Invited Speakers:
Program:
8:30 Welcome
SESSION I: Signal Transduction Downstream of Integrins
8:45 Mechanochemical Switching Between Growth and Differentiation
Donald Ingber, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
9:30 Integrin Receptors, Protein Tyrosine Kinases and Cell Signalling
Tom Parsons, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Signal Transduction Pathways Associated with Cell Adhesion
Molecule-Mediated Neurite Outgrowth
Frank Walsh, United Medical & Dental Schools, London, UK
11:15 Signal Transduction Pathways Regulated by the rho Family
of Small GTPases
Alan Hall, University College, London, UK
12:00 Lunch Buffet
SESSION II: ECM Development and Differentiation
1:30 Integrin-Regulated Growth and Differentiation of Human
Keratinocytes
Fiona Watt, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
2:15 Tenascin-C and -R as Neural Recognition Molecules
Melitta Schachner, ETH, Zurich, CH
3:00 Coffee Break
4:00 The Function of Tenascins and Related ECM Molecules
in Morphogenesis
Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann, Freidrich Miescher Institute,
Basel, CH
4:45 b1 Integrins in Differentiation and Morphogenesis
Reinhard F”ssler, Max-Planck Institute, Munich, Germany
5:30 Best Poster Award (see below)
5:45 SESSION III: Poster Session (see below) and Reception
7:00 Conclusion
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTS
Using your own paper, the complete abstract should fit
within A4 (Europe) or 11" x 8 ‡" (US).
Text should be clear and about 500 words long.
Type title in capitals. Underline attending author(s) who
will present the paper. Initials or first names must precede
last name. Include affiliation of all authors.
Best Poster Award: The scientific committee will select a
poster with the most significant new findings in the area of
ECM-Cell Interactions. The laboratory with the best poster
will be recognized with a free-product award in the amount
of $300 (FALCON or BioCoat Products).
All abstracts should be sent together with the registration
(see below).
The deadline for abstracts is July 31, 1995.
Registration :
The registration fee includes the symposium, lunch buffet,
and reception.
Early registration (before July 31, 1995)
$50 (US) £30 (Europe)
Late registration (before August 31, 1995)
$65 (US) £40 (Europe)
Please make your check payable to the
1995 ECM Symposium, include your name and address,
and send it to:
In the US - Collaborative Biomedical Products
Two Oak Park
Bedford, MA 01730
In Europe - Becton Dickinson UK Limited
Between Towns Road
Cowley, Oxford, England OX4 3LY
If you require additional information, please contact:
In the US - Kathleen Nye
phone: (617) 275-0004
e-mail: ecm@cbpi.com
In Europe - Paul Eros
phone: (44) 18 65 781 577
e-mail: eros@cbpi.com
Deadline for Abstracts: July 31, 1995
Email for Requests and Registration: ecm@cbpi.com