THURSDAY, May 8th 2008

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10:00- 13:00

Registration at Biomedicum Lobby

SESSION I: MEMBRANES AND MEMBRANE-BOUND
ORGANELLES
CHAIR: MAURICE JANSEN

13:00-13:30

TOBIAS WALTHER
Max Planck Institute Martinsried, Germany
Eisosomes and the organization of the plasma membrane

13:30-14:00

PHILIPPE JUIN
University of Nantes, France
Molecular basis of cancer cell addiction to Bcl-2
homologs

14:00-14:30

MARTIN VAN DER LAAN

University of Freiburg, Germany
Mitochondrial Presequence Translocase: A Versatile And
Dynamic Molecular Machine

14:30-15:00

VIVEK MALHOTRA
Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Spain
Identification of a receptor for collagen VII export from
the Endoplasmic Reticulum

15:00-17:00

SESSION II: POSTER SESSION with refreshments (Atrium C)

SESSION III: CYTOSKELETON DYNAMICS
CHAIR: LINA UDD

17:00-17:30

PEKKA LAPPALAINEN
University of Helsinki, Finland
Contractility-dependent actin dynamics in cardiomyocyte
sarcomeres

17:30-18:00

ANNE STRAUBE
Marie Curie Research Institute, United Kingdom
Microtubule re-organization and functions during muscle
cell differentiation

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18:00-18:30

DAMIAN BRUNNER
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Organizing Microtubules in Space and Time

18:30-20:30

Refreshments and snacks (Atrium C)

FRIDAY, May 9th 2008

SESSION IV: CELLULAR ORGANIZATION & SIGNALLING

CHAIR: MIRA HEINONEN
9:00-9:30

PAUL WALTHER
University of Ulm, Germany
Modern electron microscopical methods for the
visualization of subcellular structures

9:30-10:00

JUHA KLEFSTRM
University of Helsinki, Finland
Epithelial organization as transformation barrier

10:00-10:30

JOHN ERIKSSON
bo Akademi, Finland
Intermediate filaments as signaling determinants

10:30-11:00

Coffee break (Atrium C)

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SESSION V: ORGANELLES & CELL DIVISION

CHAIR: AMARJIT PARMAR
11:00-11:30

ERICH NIGG
Max-Planck-Institute Martinsried, Germany
Mitotic controls: how to keep chromosome numbers
constant during cell division?

11:30-12:00

EIJA JOKITALO
University of Helsinki, Finland
Endoplasmic reticulum undergoes dramatic
morphological changes during cell division in mammalian
cells

12:00-12:30

RENE MEDEMA
UMC Utrecht, Netherlands
Motor proteins driving bipolar spindle assembly

13:00-14:30

Lunch (Atrium B)
SESSION VI: CELLULAR TRAFFICKING & ENDOCYTOSIS
CHAIR: CAMILLA NORRMEN

14:30-15:00

ARI HELENIUS
ETH Zrich, Switzerland
How animal viruses enter host cells

15:00-15:30

ELINA IKONEN
University of Helsinki, Finland
Cellular cholesterol trafficking - lessons from live cell
imaging

15:30-16:00

MARKO KAKSONEN
EMBL Hiedelberg, Germany
Imaging clathrin-mediated endocytosis in living cells

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16:00-16:30

JOHANNA IVASKA
VTT Medical Biotechnology & University of Turku, Finland
Endocytic traffic of integrins in cancer

16:30-17:00

Coffee break (Atrium C)

SESSION VII: THE NUCLEUS
CHAIR: KATJA HELENIUS

17:00-17:15

Sponsors slot: AH Diagnostics

17:15-17:45

CAMERON OSBORNE
Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
The organization of transcription in mammalian nuclei

17:45-18:15

JOAQUIN ESPINOSA
University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation within the p53
transcriptional network

18:15

Closing words

18:30-19:00

Happy hour

19:00-24:00

Dinner and Closing party (Atrium B)

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