Polarity in Tissue Biology
Cellular polarity involves the asymmetric organization of different cellular components to enable specialized functions. An ancient feature of all eukaryotic cells, polarity is essential for the formation of tissues and organs. A broad range of challenges regarding cell polarity include basic mechanisms, regulation, and role in nutrient transport, as well as cellular signaling, division, surface expression patterns and motility. Inheritable and acquired polarity defects have been described in many human and animal diseases, including cancer. This conference will bring together researchers from various disciplines in the field of cell polarity, including biophysics, cell biology, physiology, theory, genetics, and pathobiology, to share their science and discuss unresolved questions. We aim for participants to come away with new ideas born from different perspectives and new collaborations to advance their research.
Janelia will cover lodging and meals for all participants, and travel support is available to those in need (please indicate need in that portion of the application). Participants are expected to stay for the duration of the workshop and will also have an opportunity to extend their stay for continued discussion and collaborative time.
The meeting will begin at 6pm ET on the first day and end by 2pm ET on the last.
Application closed.
Please note: Because Janelia conferences are intentionally small and selective, we may not be able to accommodate all applicants. We strive for as broad a representation across labs as possible and therefore may limit participation to one person per group. Preference is given to applicants who are active researchers in the field and intend to present their work as a poster or selected talk.
Organizers
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus
Anne Muesch, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Irwin Arias, National Institutes of Health
Invited Participants
Yohanns Bellaiche, Institute Curie
Juan Bonifacino, National Institutes of Health/NICHD
Thibaut Brunet, Institute Pasteur
David Bryant, Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute
Michael Caplan, Yale University
Sandra Citi, University of Geneva
Anne-Kathrin Classen, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
Miguel Concha, University of Chile
Danelle Devenport, Princeton University
Sandrine Etienne-Manneville, Institute Pasteur
Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago
Paul Gissen, University College London
Verena Göbel, Harvard University
Nate Goehring, Francis Crick Institute
James Goldenring, Vanderbilt University
Stephan Grill, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Sally Horne-Badovinac, University of Chicago
Ian Macara, Vanderbilt University
Karl Matter, University College London
Andrea McClatchey, Harvard University
Alex Mogilner, Courant Institute at New York University
Edwin Munro, University of Chicago
Senthil Muthuswamy, National Institutes of Health/NCI
Jeremy Nance, University of Wisconsin
Charles Parkos, University of Michigan
Mark Peifer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rytis Prekeris, University of Colorado Denver
Sergei Sokol, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Cécile Sykes, Ecole Normale Supérieure/CNRS, Paris, France
Daniel St. Johnston, University of Cambridge
Julie Theriot, HHMI/University of Washington
Sven van IJzendoorn, University of Groningen
Silvia Vilarinho, Yale University
Clare Waterman, National Institutes of Health/NHLBI
Rebecca Wells, University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Zallen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Marino Zerial, Human Technopole
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