12:00 - 15:00 |
Registration |
15:30 - 16:00 |
Conference opening |
16:00 - 17:00 |
Keynote speaker - Richard McIntosh |
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How spindles from different organisms support the tension at metaphase kinetochores
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17:00 - 17:30 |
Coffee break |
17:30 - 19:30 |
Session 1 - Tubulin Regulation and the Tubulin Code |
| 17:30 - 18:10 | Early vertebrate evolution coincides with regulatory diversification of VASH-mediated tubulin detyrosination |
| Krzysztof Rogowski | |
| 18:10 - 18:30 | Microtubule doublet assembly in vitro |
| Ilia Zhernov | |
| 18:30 - 18:50 | CLASP mediates microtubule repair by promoting tubulin incorporation into damaged microtubule lattice |
| Dipti Rai | |
| 18:50 - 19:30 | The tubulin code: how cells build specificity into their microtubule networks |
| Antonina Roll-Mecak | |
19:30 - 22:00 |
Poster session with tapas |
22:00 |
End of day 1 |
09:00 - 12:10 |
Session 2 - Architecture of the Spindle |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | A twist in the tale of the mitotic spindle |
| Iva Tolić | |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Kinesin-6 regulates cell-size-dependent spindle elongation velocity in fission yeast |
| Lara Krüger | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Ase1 Crosslinking Prevents Complete Depolymerization of Overlapping Microtubules |
| Jochen Krattenmacher | |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:30 | Cryo-EM visualization of tubulin structure and interactions within the microtubule |
| Eva Nogales | |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Elongator complex controls microtubule dynamics at the central spindle |
| Vicente Jose Planelles-Herrero | |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Sperm-specific meiotic chromosome segregation in C. elegans |
| Gunar Fabig | |
12:10 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Panel discussion 1 - Gender balance in Science |
15:00 - 17:50 |
Session 3 - Centrosomes and Minus-ends |
| 15:00 - 15:40 | Regulation of microtubule dynamics: seeing proteins and drugs in action |
| Anna Akhmanova | |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | How is the centriole duplication site defined? |
| Imène Bouhlel | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Regulation of γ-TuRC-mediated microtubule nucleation studied by TIRF microscopy |
| Tanja Consolati | |
| 16:20 - 16:50 | Coffee Break |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | The augmin complex is essential for development of the mouse brain |
| Ricardo Viais | |
| 17:10 - 17:50 | The interplay between the centriole and the surrounding material in centrosome assembly and maintenance |
| Mónica Bettencourt Dias | |
18:00 - 19:00 |
Panel discussion 2 - Scientific publishing and communication |
19:00 |
End of day 2 |
09:00 - 11:00 |
Session 4 - Cutting-edge Techniques in Spindle Studies |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | The spindle is a composite of two permeating polar gels. |
| Jan Brugues | |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Integrated 3D tomography and computational modeling to study forces in metaphase spindles |
| Stefanie Redemann | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Dynein contractility shapes the metaphase spindle through a barreling instability |
| David Oriola | |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | The kinesin-14, Ncd, drives a right-handed, helical motion of antiparallel microtubules around each other |
| Stefan Diez | |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30 - 13:30 |
Session 5 - Kinetochores and Microtubule Capture Dynamics |
| 11:30 - 12:10 | A molecular mechanism controlling acentrosomal spindle formation and cancer-specific vulnerability to centrosome removal |
| Arshad Desai | |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | SUMO-mediated regulation of central spindle protein dynamics during meiotic chromosome segregation |
| Federico Pelisch | |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Kinetochore Dynein Orients Chromosomes for Segregation |
| Bram Prevo | |
| 12:50 - 13:30 | Mechanisms of kinetochore–microtubule error correction |
| Tomo Tanaka | |
13:30 - 14:00 |
Farewell - Poster and talk prizes |