12th Annual Cell & Developmental Biology Symposium
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
Symposium in honor of Professor Terry Machen's contributions to
cell physiology & to celebrate his retirement from UC Berkeley
Epithelial Cell Biology, Physiology & Disease
Monday, March 26, 2018
9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m
125 Li Ka Shing Center
(UCB Campus)
Faculty Co-Chairs
Diana Bautista
David Bilder
List of Speakers
David Bilder, University of California, Berkeley
Epithelial polarity: mechanisms, monitors and malignancies
Horst Fischer,
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Kevin Foskett, University of Pennsylvania
From Mitochondria-Rich Cells to Mitochondria
Lin He, University of California, Berkeley
Cilia development in respiratory epithelial cells
Aldebaran Hofer, Harvard Medical School
Cyclic AMP signaling in and around organelles
Beate Illek, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
CFTR: Bicarbonate and Bacteria
Paul Negulescu, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
CFTR: Measuring and moving ions
James Nelson, Stanford University
Stretching, Shearing and Surfing
Christian Schwarzer, University of California, Berkeley
Pseudomonas aeruginosa chemotaxis to injured airway epithelial cells
There is no cost to attend but space is limited.
Click Here to Register by March 22, 2018
Download the Symposium Flyer PDF
Organizations that have contributed funding:
For questions contact Deby Johns at
510-643-5524, djohns@berkeley.edu