Cell News 02/2018
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
14:00 – 16:50 Session 7: Nuclear dynamics/communication
Chair: Birthe Fahrenkrog (Brussels, Belgium)
Dorothee Dormann (Munich, Germany): Neurodegenerative diseases reveal novel functions
of nuclear import receptors
Denis Lafontaine (Brussels, Belgium): Using the iNo score to discriminate normal from altered nucleo-
lar morphology, with applications in basic cell biology and potential in human disease diagnostics
Birthe Fahrenkrog (Brussels, Belgium): Mutations in nucleoporin NUP88 cause lethal fetal akinesia
deformation sequence
and short talks selected from the abstracts
16:50 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 20:00 Sessions 8-10
17:00 – 20:00 Session 8: Mechanisms of cell fate regulation
Chair: Thomas Brabletz (Erlangen, Germany)
Henner Farin (Frankfurt, Germany): 3-D organoids to address cell plasticity in the
colon cancer microenvironment
Angela Nieto (Alicante, Spain): Cell plasticity in organ formational and degeneration
Thomas Brabletz (Erlangen, Germany): Cellular plasticity in cancer:
Driving force and therapeutic target
and short talks selected from the abstracts
17:00 – 20:00 Session 9: Visualizing cell organization
Chair: Milos Galic (Muenster, Germany)
Takanari Inoue (Baltimore, USA): Generating force in living cells at will
Olivier Pertz (Bern, Switzerland): Deciphering MAPK networks controlling cell fate decisions
by dynamic perturbation of signaling fluxes
Milos Galic (Muenster, Germany): Molecular basis for optimized search strategy in migratory
vertebrate cells
and short talks selected from the abstracts
17:00 – 20:00 Session 10: Protein dynamics and cellular function
Chair: Tina Romeis (Berlin, Germany)
Katharina Bürstenbinder (Halle, Germany): Calcium signaling in plant development
Marco Trujillo (Freiburg, Germany): Multi-tiered regulation of ubiquitin signalling during the
immune response
Tina Romeis (Berlin, Germany)
and short talks selected from the abstracts
20:00 – 23:00 Social event
