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THE CHICAGO CYTOSKELETON | |||||
Upcoming Meetings & Schedule | Location and Directions | Steering Committee | |||
2007-8
Meetings: |
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September 21, 2007 | Lurie Building, Hughes Auditorium | ||||
Ed Campbell | Trafficking of TRIMa cytoplasmic bodies during restriction of HIV-1 | Northwestern University | |||
Jingsong Xu | Directional bias of neutrophil polarity reveals intrinsic cell chirality | University of Illinois Chicago | |||
Margaret Gardel | Actin dynamics regulate a biophysical maturation switch in focal adhesion | University of Chicago | |||
David Spet | The molecular mechanism of Taxol function | Washington University, St. Louis | |||
October 19, 2007 | Lurie Building, Hughes Auditorium | ||||
Yvonne Aratyn | Intrinsic dynamic behavior of fascin in filopodia | Northwestern University | |||
Wilma Hofmann | SUMO 2 and 3: New pieces in the Nuclear Actin Puzzle | University of Illinois-Chicago | |||
Sarah Rice | The Mechanism of Kinesin Regulation | Northwestern University | |||
February 15, 2008 | Lurie Building, Hughes Auditorium | ||||
Colleen Skau |
Building the fission yeast contractile ring:Tropomysoin influences
formin-mediated actin filament assembly |
University of Chicago (David Kovar Lab) |
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Amanda Zubek |
Plakoglobin 2 is required for assembly of desmoplakin into desmosome via modulation of PKC and actin | Northwestern University (Kathleen Green Lab) | |||
Wonhwa Cho | Expanded role of lipids in cell signaling and membrane trafficking | University of Illinois-Chicago | |||