International Workshop Mechanobiology of Physiological Systems
Event Schedule
Wednesday
20
09:00 – 09:30
Opening
Félix Viana, Instituto de Neurociencias UMH-CSIC, Alicante (Spain)
09:30 – 10:30
The EMBO Keynote Lecture
Ion channels and tethers for touch
Gary Lewin, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin (Germany)
10:30 – 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
MECHANOSENSORY CHANNELS
11:00 – 11:30
TALK
New regulators of Piezo2 function
Francico Taberner, Instituto de Neurociencias UMH-CSIC, Alicante (Spain)
11:30 – 12:00
TALK
Targeting Piezo2 for Joint Pain
Rachel Miller, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, (USA)
12:00 – 12:30
TALK
Selected talk from registered participant
NN
12:30 – 14:30
LUNCH BREAK
MECHANOSENSORY CIRCUITS
14:30 – 15:00
TALK
Mechanosensitivity of human DRG neurons
Emmanuel Bourinet, Institute of Functional Genomics, Montpellier (France)
15:00 – 15:30
TALK
Spinal circuits for mechanical itch in mice and humans
Augusto Escalante, Instituto de Neurociencias UMH-CSIC, Alicante (Spain)
15:30 – 16:00
TALK
Selected talk from registered participant
NN
16:00 – 16:30
TALK
Activation of mechanosensitive TRAAK channels by u.v. light
Guillaume Sandoz, Université Cote d’Azur, Nice (France)
16:30 – 17:00
COFFEE BREAK & Poster Session
17:00 – 18:00
KEYNOTE TALK
Understanding and controlling mechanotransduction from integrins to the nucleus.
Pere Roca-Cusachs, University of Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
18:00 – 18:30
GENERAL DISCUSSION
Thursday
21
09:00 – 10:00
KEYNOTE TALK
Coping with Mechanical Stress: Tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair
Yanlan Mao, University College, London (United Kingdom)
10:00 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
ADVANCES IN MECHANOBIOLOGY TECHNIQUES
10:30 – 11:00
TALK
Mechanotransduction at the nanoscale: Insights from 3D-MINFLUX nanoscopy
Stefan Lechner, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg (Germany)
11:00 – 11:30
TALK
Visualization of lysosomal membrane proteins by cryo electron tomography
Vera Moiseekova-Bell, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA)
12:00 – 12:15
SHORT TALK
Selected talk from registered participants
NN
12:15 – 12:30
SHORT TALK
Selected talk from registered participants
NN
12:30 – 14:30
LUNCH BREAK
MECHANOBIOLOGY IN NEURAL DEVELOPMENT
14:30 – 15:00
TALK
Mechanical signaling in cortical interneuron migration in the forebrain
Laurent Nguyen, University of Liege, Liege (Belgium)
15:00 – 15:30
TALK
The chemo-mechanical regulation of axon pathfinding in the developing brain
Kristian Franze, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen (Germany)
15:30 – 16:00
TALK
Generation and regeneration of bilateral nervous systems
Eloisa Herrera, Instituto de Neurociencias UMH-CSIC, Alicante (Spain)
16:00 – 16:30
TALK
Mechanics and neural stem cells in cerebral cortex folding
Victor Borrell, Instituto de Neurociencias UMH-CSIC, Alicante (Spain)
16:30 – 17:00
TALK
How the extracellular matrix shapes the developing human brain
Katherine Long, King’s College, London (United Kingdom)
17:00 – 17:30
COFFEE BREAK & Poster Session
17:30 – 18:30
KEYNOTE TALK
Mechanosensitive cadherins, ion channels, and lipid scramblases in sound perception, brain wiring, and gut morphogenesis
Marcos Sotomayor, University of Chicago, Chicago (USA)
18:30 – 19:00
GENERAL DISCUSSION
Friday
22
09:00 – 10:00
KEYNOTE TALK
Molecular Choreography of Piezo1 in Development and Repair
Medha Pathak, University of California, Irvine (USA)
10:00 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
MORPHOGENESIS AND WOUND HEALING
10:30 – 11:00
TALK
Mechanical impact on neural stem cell lineage decisions in human brain organoids
Marisa Karow, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen (Germany)
11:00 – 11:30
TALK
Regeneration of the beating heart in aquatic salamanders (title to be confirmed)
Elif Eroglu, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Sweden)
11:30 – 12:00
Selected talk from registered participant
NN
12:00 – 12:15
SHORT TALK
Selected talk from registered participants
12:15 – 12:30
SHORT TALK
Selected talk from registered participants
12:30 – 14:30
LUNCH BREAK
MECHANOBIOLOGY IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
14:30 – 15:00
TALK
The role of mechanotransduction pathways in heart development
Adèle Faucherre, Institute of Functional Genomics, Montpellier (France)
15:00 – 15:30
TALK
Integrating Ion Channel Regulation Into the Mechanobiology of Vascular Stiffness: The Role of Kv1.3
María Teresa Pérez García, University of Valladolid, Valladolid (Spain)
15:30 – 16:00
TALK
Mechanosensitive PIEZO2 channels shape
coronary artery development
Mireia Pampols-Perez, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin (Germany)
16:00 – 16:30
TALK
Selected talk from registered participant
16:30 – 17:00
COFFEE BREAK & Poster Session
17:00 – 18:00
KEYNOTE TALK
When cells lose their spark: a tale of two extrusions
Jodi Rosenblatt, King’s College, London (United Kingdom)
18:00 – 18:30
GENERAL DISCUSSION
20:00
BANQUET DINNER
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