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Saturday

7:30 am-5:00 pm	Registration Open
8:00 am-4:15 pm	Satellite Event: 2019 Doorstep Meeting on Cancer: From Genome Instability to Therapy Separate registration is required. Click here for more information.
8:00 am-9:00 am	Mentoring Keynote: It's Personal David Asai, Senior Director for Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bethesda, MD Who gets to participate in science? The "mismatch effect" plays an outsized and poorly understood role in our nation's debate about race, access, inclusion, and excellence. I plan to examine the idea of "mismatch" and offer my personal views on how mismatch is being misused. This invited lecture recognizes an individual who has made outstanding, nationally recognized contributions to the mentoring of underrepresented minority scientists.
8:30-11:30 am	Special Interest Subgroups – Morning Biological Timing: Molecular Clocks and Timers, from Systems to Synthetic Biology Building the Cell Cell Biology Meets the Hippo Pathway Cellular Symmetry Breaking Kinesin Motors - What is Conventional? Machine Intelligence and Statistics in Cell Biology New Frontiers in Multifactor Regulation of Cytoskeleton Nucleoporin Roles in Tissue Architecture, Development and Genetic Disease Organelle Membrane Contact Sites and Cell Plasticity Control Visualizing Immune Cell Activation For more information Click Here.
8:30 am-4:00 pm	Professional Development Programming Transitions Academy - Undergraduate Session: Preparing a Successful Application for Graduate School—the Do’s, the Don’ts, and the What If’s Transitions Academy - Early Graduate Student Session: Hit the Ground Running as an Incoming Graduate Student to a PhD Program Transitions Academy - Senior Graduate Student Session: Planning Your Next Step—Finding the Right Pos-Doctoral Position for Your Career Transitions Academy - Postdoc Session—Developing a Plan for Your Scientific Independence, Easing the Transition from Postdoc to Independent Investigator Transitions Academy - Postdoc Session—Developing a Plan for Your Scientific Independence, Easing the Transition from Postdoc to Independent Investigator You Can Publish This Too! Developing, Publishing, and Highlighting Innovative Classroom Activities
12:30-3:30 pm	Special Interest Subgroups – Afternoon Bacterial Cell Organization Bottom-Up Cell Biology Building Complexity to Understand the Nicrotubule Cytoskeleton: From Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics to Coordination of Motor Ensembles Epithelia and their Stem Cells Lipids and Proteins in the Secretory Pathway- Homeostasis and Stress Mechanics of Large Cellular Machines Signaling at the Primary Cilium Tools and Devices for Cell Biology Tunneling Nanotubes and Other Cell Protrusions: Structure, Composition and Role in Inter-cellular Communication and Disease Using Advanced Imaging to Redefine the Cell and Tissue Biology For more information Click Here.
1:45-4:15 pm	Judged Poster Session for Undergraduates and MAC Travel Awardees (During the abstract submission process, there is a place to indicate whether any authors are undergrads. All those undergrads indicated will receive an invitation in October to join the poster session.)
3:30-4:15 pm	Networking Break (New!)
4:30 pm	Keynote Lecture Keynote Speaker: Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Labs Copying the Genome in Eukaryotic Cells: Insights into the Evolution of Origin Specification and its Relationship to Gene Silencing Mechanisms.
6:00-7:30 pm	Opening Night Reception and International Exchange Fair- Light food and cash bar.

Sunday

7:30 am-6:00 pm	Registration Open
8:00-9:30 am	Symposium 1 Beyond Figure 7: Integrating modeling and experiment in cell biology Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago Iva Tolic, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia Petra Schwille, Max-Plank Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
8:15 am-6:00 pm	Exhibitor Tech Talks
9:00 am-3:00 pm	Education and Professional Development Programming Foundational Cell Biology Workshop: Addressing Socially Challenging Topics in the Biology Classroom EMBO Lab Leadership—Roles, Values, and Expectations First Timer? Making the Most of the Annual Meeting Green Cards for Scientific Researchers: How to Win Your EB-1/NIW Case Brazil, China, EMBO Global Initiatives: Joint Session for International Scientific Exchange Diversity and Inclusion in Science: LGBTQ+ Session Meet the Funders Technical and Policy Gaps in Assuring Tissue Culture Cell Genetic Integrity Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside Mechanisms for Effective Mentoring of Undergraduates in Research Projects MD-PhD, Is It Right for Me? Industry as a Partner for Advancing Science Education Happy Hour Ask a Scientist Bar Night
9:30 am-4:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
9:45-10:45 am	Symposia 2 Attack of the Killer Bugs: The cell biology of infectious disease Sebastian Lourido, Whitehead Institute and MIT Emily R. Troemel, University of California, San Diego
9:45-10:45 am	Symposia 3 Decisions, Decisions: How cells choose their fates Alex Schier, Harvard University Andrea H. Brand, The Gurdon Institute, UK
10:45 am-12:00 pm	E.E. Just Award and Lecture Awardee: Cato Laurencin, University of Connecticut Regenerative Engineering of Complex Musculoskeletal Tissues
11:00-11:50 am	Microsymposia Click Here for the full schedule.
12:00pm-3:00 pm	Poster Board Presentations
3:15-4:00 pm	Keith Porter Lecture Lecturer: Julie Theriot, University of Washington
4:15-6:50 pm	Subgroups, Minisymposia Click Here for the full schedule of Minisymposia. Click Here for the full schedule of Subgroups.
4:15-6:50 pm	Workshop: From Single Molecules to Understanding of the Cellular Processes using Biophysical Methods Click Here for the full schedule of Workshops.

