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PROGRAM

8:15 - 9:00 AM
POSTER HANGING & BREAKFAST 
3RD FLOOR STUDENT LOUNGE
Please see the check-in desk for poster assignments.

9:00 - 9:15 AM
MEETING INTRODUCTION
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM

9:15 - 10:30 AM
SESSION 1 TALKS 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Dr. Wei Nu, The University of Toledo
Dr. Sally Horne-Badovinac, The University of Chicago
"Cracking open an evolutionary mystery - using the insect eggshell to understand how cells build diverse ECM architectures"
Dr. Adam Kwiatkowski, University of Pittsburgh
"Outside influences: ECM and cardiomyocyte organization"

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10:30 - 10:55 AM
COFFEE BREAK
BASEMENT HALLWAY

10:55 AM - 12:00 PM
SESSION 2 TALKS 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM​
Dr. Daniel Conway, The Ohio State University
“Developing FRET-force biosensors for studying mechanotransmission of cellular forces”
Agustin Rabino, The University of Toledo
“SGEF, a RhoG specific GEF, regulates E-cadherin turnover, transcription and permeability in epithelial cells”
Dr. Lois Weisman, University of Michigan
“Insights into membrane trafficking at endosomes”

12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH 
3RD FLOOR STUDENT LOUNGE
Seating can be found in the corridors and studios. Please feel free to browse CellulART's gallery and the museum grounds.

1:00 - 2:00 PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Dr. Matthew Welch
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
"Mobilization of host cell structures by microbial pathogens"

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2:00 - 4:00 PM
POSTER SESSION AND ART PRESENTATIONS 
3RD FLOOR STUDENT LOUNGE
Coffee provided

4:00 - 4:45 PM
SESSION 3 TALKS 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Shreya Chandrasekar, Loyola University Chicago
"Deciphering the role of RhoA and cell geometry in septin recruitment to the actin cortex"
Zie Craig, University of Michigan
"Anillin Regulates RhoA Activity during Cell-Cell Junction Remodeling"
Songyu Dong, The Ohio State University
"Photorhabdus luminescens TccC3 toxin targets the dynamic population of F-actin and impairs cell cortex integrity"

4:45 - 5:10 PM
COFFEE BREAK 
BASEMENT HALLWAY

5:10 - 5:50 PM
SCIENTIST/ARTIST
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM
Dr. Bob Goldstein
Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Printmaking for Science and Art"

5:50 - 6:00 PM
IMAGE COMPETITION AWARDS ANNOUNCED 
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM

6:00 - 9:00 PM
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART EXPLORATION 
Attendees may visit the galleries of the Toledo Museum of Art, connected to the Center for the Visual Arts, for free (donation is encouraged) until 9:00 pm.

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