Spindle Working Group Meeting

Jul 1, 2019, 8:45 AM → Jul 3, 2019, 3:00 PM America/New_York

7th Floor Classroom (Flatiron Institute)

Michael Shelley (Flatiron Institue)

Center for Computational Biology, Biophysical Modeling Group will hold the third meeting of the Spindle Working Group at the Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor Classroom, New York, NY 10010 on July 1-3, 2019.

The spindle is the cellular structure that separates chromosomes in dividing cells. Understanding it, requires elucidating the complex interplay between mechanics, biochemistry, and active cellular force generators. 

For the third time our international, interdisciplinary team of spindle experts will convene at CCB.

Monday, July 1

8:45 AM Registration and Breakfast

1 Spindle Modeling at Flatiron Institute

10:30 AM Group Discussion

2 Spindle Modeling at Harvard University

12:30 PM Lunch

3 Rearrangement of Meiotic C. Elegans Spindles from Metaphase to Anaphase

2:30 PM Group Discussion

4 Integrated Electron Tomography and Computational Modeling to Study the Mechanics of Mitotic and Meiotic Spindles

4:30 PM Poster Session / Cocktails

7:00 PM Spindle Working Group Dinner

Tuesday, July 2

9:00 AM Breakfast

5 Ultrastructural Organization of Mitotic and Meiotic Spindles: Lessons from Electron Tomography

10:30 AM Group Discussion

6 Computational Methods for Modeling the Spindle and Active Matter, with Applications to Fission Yeast

12:30 PM Lunch

7 Manipulating “Cell” Geometry to Study Spindle Assembly and Positioning

2:30 PM Group Discussion

8 Spindles are Actively Cross-linked Micro-tubule Networks

4:30 PM Group Discussion

9 Principles of Spindle Size Control and Scaling

6:30 PM End of Day 2

Wednesday, July 3

9:00 AM Breakfast

9:30 AM Breakout Sessions

9:30 AM Breakout Sessions

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Group Discussion

1:50 PM End of the Workshop