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Organizer:
E. Michael Ostap
Location:
Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium,
Smilow Center for
Translational Research
Sponsored By: Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Schedule of Events
TIME
PLACE
EVENT DESCRIPTION
8:30 – 9:00
Smilow Commons
Registration
9:00 - 9:15
Smilow Auditorium
Welcome
E. Michael Ostap, PhD - Director, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Professor of Physiology
Robert E. Davies Honorary Lectures
9:15 - 10:00
Smilow Auditorium
Robert D. Goldman, PhD
Northwestern University
“The roles of intermediate filaments in regulating cytoskeletal crosstalk, cell mechanics and motility”
10:00 - 10:30
Smilow Auditorium
Irena Ivanovska, PhD (Discher Lab)
University of Pennsylvania
"Nuclear rupture at sites of high curvature compromises retention of DNA repair factors"
10:30 - 11:00
Smilow Auditorium
Coffee, Posters, Vendors
11:00 - 11:45
Smilow Auditorium
A. Sue Menko, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
"Does vimentin have distinct functions in wound repair and fibrosis?"
11:45 - 12:30
Smilow Auditorium
Sandrine Etienne-Manneville, PhD
Institut Pasteur
"Intermediate filaments in cell migration"
12:30 - 1:30
Smilow Commons
Lunch, Poster Session, and Vendors
Andrew P. Somlyo Honorary Lectures
1:30 - 2:00
Smilow Auditorium
Alison E. Patteson, PhD (Janmey Lab)
University of Pennsylvania
"Loss of vimentin intermediate filaments decreases peri-nuclear stiffness and enhances cell motility through confined spaces"
2:00 - 2:45
Smilow Auditorium
Sylvie Hénon, PhD
University of Paris, Diderot
"Role of desmin and desmin mutation in passive and active mechanical properties of myoblasts"
2:45 - 3:15
Smilow Commons
Coffee Break and Poster Session
3:15 - 3:45
Smilow Auditorium
Julie Heffler (Prosser Lab)
University of Pennsylvania
"Desmin protects cardiomyocyte nuclei from microtubule-dependent collapse"
3:45 - 4:30
Smilow Auditorium
Jan Lammerding, PhD
Cornell University
“Mutant lamins cause mechanically-induced nuclear envelope rupture, DNA damage, and DNA-PK activation in muscle”
4:30 - 5:30
Smilow Commons
Reception
