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2024 PROGRAM

8:15 - 9:00 AM
POSTER HANGING & BREAKFAST 
3RD FLOOR STUDENT LOUNGE
Please see the check-in desk for poster assignments.

9:00 - 9:15 AM
MEETING INTRODUCTION
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM

9:15 - 10:20 AM
SESSION 1 TALKS 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Dr. Jaap van Buul, University of Amsterdam
"See the light at the end of the tunnel: how leukocytes cross the vascular barrier"
Dr. Antonis Kourtidis, Medical University of South Carolina
"Adherens junction - ECM crosstalk through a mechanosensitive RNAi machinery"
Takashi Hotta, PhD, University of Michigan
"Regulation of α-tubulin C-terminal Tail Accessibility by Microtubule Lattice Conformation"

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10:20 - 10:35 AM
COFFEE BREAK
BASEMENT HALLWAY

10:35 - 11:40 AM
SESSION 2 TALKS 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM​
Dr. Arun Anantharam, The University of Toledo
"Signaling networks for secretion in the adrenal medulla"
Babli Adhikary, University of Michigan
"Zip it up!! Tricellular Zipping, A novel process in epithelial cell-cell junction remodeling"
Dr. Brendon Baker, University of Michigan

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM
LUNCH 
3RD FLOOR STUDENT LOUNGE
Seating can be found in the corridors and studios. Please feel free to browse CellulART's gallery and the museum grounds.

12:40 - 12:55 PM
Promega 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM

12:55 - 1:55 PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Dr. Jennifer A. Zallen
Member, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Cell state transitions in epithelial morphogenesis"

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1:55 - 3:55 PM
POSTER SESSION AND ART PRESENTATIONS 
3RD FLOOR STUDENT LOUNGE
Coffee provided

3:55 - 4:50 PM
SESSION 3 TALKS 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Shane Kowaleski, Wayne State University
"Cytoplasmic Kinetochore Linear Elements Regulate Vesicle Transport"
Dr. Sarah Heissler, The Ohio State University
"Structural Mechanisms of Myosin-2 Motors"
Margaret Utgaard, Loyola University Chicago
"Mechanical impingement on the cortex by the nucleus stimulates septin assembly"

4:50 - 5:05 PM
COFFEE BREAK 
BASEMENT HALLWAY

5:05 - 5:20 PM
School of Visual Arts 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM

5:20 - 6:00 PM
SCIENTIST/ARTIST
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Dr. Beata Edyta Mierzwa
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and University of California (UCSD)
Founder, Beata Science Art
"Communicating Scientific Concepts Through Visual Metaphor"

6:00 - 6:10 PM
IMAGE COMPETITION SPONSORED BY IBIDI AWARDS ANNOUNCED 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM

6:10 - 9:00 PM
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART EXPLORATION 
Attendees may visit the galleries of the Toledo Museum of Art, connected to the Center for the Visual Arts, for free (donation is encouraged) until 9:00 pm.

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