Registration deadline: 15 April 2019

Kinetochores are highly specialized protein structures assembled on centromeric chromatin during mitotic and meiotic cell division. These macromolecular structures serve as the chromosomal attachment sites for connection to spindle microtubules, which drive chromosome congression and segregation into daughter cells. The hundreds of kinetochore proteins identified fulfill a wide range of critical functions including specification of centromeric chromatin, powering chromosome movements, regulation of spindle microtubule dynamics, and checkpoint signaling. The objective of this meeting is to bring together new investigators as well as established kinetochore researchers to present their new findings, learn about the latest unpublished research, and build new collaborations.

Topics include:

•    Centromere specification
•    Kinetochore structure and function
•    Regulation and mechanics of kinetochore-microtubule interactions
•    Spindle assembly checkpoint
•    Diversity of chromosome segregation mechanisms


Keynote speaker:

Arshad Desai, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, US


Speakers:

Binyam Mogessie; University Walk, Bristol, UK
Chris Campbell; Max F. Perutz Laboratories, AT
Alexander Kelly; National Cancer Institute/NIH, US
Karen Schindler; Rutgers, The State University of NJ, US
Hong Liu; Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, US
Karen Wing Yee Yuen; The University of Hong Kong, HK
Bill Wickstead; University of Nottingham, UK
Elaine Dunleavy; National University of Ireland, IR
Helder Maiato; Universidade do Porto, PT
Lars Jansen; Institute Gulbenkian, PT
Jakob Nilsson, University of Copenhagen, DK
Tom Maresca; University of Massachusetts Amherst, US
Soni Lacefield; Indiana University, US
Ben Black; University of Pennsylvania, US
Ekaterina Grishchuk; University of Pennsylvania, US
Phong Tran; Institut Curie, FR
Nikolina Sekulic; Centre for Molecular Medicine, NO
Reto Gassmann; University of Porto, PT

Organizers:

Bungo Akiyoshi (University of Oxford, UK)
Jennifer DeLuca (Colorado State University, US)
Ines Anna Drinnenberg (Institut Curie, FR)
Julien Dumont (Institut Jacques-Monod, FR)
Daniele Fachinetti (Institut Curie, FR)
Gwenaële Guigon (Institut Curie, FR)
Shauna Katz (Institut Curie, FR)

Sponsors:

Institut Curie
EMBO
Cytoskeleton
LabEx DEEP
LabEx CelTisPhyBio
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
Gataca Systems
Lumicks
Journal of Cell Science
SBCF
Colorado State University
Trends in Cell Biology
Biochemical Journal
Journal of Cell Biology
Tebu-bio
Elife