Poster Presentations
"Gradient Sensing and Directed Cell Migration"
2005
Poster Presenter / Organization
Poster Title
Poster Sessions - Monday and Tuesday
Group A
Natalie Andrew
The University of Birmingham
Coupling Directional Sensing to Pseudopod Formation
Eberhard Bodenschatz
Cornell University/Max Planck Society
Studying Chemotaxis with Micorfluidic Devices
Gary Bokoch
TSRI
Rac regulates tail retraction during neutrophil
chemotaxis
Till Bretschneider
Max-Planck-Institut Fuer Biochemie
Subsecond Reorganization of the Actin Network in
Dictyostelium
Ruey-Hwa Chen
National Taiwan University
The tumor suppressor DAPK inhibits motility by
perturbating integrin-mediated migrational polarity
Chang Chung
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Role of WASP-interacting protein (WIP) in the
regulation of F-actin polymerization at the leading edge
of chemotaxing cells
Frank Comer
National Institutes of Health
Multiple Roles for CRAC in Chemoattractant Signaling
Louise Cramer
University College London
Microtubules spatially regulate ADF/cofilin to guide
migrating cells
Xuemei Dong
University of Connecticut Health Center
Roles of the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor Prex1 in
chemoattractant-induced neutrophil
Dirk Dormann
University of Dundee
Cell movement in a multicellular tissue: Analysis of the
actin cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium slugs
Chad Green
University of California, Davis
Distinct activation pathways regulate neutrophil
polarization and CD18 distribution in shear flow
Paul Heid
University of Iowa
Computer-Assisted Reconstruction and Analysis of
Filopod Formation and the Role of Myosin II Heavy
Chain Phosphorylation in Dictyostelium chemotaxis
Bryan Heit
University of Calgary
Differential activation and utilization of Mac-1 and LFA1 during neutrophil chemotaxis to IL-8 and fMLP.
Miho Iijima
Johns Hopkins University
How cells sense and move to the chemoattractant
gradients
Ehsan Jabbarzadeh
Drexel University
Simulation of cell chemotaxis in 2D random porous
domains
Chris Janetopoulos
Johns Hopkins University
Phosphoinositide-Linked Polarity Circuits During Cell
Migration
Tian Jin
NIAID/NIH
Quantitative imaging of single live cells reveals
spatiotemporal dynamics of multi-step signaling events
of chemoattractant gradient sensing in Dictyostelium
Leung Kim
Florida International University
Concerted regulation of ROS Signaling and Eukaryotic
Chemotaxis
Mikkel Klausen
Technical University of Denmark
Involvement of bacterial migration in development of P.
aeruginosa PAO1 biofilms
Paul Kriebel
National Cancer Institute
Vesicles and vesicle trafficking are important for the
proper cellular distribution and efficient activation of
adenylyl cyclase in chemotaxing cells.
Prabhat Kunwar
New York University Medical Center
Tre1, a Novel G Protein-Coupled Receptor, Directs
Transepithelial Migration of Drosophila Germ Cells
Anja Lambrechts
Universiteit Gent
A central role of profilin I in regulating neurite
outgrowth of PC12 cells.
Paul Langridge
MRC LMB
Mutants in the Arp2/3 complex of Dictyostelium
discoideum
Lawrence Leclaire
University of California, San Francisco
Daniel Lerner
Cornell University
Nck-interacting kinase modulates actin cytoskeleton
assembly and dynamics in migrating cells
Lsc/p115 RhoGEF is required for normal polarization
and adhesion of chemoattractant-stimulated neutrophils
Nick Leslie
University of Dundee
PTEN and TPTE inhibit cell migration through their
protein phosphatase activity
Lixin Liu
University of Calgary
Essential Role for Leukocyte PI3K? in Leukocyte
Emigration In Vivo
Hongbo Luo
Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 as a negative regulator of neutrophil
chemotaxis.
