Special Events
CELL DYNAMICS SYMPOSIUM
presented by the Maryland Biophysics Program
Tuesday March 13, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1103 Biosciences Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Schedule
9:00 am Introductions
9:15 am Sean Sun, Johns Hopkins University,
"Modeling Cellular Volume and Pressure Regulation: Implications for Cell Shape and Motility"
10:00 am Rong Li, Stowers Institute,
“Mechanisms of actin-based force generation in cell polarity and cell division”.
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Thomas Blanpied, University of Maryland School of Medicine,
“Actin-driven dynamics of the neuronal postsynaptic density”
11:45 am Short local talk -- Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland,
“Cytoskeletal dynamics during lymphocyte activation”
12:05 pm Short local talk -- Dylan Burnette, NIH,
"How cells crawl: a role for actin arcs in the leading edge advance of migrating cells"
12:25 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Short local talk -- Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland,
"Cell Shape Dynamics: From Waves to Migration"
2:20 pm Dmitrios Vavylonis, Lehigh University,
"Excitable Actin Dynamics at the Leading Edge of Crawling Cells"
3:05 pm Anders Carlsson, Washington University,
"Spontaneous Waves and Symmetry Breaking of F-Actin in Cells"
3:50 pm Break
4:15 pm Glenn Edwards, Duke University,
“Molecular force production, cell-shape changes, and tissue patterning during Drosophila development”
5:00 pm Reception
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