Monday

7:30 am-6:00 pm	Registration Open
8:00-9:30 am	Symposium 4 21st Century Machinery: The structure, function, and evolution of protein machines Andrea Musacchio, Max-Plank Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany Pierre Gönczy,Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Tatsuya Hirano, Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan
8:15 am-6:00 pm	Exhibitor Tech Talks
9:00 am-3:00 pm	Education and Professional Development Programming COMPASS Open Forum: Self-Empowerment for Trainees EMBO Lab Leadership—Communication and Feedback Bench-Based Research Careers in Industry For Faculty Members: National Institute of General Medical Sciences Undergraduate and Predoctoral Grant Programs Advocacy Toolbox: The Two-Minute Speech A Transition to Open Access or Open Science Educators' Resource Sharing Session Careers in Non-Profits, Science Advocacy, and Science Outreach Mental Health & Managing Stress in Academia ASCB Member Forum/Business Meeting Effectively Organizing Science Outreach Events Reimagining Peer Review in a World of Preprints
9:30 am-4:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
9:45-10:45 am	Symposium 5 What Blueprints Tell Us: How genomics informs cell biology Harmit S. Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/HHMI Brenda Andrews, University of Toronto, Canada
11:00 am-12:00 pm	Bruce Alberts Award Awardee: Mary Pat Wenderoth, University of of Washington "Show Me The Data" Building And Supporting A Community Of Biology Education Researchers To Maximize Student Learning
11:00-11:50 am	Microsymposia Click Here for the full schedule.
12:00-3:00 pm	Poster Board Presentations
3:00-3:50 pm	Diversity in the Biomedical Sciences: What, Why, Where, and How We Move Forward Kenneth D. Gibbs, Jr, Director, Postdoctoral Research Associate Training Program; Program Director, Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity, Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH “Diversity” and related topics such as “inclusion,” “equity,” and “broadening participation” are often discussed throughout the research enterprise – from campuses to funding agencies. However, the representation and experiences of students and scientists from many backgrounds (e.g., racial and ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, first-generation students, those from low-income backgrounds, and those representing intersections of these identities) continue to lag behind those of colleagues from well-represented groups. In this talk, Dr. Gibbs will provide a primer on what terms like “diversity” mean, why it’s important to the research enterprise, where we are currently, and how we move forward on cultivating and retaining talent from all backgrounds.
3:00-4:00 pm	EMBO Award Lecture Awardees: Paola Picotti, ETH- Zurich Proteomes In 3D M. Madan Babu, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Data Science Approaches To Biological Systems
4:15-6:50 pm	Subgroups, Minisymposia Click Here for the full schedule of Minisymposia. Click Here for the full schedule of Subgroups.
4:15-6:50 pm	Workshop: Optogenetics & Imaging Techniques Click Here for the full schedule of Workshops.
7:00-9:00 pm	*Satellite Event: Science* Journals Meet the Editors Reception** at Long View Gallery, 1234 9th St NW Washington, DC 20001 Click Here to RSVP by Sunday night, December 8.

Tuesday

7:30 am-6:00 pm	Registration Open
8:00-9:30 am	Symposium 6 Getting from Here to There: Individual and collective cell migrations Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Institute Curie, France Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, University of Toronto, Canada Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
8:15 am-6:00 pm	Exhibitor Tech Talks
9:00 am-3:00 pm	Education and Professional Development Programming Careers in Industry: Beyond the Bench Inside Biotech How to Give a Chalk Talk EMBO Lab Leadership—Teamwork and Conflict in the lab Searching for a Faculty Position and Starting a Lab at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution How to Boost Your Research Project with the Support of International Research Infrastructures Self-Advocacy: If Not You, Who? How to Improve Research Assessment during the Triage Phase of Application Review Writing Better Exam Questions for Undergraduate Cell Biology Finding and Starting a Lab at a R1 Institution Preparing Your Academic Application Materials Careers in Science Policy Barriers to Expanding the Ranks of Staff Scientists in Biomedical Research Careers Beyond the Bench Outside Biotech—Science Infrastructure, Management, and Development Writing Your Science Story: How to Get Everyone Else Excited about Your Work GFP25: Lighting up Cell Biology
9:30 am-4:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
9:45-10:45 am	Symposium 7 Google Maps of the Cell: Controlling intracellular traffic flow and direction Daniel Colón-Ramos, Yale University Elina Ikonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
10:45 am-12:00 pm	WICB Awards and Mentoring Theater 2019: Self-Advocacy WICB Junior Awardee for Excellence in Research: Sabine Petry, Princeton University WICB Mid-Career Awardee for Excellence in Research: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University WICB Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award: Rong Li, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
11:00-11:50 am	Microsymposia Click Here for the full schedule.
12:00-3:00 pm	Poster Board Presentations
3:15-4:00 pm	E.B. Wilson Medal and Award Presentation Awardee: Peter Devreotes, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Excitable Networks In Directed Cell Migration
4:15-6:50 pm	Subgroups, Minisymposia Click Here for the full schedule of Minisymposia. Click Here for the full schedule of Subgroups.
4:15-6:50 pm	Workshop: Recent Advances in Single-Cell Transcriptomics Click Here for the full schedule of Workshops.
7:15-815 pm	GFP25: Lighting up Cell Biology Organized by the ASCB Public Information Committee (PIC)

