Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting| Aussois 2019
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Biophysical Society Thematic Meetings | PROGRAM & ABSTRACTS Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion October 14–17, 2019 | Aussois, France Organizing Committee Sandrine Etienne-Manneville, Institut Pasteur, France Jean-Leon Maître, Curie Institute, France Virgile Viasnoff, National University of Singapore, Singapore Alpha Yap, University of Queensland, Australia Thank You to Our Sponsors Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion Welcome Letter October 2019 Dear Colleagues, We would like to welcome you to the Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting on Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together physicists who work on topics such as adhesion, fracture and friction with biologists who work on cell-cell contacts. These are communities that typically do not talk to each other very much, but which have much to mutually offer. Physicists bring major insights into the physical properties of adhesion without perhaps caring as much about molecular/cellular details whereas many biologists are rather the opposite. One interesting challenge is for each community to understand where the other is coming from, as we differ so much in the concepts that we use (and even the meaning of the words that we use). We think that this meeting will be an interesting opportunity to begin a dialogue between our two communities. In particular, we would really want this meeting to foster conversation that highlights the current parts that are NOT understood in soft matter or in cell-cell adhesion. To this end we have organized round table to stimulate cross conversation about the still-to-be discovered aspect of adhesion. We have tried to prepare a program of talks that cover many different aspects of cell-cell adhesion. We hope that the nice Alpine setting of Aussois will inspire many conversations and insights. Wishing you a wonderful and fruitful workshop. Sincerely yours, Sandrine Etienne-Manneville — Institut Pasteur, France Jean-Leon Maître — Curie Institute, France Virgile Viasnoff — National University of Singapore, Singapore Alpha Yap — University of Queensland, Australia Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion Meeting Code of Conduct Biophysical Society Code of Conduct Anti-Harassment Policy Adopted by BPS Council November 2015 The Biophysical Society (BPS) is committed to providing an BPS's Executive Director or the Society President, or any BPS environment that encourages the free expression and exchange of Officer. All complaints will be promptly and thoroughly scientific ideas. 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If the informal discussion with the alleged harasser is is prohibited unsuccessful in remedying the problem or if complainant does not feel comfortable with such an approach, he/she should contact Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion Table of Contents Table of Contents General Information……………………………………………………………………………....1 Program Schedule...……………………………………………………………………………….3 Speaker Abstracts…..……………………………………………………………………………..8 Poster Sessions…………………………………………………………………………………...37 Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion General Information GENERAL INFORMATION Registration/Information Location and Hours On Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, registration will be located in the lobby near the La Parrachée Room of the Centre Paul Langevin. Registration hours are as follows: Sunday, October 13 15:00 – 18:00 Monday, October 14 8:30 – 19:35 Tuesday, October 15 8:30 – 19:35 Wednesday, October 16 8:30 – 19:35 Thursday, October 17 8:30 – 12:35 Instructions for