The Keynote Lecture

Johanna IvaskaTurku Bioscience Centre, Turku, Finland, EMBO member

Talk title: Integrin mediated cell adhesion in modulation of cell migration

Speakers

Adam ByronUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Talk title: Mechano-regulation of gene expression by adhesion proteins

Alexander D BershadskyMechanobiology Institute NUS, Singapore; Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Talk title: Integrin-based Adhesion Modules in a Crosstalk with Microtubules

Ben GoultFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Talk title: Mechanical Control of Enzymatic Processes via Talin

Bernhard Wehrle-HallerUniversity of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Talk title: Regulation of fibronectin fiber assembly by post-translational modification of beta1-integrins

Christoph BallestremWellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Talk title: How the cellular environment modulates tensin3 to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS)

Corinne Albiges-RizoUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France

Talk title: b1 integrin as a new actor at cell-cell contact to maintain epithelial integrity

Francesco BaschieriInstitute of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Talk title: Senescence-induced CAF-Tracks Enhance Cancer Cell aggressiveness

Haguy WolfensonTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Talk title: Antagonistic roles for the ERM proteins in cancer metastasis

Ivan de CurtisUniversità Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Talk title: Assembly and regulation of plasma membrane-associated networks at the front of motile cells

Jim NormanCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK

Talk title: Unexpected roles of the mRNA translation machinery in influencing α5β1-integrin function to generate fibronectin-rich tumour initiation niches in the liver

Mark MorganFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Liverpool, UK

Talk title: Integrin-RTK crosstalk in cancer and fibrosis

Matt JonesUniversity of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

Talk title: ECM-dependent regulation of bladder cancer cell proliferation

Miguel Ángel del Pozo BarriusoSpanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Madrid, Spain

Talk title: Tension-sensing membrane domains in mechanoadaption and mechanotransduction

Mirjana LiovićUniversity of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Talk title: The effect of the amount of mutant keratin protein expressed on the EB simplex adhesome

Nikolina StojanovićRuđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Talk title: The role of talin2-KANK2 functional interaction in focal and fibrillar adhesions

Olivier RossierUniversity Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Talk title: Defining the shape of talin inside living cells

Patrick CaswellWellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Talk title: Arf6 regulates collagen fibril assembly in cancer associated fibroblasts to promote ovarian cancer cell invasion

Paul AthertonDepartment of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Talk title: Regulation of Liprin-α1 by extracellular matrix cues and its role in pancreatic cancer

Reet KurgInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Talk title: Unraveling the origin of extracellular vesicles carrying MAGEA proteins

Sangyoon HanMichigan Technological University, Houghton, USA

Talk title: Feedback interaction between FAK and talin mechanosensitivity for stiffness sensing

Smadar Ben Tabou de LeonUniversity of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Talk title: Cellular Mechanics in the Regulation of Skeletogenesis in the Sea Urchin Embryo

Staffan Stromblad Karolinska Institute, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Huddinge, Sweden

Talk title: Matrix rigidity control of breast cancer cell malignancy

Susanna C FagerholmUniversity of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Talk title: Integrins as regulators of dendritic cell mechanical immune memory

Tanja MaritzenRPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany

Talk title: Metabolic control of cell adhesion and protrusion

Thomas ZacharchenkoUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Talk title: Structural aspects of KANK1 function in integrin-mediated adhesion complexes

Tobias ZechMolecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of System, Molecular and Integrative Biology, Liverpool, UK

Talk title: Mechanical regulation of metabolism to fuel cancer progression

Vesa HytönenTampere University, Tampere, Finland

Talk title: Talin is associated with multiple diseases

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