Microscopic Insights into the Cell

Friday, October 28, 2011: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room A1 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chairs:
Wilfred F. Denetclaw, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, San Francisco State University and JoAnn Trejo, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego

Description: Microscopy discovered the world of cellular life and created the cell biology field. Biologists also use microscopy to observe normal and pathological cell activities. Four leading minority cell biologists present their research into the cell using microscopy to understand events in cell division, membrane trafficking, wound healing and immune response.

Sponsored by: Supported by the American Society of Cell Biology



10:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:35 AM
Discerning the Role of the Immune System in Beneficial Symbiosis Using a Squid-bacterial Model System
Maria Castillo, PhD , Assistant Professor , New Mexico State University
10:55 AM
Cellular Rodeo: Corralling Expression of Epidermal Wound Response Genes
Michelle T. Juarez, PhD , Assistant Project Scientist , University of California, San Diego
11:15 AM
Examination of the Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Reorganization During Mitosis
Blake Riggs, PhD , Assistant Professor of Biology , San Francisco State University
11:35 AM
Regulation of Cell Division
David R. Burgess, PhD , Professor of Biology , Boston College