Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting | Singapore

Mechanobiology of Disease

Program Schedule

Mechanobiology of Disease Singapore September 27-30, 2016 PROGRAM

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 9:00 – 16:00

Registration/Information

Level 1 Theatre Foyer

Level 1 Theatre

9:20 – 9:30

Michael P. Sheetz, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore

Welcome

Session I

Alexander Bershadsky, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore, Chair

9:30 – 10:00

Michael P. Sheetz, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore Rigidity Sensing Contractions Inhibit Transformed Growth

10:00 – 10:30

Bernhard Wehrle-Haller, University of Geneva, Switzerland Integrin-Dependent Mechano-signaling, Switching Integrin Behavior by Alternative Splicing and Posttranslational Modification Vania Braga, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Interplay Between Cortical Tension and Junction Composition and Configuration

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

Level 1 Hall Foyer

11:00 – 11:30

Session II

MinWu, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore, Chair

11:30 – 12:00

Katharina Gaus, University of New South Wales, Australia Receptor Clustering – a New Model for Signal Transduction in T Cells Gregory Giannone, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, France Super-resolution Microscopy: a Window for Integrin Spatiotemporal and Mechanical Regulation Aastha Kapoor, Indian Institute of Technology, India* Rho-ROCK-Myosin Based Cellular Contractility Regulates Distinct Modes of Invasion in Paclitaxel and Cisplatin Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells Amit Pathak, Washington University in St. Louis, USA* Mechanobiology of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Confined Environments

12:00 – 12:30

12:30 – 12:45

12:45 – 13:00

Lunch

Level 1 Hall Foyer

13:00 – 14:00

Session III

Paul Matsudaira, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore, Chair

14:00 – 14:30

James R. Sellers, NHLBI, NIH, USA Mechanical Properties of Nonmuscle Myosin-2 Filaments

14:30 – 15:00

Susan M. Rosenberg, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

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