Engineering Approaches to Biomolecular Motors

Engineering Approaches to Biomolecular Motors: From in vitro to in vivo

Program Schedule

Session XI

Motors in Context I: Reconstituted Systems Paul Curmi, University of New South Wales, Australia, Chair

13:50 – 14:05

Session Introduction - Paul Curmi

14:05 – 14:35

Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, NIDDK/NIH, USA Transportation of Artificial Cargos by the Par and Min Systems Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago, USA Mechanics and Design of Active Matter Constructed from Actomyosin Shin’ichi Ishiwata, Waseda University, Japan Self-organization of Active Cytoskeletal Networks in a Cell-sized Confined Space Barbara Haller. Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany* Reconstitution of Actomyosin Cortex and Adhesion-associated Proteins in Droplet-based Synthetic Cells

14:35 – 15:05

15:05 – 15:35

15:35 – 15:50

Coffee Break

Harbour Centre Concourse

15:50 – 16:15

Session XII

Motors in Context II: Physical Measurements and Synthetic or Chemical Approaches in Living Cells Samara Reck-Peterson, University of California, San Diego, USA, Chair

16:15 – 16:30

Session Introduction - Samara Reck-Peterson

16:30 – 16:45

Amy Oldenburg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA* Optical Coherence Tomography for Depth-resolved Imaging of Intracellular Motility in Mammary Epithelial Cell Organoids and Excised Tissue Kathleen Bickel, Northwestern University, USA* Src Phosphorylation Regulates the Human Kinesin-5, Eg5, and Disrupts the Binding of Eg5 Inhibitors Bianxiao Cui, Stanford University, USA Light-mediated Motor Activities Control Cargo Distributions in Cells

16:45 – 17:00

17:00 – 17:30

Closing Remarks and Biophysical Journal Poster Awards

17:30 – 17:45

Break to reconvene at dinner cruise

17:45 – 18:15

Dinner cruise and conclusion of conference

Harbour Cruise

18:15 – 21:45

*Contributed talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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