Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting| Aussois 2019

Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion

Daily Schedule

Feyza Nur Arslan, IST Austria, Austria, Chair

Session X

11:05 – 11:40

Sandrine Etienne-Manneville, Institute Pasteur, France PTEN Functions in Collective Migration

11:40 – 12:05

Sara Stahley, Princeton University, USA* Planar Cell Polarity-Disrupting Mutation Alters Celsr1-Mediated Cell Adhesion and Dynamics

12:05 – 12:40

Margarita Staykova, Durham University, United Kingdom Hydraulic Fracture of Membrane Adhesion Contacts

12:40 – 13:30

Lunch

Restaurant

13:30 – 17:30

Free Time

Sandrine Etienne-Manneville, Institut Pasteur, France, Chair

Session XI

18:00 – 18:35

Nicolas Borghi, Jacques Monod Institute, CRNS, France Force Transmission at Cell

18:35 – 19:00

Stéphane Verger, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Mechanics and Dynamics of Cell-Cell Adhesion in Plants Thomas Magin, TRM Universitat Leipzig, Germany Keratin Isotypes Regulate Desmosome Protein Composition and Adhesive Strength

19:00 – 19:35

19:35 – 20:30

Dinner

Restaurant

Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:30 – 12:35

Registration/Information

Lobby

Nicolas Borghi, Jacques Monod Institute, CRNS, France, Chair

Session XII

9:00 – 9:35

Sandra Citi, University of Geneva, Switzerland Tight Junction Mechanics and Signaling

9:35 – 10:00

Markus Körbel, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom* Shining Light on Topology in Early T-Cell Activation - A Novel Bilayer System

10:00 – 10:35

Jasna Brujic, New York University, USA Cadherin-Coated Emulsions as Biomimetic Tissues

10:35 – 11:00

Coffee Break

Mezzanine

Sandra Citi, University of Geneva, Switzerland, Chair

Session XIII

11:00 – 11:35

Deborah Leckband, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA Molecular Force Transduction at Intercellular Adhesions

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