THE 2023 TRIANGLE CYTOSKELETON MEETING
September 25th, 2023
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
pub tech night: September 24th
Location: Gizmo Brew Works - Chapel Hill
Image by Yongli Shan
Invited Faculty Speakers
Mark Peifer
Professor of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Christoph Schmidt
Professor of Physics, Duke University
Wendy Salmon
Director, Hooker Imaging Core, UNC-Chapel Hill
Invited Industry Speaker
Jacob Sawyer, Nikon
Doug Zeppenfeld, Andor
SELECTED TALKS
Cytoskeleton in emerging models
The evolution and specification of the cytoskeletal networks, Lillian Fritz-Laylin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Complex network morphology encourages mixing in Physarum polycephalum, Zach Geisterfer, Duke University
Mechanistic insights to cytoskeletal regulation
Building the Body Plan: The Miracle of Morphogenesis (invited), Mark Peifer, UNC-Chapel Hill
Effects of disease-causing point mutations and single Kelch domain deletions on gigaxonin-induced IF protein clearance in cells, Cassandra L. Phillips, UNC-Chapel Hill
Model-based classification of anchored molecular motor-biopolymer interactions, John B. Linehan, UNC-Chapel Hill
Quantitative and modeling approaches in studying the cytoskeleton
Motile Properties of nonmuscle myosin 2c, Mohammad Ashikur Rahman, NIH NHLBI
G-actin diffusion is insufficient to achieve F-actin assembly in fast-treadmilling protrusions, Ravi Appalabhotla, North Carolina State University
The cytoskeleton and shell mechanics in animal and bacterial cells (invited), Christoph Schmidt, Duke University
Cytoskeleton in development
Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling is Required for Ectoderm Structure and Function in Drosophila Dorsal Closure, Mina Amini, Duke University
Control of microtubules in neuronal processes by profilin 1 and actomyosin, Eric A. Vitriol, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University