Minisymposium and Poster Topics

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Minisymposia Topics

• Actin Organization and Dynamics
• Autophagy, Self Renewal, and Cell Death
• Cancer Cell Biology
• Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration
• Cell Biology of Regeneration
• Cell Biology of the Neuron
• Cell Division
• Cell Growth and Cell Cycle Control
• Cell Mechanics and Intermediate Filaments
• Cell Migration and Motility
• Cell Polarity
• Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions
• Cellular Stress, Protein Folding, and Disease
• Development and Morphogenesis
• Integrated Research and Teaching and its Benefits to Faculty and Students
• Intracellular Sorting and Trafficking
• Membrane Organization and Lipid Dynamics
• Micro- and Coding RNA
• Microtubule Organization and Dynamics
• Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease
• Molecular Motors
• Nuclear Structure and Function
• Organelle Structure and Vesicle Formation
• Physical and Computational Tools for Cell Biology
• Prokaryotic Cell Biology
• Regulation/Organization of the Genome
• Signal Transduction/Signaling Networks
• Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotency

Working Groups (cannot submit abstracts to these):

• New Technologies in Imaging
• New Technologies in Molecular Biology/Genetics
• New Technologies in Proteomics
• Visualizing Biological Models and Information

Poster Topics:

1) Actin Cytoskeleton
• 1a Actin and actin-associated proteins
• 1b Regulation of actin dynamics
• 1c Higher-order actin-based structures
• 1d Actin-membrane interactions

2) Microtubule Cytoskeleton
• 2a Microtubules and associated proteins
• 2b Microtubule dynamics and its regulation
• 2c Cilia and flagella
• 2d Centrosomes
• 2e Mitotic spindle and kinetochores

3) Intermediate Filaments

4) Molecular Motors
• 4a Myosins
• 4b Kinesins
• 4c Dynein
• 4d Other mechanochemical enzymes

5) Cell Migration and Motility
• 5a Cytoskeletal membrane interactions
• 5b Chemotaxis and directed migration
• 5c Mechanotransduction
• 5d Signaling networks governing cell migration
• 5e Dynamics of focal adhesions and invadosomes

6) Cell-Matrix and Cell-Cell Interactions
• 6a Structure and function of the extracellular matrix
• 6b Integrins and cell-ECM interactions
• 6c Cadherins and cell-cell interactions
• 6d Glycoproteins and Metalloproteases
• 6e Cell-cell junctions
• 6f Focal adhesions and invadosomes
• 6g Bioengineering of cell-matrix interactions

7) Membrane Trafficking
• 7a Vesicle docking and fusion
• 7b Membrane fission and coat proteins
• 7c Rab GTPases
• 7d ER and Golgi transport
• 7e Post-Golgi trafficking
• 7f Endocytic trafficking
• 7g Endosomes, lysosomes, and lysosome-related organelles

8) Organelles and Membrane Biology
• 8a Establishing and maintaining organelle structure
• 8b Mitochondria, chloroplasts, and peroxisomes
• 8c Lipids and membrane microdomains
• 8d Receptors, transporters, and channels

9) Nuclear Structure and Function
• 9a Nucleocytoplasmic transport
• 9b The nuclear envelope and nuclear pore complexes
• 9c Nuclear bodies and dynamics
• 9d Nuclear lamins

10) Regulation and Organization of the Genome
• 10a Gene structure and transcription
• 10b Chromatin and chromosome organization
• 10c Epigenetics and chromatin remodeling
• 10d Regulatory and noncoding RNAs
• 10e RNA localization and transport

11) Cell Division
• 11a G1, G1-S, and S phase regulation
• 11b Cytokinesis
• 11c Mitosis
• 11d Meiosis
• 11e Spindle checkpoints

12) Signal Transduction and Signaling Networks
• 12a Signaling receptors (RTKs and GPCRs)
• 12b Kinases and phosphatases
• 12c Signaling from the PM/cytoplasm to the nucleus
• 12d Rho-family GTPases
• 12e Post-translational modifications in signaling
• 12f Signaling scaffolds and microdomains

13) Proteostasis, Cell Stress, and Aging
• 13a Ubiquitin and proteasome function
• 13b Chaperones, protein folding, and quality control
• 13c Regulation of aging
• 13d Autophagy
• 13e Cell death

14) Cell Polarity
• 14a Establishment and maintenance of polarity
• 14b Polarity in development

15) Development and Morphogenesis
• 15a Germ cells, gametogenesis, and fertilization
• 15b Embryogenesis
• 15c Tissue development and morphogenesis
• 15d Stem cells and pluripotency
• 15e Cell fate determination

16) Cancer Cell Biology
• 16a Oncogenes and tumor suppressors
• 16b Cancer stem cells
• 16c Tumor invasion and metastasis
• 16d Tumor microenvironment
• 16e Cancer therapy

17) Normal and Diseased Organs and Therapeutics
• 17a Muscle structure, function, and disease
• 17b Blood cells and vessels
• 17c Digestive and excretory organs
• 17d Exocrine and endocrine organs
• 17e Adipocytes and metabolism
• 17f Immune system
• 17g Defining therapeutic targets and new therapeutics

18) Cell Biology of the Neuron
• 18a Anterograde and retrograde axonal transport
• 18b Membrane trafficking at the synapse
• 18c Voltage-gated channels and neurotransmission
• 18d Neuronal cytoskeleton

19) Cell Biology of Microbes and Parasites
• 19a Prokaryotic cell biology
• 19b Protists and parasites
• 19c Host-pathogen/host-commensal interactions

20) Computational, Physical, and Synthetic Cell Biology
• 20a Chemical Biology
• 20b Tissue and bioengineering
• 20c Systems and synthetic biology
• 20d Computational biology/bioinformatics
• 20e Biophysical approaches to cell biology

21) New Technologies and Frontiers
• 21a Imaging technologies, single molecule imaging, and super-resolution
• 21b Proteomics and genomic methods
• 21c New technologies for cell biology

22) Science Education
• 22a K-12
• 22b Primarily undergraduate
• 22c Graduate and medical school