Gairdner Alberta Partnered Symposium

Sessions 1 - 2:June 3rd, 2024

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Session 1: Molecules & Cells

Katz Building Rm1080

8:00Welcome
8:10AI analysis of super-resolution microscopy: Biological discovery in the absence of ground truth.Ivan Nabi, University of British Columbia 
8:40Chromosome biorientation in mitosis – how centromeres find the spindle equatorAlexey Khodjakov, Wadsworth Center, NY State Department of Health
9:10Imaging Nucleus and Chromatin DynamicsMichael Hendzel, University of Alberta
9:40Break
10:00Watching Individual Proteins Acting on DNA: Understanding Biology, One Molecule at a TimeStephen Kowalczykowski, University of California, Davis
10:30Molecular Imaging and Reprogramming of Functions in single live cellsPeter Yingxiao Wang, University of Southern California 
11:00Genome organization, the 4D nucleosome projectClodagh O’Shea, Salk Institute for Biological Studies 
11:30 LunchKatz Building Atrium
12:30 Poster Session
1:30KEYNOTE: Imaging subcellular organelle structure, dynamics, and interactionsJennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

 

Session 2: Tissues & Model Organisms

Katz Building Rm1080

2:00Neighbour cells and the mechanical regulation of epithelial cytokinesisAnn Miller, University of Michigan
2:30Interplay between tissue tension and inflammation in malignancyValerie M. Weaver, University of California, San Francisco
3:00Virtual Histology of Cancer + Ultrasonic Liberation of BiomarkersRoger Zemp, University of Alberta 
3:30Break
3:50A simple genetic model to understand childhood neural tumours Sara Hughes, University of Alberta
4:20Hanne Ostergaard, University of Alberta
4:50combine imaging technology with synthetic chemistry and materials science to understand how immune cells communicateMorgan Huse, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 

 

Public Presentation

Zane Feldman Auditorium, Cross Cancer Institute

6:00Canada’s continuous MR-guided radiotherapy to potentially treat all solid tumour Linac MR and proton-MRGino Fallone, University of Alberta

Speaker Dinner, 7:00 - 10:00 PM