Conference opening
08:45 - 09:00
Session I
09:00 - 12:30
09.00 - 09.40 Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Role of AP-1 in cell polarity
09.40 - 10.20 Franck Perez, Institut Curie, FR
Microtubule-dependent and indepedent trafficking revealed using a synchronized secretion assay
10.20 - 10.40 Akiko Satoh, University of Hiroshima, JP
Rab6 is essential for plural apical transport pathways but not for basolateral transport pathway in Drosophila photoreceptors
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee break
(Continued) Session I
11:10 - 12:30
11.10 - 11.50 Catherine Rabouille, Hubrecht Institute, NE
Extracellular cleavage of E-cadherin promotes epithelial apical cell extrusion
11.50 - 12.10 Gregory Lavieu, Yale University, USA
The Golgi-Ribbon Structure Facilitates the Transport of Large Cargoes
12.10 - 12.30 Hesso Farhan, University of Konstanz, CH
Spatial Cdc42 activity is regulated by GM130: implications for polarity and tumorigenesis
12:30 Lunch and Free Time
Session II
15:00 - 16:40
15.00 - 15.40 Alfredo Caceres, Instituto Mercedes Martin Ferreyra, AR
A RhoA signaling pathway regulates Golgi outpost formation
15.40 - 16.20 Gillian Griffiths, University of Cambridge, UK
Polarised secretion from killer cells
16.20 - 16.40 Elena Taverna, Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, DE
Repositioning of the centrosome and Golgi apparatus in neural progenitors during brain development
16:40 - 17:10 Coffee break
(continued) Session II
17:10 - 18:30
17.10 - 17.50 Barry Thompson, London Research Institute, UK
Epithelial Polarity in Drosophila
17.50 - 18.10 Roland Thuenauer, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, DE
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin LecB subverts epithelial polarity
18.10 - 18.30 Eurico Morais de Sa, University of Porto, PT
Aurora A remodels epithelial polarity during cell division to redirect Lgl to a mitotic function