Past Cilia Events 2023
UK Cilia Network Fall Meeting
Place: IGC, University of Edinburgh
Date: Friday October 6th 2023 11:00-17:30
Viviana Macarelli (PhD student, Merkle lab, Cambridge) Characterisation of short sequences that target proteins to the primary cilia membrane across diverse cell types Anu Sironen (Postdoc, Mitchison lab, ICH UCL) Male specific motile cilia in efferent ducts Daniel Baird (PhD student, Larsen lab, Copenhagen) TAK1 and TAB2 operate at the primary cilium to coordinate heart development. Kateřina Apolínová (PhD student, ZeClinics, Barcelona) A novel platform for unraveling the role of the primary cilium in heart regeneration. Mathieu Bottier (Research Associate, Hogg lab, Royal Brompton Hospital) Use of Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence for the diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. CILIAREN, Renal Ciliopathies National Network launch, John Sayer (Newcastle) Katarzyna Szymanska (Postdoc, Johnson lab, Leeds) Developing new treatments for cystic kidney disease. Francesco Boselli (Boselli lab, Durham) Ciliary alignment through flow-induced cellular rearrangements in mosaic tissues. Analle Abuammar (RA, Mennella lab, Cambridge) Development of an automated pipeline for segmentation of ciliated cells from Volume Electron Microscopy data. Beth Cutting (PhD student, Knight lab, Queen Mary University of London) Development of a kidney organ-chip model to study therapeutic regulation of primary cilia mechanobiology. Dagmar Wachten (Bonn) Shedding light on ciliary signaling and function.
45th BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-symposium
Date: Tuesday September 19th 2023 Time: 15:00 - 17:30 BST
Nuria Flames, Flames lab, Biomedical Institute of Valencia, ES, Transcriptional regulatory logic of cilia formation in C. elegans. Madison Walker, Myers lab, University of Utah, US, GRK2 Kinases in the Primary Cilium Initiate SMOOTHENED-PKA Communication in the Hedgehog Cascade. Zhen Chen, Vale/Agard labs, University of California, San Francisco, US, De novo protein identification in mammalian sperm using high-resolution in situ cryo-electron tomography. Xuecai Ge, Ge lab, University of California, Merced, US, Deciphering cell signaling in the primary cilia in the developing brain. Rytis Prekeris, Prekeris lab, University of Colorado Anschutz, US, TTLL12 is required for primary ciliary axoneme formation in polarized epithelial cells
44th BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-symposium
Date: Tuesday June 20th 2023 Time: 15:00 - 17:30 BST
Marina Arbi, Lygerou lab, University of Patras, GR, McIdas localizes at centrioles to control centriole numbers through PLK4-dependent phosphorylation. Travis Walton, Brown lab, Harvard Medical School, US, Axonemal structures reveal mechanoregulatory and disease mechanisms. Mohammed Hoque, Takemaru lab, Stonybrook University, US, A Cby1L-ciBAR1 complex mediates the precise positioning of the annulus along the sperm flagellum. Andrew Tilston-Lunel, Varelas Lab, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, US, YAP/TAZ control apical cytoskeletal organization and planar polarity in multiciliated cells. Moe Mahjoub, Mahjoub lab, Washington University in St Louis, US, Consequences of defective centrosome function during kidney development and repair.
43rd BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-symposium
Date: Tuesday April 18th 2023 Time: 15:00 - 17:30 BST
Yameng Huang, He lab, National University of Singapore, SG, Arl3 regulates ODA16-mediated IFT in motile cilia biogenesis. Shiaulou Yuan, Yuan lab, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, US, The force awakens: cilia as mechanosensors in left-right asymmetry. Janelle Leggere, Wallingford lab, University of Texas at Austin, US, Label-free proteomic comparison reveals ciliary and non-ciliary phenotypes of IFT-A mutants. Siebren Faber, Roepman lab, Radboud University Medical Center, NL, Gene augmentation of LCA5-Leber congenital amaurosis ameliorates bulge region defects of the photoreceptor ciliary axoneme.Mariam Anslanyan, Roepman lab, Radboud University Medical Center, NL, A targeted multi-proteomics approach generates a blueprint of the ciliary ubiquitinome. Peter Walentek, Walentek lab, University of Freiburg, DE, Temporal Notch signaling regulates mucociliary cell fates through Hes-mediated competitive de-repression.
42nd BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-symposium
Date: Tuesday January 24th 2023 Time: 15:00 - 17:00 GMT
Kerstin Schmidt, Witzgall lab, University of Regensburg, DE, Ultrastructural analysis in three dimensions reveals novel intermediate stages of primary cilia formation, Melanie Eschment, Bachmann-Gagescu Lab, University of Zurich/ Institute of Medical Genetics, CH, Generation of a 3D brain model for the ciliopathy Joubert Syndrome, Jacqueline Oberlin, Bachmann-Gagescu Lab, University of Zurich/ Institute of Medical Genetics, CH, Investigating the role of primary cilia in skeletal development and scoliosis using zebrafish ciliopathy mutants , Claudia Pachinger, Dammerman lab, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, AT, Conserved features and functions of centriolar satellites, James Williams, Watt lab, King's College London, UK, Using iPS cells to investigate Kidney Disease in BBS10 patients, Fay Newton, Megaw/Mill labs, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK, Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Death in Retinitis Pigmentosa