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 | Keynote Session: New Frontiers in Adhesion Signaling |
| Discussion Leader: Madeleine Oudin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Alexandra Naba (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Tumor Progression Is a Question of Context! Exploring and Exploiting the Extracellular Matrix and Cell-Matrix Interactions for Diagnosing and Treating Cancers" |
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cell-Based Regulation of Adhesion Signaling and Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Guillaume Jacquemet (University of Turku, Finland) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Bo Yang (Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore) "Mechanosensing Cell Contractions Controlled by Associated Tyrosine Kinases" |
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Vinay Swaminathan (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, USA) "Actin Retrograde Flow Orients and Aligns Activated, Ligand-Engaged Integrins in Focal Adhesions" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Megan Novak (Northwestern University, USA) "AlphaE-Catenin Homodimers Are Recruited to the Cell Periphery and Promote Cell-Cell Contact" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Dennis Zhou (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) "Force-Signaling Coupling at Cell Adhesive Structures" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Alison Wirshing (Northeastern University, USA) "Development of Organized Stress Fibers in a Model Contractile Tube Coincides with Cell Contraction Following Tissue Stretch and Is Dependent on Ca2+ Signaling and Myosin II Activity" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Systems-Level Role of Adhesion in Development and Disease |
| Discussion Leader: Vinay Swaminathan (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Klaudia Schossleitner (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) "Cingulin Regulates Endothelial Barrier Function via Junctional RhoGEFs" |
9:15 am - 9:25 am | Discussion |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Johanna Lilja (University of Turku, Finland) "SHANK3 Structure Reveals a Ras-Associated Domain Regulating Integrin Activation" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | Carlos Perez Gonzalez (Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain) "E-Cadherin Regulates Epithelial Contractility and Active De-Wetting" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Whitney Stoppel (Tufts University, USA) "Composite Silk-Cardiac Extracellular Matrix Patches for Applications in Heart Disease" |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 10:55 am | Magdalene Michael (King's College London, United Kingdom) "Dissecting the Functional Interplay Between Kindlin1, β1 Integrins and EGFR in Human Keratinocytes" |
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 Options After Academia |
| Discussion Leader: Nisha Mohd Rafiq (National University of Singapore, Singapore) |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Transitioning
from Your PhD/Post-Doc: Opportunities for Scientists Inside and Outside of
Academia" |
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- Ann Cheung (Equipoise Therapeutics, USA)
- Danielle Day (AstraZeneca, USA)
- Ann Miller (University of Michigan, USA)
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |