inner proteins in motile cilia of Tetrahymena thermophila
2:40 - 3:20
Session 5: Forces Across Scales
2:40 - 2:55
Dah Som Kim | Yamada Lab, UC Davis
Tandem LIM domain containing proteins, LIMK1 and LMO1, directly bind to force-bearing keratin intermediate filaments
2:55 - 3:00
Abhinav Kumar | Dasbiswas Lab, UC Merced
Role of fiber bending in the macroscopic active contraction of model cytoskeletal networks
3:00 - 3:15
Joseph Slivka | Yildiz Lab, UC Berkeley
Stepping dynamics of dynein characterized by MINFLUX
3:15 - 3:20
Tania Singh| Kutys Lab, UCSF
Notch1 activation by shear stress requires the intracellular domain
3:20 - 3:40
Break
3:40 - 4:05
Session 6: Development
3:40 - 3:45
Silas Boye Nissen| Axelrod & Dunn Labs, Stanford University
The molecular mechanism of the core planar cell polarity complex elucidated with single-molecule imaging techniques in live Drosophila wing cells
3:45 - 4:00
Kate Cavanaugh| Weiner Lab, UCSF
Maternal aging dampens embryonic mechanotransduction during fate acquisition for impaired implantation mechanics
4:00 - 4:05
Camilla Teng| Bush Lab, UCSF
Unveiling actomyosin cytoskeletal and adhesion dynamics in mammalian tissue fusion
4:05 - 4:50
Keynote: Stephanie Woo | UC Merced
The Cellular Dynamics of Endoderm Development
4:50 - 5:00
Closing remarks
5:00 onwards
Happy Hour at Cornerstone Berkeley
Header images (L to R) by Megan Onyundo, Kara McKinley, Karen Cheng, and Garrett Greenan