| 2003 HUNTER CELLULAR BIOLOGY MEETING: SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM |
| Wednesday 9th April, 2003 |
| 2:00 - 4:00 pm |
Symposium 1: Ubiquitin and signalling |
| 2:00 -2:30 pm |
Rohan Baker (ANU) |
Regulation of ubiquitin-dependent
processes by deubiquitination |
| 2:30 -3:00 pm |
Sharad Kumar
(Hanson Institute) |
Nedd4-mediated regulation of cellular proteins |
| 3:00 -3:30 pm |
Nic Nicola (WEHI) |
The SOCS box: a tale of destruction and degradation |
| 3:30 -4:00 pm |
Boris Sarcevic (Garvan) |
Regulation of ubiquitylation and cell cycle progression by phosphorylation of ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes |
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| 4:30 - 6:30 pm |
Symposium 2: Traffic in cellular processes |
| 4:30 -5:00 pm |
Jim Collawn
(University of Alabama) |
Traffic of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) |
| 5:00 - 5:30 pm |
Beric Henderson
(Westmead Millenium Institute) |
Regulating BRCA1 and APC tumour suppressors by nuclear export |
| 5:30 -6:00 pm |
David Jans (Monash University) |
Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the malignancy factor parathyroid hormone-related protein |
| 6:00 -6:30 pm |
Jim Camakaris
(University of Melbourne) |
Ligand-regulated trafficking of mammalian copper
transporting ATPases and relationship to human diseases |
| 8:00 - 10:30 pm |
Posters and wine |
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| Thursday10th April, 2003 |
| 8:20 - 10:00 am |
Symposium 3: Cholesterol and signalling |
| 8:20 - 8:40 am |
Rob Parton (UQ) |
Caveolae and Caveolins; Linking Signal Transduction and Lipid Regulation |
| 8:40 - 9:00 am |
Lesley Wright (Westmead) |
Lipid rafts contribute to the total 1H NMR-visible lipid signal in cells |
| 9:00 -9:30 am |
Thomas Grewal (Germany) |
Cholesterol modulates the membrane binding and intracellular distribution of annexin 6 |
| 9:30 -10:00 am |
Andrew Brown (UNSW) |
Unmasking the sterol-sensor in cholesterol homeostasis |
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| 10:30 - 12:00 pm |
Symposium 4: Genetic approaches in Cell Biology and Development |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am |
Phil Soriano
(Fred Hutchison) |
Gene traps in development |
| 11:00 -11:30 am |
Trevor Lithgow
(University of Melbourne) |
The yeast genome encodes fifty-five tail-anchored proteins, including new syntaxin-like proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum and pre-vacuolar compartment |
| 11:30 - 12:00 pm |
Rohan Teasdale
(Institute of Molecular Biosciences) |
The mouse secretome. Functional classification of the proteins secreted into the extracellular environment. |
| 1:00 pm |
Trade Secrets™ |
Shiraz Room |
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| 1:30 - 3:30 pm |
Symposium 5: Molecular mechanisms of vesicle transport |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm |
Jenny Stow
(Institute of Molecular Biosciences) |
LPS-regulated SNARES; the way out for cytokines |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm |
David James
(Garvan Medical Research Institute) |
The role of Sec1/Munc18 proteins in vesicle transport |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm |
Leonard Kelly |
Stoned: A novel adaptin family from flies and mice |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm |
Roger Daly
(Garvan Medical Research Institute) |
A cortactin/CD2AP complex provides a novel link between epidermal growth factor receptor endocytosis and the actin cytoskeleton |
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| 1:30 - 3:30 pm |
Symposium 6: Developmental Biology |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm |
Melissa Little (UQ) |
Crim1 is a TGFbeta superfamily modulator with a role in axial patterning vascular and urogenital development. |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm |
Graham Lieschke (Ludwig Institute) |
Genetic studies of myeloid development and signalling in mice and zebrafish |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm |
Patrick Tam (CMRI) |
Mouse gastrulation: Cell fates and movement |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Helena Richardson (Peter MacCallum) |
Regulation of Cell Proliferation by the Scribble, Dlg, and Lgl Cell Polarity Genes and their Involvement in Tumour Progression in the Drosophila Model System |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 pm |
Symposium 7: Folding and Targeting |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm |
Nick Hoogenraad
(LaTrobe University) |
A mitochondrial specific unfolded protein response in mammalian cells |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Mauro Sandrin
(Austin Research Institute) |
The role of the cytoplasmic domain of glycosyltransferases in Golgi localisation |
| 5:00 - 5:30 pm |
Mark Gorrell
(Centenary Institute) |
Function and Structure of the CD26 Gene Family |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 pm |
Symposium 8: Signalling in development |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm |
Phil Soriano
(Fred Hutchison) |
PDGF signaling and morphogenesis of the musculo-skeletal tissues |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Gail Risbridger
(Monash University) |
TGFbeta signaling and prostate/kdney morphogenesis |
| 5:00 - 5:30 pm |
Simon Koblar
(Adelaide) |
Eph/ephrins in the nervous system |
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| 8:30 - 9:30 pm |
The Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting Lecture |
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Graham Warren
(Yale University) |
Growth and Division of the Golgi Apparatus |
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| Friday 11th April, 2003 |
| 8:30 - 10:30 am |
Symposium 9: Signalling |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Christina Mitchell
(Monash University) |
Regulation of secretion and the actin cytoskeleton by inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatases |
| 9:00 -9:30 am |
William Hughes
(Garvan Medical Research Institute) |
Phospholipid Regulation of Insulin Secretion in the Pancreatic beta Cell |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am |
David Cook
(University of Sydney) |
G protein signalling in epithelia |
| 10:00 -10:30 am |
Geraldine O'Neil (Westmead) |
Dynamic regulation of adhesion complex proteins by rho-mediated signalling |
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| 11:00 - 12:30 pm |
Symposium 10: Cellular and Developmental Polarity |
| 11:00 am |
Georgina Caruana
(Monash University) |
MAGUKs and Epithelial Polarity in Mice with an Insertional Mutation in Discs Large |
| 11:30 am |
Sarah Russell
(PeterMac Cancer Institute) |
CD46 and Dlg in cell polarity |
| 12:00 pm |
Rob Saint (ANU) |
The role of Rho family G protein regulators in contractile ring positioning during animal cytokinesis |
| 2:00 pm |
Symposium 11: The Last Session (round the vineyards) |
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