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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Multidisciplinary Approaches Provide Insights into Cell Migration
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
General Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
"Impact of Particle Phagocytosis on Neutrophil Adhesion and Migration in Acute Inflammation"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
"Neural Crest-Placode Interactions in the Forming Peripheral Nervous System"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cell and Developmental Biology of Genes Mutated in Human Birth Defects
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Dynamic Shifts: Unraveling Cell Adhesion Changes in Neural Crest EMT"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Late-Breaking Topic
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Cultering Human Epithelial Organoids in 3D and 2D"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Planar Cell Polarity, Cadherin Adhesion, and Convergent Extension"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cell Interactions as Integrators of Mechanical Signals
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Caring for the Neighbourhood: Junctions, Mechanics and Epithelial Homeostasis"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Coping with Mechanical Stress: The Role of the Basement Membrane in Tissue Shape Control"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Nematic Flux of Focal Adhesion Elements Dynamically Mediates Nanoscale Mechanotransduction"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Building Tissues and Organs and Maintaining Barriers
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Changes in Rho Flare-Mediated Tight Junction Remodeling During Xenopus Embryonic Development are Associated with Myosin II Patterning"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"How Cells Multi-Task and Collaborate to Build An Organ"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"Structural Cell Biology of the Cell Adhesion Machinery"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Engineering Cell Adhesion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Dynamics of Mechanical Cell Communication During Morphogenesis"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Cellular Sheepherding: Controlling Cell-Cell Adhesion to Make Cells Do Interesting and Useful Things"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cell Interactions During Morphogenesis
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Cell State Transitions in Epithelial Morphogenesis"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Tissue Interactions During Drosophila Embryo Morphogenesis"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"Investigating the Role of Tricellular Junction Protein Sidekick in Epithelial Morphogenesis"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
"Cellular Growth Dynamics Produce Robust Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis Flowers"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Adhesion Mechanisms in Disease
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Asthma and Infection: Airway Epithelia Do The Heavy Lifting"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Barrier Breakdown: Pathways to Metastasis"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Tumor Cell Plasticity in Colorectal Cancer"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Desmosomes, Tight Junctions and Barrier Function
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Desmosomes Coordinate Chemical and Mechanical Signaling to Promote Epidermal Development"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Late-Breaking Topic
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Epithelial Barrier Homeostasis by Cell Competition"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Wetting of Condensates Along the Apical Interface Promotes Tight Junction Belt Formation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cancer is Driven by Alterations in Adhesion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Integrin Mediated Regulation of Junctions and Cell Polarity in Mechanoresponsive Tissue"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Adhesion Independent Roles of E-Cadherin and Their Effects on Cancer Cell Survival and Metastatic State"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Cellular Mechanisms of Heterogeneity in NF2-Mutant Schwannoma"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure