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MAY 14 , 2007
"In pursuit of Asymmetric Cell Division": an international symposium to better understand a key stage in cancer formation.
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IRIC - Montreal, March 19, 2007
Cell Division and differenciation will be a major topic in Montreal, on May 14th 2007, for an exceptional day of scientific communications and exchanges, open to public attendance.
Organized by the IRIC with the precious support of Nikon Canada, this symposium will bring together several international experts who will discuss various approaches in biological imaging, with 10 different lectures.
The process of asymmetric cell division takes place when a mother cell undergoes division and gives rise to two daughter cells that are different from each other, a phenomenon which is crucial in normal and cancer stem cell division. |
The aim of this day will be to shed light on the major recent progresses in cell imaging technologies and the possibilities that these techniques offer to better understand the mechanisms leading to asymmetric cell division.
Symposium Organizers
- Stephen Ting, Postdoctoral Researcher in Guy Sauvageau's Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells Laboratory.
- Vincent Hyenne, Postdoctoral Researcher in Jean-Claude Labbé's Cell Division and Differenciation Laboratory.
- Éric J. Duplan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Sylvie Mader's Molecular Targeting of Hormone-Dependant Cancers Laboratory.
- Jean-Claude Labbé, Principal Investigator, Cell Division and Differenciation Laboratory.
Venue
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, University of Montreal.
2950 chemin de Polytechnique - Marcelle-Coutu Pavilion, Lecture Hall S1-151
Information Contact
- Paule Marchand 514-343-6111, ext.0880 paule.marchand@umontreal.ca
Download the programme poster (.pdf, 475 Ko)
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PROGRAMME OF THE DAY:
8:30 am
Welcoming by Stephen Ting, co organizer.
8:40 am
Eric Jervis
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
Examining Division Symmetry and Phenotype
Trajectories Across Multiple Generations.
9:25 am
Timm Schroeder
GSF-Institute of Stem Cell Research
Neuherberg, Germany
Tracking of Stem Cell Behavior at The Single Cell
Level: New Tools for Old Questions.
10:10 am Coffee break
10:30 am
Ken Kemphues
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University, NY, USA
Polarity and Asymmetric Division in The C. elegans
Early Embryo.
11:15 am
Jean-Claude Labbé
Cell Division and Differentiation Laboratory
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Montreal, Canada
Translational Regulation and Asymmetric Cell Division in C. elegans.
11:45 am
Jackie Vogel
Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Spindle Pole Asymmetry: Mechanisms for Spindle
Positioning in Budding Yeast.
12:30 pm Lunch
1:40 pm
Paul Maddox
Laboratory of Mitotic Mechanisms and Chromosome Dynamics
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Montreal, Canada
Studying Mitotic Mechanisms Using High
Resolution Light Microscopy.
2:25 pm
Michel Cayouette
Cellular Neurobiology Research Unit
Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Asymmetric Cell Divisions in The Vertebrate Retina.
3:10 pm
Sergei Sokol
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Determination of Cell Fates by Polarity Proteins During Vertebrate Development.
3:55 pm Coffee break
4:15 pm
Cheng-Yu Lee
Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Genetic Regulation of Neural Stem Cell
Self-renewal in Drosophila.
5:00 pm
Gregory Emery
Laboratory of Vesicular trafficking and cell signaling
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Montreal, Canada
Endocytosis Regulates Self-renewal of Neuroblasts in The Drosophila Larval Brain.
5:30 pm
Closing remarks by Guy Sauvageau, Scientific Director, IRIC
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