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Mechanobiology of Disease
Program Schedule
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Mechanobiology of Disease
Singapore
September 27-30, 2016
PROGRAM
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
9:00 – 16:00
Registration/Information
Level 1 Theatre Foyer
9:20 – 9:30
Michael P. Sheetz, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
Level 1 Theatre
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
10:30 – 11:00
Vania Braga, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Interplay Between Cortical Tension and Junction Composition and Configuration
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
Level 1 Hall Foyer
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
12:00 – 12:30
Gregory Giannone, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, France
Super-resolution Microscopy: a Window for Integrin Spatiotemporal and
Mechanical Regulation
12:30 – 12:45
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
12:45 – 13:00
Amit Pathak, Washington University in St. Louis, USA*
Mechanobiology of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Confined
Environments
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Level 1 Hall Foyer
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