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| Location |
BRBII/III Auditorium
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Directions can be found HERE |
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| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Coffee and Poster Setup |
| 9:00 – 9:05 |
Michael Ostap, Ph.D.
Director, Pennsylvania Muscle Insitute
Welcome and Introduction
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| 9:05 – 10:00 |
Kristen Verhey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
"The kinesin-3 family - the enigma of a highly proccesive kinesin motor" |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Yale E. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania
"Tracking cargo motions and forces in live cells at high resolution" |
| 10:30 – 10:45 |
Meng-Meng Fu (Erika Holzbaur Lab)
The Scaffolding Protein JIP1 Regulates the Axonal Transport of APP by Coordinating the Activity of Opposing Kinesin and Dynein Motors |
| 10:45 – 11:05 |
Coffee Break / Posters |
| 11:05 – 11:20 |
Nageswara Rao Jampani, Ph.D. (Roberto Dominguez Lab)
Structural Basis for Actin Filament Pointed-end Capping by Tropomodulin |
| 11:20 – 12:15 |
James R. Sellers, Ph.D.
Chief, Section of Molecular and Cellular Motility
National Institutes of Health
"A Tale of Two Tails: The Regulation of Myosin 5 and Myosin 7" |
| 12:15 – 1:45 |
Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:45 – 2:15 |
H. Lee Sweeney, Ph.D.
William Maul Measey Professor and Chairman of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania
"Myosin VI regulation via dimerization" |
| 2:15 – 2:30 |
Carsten Wloka (Erfei Bi Lab)
Immobile myosin-II plays a scaffolding role during cytokinesis in budding yeast |
| 2:30 – 3:00 |
Tatyana Svitkina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
"Axon Initial Segment: Nuts and Bolts of the Neuronal Gatekeeper" |
| 3:00 – 3:20 |
Coffee Break / Posters |
| 3:20 – 4:15 |
Thomas D. Pollard, M.D.
Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Yale University
"Control of actin dynamics during motility, endocytosis and cytokinesis" |
| 4:15 – 5:15 |
Annemarie Weber: Scientist, Teacher, and Mentor
Clara Franzini-Armstrong, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of Pennsylvania
Avril Somlyo, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
Mitchell Lewis, Ph.D.
John Morgan Professor of Biomedical Research and Education
University of Pennsylvania
John M. Murray, M.D., Ph.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania
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| 5:15 – 6:00 |
Reception and Poster Session |
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