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: Frontiers in Cytoskeletal Regulation
Discussion Leader: David Kovar (University of Chicago, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Magdalena Bezanilla (Dartmouth College, USA)
"Calcium and Actin Antagonism During Tip Growth"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Sophie Martin (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Focusing (on) the Actin Cytoskeleton"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Regulation of Cytoskeletal Polymers
Discussion Leader: Ram Dixit (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Jan Löwe (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom)
"Cryo-EM Structure of Bactofilin Filaments"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
Luke Rice (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
"One TOG, Two TOG: An Isolated CLASP TOG Suppresses Catastrophe and Promotes Rescue"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Laryssa Halat (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"MOR1 on the Move: Using FRAP to Study a MAP"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Andrei Smertenko (Washington State University, USA)
"Microtubule Nucleation by Plant-Specific Protein MACET1"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Lauren Corbin (Duke University, USA)
"Monte Carlo Model for FtsZ Treadmilling"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Zhaosheng Kong (Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Decoding the Mechanisms Underlying Precise Microtubule Severing"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Moriah Beck (Wichita State University, USA)
"Palladin Functionally Replaces the Arp2/3 Complex and Organizes Actin-Rich Structures Generated During Listeria monocytogenes Infections"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Regulation of Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Polarity
Discussion Leader: Maitreyi Das (University of Tennessee, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Thomas Pollard (Yale University, USA)
"Structure of the Actin Filament"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Martin Loose (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
"Self-Organization of the Bacterial Cell Division Machinery"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
Dan Szymanski (Purdue University, USA)
"An Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach to Discover the Biomechanical Controls of Leaf Epidermal Morphogenesis"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cell Division
Discussion Leader: Carolyn Rasmussen (University of California, Riverside, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Pamela Brown (University of Missouri, USA)
"Inhibition of Cell Division Causes Multipolar Growth in Agrobacterium tumefaciens "
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
Martine Pastuglia (INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, France)
"TTP Function in Division Plane Selection"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Patrick Lariviere (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
"A Key Bacterial Division Regulator Links FtsZ to Peptidoglycan Synthesis to Promote Division"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Mohan Balasubramanian (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
"Reconstituting Eukaryotic Actomyosin Ring Dependent Cytokinesis"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:00 pm
Jie Xiao (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
"Redefining the Role of FtsZ in Bacterial Cell Division"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Chris Ambrose (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
"Cell Division and Expansion in Leaf Epidermal and Mesophyll Cells"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Selected Poster Presentations
Discussion Leader: Erin Goley (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Shaul Yalovsky (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Molecular Mechanisms Underlying ROP-Regulated Cell Polarity"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Brittany Jack (University of Kansas Medical Center, USA)
"Actin Redundancy in Chlamydomonas Is Required for Flagellar Protein Synthesis and Gating"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Brian Hercyk (University of Tennessee, USA)
"Crosstalk Between the Cdc42 GEFs Gef1 and Scd1 During Cytokinesis Provide Insights into Cell Polarization in S. pombe "
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Yuanwei Fan (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
"Structure-Function Analysis of the Microtubule Minus-End Stabilizing Protein SPR2"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Joseph Magliozzi (Dartmouth College, USA)
"Coordination of Cell Polarity and Cytokinesis by Fission Yeast Kinase Orb2"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Arun Sampathkumar (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
"Cellulose Biosynthesis Mutations Alter Shoot Apical Meristem Size and Wall Stiffness Without Influencing Morphology"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Samantha Dundon (Yale University, USA)
"The Fission Yeast Gamma-Tubulin Complex Protein Mto2 Plays a Role in Regulating Actomyosin Ring Constriction"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cytoskeletal Motors, Movement and Forces
Discussion Leader: Geoffrey Wasteneys (University of British Columbia, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Sabine Mueller (University of Tübingen, Germany)
"Functional Diversification of Plant Kinesin-12 in Cell Division"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
Wei-Lih Lee (Dartmouth College, USA)
"Num1 Regulation of Dynein Pulling Mechanisms in Budding Yeast"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Thomas Sladewski (Brown University, USA)
"An Essential Trypanosoma brucei Kinesin Works in Teams to Direct Parasite Cell Division"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Einat Sadot (Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel)
"Myosin XI-K Is Involved in Root Organogenesis, Polar Auxin Transport and Cell Division"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:00 pm
Andreas Nebenführ (University of Tennessee, USA)
"Myosin XI Motors and Intracellular Movements in Plant Cells: Specificity, Redundancy, Mechanisms"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Mohan Gupta (Iowa State University, USA)
"Discrete Regions of the Kinesin-8 Kip3 Tail Differentially Mediate Astral Microtubule Stability and Spindle Disassembly"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Cytoskeletal Self-Organization
Discussion Leader: James Moseley (Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Jane Kondev (Brandeis University, USA)
"Assembly of Multiple Filamentous Structures in Cells from a Shared Pool of Monomers"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Kaitlin Homa (University of Chicago, USA)
"Arp2/3 Complex- and Formin-Mediated Actin Networks Tune Actin-Binding Protein Sorting in Fission Yeast"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Yansong Miao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
"Intrinsically Disordered Region of Actin Binding Protein Regulates Dynamic Actin Assembly"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Joshua MacCready (University of Michigan, USA)
"Protein Gradients on the Nucleoid Position the Carbon-Fixing Organelles of Cyanobacteria"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Fred Chang (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Life in a Crowded Environment"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cellular Signaling and Morphogenesis
Discussion Leader: Prachee Avasthi (University of Kansas Medical Center, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Daniel Lew (Duke University Medical Center, USA)
"Regulation of Polarity by Mating Pheromones in S. cerevisiae "
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
Chad Pearson (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
"Organizing Tetrahymena Multi-Ciliary Arrays Requires the Dynamic Coordination of SF-Assemblin Proteins"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Alison Mills (University of California, Riverside, USA)
"Division Plane Orientation Defects Revealed by a Synthetic Double Mutant Phenotype"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Yves Brun (Indiana University, USA)
"Evolution of Spatial Dynamics of Bacterial Peptidoglycan Synthesis, from Growth to Morphogenesis"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:00 pm
Farhah Assaad (Technische Universität München, Germany)
"Coordination Between Membrane and Microtubule Dynamics in Arabidopsis "
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: MariaSanta Mangione (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Cytokinetic Ring Integrity Requires the Disordered Linker Region of the F-BAR Protein Cdc15"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Membrane Organization and Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Jodi Camberg (University of Rhode Island, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Federica Brandizzi (Michigan State University, USA)
"Cytoskeleton Cables Shape Biosynthetic Organelles"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Lillian Fritz-Laylin (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Our Evolving View of Cell Motility"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
Alexander Paredez (University of Washington, USA)
"Giardia's Ventrolateral Flange: A Static Actin-Based Membrane Sheet at the Host-Parasite Interface"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure