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Molecular Environment of Integrins including presentation of the Jubilee Lecture

1—3 December 2003

Chancellors Conference Centre, University of Manchester, UK



Organizers:
Martin Humphries (Manchester, UK)
Charles Streuli (Manchester, UK)
Linda Green (Manchester, UK)
EuroTech

Molecular Environment of Integrins including presentation of the Jubilee Lecture


Structure of Adhesion Signalling

Chair:
David Critchley (Leicester, UK)
Tuesday 2 December 2003
08:30 - 09:15
Structural basis for ligand recognition by RGD-dependent integrins
Jun Takagi (Osaka, Japan)
09:15 - 10:00
Mechanisms of integrin receptor priming, activation and ligand binding
Martin Humphries (Manchester, UK)
10:00 - 10:15
Structural studies of ligand recognition by the C-terminus of focal adhesion kinase
Maria Hoellerer (selected poster presentation) (Oxford, UK)
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee/tea break

10:45 - 11:30
Structure and function of integrin tail complexes
Bob Liddington (Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA)
11:30 - 12:15
Structural basis for integrin aIIbb3 clustering
Renhao Li (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
12:15 - 12:30
Talin FERM domain interactions with PIP kinase type 1g: NMR and fluorescence study
Igor Barsukov (selected poster presentation) (Leicester, UK)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and poster session

Imaging Signalling

Chair:
Ian Hart (John Vane Science Center, London, UK)
Tuesday 2 December 2003
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and poster session

14:00 - 14:45
Effect of shear flow on the adhesion and migration of endothelial cells
Benny Geiger (Rehovot, Israel)
14:45 - 15:30
Integrins and apoptosis
Andrew Gilmore (Manchester, UK)
15:30 - 15:45
alpha 7 integrin is an essential mediator of sensory nerve regeneration
Natalie Gardiner (selected poster presentation) (Manchester, UK)
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee/tea break

16:15 - 17:00
Genetic analysis of integrin alpha-6 beta-4 signalling
Filippo Giancotti (Sloan-Kettering, New York, NY, USA)
17:00 - 17:45
Integrin regulation of growth factor signalling in the developing nervous system
Charles ffrench-Constant (Cambridge, UK)
17:45 - 18:00
Spatially distinct activation of PAK1 and N-WASP by Cdc42 in breast carcinoma cells
Maddy Parsons (selected poster presentation) (Kings College London, UK)

Bidirectional Dialogue with Cytoskeleton

Chair:
Charles Streuli (Manchester, UK)
Wednesday 3 December 2003
08:30 - 09:15
Talin controls integrin activation
Dave Calderwood (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA)
09:15 - 10:00
Regulation of cell signalling by integrins, growth factor receptors and intracellular adaptors
Paola Defilippi (University of Turin, Italy)
10:00 - 10:15
Activation of syndecan-4 reconstitutes cell spreading and triggers dynamic regulation of Rho-family GTPases
Mark Bass (selected poster presentation) (Manchester, UK)
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee/tea break

10:45 - 11:30
Integrin regulation of cell signalling and motility
Rudy Juliano (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
11:30 - 12:15
Role of the Src/FAK pathway in cancer
Margaret Frame (Glasgow, UK)
12:15 - 12:30
Integrin ECM and cytoskeletal interactions in vivo
Danelle Devenport (selected poster presentation) (Cambridge, UK)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

Jubilee Lecture

Chair:
Martin Humphries (Manchester, UK)
Monday 1 December 2003
16:00 - 18:00 Registration

17:50 - 18:00
Welcome and introduction
Martin Humphries (Manchester, UK)
18:00 - 19:00
Targeting the vasculature with novel strategies
Erkki Ruoslahti (Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA)
20:00 - 21:00 Dinner

Structure of Adhesion Signalling


Imaging Signalling


Bidirectional Dialogue with Cytoskeleton