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Minisymposia and Microsymposia
Minisymposia
All minisymposia sessions run concurrently on Sunday, and Tuesday afternoon from 4:15 pm to 6:50 pm, on Monday afternoon from 4:30 pm to 7:05 pm, and on Wednesday morning from 8:30 am to 11:05 am. Click on the titles below to view the full schedule for each minisymposia.
Sunday, December 9, 4:15 pm-6:50 pm
Minisymposium 1: Biology of Stem Cells, Room 29C
Co-Chairs: David Traver, University of California, San Diego; and Ruwanthi Gunawardane, Allen Institute for Cell Science
Minisymposium 2: Cell Adhesion Motility and Mechanics, Ballroom 20BC
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Chen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and Xavier Trepat, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona
Minisymposium 3: Cellular Stress Responses, Room 28C
Co-Chairs: Rosa Puertollano, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH; and Andrew Dillin, University of California, Berkeley
Minisymposium 4: Microbes and the Cytoskeleton, Room 31B
Co-Chairs: Erin Goley, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and Michael Way, The Francis Crick Institute
Minisymposium 5: Nucleus, Ballroom 20D
Co-Chairs: Xavier Darzacq, University of California, Berkeley;and Clodagh O’Shea, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Minisymposium 6: An Organellar Perspective on Disease, Room 30C
Co-Chairs: Michael Wangler, Baylor College of Medicine; and Blanche Schwappach, University Medical Center Göttingen
Education Minisymposium: Evidence-Based Education: Promoting Excellence through an Inclusive Environment, Room 26B
Supported by CBE—Life Science Education
Co-Chairs: Tracie Gibson, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; and Jennifer Hood-DeGrenier, Worcester State University
During this time slot, we will also have a workshop on New Fluorescent Probes and High-Throughput Imaging Approaches and Subgroup U: Physics and the Cell: 2018 and Beyond.
Monday, December 10, 4:30 pm-7:05 pm
Minisymposium 7: Motors in Transport and Cytoskeleton Remodeling, Ballroom 20BC
Supported by Biology Open
Co-Chairs: Julie Welburn, University of Edinburgh; and E. Michael Ostap, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Minisymposium 8: Neural Development and Neurodegeneration, Room 31B
Co-Chairs: Aaron DiAntonio, Washington University in St. Louis; and Andrea Brand, University of Cambridge, UK
Minisymposium 9: Patterning Tissue Morphogenesis, Ballroom 20D
Co-Chairs: Lucy O’Brien, Stanford University; and Matthew Gibson, Stowers Institute
Minisymposium 10: Phase Transitions in the Cell, Room 28C
Co-Chairs: Amy Gladfelter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and D. Allan Drummond, The University of Chicago
Minisymposium 11: Spindle Mechanics and Chromosome Segregation, Ballroom 20A
Co-Chairs: Iva Tolic, Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI), Croatia; and Daniel Gerlich, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy Sciences (IMBA)
During this time slot, we will also have a workshop on Screening Approaches in Human Cells and CRISPR Methods, NCI-ASCB Emerging Topic Symposium: A New Nuclear-Nexus in Cancer Cell Biology, and Subgroup W: Organelle Interactome and Cell Plasticity Control.
Tuesday, December 11, 4:15 pm-6:50 pm
Minisymposium 12: Biomechanics, Room 29C
Co-Chairs: Katja Röper, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology; and Michel Labouesse, Institute of Biology Paris – Seine
Minisymposium 13: Cell Biology of the Neuron, Room 28C
Supported by The Kavli Foundation
Co-Chairs: Brenda Bloodgood, University of California, San Diego; and Gentry Patrick, University of California, San Diego
Minisymposium 14: Cell Size, Cell Division, and Contractility, Ballroom 20A
Co-Chairs: Jan Skotheim, Stanford University; and Amy Maddox, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Minisymposium 15: Cytoskeleton, Motility, and Cell Mechanics: Tracks, Ballroom 20BC
Co-Chairs: Brad Nolen, University of Oregon; and Radhika Subramanian, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Minisymposium 16: Organelle Homeostasis, Room 30C
Co-Chairs: Adam Hughes, University of Utah School of Medicine; and Marisa Otegui, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Minisymposium 17: Regulation of Autophagy, Room 31B
Supported by Biogen
Co-Chairs: Meng Wang, Baylor College of Medicine; and Hong Zhang, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
During this time slot, we will also have a workshop on Electron Cryo-Tomography and Correlated Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM), and Subgroup X: New Tools and Resources for Studies of Stem Cell Biology.
Wednesday, December 12, 8:30 am-11:05 am
Minisymposium 18: Autophagy and Protein Quality Control, Ballroom 20BC
Co-Chairs: Martin Graef, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne; and Harm Kampinga, University Medical Center Groningen, and University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Minisymposium 19: Biological Insights from Organoid Models of Health and Disease, Room 33B
Co-Chairs: Dirk Hockemeyer, University of California, Berkeley; and Aron Jaffe, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Minisymposium 20: Cellular Metabolism, Ballroom 20A
Co-Chairs: Kivanc Birsoy, The Rockefeller University; and Yasemin Sancak, University of Washington
Minisymposium 21: Centrosomes, Cilia and Flagella, Ballroom 20D
Co-Chairs: Guangshuo Ou, Tsinghua University; and Jadranka Loncarek, National Cancer Institute/CCR-Frederick/NIH
Minisymposium 22: Host-Pathogen Interactions, Room 30C
Co-Chairs: Shaeri Mukherjee, University of California, San Francisco; and Nihal Altan-Bonnet, National Lung, Heart, and Blood Institute/NIH
Minisymposium 23: Organelle Zones, Room 28C
Co-Chairs: Akihiko Nakano, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics; and Julia Von Blume, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry
During this time slot, we will also have Subgroup Y: The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Invasive Metastatic Cancer, and Subgroup Z: Cell Biology of Marine Protists: Toward Functional Genomic Tools for Diverse New Model Organisms.
