| 2005 HUNTER CELLULAR BIOLOGY MEETING |
Wednesday 6th April |
2:00 pm- 4:00 pm: |
Symposium 1: Signalling
The Hunter Room |
2:00 pm |
Tony Pawson |
Protein interactions in cell signaling and polarity |
2:45 pm |
Roger Daly |
Functional analysis of the Gab2 proto-oncogene using 3D culture of human mammary epithelial cells |
3:10 pm |
Marie Bogoyevitch |
Inhibition of JNK MAP kinases - new insights into neuroprotection |
3:35 pm |
Wei Duan |
Signaling via a novel integral plasma membrane pool of protein kinase C |
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4:30 pm - 6:35 pm: |
Symposium 2: Cancer and cell cycle
The Hunter Room |
4:30 pm |
Erik (Rik) Thompson |
Gene expression analysis of the PMC42 Model of Epithelial-to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in Human Breast CarcinomaMT) in Human Breast Carcinoma |
4:55 pm |
Leonie Ashman |
Function of tetraspanins in cell interactions and migration. |
5:20 pm |
David Jans |
A tumor-cell specific nuclear targeting signal? |
5:45 pm |
Jennifer Byrne |
D53: a novel mitotic regulator which is maximally expressed at the G2-M transition in breast cancer cells |
6:10 pm |
Patrick Humbert |
E2F4 promotes cell cycle progression and cellular proliferation in foetal erythropoiesis |
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8:00 pm -10:30 pm: |
Posters and wine |
The Rothbury and Assembly Rooms/Exhibition area |
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Thursday 7th April |
8:30 am - 10:30 am: |
Symposium 3: Morphogenesis
The Hunter Room |
8:30 am |
Nick Brown |
Molecular analysis of morphogenesis |
9:15 am |
Richard Harvey |
Positive and Negative Interactions between T-box Transcription Factors Underlies the Cardiac Developmental Program |
9:40 am |
Carol Wicking |
Identification and analysis of Gli3 regulated genes in the mouse embryonic limb and face |
10:05 am |
Patrick Tam |
Cell movement during mouse gastrulation: the potential role of Lim1 transcription factor and interferon inducible transmembrane proteins |
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11:00 am - 12:35 pm: |
Symposium 4: Ion pumps and channels
The Hunter Room |
11:00 am |
Michael Caplan |
Trafficking of transport proteins: new partners and possible therapies
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11:45 am |
Michael Parker |
Signalling across membranes: structural studies of toxins, receptors and channels |
12:10 pm |
Alfred Esser |
Molecular Aspects of Complement-mediated Killing of Gram-negative Bacteria |
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1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: |
Trade Secrets™ |
The Rothbury and Assembly Rooms/Exhibition area |
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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: |
Symposium 5: Cytoskeleton
The Hunter Room |
2:00 pm |
Ora Bernard |
Regulation of the activity of LIM kinase 1, a key regulator of microtubule depolymerization and actin polymerization.
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2:30 pm |
Maria Kavallaris |
Novel role for gamma actin in resistance to antimitotic drugs that target tubulin |
3:00 pm |
Edna Hardeman |
mustrd/Gtf2ird1: A gene that regulates behavior and body plan |
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4:30 pm - 5:50 pm: |
Symposium 6: Rho signalling
The Hunter Room |
4:30 pm |
Jennifer Gamble |
A Novel RhoGAP, VASGAP, that is a key Regulator of Angiogenesis. |
4:55 pm |
Stephen Gregory |
Genetic analysis of Rho signalling in cytokinesis |
5:20 pm |
Anthony Brumby |
Cooperative tumorigenesis in Drosophila |
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6:00 pm - 6:50 pm: |
 The EMBO Lecture: Alan Hall Rho GTPase signalling and the control of directed cell migration |
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10:30 pm - ....: |
Posters, Trade & Talk |
the Bar |
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Friday 8th April |
8:30 am - 10:10 am: |
Symposium 7: Traffic and secretion
The Hunter Room |
8:30 am |
Fred Meunier |
Fine-tuning of neurosecretion by 3í-phosphorylated phosphoinositides in neurosecretory cells |
8:55 am |
Ian Hendry |
The fate of retrogradely transported Neurotrophin and Synaptic Vesicles |
9:20 am |
Will Hughes |
The Regulation of Insulin Exocytosis |
9:45 am |
Jon Whitehead |
Investigating the role of IMPDH, and guanylate metabolism, in lipid accumulation and adipogenesis |
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10:10 am - 10:40 am: |
Coffee |
The Rothbury and Assembly Rooms/Exhibition area |
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10:40 am - 12:30 pm: |
Symposium 8: Organelles and polarity
The Hunter Room |
10:40 am |
Rob Parton |
Ultrastructural characterisation of caveolae budding and identification of novel non-caveolar early endocytic vehicles |
11:10 am |
Frances M. Brodsky |
Plasticity of B Cell Receptor Internalization Upon Conditional Depletion of Clathrin |
11:40 am |
Sarah Russell |
A network of PDZ-containing proteins regulate T cell polarity and morphology during motility and immunological synapse formation. |
12:05 pm |
Katharina Gaus |
Membrane structure at T-lymphocyte activation sites and immunological
synapses |
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1:45 pm - 3:45 pm: |
Symposium 9: Microtubules and organelle transport
The Hunter Room |
1:45 pm |
Nokubata Hirokawa |
Microtubules and neuronal transport |
2:30 pm |
Fiona Simpson |
A novel Hook-related protein family and the characterisation of Hook-related protein 1. |
2:55 pm |
Alpha Yap |
Cadherins and microtubules: a neglected form of cooperativity |
3:20 pm |
William Phillips |
Rapsyn and the homeostasis of the post-synaptic acetylcholine receptor cluster |
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Saturday 9th April |
10:00 am: |
Bus departs for Sydney Domestic Airport + 2 Wine tastings en route |
Meet at Reception - selected boutique wineries en route to the Airport (Collect packed lunch if ordered) |
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