Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting| Aussois 2019

Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion

Daily Schedule

12:00 – 12:35

Joelle Frechette, Johns Hopkins University, USA Soft, Wet, and Sticky: Viscous Forces and Elasticity in Wet Adhesion

12:35 – 13:30

Lunch

Restaurant

Jean-Leon Maître, Curie Institute, France, Chair

Session VII

13:30 – 15:00

Roundtable

15:00 – 15:35

Pierre-François Lenne, Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Marseille, France Shaping Cell Contacts during Tissue Morphogenesis Willem-Jan Pannekoek, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands* Mechanical Regulation of Paracrine Growth Factor Signaling Alex Dunn, Stanford University, USA A Geometry-Based Model Describes Lumen Stability in Epithelial Cells

15:35 – 16:00

16:00 – 16:35

16:35 – 18:00

Coffee Break / Poster Session II

Mezzanine

Pierre-François Lenne, Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Marseille, France, Chair Andrew Kowalczyk, Emory University, USA* VE-Cadherin Endocytosis Regulates Cell Polarity, Collective Cell Migration and Angiogenesis

Session VIII

18:00 – 18:35

18:35 – 19:10

Sanjeevi Sivasankar, University of California, USA* Inside-Out Regulation of Cadherin Adhesion Tamara Bidone, University of Utah, USA* Computational Model of Cell Adhesions Mechanobiology

19:10 – 19:35

19:35 – 20:30

Dinner

Restaurant

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:30 – 19:35

Registration/Information

Lobby

Andrew Kowalczyk, Emory University, USA, Chair

Session IX

9:00 – 9:25

Feyza Nur Arslan, IST Austria, Austria* Function of Blebs in Cell-Cell Adhesion Studied on Supported Lipid Bilayers Kabir Biswas, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar* Kinetic Nucleation-Dependent E-Cadherin Clustering Regulates Alpha-Catenin Conformational Activation Aditya Arora, National University of Singapore, Singapore * Cortical Contractility Overrides the Influence of Binding Energy of Trans Interactions during Adherens Junction Formation Mateusz Sikora, Max Planck Institute, Germany* Truss-Like Arrangement of Cadherins Is Responsible for Desmosome Strength

9:25 – 9:50

9:50 – 10:15

10:15 – 10:40

10:40 – 11:05

Coffee Break

Mezzanine

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