Day 1: Monday, 20/06/2016

Registration: 13:00-15:00

Session 1: Regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics

Introduction to the meeting: 15:00-15:15

Talk: 15:15-15:45 David Kovar, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA

"Biophysical analysis of actin networks."

Short talk: 15:45-16:00

Facing up to the competition: An in vivo role for cytoskeletal competition in dynamic immune cell behaviour

Selected Oral Communication - Andrew Davidson (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Short talk: 16:00-16:15

Cell cycle-dependent nuclear F-actin assembly regulates chromatin decondensation at mitotic exit.

Selected Oral Communication - Robert Grosse (University of Marburg, Germany)

Coffee break: 16:15-16:45

Talk: 16:45-17:15 Pekka Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, Finland

“Dynamic interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and plasma membrane.”

Short talk: 17:15-17:30

Knockout of the Arp2/3 complex in skin epidermis alters Nrf2 activity and causes psoriasis

Selected Oral Communication - Metello Innocenti (Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands)

EMBO YIP lecture: 17:30-18:00 Manuel Thery, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France

“Actin and microtubules interplay at the centrosome.”

Abercrombie keynote lecture: (sponsored by Abercrombie funds) 18:00-19:00

Kenneth Yamada, National Institutes of Health/NIDCR, Bethesda, MD, USA

“Cell-Matrix Dynamics in 3D Cell Migration and Tissue Morphogenesis.”

Dinner: 19:00-21:00

21:00- Bar open