Program
| MSE4 | Woodward 4; 10:15 am - 12:15 pm, July 29 |
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| Title | Bacterial Polymers - Part I |
| Organizer | Jun Allard |
| University of British Columbia | |
| Abstract | Until recently, bacteria were believed to be featureless, disorganized sacks that lack the internal structure of eukaryotic cells. Over the past decade, advances in fluorescence microscopy and cryo-EM microscopy have allowed new structures in bacteria to reveal themselves. These include structures who resemble elements of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton, such as MreB, CreS and FtsZ, and some whose functions lack eukaryotic analogies, such as the Min system. This Special Interdisciplinary Minisymposium will focus on the mechanics of these biopolymers, their emerging two-way relationship with the cell envelope, and how they perform their many duties including cell division and polar targeting. |
| Speaker 1 | Steven Andrews |
| Molecular Sciences Institute | |
| Mechanics can explain coiled shapes of bacterial cytoskeletal polymers | |
| Speaker 2 | Matthew Cabeen |
| Yale University | |
| Mechanical Control of Bacterial Cell Curvature | |
| Speaker 3 | Sean Sun |
| Johns Hopkins University | |
| Condensation of FtsZ filaments can drive bacterial cell division | |
| Speaker 4 | Marisela Vélez |
| Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | |
| Polymerization of individual FtsZ filaments observed with atomic force microscopy |
Link to Part II - MSG4
-- Minisymposium talks are scheduled for 30 min each, including time for questions.