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Directed Cell Migration
Gordon-Merck Research Seminar
January 19-20, 2013
Hotel Galvez
Galveston, TX
Chair:
Antoine A. Khalil

Associate Chair:
Michael C. Weiger

Related Meeting Information
The Directed Cell Migration Gordon-Merck Research Seminar was held in conjunction with the Directed Cell Migration Gordon Research Conference. Please refer to the Directed Cell Migration GRC web page for more information.

The Gordon Research Seminar on Directed Cell Migration is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

Directed cell migration is fundamental to cell positioning during morphogenesis, wound repair, immune trafficking and cancer metastasis. This GRS meeting will provide background and facilitate discussion on how models and predominant paradigms have both shaped and limited our understanding of directed cell migration.


Contributors

SATURDAY
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Session I
Discussion Leader: Antoine A. Khalil (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmPeter Devreotes (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
"The Cells Compass: A Novel Hypothesis Linking New and Legacy Data"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmLessons and Limitations of Studying Cell Migration in vitro
Discussion Leaders: Gonzalo Riviera (Texas A&M University) and Bjorn Hengemann (ETH Zurich)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmLunhua Liu (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda)
"MTORC2 Regulates the Chemoattractant-Mediated Activation of Adenylyl Cyclase 9 in a PKC-Dependent Fashion"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmIan Wong (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School)
"Emergence of Heterogeneous Invasion and Resistance after the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Cancer"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmSimon Garcia (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia)
"Interplay between Chemical and Mechanical Guidance during Collective Cell Migration"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmAlexei Poliakov (MRC National Institute for Medical Research)
"A switch between Random and Directed Cell Migration Creates a Repulsive Force for Collective Pattern Formation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amStudying Cell Migration in vivo: How to Connect in vitro and in vivo Findings?
Discussion Leaders: Marie-Pierre Valignat (Aix-Marseille University) and Vicky Morrison (University of Dundee)
9:00 am - 9:20 amAnjana Narayanan (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Bcr is a Novel Member of the Par Complex that Is Required for Cell Polarity"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amTeije Middelkoop (Hubrecht Institute)
"dpy-19 and mig-21 Control the Persistent Directionality of Migrating Q Neuroblasts in Caenorhabditis Elegans"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amTimm Schlegelmilch (EMBL)
"Towards Understanding Neuron Microglia Communication in the Living Brain"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amSilvia Ariotti (Netherlands Cancer Institute)
"Skin Patrol by Tissue-Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmSpecial Session
1:30 pm - 1:50 pmAnna Kashina (University of Pennsylvania)
"Science and Novel Writing: Cross-Fertilization or Neutralization?"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pmDiscussion
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmKeynote Session II
Discussion Leader: Michael C. Weiger (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda)
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmMichael Sixt (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)
"Integrating Multi-Parameter Analysis: How Do Cells Make Directional Decisions"
2:30 pm - 2:45 pmDiscussion
2:45 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

Last Updated: January 11, 2013
 
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