Abcam, Inc., Worcester, MA
May 19, 2008
Focus: The meeting will cover a broad range of topics on mitosis including spindle function, chromosome organization, centromere/kinetochore structure, cytoskeletal dynamics and spindle assembly checkpoint control in different model organisms. Program: 8:30am Registration 9:00am Welcome and introduction: Stephen Doxsey 9:10am Rebecca Heald (University of California at Berkeley)
Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and function 9:50am Yixian Zheng (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Assembly of the mitotic spindle matrix, a template for coupling cell division with cell fate choices 10:30am Pat Wadsworth (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Spindle assembly in mammalian cells 10:50am Coffee Break and poster session 11:20am Arshad Desai (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)
Kinetochore specification and function 12:00am Iain Cheeseman (Whitehead Institute)
Building the kinetochore-microtubule interface 12:40pm Lunch 1:40pm Kevin Vaughan (University of Notre Dame)
Identification of a novel phosphorylation site in cytoplasmic dynein that regulates localization to kinetochores during mitosis 2:00pm Steve Henikoff (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Epigenetic inheritance and assembly of centromeric chromatin 2:40pm Rachel O’Neill (University of Connecticut)
Debunking the centromere paradox: An ultra-conserved retrovirus and a new class of small RNA are found within vertebrate centromeres 3:00pm Coffee break and poster session 3:30pm Kirsten Hagstrom (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Chromosome segregation and silencing by three condensin complexes 3:50pm Bill Theurkauf (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Mitotic response to DNA damage 4:10pm Dannel McCollum (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Regulation of the PCS1-MDE4 monopolin complex by the CDC14-like phosphatase CLP1 in fission yeast 4:30pm Kip Sluder (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Cell cycle progression after prolonged mitosis 4:50pm Closing remarks 5:00pm Please join us for a poster session and reception
|