Wednesday

8:00 am-4:00 pm	Annual Meeting Capitol Hill Day Indicate your interest by clicking the box during registration.
8:30-11:05 am	Minisymposia, Subgroups Click Here for the full schedule of Minisymposia. Click Here for the full schedule of Subgroups.
11:20 am-12:20 pm	Symposium 8: D’Arcy Thompson at 100: Controlling cell shape and function Ethan Garner, Harvard University Jennifer Zallen, Sloan Kettering Institute/HHMI

Meet the Organizers

Sue Jasperson

Associate Investigator

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Elly Tanaka

Senior Scientist

Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)

It’s the ‘big meeting’ I find most worthwhile - indeed, indispensable, - for networking, career development, and the most exciting science anywhere.

Abby Dernburg. University of California, Berkeley

Last year was my first time attending the ASCB|EMBO meeting and I learned so much! The diversity of topics and types of questions being asked were incredible, and provided me with new perspectives on my own research.

Anne d'Aquino, Northwestern University

The ASCB|EMBO meeting is the only one where you can hear outstanding science that covers the entire range of cell biology, plus have the opportunity to see new products and instruments and meet journal editorial staff and NIH Program Officials.

George Witman, University of Massachusetts Medical School

The ASCB|EMBO Meeting brings together the best scientists with the latest developments. It is a unique opportunity to see the freshest trends in cell biology, learn the new developments, make friends and have fun.

Leonardo Almeida-Souza, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

Amazing meeting. It's THE meeting of the year to not miss. Great science, all fields of research are represented including very last discoveries on all model systems. The strong attendance by researchers from all over the world is a unique opportunity to make new contacts and collaborations. Hoping to attend the 2019 ASCB-EMBO meeting!!!

Chantal Roubinet, University College London, London (UCL)

The ASCB|EMBO meeting is great because there are so many opportunities to network with people in the field, learn about the latest groundbreaking research, and develop a new set of skills.

Cameron MacQuarrie, State University of New York Upstate Medical University

This meeting is a wonderful opportunity to learn, to network, and to grow professionally. I feel both inspired to pursue new lines of investigation and more knowledgeable of the tools to do so. Had I only known about this meeting a few years back, what a game changer it would have been. I will definitely return and will encourage my trainees to attend.

Ekaterina Heldwein, Tufts University School of Medicine

The annual ASCB meeting serves for me as a crash-course in cell biology. Over the years, I have also realized that several topics that were first introduced and discussed at this meeting have gone on to become the latest trends in science.

Noopur Vilas Khobrekar, Columbia University

The ASCB is The best platform to communicate one's science and receive feedback, as well as to keep abreast of the great science carried out all over the world. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet with greats in the different fields and to network. A truly inspiring meeting that brings together the best science from around the globe.

Sabrya Carim, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

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Meet the Organizers

Sue Jasperson

Elly Tanaka

It’s the ‘big meeting’ I find most worthwhile - indeed, indispensable, - for networking, career development, and the most exciting science anywhere.

Last year was my first time attending the ASCB|EMBO meeting and I learned so much! The diversity of topics and types of questions being asked were incredible, and provided me with new perspectives on my own research.

The ASCB|EMBO meeting is the only one where you can hear outstanding science that covers the entire range of cell biology, plus have the opportunity to see new products and instruments and meet journal editorial staff and NIH Program Officials.

The ASCB|EMBO Meeting brings together the best scientists with the latest developments. It is a unique opportunity to see the freshest trends in cell biology, learn the new developments, make friends and have fun.

The ASCB|EMBO meeting is great because there are so many opportunities to network with people in the field, learn about the latest groundbreaking research, and develop a new set of skills.

The annual ASCB meeting serves for me as a crash-course in cell biology. Over the years, I have also realized that several topics that were first introduced and discussed at this meeting have gone on to become the latest trends in science.