34th Mahabaleshwar Seminar on Modern Biology MECHANOSIGNALLING IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Mechanosignalling in Cell and Developmental Biology
This seminar will focus on the relevance of physical connections in the form of cytoskeletal mechanics which helps in sensing and transducing forces from the surface of cells to deep inside. It will bring together researchers working on different aspects of mechanotrasduction in cells and organisms. Download Poster . |  |
February 14, 2009
0 8:45-09:45 Registration
10:00-12:30 Introduction : Maithreyi Narasimha (TIFR, Mumbai)
Interactive session: setting up work groups for student participation
Introduction to Mechanosignalling
Cellular scale: G.V.Shivashankar (NCBS-TIFR)
Developmental scale: Maithreyi Narasimha (TIFR)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Membrane organization
Satyajit Mayor (NCBS-TIFR)
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00 -17:30 Nuclear membrane, pores and nuclear transport
Michael Elbaum (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
18:00 -19:30 Preparation for student presentations
19:30 Dinner at NCBS
February 15, 2009
10:00-11:30 Mechanics for biologists: physical considerations
Gautam Menon (Matscience, Chennai)
11:30-12:00 Tea
12:00-13:00 Invited student presentations
12:00-12:30 Nanoscale organisation of Hedgehog and long range signaling
Neha Vyas (NCBS-TIFR)
12:30-13:00 Physicochemical stresses reveal a prestressed state of the eukaryotic nucleus.
Aprotim Mazumder (NCBS, RRI)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Nuclear mechanics & genome regulation
G. V. Shivashankar (NCBS-TIFR)
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00-17:30 Mechanical responses of cells and regulation
Pramod Pullarkat (RRI)
18:00 -19:30 Student presentations-1
19:30 Dinner
February 16, 2009
10:00-11:30 Mechanosensing and the myosin family of molecular motors
Jim Spudich (Stanford University & NCBS-TIFR)
11:30-12:00 Tea
12:00-13:00 Invited student presentations
12:00-12:30 Debanjan Goswami (NCBS-TIFR)
12:30-13:00 Actin dependent lipid architecture on cell membranes
Kripa (RRI, NCBS-TIFR)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Pattern formation in motor protein microtubule mixtures
Gautam Menon (MatScience)
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00 -17:30 Exploring molecular and macromolecular mechanics using AFM
Srirama Koti (TIFR)
18:00 -19:30 Student presentations-2
19:30 Dinner at NCBS
February 17, 2009
10:00-11:30 Cytoskeleton-adhesion crosstalk in cell locomotion and mechanotransduction Alexander Bershadsky
11:30-12:00 Tea
12:00-13:00 Invited student presentations
12:00-12:30 Feroz Meeran Hameed (NCBS-TIFR
12:30-13:00 Dymanin-independent membrane internalization: Role of GTPases and dynamic actin polymerization.
Sudha Kumari (NCBS-TIFR)
13:00-13:30 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Membrane/cytoskeletal mechanics-Theoretical considerations
Madan Rao (NCBS-TIFR, RRI)
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00 -17:30 Emergence of patterned cell behaviour: dynamics and mechanics during development
Maithreyi Narasimha
18:00 -19:30 Student presentations-3
19:30 Dinner at NCBS
February 18, 2009
10:00-11:30 Forces and force sensing in the course of the development of focal
adhesions
Sasha Bershadsky
11:30-12:00 Tea
12:00-13:00 DNA bending mechanics
Gautam Menon
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Selected student presentations- Suspense!
Chair: Sasha Bershadsky
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00 -18:30 Selected student presentations continued
19:30 Dinner at NCBS
http://www.ncbs.res.in/images//poster.jpgRegistration
All participants are requested to register by submitting a registration fee of Rs.2500. To register, email
maithreyi.narasimha@gmail.com
and bring a Demand draft (payable to Mahabaleshwar seminar).