Program
| MSG4 | Woodward 4; 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, July 29 |
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| Title | Bacterial Polymers - Part II |
| 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 | Jun Allard |
| University of British Columbia | |
| Force generation by a dynamic Z-ring in bacterial cell division | |
| Speaker 2 | Charles Wolgemuth |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | |
| The Shape and Dynamics of the Spirochetes | |
| Speaker 3 | Pedro Tarazona |
| Universidad Autonoma de Madrid | |
| Theoretical modeling of dynamic FtsZ filaments imaged with atomic force microscopy. | |
| Speaker 4 | Harold Erickson |
| Duke University | |
| FtsZ bending membranes inside and outside liposomes |
Link to Part I - MSE4
-- Minisymposium talks are scheduled for 30 min each, including time for questions.