Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Keynote Session: Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Fusion
Discussion Leader: Mark Rose (Georgetown University, USA)
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Opening Remarks
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7:50 pm - 8:05 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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8:05 pm - 8:55 pm |
Axel Brunger (Stanford University, USA)
"Molecular Mechanisms of Calcium-Triggered Exocytosis"
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8:55 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Intracellular Membrane Fusion
Discussion Leader: Roy Duncan (Dalhousie University, Canada)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Reinhard Jahn (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany)
"SNARE-Mediated Membrane Fusion - Focus on Intermediate Steps"
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:45 am |
Erdem Karatekin (Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, USA)
"Membrane Flows and Coupling of Exo and Endocytosis"
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9:45 am - 9:50 am |
Discussion
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9:50 am - 10:10 am |
Ling-Gang Wu (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, USA)
"Imaging Fusion and Fission in Live Cells"
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:45 am |
Coffee Break
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10:45 am - 11:05 am |
Arun Anantharam (University of Michigan, USA)
"Pre- and Postsynaptic Roles of Synaptotagmin 7 in Exocytosis"
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11:05 am - 11:10 am |
Discussion
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Junjie Hu (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Inner Mitochondrial Membrane Fusion"
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11:30 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:55 am |
John Jimah (Princeton University, USA)
"Mechanism of Dynamin-Mediated Actin Bundling in Endocytosis"
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11:55 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Poster Previews
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Mary Baylies (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA) and Mark Rose (Georgetown University, USA)
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Virus-Cell Fusion
Discussion Leader: Benjamin Podbilewicz (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Gregory Melikian (Emory University, USA)
"Regulation of Lassa Virus Fusion by Endosomal Host Factors"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Yorgo Modis (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"A Phlebovirus-Like Fusion Protein in an Endogenous Retrovirus from a Parasitic Nematode"
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8:20 pm - 8:25 pm |
Discussion
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8:25 pm - 8:45 pm |
James Munro (UMass Chan Medical School, USA)
"Conformational Dynamics of Class-I Viral Fusion Machines"
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8:45 pm - 8:50 pm |
Discussion
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8:50 pm - 9:10 pm |
Felix Rey (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Class II Fusion Proteins in Viruses and Cells"
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Cell-Cell Fusogens
Discussion Leader: Joshua Zimmerberg (National Institutes of Health, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Benjamin Podbilewicz (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"Fusexin-Mediated Cell-Cell Fusion: Mechanisms and Evolutionary Implications"
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:45 am |
William Snell (University of Maryland College Park, USA)
"Fusion-Driving Trimer Formation by Broadly Conserved, Class II Gamete Fusogen HAP2 During Fertilization in Chlamydomonas Depends on Engagement of a HAP2-Associated, Species-Specific Receptor"
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9:45 am - 9:50 am |
Discussion
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9:50 am - 10:10 am |
Thomas Krey (University of Lübeck, Germany)
"Novel Insights into FF Protein-Mediated Membrane Fusion"
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:45 am |
Coffee Break
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10:45 am - 11:05 am |
Roy Duncan (Dalhousie University, Canada)
"Cellular Pathways and FAST Protein Mediated Syncytium Formation"
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11:05 am - 11:10 am |
Discussion
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Douglas Millay (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA)
"Characterization of the Muscle Cell Fusogens Myomaker and Myomerger"
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11:30 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:55 am |
Hongmei Wang (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Syncytins and the Fusion of Placental Trophoblast Cells"
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11:55 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Poster Previews
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Membrane Adhesion in Cell Fusion
Discussion Leader: N. Louise Glass (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Leonid Chernomordik (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, USA)
"Conserved and Disparate Players in Myoblast, Osteoclast and Cancer Cell Fusion"
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7:50 pm - 7:55 pm |
Discussion
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7:55 pm - 8:15 pm |
Naokazu Inoue (Fukushima Medical University, Japan)
"Gamete Fusion: How Spermatozoon is able to Recognize Oocyte"
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8:15 pm - 8:20 pm |
Discussion
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8:20 pm - 8:40 pm |
Andrea Pauli (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria)
"Bouncer and SPACA4 – Two Sides of the Same Coin"
