The Schedule

Day 1

Sept. 14th, Monday

"All things mitosis!"

1:55 - 2:00 PM

Welcome

2:00 - 2:40 PM

Keynote

"The Spindle: Mechanical Robustness with Dynamic parts"

Sophie Dumont, Associate Professor, UCSF

2:40 - 3:10 PM

"Mammalian Kinetochore-Fibers Regulate Their Length and Dynamics Individually, Independent of Spindle"

Manuela Richter, Dumont Lab, UCSF

3:10 - 3:15 PM

Break

3:15 - 3:45 PM

"EB1 photoinactivation reveals distinct roles of MT +end dynamics in spindle size and orientation"

Alessandro Dema, Wittmann Lab, UCSF

3:45 - 4:15 PM

"Wait for me: Acentriolar cells require a functioning spindle assembly checkpoint to achieve bipolar"

KC Farrell, Stearns Lab, Stanford

Day 2

Sept. 15th, Tuesday

"The polarized cytoskeleton"

10:00 - 10:30 AM

"Inherited apicobasal polarity defines microtubule polarity in a sensory neuron"

Joo Lee, Shen Lab, Stanford

10:30 - 11:00 AM

"Doublecortin supports neuronal morphogenesis by stabilizing the growth cone microtubule network"

Rabab Charafeddine, Wittmann Lab, UCSF

11:00 - 11:05 AM

Break

11:05 - 11:35 AM

"CLIP-1 regulates dendrite microtubule polarity in C. elegans"

Xing Liang, Shen Lab, Stanford

11:35 - 12:05 PM

"Membrane curvature patterns WASP-dependent actin networks"

Rachel Brunetti, Weiner Lab, UCSF

Day 3

Sept. 16th, Wednesday

"Geometry, patterning and aging"

2:00 - 2:30 PM

"Parallel cytoskeletal pathways break symmetry to orient asymmetric divisions during leaf patterning"

Andrew Muroyama, Bergmann Lab, Stanford

2:30 - 3:00 PM

"Age-associated Nuclear Remodeling Contributes To Cardiac Dysfunction"

Natalie Kirkland, Engler Lab, UCSD

3:00 - 3:05 PM

Break

3:05 - 3:35 PM

"More than a load control: cytoskeletal form and function during aging"

Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, Dillin Lab, UC Berkeley

3:35 - 4:05 PM

"Functional optimality of the highly conserved Arp2/3 mediated 70° branching angle"

Rikki Michelle Garner, Theriot Lab, Stanford

Day 4

Sept. 17th, Thursday

"Centriole and cilia biology"

10:00 - 10:30 AM

"Centrioles compartmentalize a pool of building blocks to encode a memory of their duplications"

Mustafa Gonenc Aydogan, UCSF

10:30 - 11:00 AM

"Condensation of PCNT proteins in human cells illuminates phase separation in centrosome assembly"

Xueer Jiang, Jao Lab, UC Davis

11:00 - 11:05 AM

Break

11:05 - 11:35 AM

"Co-opting the centriole to build a cellular signaling antenna"

Dhivya Kumar, Reiter Lab, UCSF

11:35 - 12:05 PM

"cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of ciliary proteins in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei"

Daniel Eduardo Velez-Ramirez, Hill Lab, UCLA

Day 5

Sept. 18th, Friday

"Structures and single molecules"

2:00 - 2:30 PM

"Putting Cilia in Motion: Structure of the Radial Spoke Head"

Iris Grossman-haham, Vale Lab, UCSF

2:30 - 3:00 PM

"Cholesterol in cargo membrane amplifies inhibitory effect of MAP tau on kinesin-1"

Jing Xu, UC Merced

3:00 - 3:05 PM

Break

3:05 - 3:35 PM

"Three-color imaging reveals conformational dynamics and minimal requirements for motility of dynein"

Stefan Niekamp, Vale Lab, UCSF

3:35 - 4:05 PM

"Talin's C-terminal actin binding domain forms an asymmetric catch bond with F-actin"

Leanna Owen, Dunn Lab, Stanford

4:05 - 4:10 PM

Closing Remarks

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