UK Cilia Network Meeting, 2016

7 July 2016, UCL Chadwick Building B05 Lecture Theatre 

Programme

11.00 - 11.20       Phil Beales, Martin Knight          

                                   Welcome, overview of current cilia research

11.20 - 11.35       Karen Liu, Craniofacial Development & Stem Cell Biology, Kings College London

                                “Cilia and skeletogenesis”

11.35 – 11.50      Rebecca Walker, MRC Harwell

                                “Location, location, location: is Polycystin2 localisation to cilia essential for function”

11.50 – 12.05      Barbara Tanos, Institute of Cancer Research (ICR London)

                                “Role of cilia in TKI resistance”     

12.05 – 12.20      Angus Wann, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford

                                “The ciliome in adult cartilage homeostasis and arthritis pathogenesis”

12.20 – 13.40      Sandwich lunch + poster viewing – UCL SOUTH CLOISTERS

13.40 - 14.25       KEYNOTE TALK

                                  Claudio Aguilar, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

                                “Cilia abnormalities in Lowe Syndrome"

14.25 – 14.40      Katia Nazmutdinova, Cilia Disorders Laboratory, UCL Institute of Child Health

                                “Urine-derived cells from ciliopathy patients show phenotypic aberrations as potential read-outs for

                                  therapeutic interventions”

14.40 – 14.55      Jose Vicente Torres Perez, Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London

                               “Recording mechanosensation throughout primary cilia"

 14.55 – 15.10     Melis Dalbay, Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London

                                “Lithium chloride causes primary cilia elongation increasing ciliary IGF-1Rβ and nuclear PPARγ

                                 expression in hMSCs”

 15.10 –15.50      Tea coffee - UCL SOUTH CLOISTERS

15.50 – 16.10      Simon Denham, Zeiss

                                  “Super resolution and light sheet microscopy"

16.10 – 16.25      Sam O’Toole, Centre for Endocrinology, Queen Mary University of London

                                “The role of primary cilia in the molecular pathogenesis of phaeochromocytoma”

16.25 – 16.40      Dylan Bergen, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol

                                 “A dual role for the Golgi matrix protein in matrix secretion and cilia function in the zebrafish”

16.40 – 16.55      Jarema Malicki, Dept. Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield

                                “How many kinesins does it take to make vertebrate cilia?"

16.55 – 17.15      Discussion about the form and venue for future Interest group meeting.

17.15 – END        PUB- Marlborough Arms , Bloomsbury WC1E 7LY