SESSION 1 SUNDAY 5 Sep (P.M.) | Welcome Session |
1630-1800 Registration
1830-2000 Welcome Reception
2000-2015 Opening Remarks: Louis Lim - CHAIR
2015-2100 Introductory Talk: Paul Sternweis (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas)
"Regulation of Rho GTPases by G-proteins"
SESSION 2, 0930-1230 MONDAY 6 SEP (A.M.) | I. Signalling via Heterotrimeric G-Proteins |
Henrik Dohlman (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven) - SESSION CHAIR
"Yeast as a model for G-protein regulation"
Linda Hicke (Northwestern University, Evanston)
"Regulation of the G protein-coupled alpha-factor receptor"
Jason Chen (California Institute ofTechnology, Pasadena)
"Genetic analysis of the transducin signalling circuit"
Short Talk
SESSION 3, 1930-2200 MONDAY 6 Sep (P.M.) | II. Signalling via Heterotrimeric G-Proteins |
Silvio Gutkind (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda)
"Transforming G-protein coupled receptors and signalling networks"
Axel Ulrich (Max Planck Institüt für Biochemie, Martinsried) - SESSION CHAIR
"Mechanism of G-protein mediated EGF receptor transactivation"
Xin Yun Huang (Cornell University Medical School, New York)
"G-protein regulation of tyrosine kinases"
Ikuo Nishimoto (Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo)
"G-protein and neuronal death"
SESSION 4, 0930-1230 TUESDAY 7 Sep (A.M.) | Regulators of Heterotrimeric G-Proteins and also Ran |
John H. Kehrl (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda)
"Modulation of chemoattractant responses by RGS proteins"
Michael R. Koelle (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven)
"Regulation of G-protein signalling in the C. elegans nervous system"
Ian Macara (University of Virginia, Charlottesvillet)
"Nuclear protein transport: running on Ran"
Alfred Wittinghofer (Max-Planck-Institüt für Molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund) - SESSION CHAIR
"Structure of Ran and its effectors"
SESSION 5, 1930-2200 TUESDAY 7 Sep (P.M.) | Ras |
Dafna Bar-Sagi (State University of New York, Stony Brook)- SESSION CHAIR
"Ras signalling and growth control"
Channing Der (University of North Carolina, Chapel hill)
"Role of Raf-independent pathways in Ras transformation"
Jeffrey Field (Univeristy Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia)
"Role of Pak kinases in Ras signaling"
Min Han (University of Colorado, Boulder)
"Ras signalling during C. elegans vulval development"
SESSION 6, 0930-1230 WEDNESDAY 8 Sep (A.M.) | I. Rho, Rac & Cdc42 |
Alan Hall (University College London, London) - SESSION CHAIR
"Biological roles of Rho GTPases
John Collard (The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam)
"Signalling networks mediated by Ras and Rho-like proteins: their role
in cell adhesion and migration"
Kozo Kaibuchi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara)
"Regulation of cell-cell adhesion by the Rho family GTPases and their
effectors"
Linda van Aelst (Cold Spring Harbor Lab)
"Function and signal transduction of Ras and Rac targets"
Short Talk
SESSION 7, 1930-2200 WEDNESDAY 8 Sep (P.M.) | II. Rho, Rac & Cdc42 |
Philip Walker (National Institute for Medical Research, London)
"Structural basis of Rho family signalling"
Rick Firtel (University of California, San Diego)
"Roles of Akt and PAK in controlling chemotaxis downstream from G
protein-coupled chemoattractant receptors"
Rachel Kindt (University of California, San Francisco)
"Rho family GTPases in cell migration in C. elegans"
Edward Manser (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore) - SESSION CHAIR
"The regulation of cell adhesion by small GTPases"
SESSION 8, 0930-1230 THURSDAY 9 Sep (A.M.) | I. GTP-binding Proteins in Protein Trafficking |
William Balch (Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla) - SESSION CHAIR
"GTPase regulation of vesicular transport in the early secretory
pathway"
Bruno Goud (Institut Curie, Paris)
"Role of the small GTPase Rab6 in Golgi to ER transport"
Miguel Seabra (Imperial College School of Medicine, London)
"Prenylation of small GTPases"
Yoshimi Takai (Osaka University Medical School, Osaka)
"Roles of Rho and Rab small G proteins in cell adhesion and migration"
SESSION 9, 1400-1600 THURSDAY 9 Sep (P.M.) | II. GTP-binding Proteins in Protein Trafficking |
Dan Cassel (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa) - SESSION CHAIR
"Role of ARF GAP in membrane trafficking"
Joel Moss (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda)
"Regulation of ARFs by brefeldin A-sensitive and insensitive guanine
nucleotide exchange proteins"
Mark McNiven (Mayo Clinic, Rochester)
"Participation of the large GTPase dynamin in the formation of secretory
and endocytic vesicles"
1600-1630 Tea Break
1630-1730 Poster Session
1830-1900 Business Meeting
1930-2130 Poolside Dinner (Barbecue)
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