Mechanical Forces in Development

Overview

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Symposium Overview

The symposium aims at bringing together world-leading experts in the fields of mechanobiology, cell biology and developmental biology studying the mechanical basis of cell and tissue morphogenesis. Particular emphasis will be given to quantitative approaches analysing how force production, transduction and reception drive cell and tissue morphogenesis from the molecular scale to the organismal scale. The field is currently expanding rapidly and we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of both experimental and theoretical advances providing insight into the molecular, cellular and biophysical mechanisms by which cells, tissues and entire organisms take shape.

Session Topics

• Force generation
• Force transduction 
• Mechanosensing
• Mechanotransduction
• Cell and tissue morphogenesis

Speakers

Speakers and Trainers

Keynote Speakers

Thomas Lecuit

The Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM)

France

Ewa Paluch

Cambridge University

UK

Speakers

Naama Barkai

Weizmann Institute of Science

Israel

Yohanns Bellaïche

Institut Curie

France

Enrico Coen

John Innes Centre

UK

Elizabeth Chen

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

USA

Dennis Discher

University of Pennsylvania

USA

Margaret Gardel

The University of Chicago

USA

Miriam Goodman

Stanford University

USA

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg

Institute of Science and Technology

Austria

Henrik Jönsson

University of Cambridge

UK

Frank Jülicher

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

Germany

Michel Labouesse

Institute of Biology Paris-Seine

France

Maria Leptin

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Roberto Mayor

University College London

UK

Ed Munro

The University of Chicago

USA

Caren Norden

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Germany

Olivier Pourquié

Harvard University

USA

Beth Pruitt

University of California, Santa Barbara

USA

Guillaume Salbreux

The Francis Crick Institute

UK

Frank Schnorrer

The Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM)

France

Pavel Tomancak

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Germany

Naoto Ueno

National Institute for Basic Biology

Japan

Alpha Yap

The University of Queensland

Australia

Scientific Organisers

Naama Barkai

Weizmann Institute of Science

Israel

Enrico Coen

John Innes Centre

UK

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg

Institute of Science and Technology

Austria

Frank Schnorrer

The Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM)

France

Conference Organisers

George Luca-Ruse

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Programme