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7th BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-symposium

Date: 21 July 2020   Time: 15:00 - 17:30

Another exciting line-up: localized RNA at cilia, advanced imaging of cilia dynamics, cryoEM of cilia, cilia signaling in axonal development and novel regulators of cilia length and composition!

BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Spring e-Meeting 7

3:00 – 3:05 Pleasantine Mill Welcome Remarks

3:05 – 3:25 Sarah Goetz, PI (Duke University, US). ‘A novel role for the Casein Kinase II catalytic subunit Csnk2a1 in regulating cilium stability and length'

3:25 – 3:45 Khanh Huy Bui, PI (McGill University, CA) 'Understanding the composition and function of the cilium through integrated structural approach'

3:45- 4:05 Jaclyn Fingerhut, PhD student, Yamashita lab (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, US). ‘mRNA localization mediates maturation of cytoplasmic cilia in Drosophila spermatogenesis’

4:05 – 4:25 Takashi Ochi, PI (University of Leeds, UK). ‘CCCDC61 is a paralogue of SAS6 and a DNA-repair protein XRCC4'

4:25 - 4:45 Jan Hansen, PhD student, Watchen lab (University of Bonn, DE). ‘Studying flagella, motile and primary cilia in microscopy images with high throughput and precision’

4:45 – 5:05 Jiami Guo, PI (University of Calgary, CA). ‘Primary cilia remotely modulate axonal development through PI3K/AKT signaling cascades’

Organizer: Pleasantine Mill (MRC HGU)

Location:		Online
Contact:		Pleasantine Mill
Email:		pleasantine.mill@igmm.ed.ac.uk.
Website:		https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2020-bscb-gensoc-uk-cilia-network-e-symposium-7-registration-110089771470