Agenda

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

08:00 am - 08:50 am EST
Registration and Check-in
08:50 am - 09:00 am EST
Opening Remarks

Lawrence E. Samelson, M.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

Session 1:  Organelle Dynamics and Function
                    Chair: Kandice Tanner, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

09:00 am - 09:30 am EST
Christopher Westlake, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

"Visualizing Primary Cilium Assembly with 3-D Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy"

09:30 am - 09:45 am EST
Gil Kanfer, Ph.D. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH

"Autonomous” Microscopy:  Artificial intelligence microscopy screening (AIMS)"

09:45 am - 10:15 am EST
Clare Waterman, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH

"Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Migration with the Light Microscope"

10:15 am - 10:45 am EST
BREAK
10:45 am - 11:15 am EST
Natalie Porat-Shliom, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

"Mitochondrial Dynamics in Intact Tissues using Intravital Microscopy"

11:15 am - 11:30 am EST
Simona Patange, Center for Cancer Research, NCI

“A Living, Single Cell View of MYC’s Effects on Transcriptional Bursting”

11:30 am - 12:00 pm EST
Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Single-Molecule Measurements of the Conformational States of EGFR"

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm EST
LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION

Poster Session showcasing Imaging Cores

Session 2:  Multicellular Organisms
                    Chair: Dan Larson, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

01:00 pm - 01:30 pm EST
Jacco van Rheenen, Ph.D., Netherlands Cancer Institute

"Intravital Microscopy Reveals the Plastic Nature of Cancer Cell Behavior"

01:30 pm - 02:00 pm EST
Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

"RNA Granules Come into Focus: Liquids and Gels"

02:00 pm - 02:15 pm EST
Matthew Anderson, Ph.D. Center for Cancer Research, NCI

"Modeling Multiplex Quantitative Gene Expression Analysis in Whole Embryos Reveals FGF Notch Interactions During Embryogenesis"

02:15 pm - 02:45 pm EST
Jennifer Zallen, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

"Signals, Forces and Cells:  Decoding Tissue Morphogenesis"

02:45 pm - 03:15 pm EST
Jan Huisken, Ph.D., Morgridge Institute of Research

"Real-Time Developmental Biology with a Modular, Shareable Light Sheet Microscope"

03:15 pm - 03:45 pm EST
BREAK

Session 3:  Imaging the Immune System
                    Chair: Roberto Weigert, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI

03:45 pm - 04:15 pm EST
John Hammer, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH

"Contractile Actomyosin Structures at Immune Cell Synapses- What Super Resolution Imaging Can Tell Us About Their Form and Function"

04:15 pm - 04:30 pm EST
Bhagawat Subramanian, Ph.D. Center for Cancer Research, NCI

"Mechanism of Neutrophil Extravasation in Live Animals"

04:30 pm - 05:00 pm EST
Gillian Griffiths, Ph.D., University of Cambridge

"Fine-Tuning the CD8 Immune Response: Signalling, Secretion and Immunodeficiencies"

05:00 pm - 05:30 pm EST
Morgan Huse, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

"Mechanical Control of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Function"