Symposium Schedule

Monday, March 26, 2018
9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m .
125 Li Ka Shing Center

9:30-9:45         Diana Bautista, University of California, Berkeley
                        Welcome & Introduction

                        Session I: Cell Biology & Development
                       
9:45-10:25       David Bilder, University of California, Berkeley
                        Epithelial polarity: mechanisms, monitors and malignancies

10:25-11:05     Lin He, University of California, Berkeley
                        Cilia development in respiratory epithelial cells

11:05-11:50     James Nelson, Stanford University
                        Stretching, Shearing and Surfing

11: 50- 1:00     BREAK

Session II: Organelle signaling

1:00-1:15         Horst Fischer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
                        Session Introduction

1:15-1:55         Aldebaran Hofer, Harvard Medical School
Cyclic AMP signaling in and around organelles
           
1:55-2:35         Kevin Foskett, University of Pennsylvania
From Mitochondria-Rich Cells to Mitochondria

2:35-3:00         COFFEE BREAK

Session III: Bacterial infection & Disease

3:00-3:40         Beate Illek, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
                        CFTR: Bicarbonate and Bacteria

3:40-4:20         Christian Schwarzer, University of California, Berkeley
Pseudomonas aeruginosa chemotaxis to injured airway epithelial cells

4:20-5:00         Paul Negulescu, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
                        CFTR: Measuring and moving ions

5:00                 Closing Remarks, Acknowledgements & Reception

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