The EMBO Meeting

Monday September 24, 2012 12:00 - 12:30 @ Rhodes 7    Cell behavior in angiogenesis Abstract: To form interconnected networks of endothelial tubes, sprouting vessels of the developing vasculature have to connect to each other, a process referred to as anastomosis. To better understand cell behavior during anastomosis, we studied h... Read More →

Monday September 24, 2012 11:45 - 12:00 @ Rhodes 7    Mechanical control of tissue morphogenesis by the Fat/Dachsous/Four-jointed planar cell polarity pathway Abstract: During animal development, several planar cell polarity (PCP) pathways control tissue shape by coordinating collective cell behavior. Recent studies implicated cel... Read More →

Monday September 24, 2012 11:15 - 11:45 @ Rhodes 7    A Framework for Tissue Cell Polarity in Plants and Animals Abstract: Development involves highly oriented cell behaviours, such as anisotropic growth and asymmetric cell divisions.  It is unclear how these orientations are specified and coordinated over extended tissue domains... Read More →

Monday September 24, 2012 12:45 - 13:15 @ Rhodes 7    Lung stem cells and their role in tissue homeostasis and repair Abstract: The Hogan lab is studying the epithelial stem cells in different regions of the lung – the large and small airways, and the millions of alveoli in the distal region where gas exchange takes place. In... Read More →

Monday September 24, 2012 12:30 - 12:45 @ Rhodes 7    Computational Models of Lung and Kidney Branching Morphogenesis Abstract: Many organs of higher organisms, such as lung, kidney, and glands, are heavily branched structures. The branching process during kidney and... Read More →