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Chicago Cytoskeleton Meeting in person!

April 15, 2022   3:00 – 6:00 PM   (4:00 – 7:00 PM Eastern)

Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie Building

Northwestern, Feinberg School of Medicine

Xiayi Liao, Perrin Lab, IUPUI

“A novel population of short actin filaments at stereocilia tips”

Samuel Gonzalez, Gardner Lab, University of Minnesota

“Rapid binding to protofilament edge sites facilitates tip tracking”

Weiwei Zhang, Staiger Lab, Purdue University

"Arabidopsis myosin XIK interacts with the exocyst complex to facilitate vesicle tethering during exocytosis"

Veronica Farmer, Zanic Lab, Vanderbilt University

“XMAP215 promotes microtubule catastrophe by disrupting the growing microtubule end”

Keynote Address:

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Group Leader, HHMI Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 

“Emerging imaging technologies to study cell architecture, dynamics and function”

Generously supported by:

Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Cell & Developmental Biology Department

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern university

Protein Tech

Nikon

The Chicago Cytoskeleton is a forum for cytoskeletal researchers from the greater Chicago area to meet, hear great talks, exchange ideas, and socialize. For additional information, please visit: https://chicagocytoskeleton.net/