Symposium on Actin/Myosin to Honor Edward D. Korn: NHLBI, NIH, DHHS; Program

PROGRAM

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Exploring the Mysteries of Actin and Myosin: A Symposium to Honor Edward D. Korn October 17, 2005 Lipsett Auditorium National Institutes of Health Bethesda , Maryland
8:30 a.m.	Welcome	Robert Balaban, Ph.D.

8:45 a.m.	Actin and its regulators: From molecules to movement	Marie-France Carlier, Ph.D.

9:15 a.m.	Myosin Ia functions in the intestinal epithelial cell	Mark S. Mooseker, Ph.D.

9:45 a.m.	Myosin V: A small-minded man’s dream	James R. Sellers, Ph.D.
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	The role of myosin VII in adhesion	Margaret A. Titus, Ph.D.
11:15 a.m.	Probing the intracellular functions of myosin VI	John Kendrick-Jones, Ph.D.
11:45 a.m.	On the tail of myosin-I: PIP2 and calmodulin	E. Michael Ostap, Ph.D.
12:15 a.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Regulation of actin filament dynamics during cellular motility and cytokinesis	Thomas D. Pollard, M.D.
1:45 p.m.	Using mouse coat color mutants to explore motor protein: organelle interactions	John A. Hammer III, Ph.D.
2:15 p.m.	Structure and function of myosin V and myosin VI	H. Lee Sweeney, Ph.D.
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	An unconventional myosin plays essential roles in fly morphogenesis and auditory reception	Daniel P. Kiehart, Ph.D.
3:45 p.m.	Myosin-X, a MyTH-FERM myosin at the tips of filopodia	Richard E. Cheney, Ph.D.
4:15 p.m.	Liaison between myosin XVa and whirlin: Upstairs, downstairs	Thomas B. Friedman, Ph.D.
4:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Michael Gottesman, M.D.


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