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CRC 1348
Conference 2025

Cellular interfaces across scales: from molecules to tissue dynamics


May 7-9, 2025
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Speakers

(in alphabetical order)

Chase Broedersz

VU Amsterdam

Ivan Bedzhov

MPI Münster

Sabrina Büttner

University of Münster

Katia Cosentino

University of Osnabrück

Achilleas Frangakis

University of Frankfurt

Alf Honigmann

TU Dresden

Meritxell Huch

MPI Dresden

Benoit Ladoux

FAU Erlangen

Tim Lämmermann

University of Münster

Taija Mäkinen

Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki

Kate Miroshnikova

MPI Münster

Carien Niessen

University of Cologne

Caren Norden

Gulbenkian Lisbon

Lukas Pelkmans

ETH Zürich

Franck Perez

Institute Curie

Tatiana Petrova

University of Lausanne

Silvio Rizzoli

University of Göttingen

Aurelien Roux

University of Geneva

Carmen Ruiz de Almodóvar

University of Bonn

Florencia Sánchez

University of Münster

Stefan Sigrist

Freie Universität Berlin

Joachim Spatz

MPI Heidelberg

Magali Suzanne

University of Toulouse

Dora Tang

University of Saarbrücken

Pavel Tomancak

MPI Dresden

Min Wu

Yale University

Elena Watson

UI Designer

Freddie Warner

Product Designer

Georgia Mills

UX Specialist

Program

Wednesday (May 7, 2025)
Session #1 - Membrane and Organelle Trafficking
13:00 - 13:10 Welcome & Opening Words
13:10 - 13:40 Aurélien Roux, Geneva, CH:
"Topological defects in the orientational order of cells are stress organizers of tissue morphogenesis"
13:40 - 14:10 Franck Perez, Paris, FR:
tba
14:10 - 14:40 Katia Cosentino, Osnabrück, DE:
"Gasdermin Pores in Cell Death: Organization and Dynamics at the Nanoscale"
14:40 - 14:50 Short Talk #1: Sabrina Büttner, Münster, DE:
tba
14:50 - 15:00 Short Talk #2: tba
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
Session #2 - Organization of Membrane Complexes
15:30 - 16:00 Achilleas Frangakis, Frankfurt, DE:
tba
16:00 - 16:30 Alf Honigmann, Dresden, DE:
tba
16:30 - 17:00 Min Wu, Yale, USA:
"Signaling Oscillations and Chaos in Mast Cell"
17:10 - 17:10 Short Talk #3: Florencia Sánchez, Münster, DE:
"Ligand-free confinement for receptor activation and signal transduction"
17:10 - 17:20 Short Talk #4: tba
17:20 - 19:30 Posters 1 (even numbers) & Pizza (for all)

Thursday (May 8, 2025)
Session #3 - From Molecules to Systems
09:00 - 09:30 Chase Broedersz, Amsterdam, NL:
tba
09:30 - 10:00 Lukas Pelkmans, Zurich, CH:
tba
10:00 - 10:30 Dora Tang, Saarbrücken, DE:
tba
10:30 - 10:40 Short Talk #5: Tim Lämmermann, Münster, DE:
"Mast cell dynamics – unique among immune cells"
10:40 - 10:50 Short Talk #6: tba
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
Session #4 - Forces in Cells and Tissues
11:20 - 11:50 Carien Niessen, Cologne, DE:
"Mechanochemical regulation of epithelial barrier formation"
11:50 - 12:20 Benoit Ladoux, Erlangen, DE:
"Mechanical stresses govern myoblast fusion and myotube growth"
12:20 - 12:50 Magali Suzanne, Toulouse, FR:
tba
12:50 - 13:00 Short Talk #7: Kate Miroshnikova, Münster, DE:
tba
13:00 - 13:10 Short Talk #8: tba
13:10 - 15:30 Posters 2 (odd numbers) & Lunch (speakers only)
Session #5 - Neural Networking
15:30 - 16:00 Silvio Rizzoli, Göttingen, DE:
"Novel mechanisms of extracellular matrix remodeling"
16:00 - 16:30 Stephan Sigrist, Berlin, DE:
"Active zone remodeling"
16:30 - 17:00 Carmen Ruiz de Almodóvar, Bonn, DE:
"The Neurovascular Unit: A Dynamic Cellular Interface Regulating Brain Function"

Friday (May 9, 2025)
Session #6 - Multicellular Dynamics (Part 1)
09:00 - 09:30 Taija Mäkinen, Helsinki, FI:
"Lymphatic vessels in tissue homeostasis and disease – insights from microscopic and transcriptional decoding at the single cell level"
09:30 - 10:00 Tatiana Petrova, Lausanne, CH:
"Mechanisms of lymphatic vascular specialization"
10:00 - 10:30 Meritxell Huch, Dresden, DE:
"Liver Organoids: Where We Stand and Where We Go"
10:30 - 10:40 Short Talk #9: Ivan Bedzhov, Münster, DE:
"Cellular mechanisms of embryo dormancy"
10:40 - 10:50 Short Talk #10: tba
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break
Session #7 - Multicellular Dynamics (Part 2)
11:20 - 12:20 Keynote lecture: Joachim Spatz, Heidelberg, DE:
"Matter to Life: Bottom-Up Assembly of Synthetic Cells"
12:20 - 12:50 Pavel Tomancak, Dresden, DE:
tba
12:50 - 13:20 Caren Norden, Lisbon, PT:
"Bilateral eye formation from shape to patterning"
13:20 - 13:40 Poster Prize & Closing Words

Venue

Röntgenstraße 16, 48149 Münster, Germany

Directions


Directions: To arrive at the Multiscale Imaging Centre where the meeting takes place, take a Taxi from Münster's Central Train Station (a 15-minutes ride to Röntgenstraße 16). Alternatively, use bus line 5 (about a 20-minutes ride, 8 stops, leaving every 20 minutes), getting off at "Schreiberstraße" station. The meeting place is 5 minutes walk away from the bus station.

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