Draft program:
Tutorials: Cell biology and immunology
Monday, February 20th
09:00 – 09:30 Introductory remarks
09:30 – 12:30 S. Pfeffer, M. Rout, P. Stahl
Eukaryotic membranes: nuclear transport, secretion and endocytosis
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 M. Duncan, M. Robinson
Molecular basis of membrane traffic (coats and membrane bending)
16:00 – 16:30 Tea
19:30 – 21:00 Welcome dinner
Tuesday, February 21st
09:30 – 12:30 M. Balasubramanian, D. Devos, J. Fuerst
Shared cytoskeletal and traffic machinery of prokaryotes and eukaryotes
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 S. Mayor, M. Munson
Lipid traffic and membrane fusion mechanisms
17:00 – 18:00 Public lecture by Peter Parham
Boosting Eurasian Immunity by Alliance and Dalliance of Humans, Ancient and Modern
18:00 – 18:30 High tea
Wednesday, February 22nd
09:30 – 12:30 F. Brodsky, P. Parham
Introduction to the immune system
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 M. Bettencort-Dias, A. Turkewitz
Centrosome roles in cell cycle, cilia and signaling
17:00 – 18:00 Public lecture by Michael Lynch:
Mutation, Drift, and Evolution at the Subcellular Level
18:00 – 18:30 High tea
Conference: Evolutionary origins of compartmentalized cells
Thursday, February 23rd
A survey of cells
09:15 – 10:00 Aaron Turkewitz
10:00 – 10:45 Mohan Balasubramanian
10:45 – 11:00 Tea
11:00 – 11:45 John Fuerst
11:45 – 12:30 Damien Devos
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Intracellular traffic
14:00 – 14:45 Mary Munson
14:45 – 15:30 Mara Duncan
15:30 – 16:15 Jose Pereira Leal
16:15 – 17:30 Tea
Evolutionary cell biology
17:30 – 18:30 Michael Lynch
18:30 – 19:30 Mark Field
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner
Friday, February 24th
Organelles and vesicles
09:15 – 10:00 Margaret Robinson
10:00 – 10:45 Michael Rout
10:45 – 11:00 Tea
11:00 – 11:45 Tobias Kloepper
11:45 – 12:30 Mukund Thattai
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Primate specialization of the secretory pathway
14:00 – 14:45 Frances Brodsky
14:45 – 15:30 Philip Stahl
15:30 – 16:15 Suzanne Pfeffer
16:15 – 17:30 Tea
Evolution of the immune system
17:30 – 18:30 Peter Parham
18:30 – 19:30 Harmit Malik
19:30 – 22:00 Dinner
Saturday, February 25th
Pathogens, host immunity and development
09:15 – 10:00 Nels Elde
10:00 – 10:45 Paul Norman
10:45 – 11:00 Tea
11:00 – 11:45 Laurent Abi-Rached
11:45 – 12:30 Nadav Ahituv
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Spindles and centrosomes
14:00 – 14:45 Monica Bettencort-Dias
14:45 – 15:30 Shelley Sazer
15:30 – 16:15 Daniel Needleman
16:15 – 17:30 Tea
Perspectives on eukaryote origins
17:30 – 18:30 William Martin
19:30 – 21:30 Dinner
Tutorials: Evolutionary approaches
Monday, February 27th
09:30 – 12:30 Topic to be announced
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 N. Elde, H. Malik
Techniques to study co-evolution
16:00 – 16:30 Tea
18:00 – 19:30 Discussion session
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner
Tuesday, February 28th
09:30 – 12:30 M. Thattai, A. Seshasayee, T. Kloepper
Protein sequence and evolution analysis
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 N. Ahituv, R. Siddharthan
Evolution and analysis of non-coding DNA
16:00 – 16:30 Tea
18:00 – 19:30 Discussion session
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner
Wednesday, February 29th
09:30 – 12:30 P. Norman, L. Abi-Rached
Population genetics and phylogenetic analysis
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Perspective: Mark Field, Joel Dacks
16:00 – 16:30 Tea
18:00 – 19:30 Discussion session
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner
Thursday, March 1st
09:30 – 12:30 Student presentations 1
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Student presentations 2
16:00 – 16:30 Tea