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8:40 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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8:55 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Actin Cytoskeleton in Cell Fusion
Discussion Leader: Stefanie Sprunck (University of Regensburg, Germany)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Sophie Martin (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Architecture of the Yeast Fusion Site"
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:45 am |
Guangshuo Ou (Tsinghua University, China)
"Recruitment and Regulation of Fusogen EFF-1 in C. Elegans"
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9:45 am - 9:50 am |
Discussion
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9:50 am - 10:10 am |
Mary Baylies (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
"Regulation of Myoblast Fusion and Possible Links to Myonuclear Positioning"
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:45 am |
Coffee Break
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10:45 am - 11:05 am |
Jean-Francois Cote (Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, Canada)
"ELMO1/2 Proteins as Rheostats of Rac1 Activity Control Myoblast Fusion During Embryogenesis and Muscle Regeneration"
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11:05 am - 11:10 am |
Discussion
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Daniel Fletcher (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Force-Mediated Membrane Fusion"
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11:30 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:55 am |
Ori Avinoam (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Capturing Myoblast Fusion with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution"
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11:55 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Poster Previews
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Membrane Organization and Lipids
Discussion Leader: Leonid Chernomordik (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Harvey McMahon (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Engineering Liposomes Cell Fusion for Delivery"
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7:50 pm - 7:55 pm |
Discussion
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7:55 pm - 8:15 pm |
Michael Kozlov (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Model for ER Membrane Remodeling Driven by Membrane Tension"
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8:15 pm - 8:20 pm |
Discussion
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8:20 pm - 8:40 pm |
Huanghe Yang (Duke University School of Medicine, USA)
"TMEM16F Phospholipid Scramblase Mediates Trophoblast Fusion and Placental Development"
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8:40 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 9:05 pm |
Joshua Zimmerberg (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Lipid-Protein Interactions During Membrane Fusion Mediated by Influenza Virus HA"
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9:05 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Diverse Cell Fusion Systems
Discussion Leader: Sophie Martin (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Sigal Ben-Yehuda (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Bacterial Nanotubes: Conduits for Intercellular Molecular Trafficking"
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:45 am |
N. Louise Glass (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Allorecognition Regulates Somatic Cell Fusion in Fungi"
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9:45 am - 9:50 am |
Discussion
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9:50 am - 10:10 am |
Massimo Hilliard (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia)
"Fusogen-Mediated Neuron-Neuron Fusion: Impact on Connectivity and Behaviour"
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:45 am |
Coffee Break
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10:45 am - 11:05 am |
Don Fox (Duke University, USA)
"Cytoplasmic Sharing Through Apical Junction Remodeling"
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11:05 am - 11:10 am |
Discussion
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Vicki Losick (Boston College, USA)
"Epithelial Cell Fusion in Wound Healing and Aging"
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11:30 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:55 am |
Stefanie Sprunck (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Gamete Fusion in Flowering Plants: Twice the Fun, Double the Trouble?"
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11:55 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Poster Previews
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Cell Fusion and Disease
Discussion Leader: Harvey McMahon (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Melissa Wong (Oregon Health & Science University, USA)
"Macrophage-Tumor Cell Fusion Impact on Tumor Progression"
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7:50 pm - 7:55 pm |
Discussion
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7:55 pm - 8:15 pm |
Chiara Zurzolo (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Tunneling Nanotubes: Structure, Formation and Role in the Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases"
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8:15 pm - 8:20 pm |
Discussion
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm |
Fernando Rodriguez-Perez (Genentech, USA)
"Ubiquitin-Dependent Remodeling of the Actin Cytoskeleton Drives Cell Fusion"
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8:35 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 8:50 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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8:50 pm - 8:55 pm |
Discussion
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8:55 pm - 9:05 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:05 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:20 pm - 9:25 pm |
Discussion
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Closing Remarks
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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