Spring 2007

February 2007
The power stroke of myosin VI and the basis of reverse directionality.

February 14, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Yujie Sun
Caspase-11 regulates cell migration by promoting Aip1-Cofilin-mediated actin depolymerization.

February 21, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Suk Namgoong
March 2007
Vaccinia Virus-Induced Cell Motility Requires F11L-Mediated Inhibition of RhoA Signaling.

March 14, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: François Ferron
Mechanism of Actin Network Attachment to Moving Membranes: Barbed End Capture by N-WASP WH2 Domains.

March 21, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Grzegorz Rebowski
Reversal of RNA missplicing and myotonia after muscleblind overexpression in a mouse poly(CUG) model for myotonic dystrophy.

March 28, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Mirko Travagli
April 2007
BDNF-mediated neurotransmission relies upon a myosin VI motor complex.

April 4, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Elizabeth Vernon Pitts
Lamellipodial actin mechanically links Myosin activity with adhesion-site formation.

April 11, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: David Hokanson
Myosin VI is required for sorting of AP-1B-dependent cargo to the basolateral domain in polarized MDCK cells.

April 18, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Joe Laakso
Katanin controls mitotic and meiotic spindle length.

April 25, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Jenny Ross
May 2007
Microtubule binding by dynactin is required for microtubule organization but not cargo transport.

May 2, 2007 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Jennifer Levy