Schedule

Tuesday July 22, 2025

Breakfast (8:00 am - 9:00 am)

Session #1: Cytoplasmic Dynein Regulation (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Moderator: Aga Kendrick, Ph.D. (Salk Institute)

• 9:00 am - Kai Zhang, Ph.D. (Yale University)

• 9:40 am - Ennio A. d'Amico, Ph.D. (MRC LMB)

• 10:05 am - Coffee break

• 10:35 am - John Gillies, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)

• 11:00 am - Pengxin Chai (Yale University)

• 11:25 am - Bharat Iyer, Ph.D. (Colorado State University)

Lunch (12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)

Session #2: Transport - Intraflagellar & Neuronal (1:30 pm - 4:15 pm)

Moderator: Mary Porter, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)

• 1:30 pm - Gaia Pigino, Ph.D. (Human Technopole)

• 2:10 pm - Girish Mali, Ph.D. (University of Oxford)

• 2:35 pm - Coffee break

• 3:00 pm - Joseph Slivka (University of California Berkeley)

• 3:25 pm - Farha Naaz, Ph.D. (University of Warwick)

• 3:50 pm - Kassanda Ori-McKenney, Ph.D. (University of California Davis)

Posters (4:30 pm - 6:30 pm)

Dinner (free evening)

Wednesday July 23, 2025

Breakfast (8:00 am - 9:00 am)

Session #3: Dynein Motor Biophysics (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Moderator: Steven Markus, Ph.D. (Colorado State University)

• 9:00 am - Ahmet Yildiz, Ph.D. (University of California Berkeley)

• 9:40 am - Dwiteeya Chaudhury (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)

• 10:05 am - Coffee break

• 10:35 am - Aga Kendrick, Ph.D. (Salk Institute)

• 11:00 am - Ken'ya Furuta, Ph.D. (Advanced ICT Research Institute, NICT)

• 11:25 am - Apolena Zounarova (University of Warwick)

Lunch (12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)

Session #4: Dyneins in Human Disease (1:30 pm - 4:15 pm)

Moderator: Kassanda Ori-McKenney, Ph.D. (University of California Davis)

• 1:30 pm - Heymut Omran, M.D. (University of Münster)

• 2:10 pm - Deanna Smith, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina)

• 2:35 pm - Coffee break

• 3:00 pm - Jillian Pearring, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)

• 3:25 pm - Adam Hendricks, Ph.D. (McGill University)

• 3:50 pm - DYNC1H1 Panel Discussion (DYNC1H1.org)

Posters (4:30 pm - 6:30 pm)

Dinner (free evening)

Thursday July 24, 2025

Breakfast (8:00 am - 9:00 am)

Session #5: Mechanisms of Cilia Beating and Axonemal Dynein Regulation  (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Moderator: Alan Brown, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School)

• 9:00 am - Masahide Kikkawa, Ph.D. (University of Toyko)

• 9:40 am - Stephen King, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)

• 10:05 am - Coffee break

• 10:35 am - Kazuhiro Oiwa, Ph.D. (Advanced ICT Research Institute, NICT)

• 11:00 am - Matt Doran, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School)

• 11:25 am - Sophia Fochler, Ph.D. (University of Bern)

Lunch (12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)

Session #6: Cytoplasmic Dynein Cargo Interactions (1:30 pm - 4:15 pm)

Moderator: Jenna Christensen, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)

• 1:30 pm - Sami Chaaban, Ph.D. (MRC LMB)

• 1:55 pm - Somaye Badieyan, Ph.D. (University of Michigan) 

• 2:20 pm - Coffee break

• 3:00 pm - Juliana Zang (University of Michigan)

• 3:25 pm - Kyoko Okada, Ph.D. (University of California Davis)

• 3:50 pm - Gibbons Award Announcement

Posters (4:00 pm - 6:30 pm)

Banquet Dinner (6:30 pm - 9:30 pm)