Cell News 02/2018
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17:00 – 20:00 Sessions 8-10
17:00 – 20:00 Session 8: Mechanisms of cell fate regulation
Chair: Thomas Brabletz (Erlangen, Germany)
17:00 – 17:30
Thomas Brabletz (Erlangen, Germany): Cellular plasticity in cancer:
Driving force and therapeutic target
17:30 – 18:00
Guido Posern (Halle, Germany): Actin-regulated MRTF transcription factors in 3D acinar morphogenesis
18:00 – 18:15
Praachi Jain (Porto, Portugal): The spectraplakin Dystonin suppresses tumourigenesis through
antagonizing the activity of the YAP/TAZ oncogenes
18:15 – 18:45 Coffee break
18:45 – 19:15
Henner Farin (Frankfurt, Germany): 3-D organoids to address cell plasticity in the colon cancer
microenvironment
19:15 – 19:30
Fabian-Christoph Franke (Unterschleißheim, Germany): The tumor suppressor SASH1 associates with
CRK-family proteins to counteract epithelial-mesenchymal transition
19:30 – 19:45
Matthias Behr (Leipzig, Germany): A single cell surface protein controls endocrine ring gland
morphogenesis and steroid production
19:45 – 20:00
Tom Seeling (Halle, Germany): Methylglyoxal and glyoxal lead to specific histone modifications
in early embryos
17:00 – 20:00 Session 9: Visualizing cell organization
Chair: Milos Galic (Muenster, Germany)
17:00 – 17:30 Takanari Inoue (Baltimore, USA): Generating force in living cells at will
17:30 – 18:00
Olivier Pertz (Bern, Switzerland): Deciphering MAPK networks controlling cell fate decisions
by dynamic perturbation of signaling fluxes
18:00 – 18:15
Tobias Stauber (Berlin, Germany): Visualizing volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC) activity
by intra-complex FRET allows its spatiotemporal monitoring during various cellular processes
18:15 – 18:45 Coffee break
18:45 – 19:15
Milos Galic (Muenster, Germany): Mechano-chemical self-organization determines search pattern
in migratory cells
19:15 – 19:30
Tilo Pompe (Leipzig, Germany): Extracellular matrix matters – 3D collagen based matrices influence
macrophage behavior
19:30 – 19:45
Dirk Ollech (Heidelberg, Germany): Reconstitution of cadherin-catenin complexes with photocleavable
dimerizers for light induced sissociation of adherens junctions
19:45 – 20:00
Maja Matis (Muenster, Germany): Polarized microtubule dynamics directs cell mechanics and
coordinates forces during epithelial morphogenesis
17:00 – 20:00 Session 10: Protein dynamics and cellular function
Chair: Tina Romeis (Berlin, Germany)
17:00 – 17:30
Tina Romeis (Berlin, Germany): Recording biochemical kinase activation
in vivo
in real-time:
FRET-based imaging of calcium-sensor protein kinase conformational change
17:30 – 18:00 Katharina Bürstenbinder (Halle, Germany): Calcium signaling in plant development
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