| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Biophysics and Molecular Function of Fusion Machineries |
| 3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Michael Kozlov (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Modeling membrane shaping and remodeling by proteins" |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Eukaryotic Cell- Cell Fusion |
| Discussion Leader: Leonid Chernomordik (National Institutes of Health, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Boaz Gildor (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Fusion competence is repressed in migrating Drosophila myoblasts by Notch signaling" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:54 pm | Discussion |
| 7:54 pm - 8:09 pm | Fuiboon Kai (Dalhousie University, Canada)
"Myopodin is a novel positive regulator of myogenesis" |
| 8:09 pm - 8:18 pm | Discussion |
| 8:18 pm - 8:33 pm | Tzviya Zeev-Ben-Mordehai (University of Oxford, UK)
"The developmental fusion proteins AFF-1 and EFF-1 induce membrane bending" |
| 8:33 pm - 8:42 pm | Discussion |
| 8:42 pm - 8:57 pm | Meital Oren-Suissa (Technion - IIT, Israel)
"The fusogen EFF-1 controls dendrite sculpting" |
| 8:57 pm - 9:06 pm | Discussion |
| 9:06 pm - 9:21 pm | Jenny Adriana F. Vermeer (Academic Centre for Dentistry, Netherlands)
"Visualization of osteoclast fusion" |
| 9:21 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Intracellular and Viral Membrane Fusion |
| Discussion Leader: Benjamin Podbilewicz (Technion - IIT, Israel) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Martin Rabe (Leiden University NETHERLANDS)
"Mimicking Nature? - Insights into a reduced model system for SNARE mediated membrane fusion" |
| 9:15 am - 9:24 am | Discussion |
| 9:24 am - 9:39 am | Yongsoo Park (Max Planck Institute for biophysical chemistry, Germany)
"Reconstitution of large dense-core vesicle (LDCV) fusion in vitro: electrostatic effect of ATP is required for Ca2+-dependent fusion" |
| 9:39 am - 9:48 am | Discussion |
| 9:48 am - 10:03 am | Rui Xu (Scripps Research Institute, USA)
"Structural characterization of an early fusion intermediate of influenza virus hemagglutinin" |
| 10:03 am - 10:12 am | Discussion |
| 10:12 am - 10:27 am | Jolene Read (Dalhousie University, Canada)
"The Reovirus p15 FAST Protein Contains a Cytosolic Non-Canonical Amphipathic Lipid Packing Sensor (ALPS) Motif That Functions in Cell-Cell Fusion" |
| 10:27 am - 10:36 am | Discussion |
| 10:36 am - 10:51 am | Sung-Tae Yang (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Fusogenic activity of annexins A1 and A5" |
| 10:51 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:05 pm | Mentorship Session - How to Publish in top Journals |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Paula A. Kiberstis (Senior Editor, Science)
"How Manuscript Selection Works at Science" |
| 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm | Discussion |
| 2:05 pm - 2:50 pm | The Universal Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Fusion |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
| 2:05 pm - 2:40 pm | Randy Schekman (UC Berkeley, USA)
"Genetic and biochemical dissection of the secretory pathway" |
| 2:40 pm - 2:50 pm | Discussion |
| 2:50 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
