Wednesday, September 27, 2023

13:00–14:00

Arrival / Registration / Speaker Check-In / Snacks

14:00–14:10

Michael Baumann

Brigitte Franke-Berendonk

Welcome

14:10–14:30

Roland Moll

Remembering Werner Franke

Nuclear Architecture and Dynamics

Chair: Harald Herrmann

14:30–15:00

Ada and Donald Olins

Nuclear architecture and m-RNA synthesis during cell differentiation, dehydration and gene knockdown

15:00–15:20

Ricardo Benavente

The synaptonemal complex of mammalian meiosis: from ultrastructure to pathology

15:20–15:40

Reimer Stick

Evolution of the lamin protein family

15:40–16:10

Jan-Michael Peters

Keynote Lecture 1

How cohesin folds the genome by loop extrusion

16:10–16:40

Coffee Break

Cytoskeletal Filaments

Chair: Thomas Magin

16:40–17:10

Fiona Watt

Keynote Lecture 2

Differentiation in stratified squamous epithelia and squamous cell carcinoma

17:10–17:30

Harald Herrmann

Structure and assembly of intermediate filaments

17:30–17:50

Frans Ramaekers

Cell biology of lamins in health and disease

17:50–18:10

Roy Quinlan

Binding of BFSP1 to the plasma membrane

18:10–18:30

Nikolas Haass

Compression-dependent microtubule reinforcement comprises a mechanostat which enables cells to navigate confined environments

18:30–19:00

Ingrid and Roland Moll

Significance of keratins in the pathological diagnosis of primary and metastatic carcinomas, including Merkel cell carcinoma

Social Get Together with Video Greetings and Commemorations

Buffet Dinner (Informal Dress Code)

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Cell Junctions

Chair: Roy Quinlan

09:00–09:20

Sergey Troyanovsky

Cell-cell adhesion, plakophilins

09:20–09:40

Mareike Barth

Cordial connections

09:40–10:00

Rudolf Leube

How the keratin cytoskeleton stays in tune with the fabric of life

10:00–10:30

Benjamin Geiger

Keynote Lecture 3

Adherens junction biology 1981-2023

10:30–10:50

Sandra Iden

Cell adhesion, polarity and mechanical signals in homo- and heterotypic cell-cell interactions in the epidermis

10:50–11:30

Coffee Break

Quo vadis?

Chair: Rudolf Leube

11:30–12:00

Klaus Pantel

Keynote Lecture 4

Keratins as markers of disseminating tumor cells in cancer patients

12:00–12:20

Ian Mather

Butyrophilin: From Band 12 to a multifunctional protein

12:20–12:40

Beate Straub

Lipid droplet-associated proteins in steatosis, steatohepatitis and hepatocarcinogenesis

12:40–13:00

Thomas Magin

Developing a therapy for epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Farewell Lunch