Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Advancing the Field: Using New Technologies to Understand How Cell Contact Coordinates Signaling and Tissue Organization In Vivo
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Opening Remarks
7:55 pm - 8:50 pm
"Notches, Niches and Plasticity"
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion: Pushing the Field Forward: Tools, Knowledge Gaps and Training
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Establishing Cell-Cell Contact: Molecular Composition
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Force-Dependent Molecular Interactions in Adherens Junction Assembly"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Dynamic Protein Interactions in Tight Junction Formation and Maintenance"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:40 am
"Building the Tight Junction: Probing the Assembly and Regulation of Membrane Interface Organization Through In Vitro Reconstitution"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
"EpCAM Ensures Correct Epithelial Cell Adhesion and Organization"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Evolutionary Repurposing of Cadherins to Diversify Tissue Functions"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Shaping Cell Contacts During Tissue Morphogenesis"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Cryo-Electron Tomography on Desmosomes Isolated From the Mouse Liver"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Revealing a Novel Switch-Like Function of Delta-Catenin in Dendrite Development"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Establishing Cell-Cell Contact: Imaging/Modeling
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Ultrastructural Analysis of the Cytoskeleton at Cell-Cell Contacts"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Nanoscale Architecture of Cadherin-Based Cell Adhesions"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Modeling Differential Adhesion in Angiogenesis"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"The Role of Calcium Influx in Remodeling of Epithelial Cell-Cell Junctions"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion: Pushing the Field Forward: Tools, Knowledge Gaps and Training
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Impact of Cell-Cell Contacts: Mechanical
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Zyxin Mediates Mechanochemical Feedback to Regulate Cell Elasticity"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Actomyosin Meshwork Mechanosensing Enables Tissue Shape to Orient Force"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Forces and Mechanotransduction in 3D Vascular Biology"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Junctional Mechanotransduction and Epithelial Homeostasis"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Regulation of Hippo Signaling by Cytoskeletal Tension"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Mechanical Force Across E-Cadherin Regulates Epithelial Acini Homeostasis"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"An Actomyosin-Arf-GEF Negative Feedback Loop for Tissue Elongation Under Stress"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Impact of Cell-Cell Contacts: Polarity and Signaling
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
"Mechanochemical Feedback Loop Driving Epithelial Tissue Spreading During Zebrafish Development"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
"Cracking the Adhesion Code Underlying Robust Pattern Formation in Zebrafish Spinal Cord"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"How Axo-Glial Interactions Direct the Formation of the Domains of Myelinated Axons"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Planar Cell Polarity Modulates Primary and Metastatic Tumor Cell Behavior in Drosophila "
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Actomyosin Contractility and Apical Trafficking Drive Epithelial Cell Ingression"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion: Pushing the Field Forward: Tools, Knowledge Gaps and Training
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Communication Among Cells via Contacts: Principles and Homeostasis
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Front and Rear Forces During Collective Cell Migration"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Cell-Cell Junction Remodeling in Dividing Epithelial Cells"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Cell-Cell Adhesion Receptors in Vascular Mechanotransduction"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Planar Cell-Cell Signaling Controlling Collective Cell Migration"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Signals and Forces that Control the Dynamics of Multicellular Systems"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Reconstituting Tissue Folding Through Programmed Cell Traction Networks"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Coupling the Orientation of Cell Division to Cell-Cell Adhesion by the Mechano-Sensitive E-Cadherin/LGN Complex"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
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
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Communication Among Cells via Contacts: Morphogenesis
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Building the Body Plan - The Miracle of Morphogenesis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Formation of a Neurosensory Organ by Epithelial Cell Slithering"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Mechanical Coupling of Cells in the Assembly and Morphogenesis of Tissues at Gastrulation"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Cellular Mechanisms of Eph/Ephrin Mediated Cell Segregation and Boundary Formation in Development"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion: Pushing the Field Forward: Tools, Knowledge Gaps and Training
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Defective Cell Contacts in Human Disease
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Cadherin-Dependent Tissue Polarization in Morphogenesis and Homeostasis"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Regulation of Brush Border Assembly Dynamics by Intermicrovillar Adhesion"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Greasing the Wheels of Desmosome Assembly: An Essential Role for Lipid Raft Membrane Domains in Desmosomal Adhesion and Disease"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Cell Adhesion During Cancer Invasion and Metastasis"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
"The Mechanism of Protocadherin-19 Mediated Adhesion and Its Role in Brain Morphogenesis and Female Epilepsy"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
"Vinculin and Afadin Couple Actin to the Adherens Junction in Cardiomyocytes"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion: Pushing the Field Forward: Tools, Knowledge Gaps and Training
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cell Contacts in Cancer Development and Progression
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Relations Between Cell Shape Control and Survival in Melanoma"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Role of the Catenin-Binding Transcription Factor Kaiso in Tumorigenesis"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Cadherin/RNAi Crosstalk in Epithelial Behavior and Human Cancer"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Merlin/ERM Proteins Control the Pathway of EGFR Endocytosis by Organizing the Plasma Membrane:Cytoskeleton Interface"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Breaking Down Barriers: Defining the Role of EphA2 in Building Epidermal Tight Junctions in Cancer"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure