| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Diversity of Cell Junctions |
| Discussion Leaders: Aviva Goel (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA) and Matthias Ruebsam (University of Cologne, Germany) |
| 3:45 pm - 3:50 pm | Opening Remarks |
| 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm | Srividhya Sundararaman (Ghent University, Belgium)
"Exploring the Evolution and Functions of Cadherins in Lower Metazoans - Cnidarians" |
| 4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
| 4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | John Wang (New York University School of Medicine, USA)
"Investigating the Role of the Extracellular Matrix Protein Kal1 in Collective Cell Migration" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanotransduction and Migration |
| Discussion Leaders: Megan Novak (Northwestern University, USA) and Elena Liang (University of California, Irvine, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Cristina Bertocchi (Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore)
"Nanoscale Organization of Cadherin-Mediated Adhesion Formed on Biomimetic Cadherin Substrate" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Jakub Sedzinski (University of Texas, USA)
"Forces Driving Emergence of an Apical Epithelial Cell Surface In Vivo" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Jennifer Bays (University of Iowa, USA)
"AMPK Activation in Response to Force on E-Cadherin Couples Energy Production to Cytoskeletal Rearrangements" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Aviva Goel (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
"Classical Cadherins as Regulators of Muscle Stem Cell Quiescence" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Antonino Schepis (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Matriptase and Par2 Regulate Epithelial Homeostasis by Balancing Cell Extrusion and Proliferation" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Miranda Hunter (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Polarized E-Cadherin Endocytosis Directs Actomyosin Network Assembly During Embryonic Wound Repair" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Development and Disease |
| Discussion Leaders: Joshua Broussard (Northwestern University, USA) and Susann Bruche (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Teresa Bonello (University of North Carolina, USA)
"Defining the Network of Proteins Driving Apical-Basal Polarity Establishment in Early Drosophila Development" |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:35 am | Kari Barlan (University of Chicago, USA)
"The Fat2 Cadherin Regulates Collective Cell Migration via a Novel Planar Signaling Mechanism in the Drosophila Egg Chamber" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Ceniz Zihni (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Cdc42 Antagonizes RhoA-Signalling at Tight Junctions to Determine the Fate of the Epithelial Surface" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Bethany Perez White (Northwestern University, USA)
"EphA2 Restricts EGFR Signaling to Promote Contact-Dependent Keratinocyte Differentiation" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Rocio Hernandez-Martinez (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
"p120-Catenin Regulates EMT in the Gastrulating Mouse Embryo by Coupling the Process to Cadherin Switching" |
| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Blessing Bassey-Archibong (McMaster University, Canada)
"Kaiso Is Essential for TGFβ-Mediated EMT and Metastasis of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Career Panel |
| Discussion Leader: Stephen Folmsbee (Northwestern University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Building a Successful Career in Science" |
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- Juliet Daniel (McMaster University, Canada)
- Andrew Kowalczyk (Emory University, USA)
- Andrea McClatchey (Harvard Medical School, USA)
- Martin Schwartz (Yale School of Medicine, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
