Name: Spindle Working Group Meeting
Start: 2020-07-13T09:45:00-04:00
End: 2020-07-15T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Virtually

Spindle Working Group Meeting

from Monday, July 13, 2020 (9:45 AM) to Wednesday, July 15, 2020 (4:00 PM)

Monday, July 13, 2020

9:45 AM Welcome Remarks
Welcome Remarks
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM The Physics of Highly Crosslinked Filament Networks.
The Physics of Highly Crosslinked Filament Networks.
10:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Room: Sebastian Fuerthauer, Ph.D.

10:35 AM Using a Coarse-grained Filament Model to Deduce the Behavior of Systems with Dense Microtubule Arrays
Using a Coarse-grained Filament Model to Deduce the Behavior of Systems with Dense Microtubule Arrays
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: David Stein, Ph.D.

11:00 AM Computational Methods and Models for Simulations of Spindle Positioning
Computational Methods and Models for Simulations of Spindle Positioning
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Room: Gokberk Kabacaoglu, Ph.D.

11:25 AM Stoichiometric Model of Microtubules and Motors: a Model for all Seasons
Stoichiometric Model of Microtubules and Motors: a Model for all Seasons
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM
Room: Reza Farhadifar, Ph.D.

12:05 PM Working lunch: Breakout Rooms
Working lunch: Breakout Rooms
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Mechanisms of Kinesin-5 Motors in Spindle Bipolarity
Mechanisms of Kinesin-5 Motors in Spindle Bipolarity
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Room: Meredith Betterton, Ph.D.

1:40 PM Lessons on Bipolar Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Biorientation from Computational Modeling
Lessons on Bipolar Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Biorientation from Computational Modeling
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM
Room: Chris Edelmaier, Ph.D.

2:20 PM Mean-field Methods for Modeling Motors and Cross-linkers During Spindle Assembly
Mean-field Methods for Modeling Motors and Cross-linkers During Spindle Assembly
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Adam Lamson
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

10:00 AM Ultrastructure of the K-Fiber in the Mammalian Mitotic Spindle
Ultrastructure of the K-Fiber in the Mammalian Mitotic Spindle
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Robert Kiewisz, Ph.D.

10:30 AM Measuring and Modeling Kinetochore Microtubules in Human Cells
Measuring and Modeling Kinetochore Microtubules in Human Cells
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Will Conway

11:00 AM Beyond K-Fibers: Investigation of MT Interactions in Mammalian Spindles
Beyond K-Fibers: Investigation of MT Interactions in Mammalian Spindles
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Gunar Fabig, Ph.D.

11:30 AM Scaling of Cell Size and Spindle Dynamics in the Early C. elegans embryo
Scaling of Cell Size and Spindle Dynamics in the Early C. elegans embryo
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Chukwuebuka William Okafornta, Ph.D.

12:00 PM Working lunch: Breakout Rooms
Working lunch: Breakout Rooms
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Microtubule Plus-end Competition: a Race for Components
Microtubule Plus-end Competition: a Race for Components
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Room: Zach Geisterfer

1:40 PM Probing Aster Positioning Mechanics Using Varied Enclosure Geometries
Probing Aster Positioning Mechanics Using Varied Enclosure Geometries
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM
Room: Jay Gatlin, Ph.D.

2:20 PM Characterizing the Emergent Phenomenon of Aster Rotation
Characterizing the Emergent Phenomenon of Aster Rotation
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Abdullah Bashar Sami
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

10:00 AM Biophysics of Spindle Motion
Biophysics of Spindle Motion
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Hai-Yin Wu, Ph.D.

10:25 AM Mechanics of Spindle Positioning and Orientation
Mechanics of Spindle Positioning and Orientation
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Maya Anjur-Dietrich

10:50 AM Mouse Meiotic Spindles: From the Physics of Spindle Structure to Chromosome Segregation Errors
Mouse Meiotic Spindles: From the Physics of Spindle Structure to Chromosome Segregation Errors
10:50 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Colm Kelleher, Ph.D.

11:15 AM Biophysics of Chromosome Segregation Errors and Error Correction
Biophysics of Chromosome Segregation Errors and Error Correction
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Gloria Ha

11:40 AM Nonlinear Characteristics of the Spindle Oscillation
Nonlinear Characteristics of the Spindle Oscillation
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM
Room: Yuan-nan Young, Ph.D.

12:10 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:10 PM - 12:25 PM

12:25 PM Dissipation and Efficiency of an Active Cytoskeletal Material
Dissipation and Efficiency of an Active Cytoskeletal Material
12:25 PM - 12:55 PM
Room: Peter Foster, Ph.D.

12:55 PM Microtubule Gelation, Spindle Architecture, and Scaling
Microtubule Gelation, Spindle Architecture, and Scaling
12:55 PM - 1:25 PM
Room: Jan Brugues, Ph.D.

1:25 PM Chromosome segregation in C. elegans
Chromosome segregation in C. elegans
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM
Room: Stefanie Redemann, Ph.D.

2:25 PM Open Discussion
Open Discussion
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM