Subgroup Co-Chairs: Scott Forth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, and Andrew Lombardo, University At Buffalo, SUNY, USA

 MAIN PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM

Date and time will be announced in November.

SATURDAY 90-MINUTE AFTERNOON SESSION

Session Day and Time: Saturday, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Session Room:  Room 203AB 

Business Meeting:  2:20 PM - 2:30 PM EST

 In 2027, the Motility & Cytoskeleton Subgroup's primary symposium will take place during the Main Program. The date and time will be announced in November. 

MAIN PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Andrew Lombardo, University of Buffalo, SUNY, USA
Motorized and Membrane-Anchored Rho-GAPs: Spatial Control of the Actin Cytoskeleton 

Kristen Verhey University of Michigan, USA
Structural and Functional Plasticity of the Microtubule Lattice 

William Hancock, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
The Molecular Mechanics Underlying Kinesin/Dynein Bidirectional Transport 

Carolyn Moores, Birbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Exploring Cellular Complexity through Microtubule Regulation

In 2027, the Motility & Cytoskeleton Subgroup's primary symposium will take place during the Main Program. The session below provides an additional 90 minutes for the Subgroup to conduct business and share additional content with its members.

SATURDAY 90-MINUTE AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30 PM Patrick Oakes, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Mechanically Induced Septin Networks Protect Nuclear Integrity

1:45 PM Spotlight Awardee Talk 

2:00 PM Student/Postdoc Flash Talks

2:10 PM Talk Selected from Abstract

2:20 PM Subgroup Business Meeting

2:30 PM Early Career Awardee Talk

2:45 PM Gary Brouhard, McGill University, Canada
KEYNOTE TALK: Microtubule Dynamic Instability: a Cross-Species Comparison

3:00 PM Closing Remarks