Welcome to the website of
 
THE CHICAGO CYTOSKELETON

 

 


         

Meetings and Schedule   Location & Directions   Steering Committee
       
The Chicago Cytoskeleton is a forum for cytoskeletal researchers from the greater Chicago area to meet, hear some great talks, exchange ideas, and socialize    
         

WHEN: 2 meetings in the fall 2 meetings in the spring
Meetings are held on the designated Fridays (3:00 - 7pm)


Contact:
Dr. Holly Goodson (Notre Dame University)
hgoodson (at) nd.edu
Dr. Vladimir Gelfand (Northwestern University)
vgelfand (at) northwestern.edu
         
 

 

March 15th Meeting: 

For Parking please click here and fill out form prior to noon Oct 13th 

Talks will start at 3 PM.

Noah Mitchell (KITP; incoming faculty member at University of Chicago)

How biology uses physics to sculpt and inner organ

Katie Drerup (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

HOPS-mediated vesicle fusion is essential for intitiation of autophagosome transport

Dileep Varma (Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine)

The Hexosamine Biosynthetic Pathway is a key regulator of cell proliferation and migration in metastatic prostate cancer

Greg Smith (Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine)

Regulation of the kinesin-1 motor by alphaherpesviruses

 

POSTER ABSTRACTS AND BOARD NUMBERS

Sessions are held in the Lurie Medical Research Center at the Feinberg School of Medicine     

 

Upcoming meetings for the 2024 academic year :

March 15th 2024

April 19th 2024

 

More details to follow!

 

The Chicago Cytoskeleton is generously sponsored by:

 

sponsors        
           
           
           
           

 

Web design: Brian Mitchell and Teng-Leong Chew