EMBO Conference Series
Microtubules - Structure, Regulation and Functions
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Wednesday 2 June - Saturday 5 June 2010
Programme
lease see below the provisory programme with the talk titles of the invited speakers. More talks will be selected from the submitted abstracts.
| Wednesday 02 June 2010 | |
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| 10:00 - 12:30 | Registration |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch (ATC Foyer) |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Opening Remarks |
| 14:15 - 15:55 | Session - MTs in Cell Division 1 |
| Andrea Musacchio (chair) Molecular basis of feedback control at the kinetochore-microtubule interface |
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| Arshad Desai The Chromosome-Microtubule Interface During Cell Division |
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| Alexey Khodjakov Typical kinetochore behavior in human cells |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 16:25 - 18:05 | Session - MT Organisation 1 |
| Pavel Draber Regulation of microtubule formation in activated mast cells |
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| Gotha Goshima (chair) Microtubule dynamics in Drosophila cells |
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| Francois Nedelec A model of microtubule organization in Xenopus meiotic spindles |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 18:05 - 19:35 | Dinner (EMBL Canteen) |
| 19:35 - 20:35 | Keynote Lecture - Timothy J. Mitchison |
| 20:35 - 23:30 | Wine & beer - Poster session |
| Thursday 03 June 2010 | |
| 09:00 - 10:40 | Session - MT Structure |
| Claude Antony Microtubular arrays in Yeast: an Electron Tomography approach |
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| Isabelle Arnal Structural basis of the interaction between microtubules and +TIPs |
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| Andreas Hoenger (chair) Cytosolic microtubule binding factors observed in vivo by cryo-electron tomography |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 - 12:40 | Session - MTs in Differentiation & Development 1 |
| Peter Baas Mitotic motor proteins regulate microtubule behaviors during the growth and navigation of the axon |
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| Renata Basto (chair) Investigating the role of the MT associated protein ASP in asymmetric cell division and neurogenesis |
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| Gregg G. Gundersen Microtubule capture mechanisms in migrating cells |
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| 1 short talk | |
| 12:40 - 14:10 | Lunch (ATC Foyer) |
| 14:10 - 15:40 | Coffee Break and Poster Session (ATC Foyer) |
| 15:40 - 17:20 | Session - MT regulators 1 |
| Didier Job Toward a functional and molecular understanding of the tubulin tyrosination cycle |
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| Linda Wordeman Catalysis of the microtubule on-rate is the major parameter |
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| Carsten Janke (chair) Enzymatic mechanism and functions of tubulin polyglutamylation and polyglycylation |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | Free afternoon (Heidelberg Old Town) |
| Friday 04 June 2010 | |
| 09:00 - 10:40 | Session MT + TIPs |
| Anna Akhmanova Functional analysis of microtubule plus end binding proteins |
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| Torsten Wittmann Phosphoregulation and function of CLASP proteins |
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| Michel Steinmetz (chair) Molecular basis of EB-mediated microtubule tip tracking |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee Break (ATC Foyer) |
| 11:10 - 12:40 | Session MTs in Cell Division 2 |
| Daniel W. Gerlich Microtubule and membrane dynamics during cytokinetic abscission |
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| Rebecca Heald (chair) Mitotic spindle assembly and scaling in Xenopus egg extracts |
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| Charles L. Asbury New Strategies for Uncovering How Chromosomes are Moved During Mitosis |
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| 1 short talk | |
| 12:40 - 14:10 | Lunch (ATC Foyer) |
| 14:10 - 15:40 | Coffee and Poster Session (ATC Foyer) |
| 15:40 - 17:10 | Session MT Regulators 2 |
| Marileen Dogterom Regulation of microtubule (aster) dynamics by 'cortical' dynein |
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| Robert A. Cross Motorized self-organization of S. pombe microtubules |
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| Thomas Surrey (chair) How mitotic kinesins and antiparallel bundlers determine microtubule organization and dynamics |
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| 1 short talk | |
| 17:10 - 17:40 | Coffee Break (ATC Foyer) |
| 17:40 - 19:20 | Session MT Regulators 3 |
| Franck Perez (chair) CLIP-170, GTP-tubulin and regulation of microtubule dynamic instability |
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| Matthieu Piel Mechanotransduction during mitosis: how external forces affect dividing cells |
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| Jonathon Howard Regulation of microtubule dynamics |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 19:20 - 23:30 | BBQ and Party - (EMBL ATC Terrace) |
| Saturday 05 June 2010 | |
| 09:00 - 10:40 | Session: MT Organisation 3 |
| David A. Agard Mechanism of microtubule nucleation by gamma-tubulin complexes |
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| Kenneth E. Sawin (chair) Organizing microtubule organizers |
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| David Odde Kinetics of microtubule assembly |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee Break (ATC Foyer) |
| 11:10 - 12:40 | Session MTs in Differentiation & Development 2 |
| Damian Brunner Microtubule mediated membrane organization and cell polarity |
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| Kristen Verhey Ciliary Targeting of Kinesin Motors |
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| Anne Ephrussi (chair) Microtubules and motors in oskar RNP transport |
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| 1 short talk | |
| 12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch (EMBL Canteen) |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | Hot-topic session |
| Ronald D. Vale (chair) | |
| 6 short talk | |
| 15:20 - 15:50 | Coffee Break (ATC Foyer) |
| 15:50 - 17:30 | Session: MT Motors |
| Stan A. Burgess (chair) Structure and mechanism of the microtubule motor dynein |
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| Michio Tomishige Structural basis for the coordinated processive movement of kinesin |
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| Ronald D. Vale Mechanism of the dynein motor protein |
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| 2 short talks | |
| 19:20 - 23:30 | Closing, short feedback on conference, proposals for 2012 Conference |