Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting| Aussois 2019

Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion

Daily Schedule

15:35 – 16:00

Julia Eckert, Leiden University - Leiden Institute of Physics, The Netherlands* Tensile Strength vs. Shear Stress – An Approach to Measure Internal Tensions Between Cell-Cell Junctions Vania Braga, Imperial College London, England Intrinsic Cell Contraction Is Essential for Junction Configuration and Stabilization

16:00 – 16:35

16:35 – 18:00

Coffee Break / Poster Session I

Mezzanine

Virgile Viasnoff, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Chair

Session IV

18:00 – 18:35

William Weis, Stanford University, USA Vinculin Allosterically Enhances Force-Dependent Binding of Alpha-E-Catenin to F-Actin Lèa Pinon, Institut Pierre Gilles de Gennes, France* Oil-in-Water Emulsion Droplets and Microfluidic Tools to Study B Cells Polarization and Mechanics of Immunological Synapse Ana-Suncana Smith, FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany Physical Effects Catalyzing Cell Adhesion: From Mimetic Systems to Tissues

18:35 – 19:00

19:00 – 19:35

19:35 – 20:00

Reception

The Bar

20:00 – 21:00

Dinner

Restaurant

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:30 – 19:35

Registration/Information

Lobby

William Weis, Stanford University, USA, Chair

Session V

9:00 – 9:35

Laurent Cortè, MINES ParisTech, France Creating Adhesion at Hydrogel-Tissue Interfaces

9:35 – 10:00

Shaobo Zhang, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore* Mechanical Proofreading by Myosin II Oscillation & Filopodia Adhesion Regulates Robust Cell Matching

10:00 – 10:35

Frank Jülicher, Max Planck Institute, Germany Biophysics of Epithelia

10:35 – 11:00

Coffee Break

Mezzanine

Laurent Cortè, MINES ParisTech, France, Chair

Session VI

11:00 – 11:35

Jean-Leon Maître, Curie Institute, France Hydraulic Fracturing and Active Coarsening Position the Lumen of the Mouse Blastocyst Christian Cammarota, University of Rochester, USA* Biological and Physical Basis for Epithelial Cell Reintegration

11:35 – 12:00

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