Invited speakers list

(provisional titles)

Brenda Andrews (Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Global genetic networks

Allison Bardin (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
Stem cells and tissue homeostasis

Frédéric Beckouët (Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Toulouse, France)
Cohesin-dependent chromatin loops

Andreas Boland (Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland) 'EMBO Young Investigator Lecture'
Structure and function of cell cycle regulatory proteins

Anna Castro (Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Montpellier, France)
Phosphatases in cell cycle and signaling

Fabrice Caudron (Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM), Montpellier, France)
Asymmetric inheritance of cell fate and memory

Julien Dumont (Institut Jacques Monod (IJM), Paris, France)
Cell division and reproduction

Elif Nur Firat Karalar (Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey) 'EMBO Young Investigator Lecture'
Centrosomes, cilia and satellites

Hironori Funabiki (The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA)
Chromosome structure, function and genome integrity

Fanni Gergely (University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom)
Centrosome biology in health and disease

Iain Hagan (Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, Machester, United Kingdom)
Control and execution of mitosis

Silke Hauf (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA)
The principles of accurate cell division

Toru Hirota (Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR),Tokyo, Japan)
Mitotic chromosome assembly and separation

Jean-René Huynh (CIRB - Collège de France, Paris, France)
Evolution and development of germ cells

Geert Kops (Hubrecht Institute Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Chromosomal instability, aneuploidy and cancer

Mart Loog (Estonian Centre for Synthetic Biology, Tartu, Estonia)
Multisite phosphorylation networks

Tony Ly (University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom)
Cell state transitions during cell growth and division

Adele Marston (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Specialisation of cell cycle control in meiosis

Joao Matos (Max Perutz Labs, Vienna, Austria)
Mechanisms of genome stability and haploidisation

Andrea Musacchio (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany)
The organization and function of kinetochores

Karen Oegema (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA)
Mechanisms ensuring genome stabillity during cell division

Simonetta Piatti (CRBM, Montpellier, France)
Septin dynamics for cytokinesis

Lionel Pintard (Institut Jacques Monod (IJM), Paris, France)
Cell cycle and development

Silvia Santos (The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom)
Quantitative stem cell biology and cell fate decisions

Jan Skotheim (Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA)
Cell size control

Izabela Sumara (Institut de génétique, biologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France)
Cell cycle and ubiquitin signaling

Marie-Hélène Verlhac (CIRB - Collège de France, Paris, France)
Oocyte mechanics and morphogenesis

Katja Wassmann (Institut Jacques Monod (IJM), Paris, France)
Mechanisms of oocyte meiosis