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embocellsize Program

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Monday, June 21
Time	Session/Lecture info
16:00-18:00	Session 1 Chair: Mike Fainzilber
16:00-16:05	Intro and welcome
16:05-16:30	Mikael Bjorklund, Zhejiang University Size scaling from molecules to cells
16:30-16:55	Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, Instituto Gulbenkian Centrosome number and size in development and disease
16:55-17:20	Rebecca Heald, UC Berkeley Mechanisms of subcellular size scaling
17:20-17:40	Chantal Roubinet, MRC-LMCB Asymmetric nuclear division generates sibling nuclei with different identities
17:40-18:00	Break
18:00-20:00	Session 2 Chair: Sven van Teeffelen
18:00-18:25	Sander Tans, AMOLF, Amsterdam Cell size and ppGpp
18:25-18:50	Petra Levin, Washington University The environment as a mediator of cell size
18:50-19:15	James Locke, Cambridge University Modulation of cell size control by the circadian clock and environment in cyanobacteria
19:15-19:40	Ariel Amir, Harvard University Coupling between DNA replication and division in E. coli
19:40-20:00	Naama Brenner, Technion Multiple Timescales in Bacterial Homeostasis

Tuesday, June 22
Time	Session/Lecture info
16:00-18:10	Session 3 Chair: Robert Sablowski
16:00-16:25	Nicolas Minc, Institut Jacques Monod Division positioning in the early embryo: mechanisms and function
16:25-16:45	Marco D´Ario, John Innes Centre A mechanism for plant cell size regulation using DNA content as a standard
16:45-17:05	Benjamin Towbin, University of Bern A folder mechanism ensures size uniformity among C. elegans individuals by coupling growth and development
17:05-17:30	Daniel J. Müller, ETH Zurich Monitoring the growth of individual adherent and non-adherent cells at high mass and millisecond resolution
17:30-17:55	Adrienne Roeder, Cornell University Cell size, polyploidy, and fluctuations of the ATML1 transcription factor in Arabidopsis flowers
17:55-18:10	Break
18:10-19:55	Session 4 Chair: Mario Pende
18:10-18:35	Matthew Good, University of Pennsylvania Contribution of Embryonic Cell Size Gradients to Zygotic Genome Activation and Gastrulation
18:35-18:55	Xili Liu, Harvard Medical School Beyond G1 length control: size homeostasis in proliferating mammalian cells
18:55-19:15	Jette Lengefeld, MIT Cell size is a determinant of stem cell potential during aging
19:15-19:35	Ari Elson, Weizmann Institute of Science Active determination of the maximal size of bone-resorbing osteoclasts
19:35-19:55	Zeenat Diwan, University of Pennsylvania Understanding the role of endothelial cell size and number in differentially regulating arterial and venous diameters

Wednesday, June 23
Time	Session/Lecture info
16:00-18:05	Session 5 Chair: Britta Eickholt
16:00-16:40	Michael Hall, Biozentrum Basel mTOR signaling in growth and metabolism
16:40-17:05	Mario Pende, Institut Necker Cell size control by S6 kinases in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
17:05-17:30	Mike Fainzilber, Weizmann Institute of Science Subcellular localization of cellular protein synthesis in size control
17:30-17:50	Tiffany Mak, The Francis Crick Institute The TOR-dependent phosphoproteome and regulation of cellular protein synthesis
17:50-18:05	Break
18:05-20:05	Session 6 Chair: Ariel Amir
18:05-18:30	Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science A visual framework for classifying cell-size determinants
18:30-18:55	Jan Skotheim, Stanford University On the mechanisms linking cell growth, biosynthesis, and division
18:55-19:20	Martin Howard, John Innes Centre Dissecting sizer-based control in fission yeast and the role of cell-to-cell variability
19:20-19:45	Ran Kafri, University of Toronto How do cells ’know’ their appropriate size? – a CDK4-dependent molecular circuitry functions as a thermostat-dial to specify target size
19:45-20:05	Zuzana Storchova, TU Kaiserslautern Scaling of cellular proteome in budding yeasts of different ploidy and size

Thursday, June 24
Time	Session/Lecture info
16:00-18:15	Session 7 Chair: Teemu Miettinen
16:00-16:25	Min Wu, Yale University Cortical membrane waves and cell size sensing
16:25-16:50	Karsten Kruse, University of Geneva Length regulation of microtubules by molecular motors acting on the shaft
16:50-17:15	Matthieu Piel, Institut Curie Cell size regulation across timescales
17:15-17:35	Dianyi Liu, University of Missouri Elucidating the mitotic sizer in the multiple fission alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
17:35-17:55	Sean Sun, Johns Hopkins University Mechanical regulation of cell size and cell growth
17:55-18:15	Break
18:15-20:05	Session 8 Chair; Min Wu
18:15-18:35	Morgan Delarue, LAAS-CNRS Macromolecular crowding limits growth under pressure
18:35-18:55	Evgeny Zatulovskiy, Stanford University Evgeny Zatulovskiy, Cell-size-dependent gene expression modulates senescence and organelle composition in human cells
18:55-19:15	Jaan Männik, University of Tennessee Replication-related control over cell division in Escherichia coli is growth-rate dependent
19:15-19:35	Nishit Srivastava, Institut Curie Size matters: Density homeostasis and cell size control
19:35-19:55	Oshri Afanzar, Stanford University Mitotic waves start from the nucleus
19:55-20:05	Closing remarks and adjourn

Organizing committee

Mike Fainzilber
Weizmann Institute of Science
Ariel Amir
Harvard University
Britta Eickholt
Charite Medical Faculty
Mario Pende
Institut Necker
Jan Skotheim
Stanford University
Min Wu
Yale University
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Coordinator

Irit Veksler
irit.veksler@weizmann.ac.il
+972 8 934 4245