Microsymposia
Six concurrent Microsymposia will be presented on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday morning from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon. Each Microsymposium features 6 talks selected from abstracts. Talks are a total of 10 minutes each (7 minute talk plus 3 minute Q&A).
Sunday, December 9, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Microsymposium 1: Cell Cycle and Signaling, Room 28B
Moderator: Sam Dundon, Yale University
Microsymposium 2: Centrosome and Cilia Dynamics, Room 28D
Moderators: Caitlyn Blake-Hedges, Florida State University; and Krishnakumar Vasudevan, Stanford University
Microsymposium 3: Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration, Room 29B
Moderator: Ashley Rowland, University of Colorado, Boulder
Microsymposium 4: Membrane Architecture and Structure, 29C
Moderators: Ashley Lakoduk, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; and Matthew Akamatsu, University of California, Berkeley
Microsymposium 5: Polarity, Junctions, and Tissue Structure , Room 30B
Moderators: Alyssa Lesko, University of Virginia School of Medicine; and Margherita Perillo, Brown University
Microsymposium 6: Regulation of the Cytoskeleton 1, Room 30C
Moderators: Courtney Schroeder, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Valerie Tutwiler, University of Pennsylvania
During this time slot, we will also feature Career Enhancement Programming.
Monday, December 10, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Microsymposium 7: Advances in Mechanisms of Cellular Stress, Room 30B
Moderator: Arunika Das, University of Pennsylvania
Microsymposium 8: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, Room 28D
Moderator: Sam Dundon, Yale University
Microsymposium 9: Cell Division and Mitosis, Room 30C
Moderator: Emily Summerbell, Emory University
Microsymposium 10: Cell Mechanics, Room 28B
Moderator: Matthew Akamatsu, University of California, Berkeley
Microsymposium 11: Cytoskeleton and Disease, Room 29C
Moderator: Scott Wilkinson, National Institutes of Health
Microsymposium 12: Regulation of Membrane Trafficking, Room 29B
Moderators: Courtney Schroeder, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Sara Wong, University of Michigan
During this time slot, we will also feature Career Enhancement Programming.
Tuesday, December 11, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Microsymposium 13: Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Reprogramming, Room 29C
Moderator: Peter Yu, Ohio State University
Microsymposium 14: Motility, Room 30C
Moderator: Krishnakumar Vasudevan, Stanford University
Microsymposium 15: Neuronal Cell Biology, Room 29B
Moderator: Gaia Cantelli, Duke University
Microsymposium 16: Regulation of the Cytoskeleton 2, Room 28B
Moderator: Brooke Gardner, University of California, Berkeley
Microsymposium 17: The Story of Life: Survival and Death, Room 30B
Moderators: Scott Wilkinson, National Institutes of Health; and Emily Summerbell, Emory University
Microsymposium 18: Tissue Architecture and Mechanics, Room 28D
Moderator: Amanda Haage, University of British Columbia
During this time slot, we will also feature Career Enhancement Programming.
Minisymposia and Microsymposia Topics for Submission
There are a total of 15 scientific topics (listed below) for oral presentation in Minisymposia and Microsymposia at the 2018 ASCB|EMBO Meeting. There is also a topic for submission on Education. For more information on the Minisymposia, including co-chairs, and Microsymposia sessions, click on the tabs above.
Autophagy and Proteostasis
Biology of Stem Cells
Cell Cycle, Cell Division, Cell Death
Cellular Stress Responses
Centrosomes, Cilia and Flagella
*Cytoskeletal, Motility, and Cell Mechanics
Evidence-Based Education: Promoting Excellence through an Inclusive Environment
Membrane Organization and Trafficking
Metabolism
Morphogenesis and Multicellular Interactions
Neurobiology/Neurodegeneration
Neuronal Cell Biology
Nucleus
Pathogens
Phase Transitions
Stem Cells and Organoids
*For this topic, you will have the option of submitting to one of these five subtopics:
- Cytoskeleton, Motility, and Cell Mechanics: Cell Adhesion Motility and Mechanics
- Cytoskeleton, Motility, and Cell Mechanics: Microbial Cytoskeleton & Pathogen-Cytoskeleton Interactions
- Cytoskeleton, Motility, and Cell Mechanics: Motors
- Cytoskeleton, Motility, and Cell Mechanics: Tracks
- Cytoskeleton, Motility, and Cell Mechanics: Miscellaneous/General
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Attend the 2018 Doorstep Meeting: Beyond Homeostasis: Stem Cells Under Stress on Saturday, December 8 from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm and attend the Keynote by Sean Morrison immediately following.
The daylong meeting will provide an overview of stem cell biology as it pertains to cell biology research and tissue regeneration, illustrate how studies of the cell provide insights into stem cell research, and encourage stem cell researchers to consider cell biology in their research. Click here for more information or to register. Meeting limited to 200 people.