Santos Manes
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia
Signaling pathways regulating lymphocyte migration
Carmen Melendez-Vasquez
Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine
Actomyosin Motors and the Mechanism of Myelin
Formation
Poster Sessions -Wednesday and Thursday
Group B
Michelle Mendoza
University of California
smek, a novel suppressor of mek1, regulates cell polarity
and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium
Nicole Neel
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Modulation of CXCR2 Chemokine Receptor Trafficking
by RhoB
Paul Nuzzi
University of Wisconsin
The calcium-dependent protease calpain 2 mediates
neutrophil polarization and chemotaxis
Hitesh Patel
University of California, San Francisco
A developmentally regulated Na-H Exchanger in
Dictyostelium discoideum is necessary for cell polarity
during chemotaxis
Olivier Pertz
The Scripps Research Institute
Spatio-temporal analysis of RhoA activity in living
migratory cells
Fiona Pixley
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Role of CSF-1R Signaling in Macrophage Adhesion
and Motility
Ann Richmond
Vanderbilt University
Importance of the LLKIL motif and Rho B in
CXCR2 receptor trafficking and chemotaxis
Wajeeh Saadi
University of California, Irvine
Chemotaxis of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells in
Parallel-Gradient Microfluidic Chambers
Jiqing Sai
Vanderbilt University
CXCR2 internalization is important for generation of
intracellular signal required for chemotaxis
Atsuo Sasaki
University of California, San Diego
Directional sensing and cell polarity through Ras
signaling.
Bruce Schaar
Stanford University
Intrinsic Cellular Mechanisms of Directed Neuronal
Migration
Ian Schneider
North Carolina State University
Platelet-derived Growth Factor-mediated Spatial Sensing
in Fibroblasts is Governed by Three Regimes of Gradient
Sensitivity
Hanshuang Shao
University of Pittsburgh
Spatial Localization of M-Calpain to the Plasma
Membrane by PIP2 binding is Required for EGF
Receptor-Mediated Calpain Activation
Daria Siekhaus
NYU School of Medicine
Genetic analysis of the migration of Drosophila
hemocytes
Scott Simon
University of California, Davis
Distinct activation pathways regulate neutrophil
polarization and CD18 distribution in shear flow
Brian Stramer
University of Bristol
Live imaging of inflammation in Drosophila embryos
reveals key roles for small GTPases during wound
chemotaxis in vivo
Justin Sturge
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre
Endo180: an endocytic receptor that guides cell motility
Matthew Thomas
Novartis
PI3Kgamma and cell movement into the lung.
Hui-Hsin Tsai
Case Western Reserve University
Netrin-1 mediated dispersal of spinal cord
oligodendrocyte precursors is critical for the generation
of its correct number.
Paula van Hennik
Sanquin Research/CLB
Role of p38 and p42/44 MAPKs in migration of
hematopoietic progenitor cells
Douwe Veltman
University of Groningen
Global inhibition and local stimulation of pseudopodia
by Dictyostelium soluble guanylyl cyclase
Qian Wang
University of Illinois
Surface Composition Gradients of Immobilized Cell
Signaling Molecules. Epidermal Growth Factor on Gold
Zhenglong Wang
University of Connecticut Health Center
Using RNAi to screen for GEFs that are involved in
regulation of T cell chemotaxis
Heidi Welch
Babraham Institute
P-Rex1-deficient mice have impaired neutrophil
function.
Deborah Wessels
University of Iowa
The Chemotactic Defect in Shwachman-Diamond
Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
Liu Yang
Johns Hopkins University
Feedback Induced Biphasic Response
Muhammad Zaman
MIT and Whitehead Institute
Tumor Cell Migration in 3D: Computational and
Experimental Studies
Min Zhao
University of Aberdeen
Cells' sense of electrical potential gradients
Doncho Zhelev
Duke University
Cytoskeleton dynamics of neutrophils stimulated with
fMLP and it’s coupling to the transient generation of
downstream signals