30^th CYTOSKELETAL CLUB

Monday, 28 April 2025

Session I
13:15 – 13:30	Opening remarks
13:30 – 13:45	Marek Piliarik | Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Nanoscopic optical tracking of the dynamics of single molecules
13:45 – 14:00	Barbora Pukajova | Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Prolyl isomerases as conformational regulators of microtubule dynamics, brain development, and disease
14:00 – 14:15	Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich | Physics of Life, TU Dresden Regulation of plasma membrane tension through hydrostatic pressure and actin protrusion forces
14:15 – 14:30	Allan Akandwanaho | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Converting molecular-scale torques to cellular and embryonic left-right asymmetry
14:30 – 14:45	Zuzana Matusova | Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Aberrant neurodevelopment in human iPSC-derived models of Alexander disease
14:45 – 15:15	Break
Session II
15:15 – 15:30	Martina  Huranova | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Intraciliary CDC42 triggers actin-dependent ectocytosis in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome ciliopathy
15:30 – 15:45	Mario Monleon | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Diversification of actomyosin-driven axis establishment
15:45 – 16:00	Samuel Haluška | Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Searching for the origins of peculiar aspects of plant cell division
16:00 – 16:15	Daria  Khuntsariya | Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Cell-free reconstitution reveals synergistic stabilization of microtubule doublets by PACRG and FAP20
16:15 – 16:45	Break
16:45 – 17:30	Martijn Gloerich | University Medical Center Utrecht Mechanical control of epithelial cell division
17:30 – 19:00	Poster session I
19:00	Dinner & refreshments

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

07:00 – 9:30	Breakfast
Session III
09:30 – 09:45	Aniruddha Mitra | Utrecht University, Utrecht Mapping microtubule polarity in mammalian neurons using expansion microscopy
09:45 – 10:00	Jacobus van Grootel | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Evolutionary diversification of actomyosin-driven morphogenesis in nematodes
10:00 – 10:15	Stefan  Diez | B CUBE – Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden Dynamic switching of cell-substrate contact sites allows gliding diatoms to modulate the curvature of their paths
10:15 – 10:30	Arittri Mallick | Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden Reversing acto-myosin chirality generates situs inversus nematodes
10:30 – 11:00	Break
Session IV
11:00 – 11:45	Gaia Pigino | Human Technopole, Milan Cell and structural biology to investigate cilia assembly and transport
11:45 – 12:00	Marie Zelená | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague One ring to rule them all: Mapping the flagellar pocket division of Trypanosoma brucei by expansion microscopy
12:00 – 12:15	Michal Cifra | Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Intense electric field as a tool to modify tubulin interactions
12:15 – 15:00	Group picture + Lunch + free time
Session V
15:00 – 15:15	Roman Podhájecký | Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Synergy between diffusive crosslinking and actin severing drives actin contractility
15:15 – 15:30	Daphne Jurriens and Roman Renger | Lumicks, Amsterdam Combining optical tweezers, fluorescence microscopy and advanced microfluidics to study cytoskeletal processes and cell mechanics
15:30 – 15:45	Rahul Grover | B CUBE – Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden Phase-separating RNA-binding protein YBX1 also functions as a MAP
15:45 – 16:15	Break
16:15 – 16:30	Subhadip Chakraborty | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Clathrin-mediated endocytosis associates with transient clusters of branched F-actin in the activated oocyte
16:30 – 16:45	Júlia Garcia Baucells | Max Perutz Labs, Vienna Centrosome softening as a mechanical adaptation for mitotic fidelity
16:45 – 17:30	Pascale Bomont | Institut NeuroMyoGène, Lyon Neurofilaments in health and neurodegenerative diseases
17:30 – 19:00	Poster session II
19:00	Dinner + refreshments + social event

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

07:00 – 09:30	Breakfast (and check out until 11:00)
Session VI
09:30 – 09:45	Fatima Cvrčková | Charles University, Prague Why so many? Ecological relevance of plant cytoskeletal regulators paralog amplification.
09:45 – 10:00	Marcus Jahnel | Physics of Life, TU Dresden How capillary forces of condensates can organize cellular polymers
10:00 – 10:15	Pavel Krist | Zeiss, Prague LSM Lightfield 4D – instant volumetric high-speed imaging of living organisms
10:15 – 10:30	Ludek Stepanek | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague A katanin-like protein as a potential sensor of glutamylation in primary cilia
10:30 – 10:45	Felix Ruhnow | Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona NuMA is a mitotic adaptor protein that activates dynein and connects it to microtubule minus ends
10:45 – 11:15	Break
Session VII
11:15 – 11:30	Jaromir Gumulec | Masaryk University, Brno Flow-induced cell deformation as a tool to dissect cytoskeletal contributions to cellular viscoelasticity
11:30 – 11:45	Lukas Niese | B CUBE – Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden Insights into in vitro motility of medically relevant KIF11 mutations
11:45 – 12:30	Sebastian Furthauer | Vienna University of Technology, Vienna The physics of highly crosslinked cytoskeletal networks
12:30 – 13:00	Best student talk/poster prizes + concluding remarks
13:00	Lunch and take off