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THE CHICAGO CYTOSKELETON |
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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: 1 meeting in the fall and 1 meeting in the spring |
Contact: Dr. Holly Goodson (Notre Dame University) hgoodson (at) nd.edu Dr. Vladimir Gelfand (Northwestern University) vgelfand (at) northwestern.edu |
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Sep 20th 2024 Meeting:
For Parking please click here
Talks will start at 3 PM.
Madeline Lovejoy (Garcia-Mata lab, U. Toledo)
SGEF, a RhoG-specific GEF, influences the morphology and collective migration of 3D epithelial cysts
Amruta Nayak (Glotzer lab, U. Chicago)
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Requirement of Rap1 Activity in Early Embryonic Morphogenesis
Jenna Christensen (Northwestern)
Using comparative genomics to explore dynein motor complex function
Sally Horne-Badovinac (U. Chicago)
Symmetry-breaking and initiation of rotational epithelial migration
Benjamin Perrin (Indiana University Indianapolis)
Formin-dependent adhesion complexes at the base regulate actin assembly at stereocilia tips
Margaret Titus (U. Minnesota)
Modulation of Filopodial Myosin Activity
Silvia Jansen (Washington University St. Louis)
Actin-remodeling mechanisms of Plastins in congenital childhood diseases
Sessions are held in the Lurie Medical Research Center at the Feinberg School of Medicine
Upcoming meetings for the 2024-25 academic year :
April 25th
More details to follow!
The Chicago Cytoskeleton is generously sponsored by:
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