Version 25.09.2018
International Symposium
Mechanobiology:
Measuring and Modelling Cell Migration
RWTH Aachen University
September 27/28, 2018
Mechanobiology: Measuring and Modelling Cell Migration 2018
Thursday, September 27th |
12:00-13:00 |
Registration MOCA, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen University D-52057 Aachen |
12:00-13:00 |
Snack |
13:00-13:15 |
Welcome
(Coordinator) |
Part 1: Cell
contraction and invasion Chair: Galiya Sakaeva
/ Co-Chair: Rutuja Patwardhan |
13:15-14:00 |
Keynote lecture 1 |
Bill BEMENT Abstract K1 The
cell cortex as an excitable medium |
14:00-14:07 |
Flash talks 1-4 |
Gailya Sakaeva
Abstract
01 Polarized
epithelial cell migration depends on rear end stress fibre tension |
14:07-14:14 |
Anne Pora Abstract
02 Focal
adhesion-hemidesmosome crosstalk in migrating keratinocytes |
|
14:14-14:21 |
Rutuja Patwardhan
Abstract
03 EGF
triggers Rho excitability in migrating keratinocytes |
|
14:21-14:28 |
Victor Juma Abstract
04 Parameter
identification for Rho-myosin model |
14:30-15:00 |
The mentor's lecture |
Leif DEHMELT
Abstract
M1 Self-organization
of cell contraction dynamics |
15:00-17:00 |
Poster session and coffee
break |
17:00-17:45 |
Keynote lecture 2 |
Julie PLASTINO
Abstract
K2 Forces
drive basement membrane invasion in Caenorhabditis
elegans |
17:45-17:52 |
Flash talks 5-10 |
Jacopo di Russo Abstract 05 Collective
cell migration: intercellular forces coordination by integrin α5β1 |
17:52-17:59 |
Aljona
Gaiko-Shcherbak Abstract 06 The basement membrane: A mechanical cell invasion barrier
in breast cancer |
|
17:59-18:06 |
Volker Buck Abstract 07 In vitro models for
studying endometrial receptivity – characterization of human biopsies in a
new test system |
|
18:06-18:13 |
Andreas Ludwig / Aaron Babendreyer
Abstract
08 Regulation
of fractalkine-induced monocytic cell recruitment by endothelial shear stress |
|
18:13-18:20 |
Aldo Leal-Egana Abstract 09 Novel
strategy to determine cancer cell heterogeneity in vitro: assaying the
relation force/speed/morphology with
micro-featured scaffolds |
|
18:20-18:27 |
Jannis Körner
Abstract
10 β1
subunit stabilises sodium channel Nav1.7 against mechanical stress |
18:30-19:15 |
Keynote lecture 3 |
Jacky GOETZ, Sébastien HARLEPP Abstract K3 Biomechanical
regulation of tumor metastasis |
19:30-19:45 |
Transfer by bus |
|
19:45-23:30 |
Conference dinner |
Belvedereallee 5, 52070 Aachen |
Friday, September 28th |
Part 2: Cell
mechanics as a basis for biomedical engineering Chair: Rudolf Merkel / Co-Chair: Rupert Ecker |
09:00-09:30 |
The mentor's lecture |
Michael KOZLOV
Abstract
M2 Modelling
membrane super-structures formed by caveolae |
09:30-09:37 |
Flash talks 11-14 |
Roger Sauer
Abstract
11 Advanced
continuum modelling of lipid bilayer membranes |
09:37-09:44 |
Davide Cusseddu Abstract
12 A
coupled bulk-surface model for cell polarisation |
|
09:44-09:51 |
Nadieh Kuijpers Abstract
13 Dynamic
interaction of cytoskeletal filaments in migrating keratinocytes |
|
09:51-09:58 |
Dmytro Kotsur
Abstract
14 Automatic
segmentation and tracking of keratin filaments in living cells |
10:00-10:45 |
Keynote lecture 4 |
Núria GAVARA
Abstract
K4 The
cytoskeleton, by the numbers |
10:45-11:15 |
Coffee break and group photo |
11:15-11:22 |
Flash talks 15-20 |
Saransh Vora Abstract 15 A
computational framework for simulating the dynamics of keratin filament
networks |
11:22-11:29 |
Eduard Campillo-Funollet Abstract 16 A
Bayesian approach to parameter identification: keratin dynamics and traction force
microscopy |
|
11:29-11:36 |
Clara Abaurrea
Velasco Abstract 17 Active
composite agents: a minimal model for motile cells |
|
11:36-11:43 |
Nikos Fatsis-Kavalopoulos Abstract 18 Precise
microfluidic clustering of multiple cell types for quantifying paracrine
effects in cancer cells |
|
11:43-11:50 |
Rupert Ecker Abstract 19 TissueFAXS Cytometry – A Tool for Precision Medicine: Automated
Analysis of Single Cells and the Cellular Microenvironment |
|
11:50-11:57 |
Laura Bornes
Abstract 20 Keratinocytes
migrate individually in a collectively migrating sheet during wound closure in vivo |
12:00-12:30 |
The mentor's lecture |
Stefan JOCKENHÖVEL Abstract M4 Biohybrid
implant development – The role of mechanobiological stimuli |
12:30-12:45 |
Closing of the meeting |
Coordinators |
12:45-14:00 |
Farewell snack |