Speakers

Keynote speakers:

External Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Novick, University of California, San Diego 

"Controlling membrane traffic through a network of Rab GTPases"

Midwest Keynote Speaker: Dr. William Klein, Northwestern University  

“Amyloid β oligomer disruption of membrane protein docking stations – the earliest steps down the path to dementia?” 

Invited speakers:

Dr. Rober Bacacllao, Dept. of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine

"Protein trafficking in kidney disease: case of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease"

Dr. Daniel Szymanski, Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue University

"Feedback mechanisms among cytoskeletal and cell wall systems during polarized cell expansion" 

Graduate and Post-Doctorate speakers:

Ruthie Arieti, Purdue University

"Auxin Stimulates Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics"

Dr. Zimple Kurlawala, University of Louisville

"Regulation of Insulin Like Growth Factors by UBQLN1"

Bidisha Mitra, Indiana University School of Medicine

"Biogenesis and Function of Intracellular Hepatitis B e Antigen " 

Dr. Madhu Sukumar, University Of Illinois at Chicago

"The yeast claudin Dcv1 is essential for the maintenance of distinct membrane domains and polarized mating functions" 

Nathan Willy, Ohio State University

"Membrane tension dictates the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of endocytic clathrin coat dynamics in cells"