Speakers (In Alphabetical Order)

 

Professor David G. DRUBIN (Click here for website)

Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Biology of the Cell

Research Interests :
Membrane Trafficking and the Cytoskeleton

Seminar title:
Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis Dynamics and Dependence on Actin Assembly Investigated in Genome-Edited Cells

Professor Hiroo FUKUDA (Click here for website)

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences (Plant Science)
The University of Tokyo

Research Interests :
Intercellular and Intracellular Signal Transduction in Plant

Seminar title:
Vascular Stem Cell Fates Controlled by Small Peptides

Professor Dirk INZÉ (Click here for website)

Scientific Director and Head
Department of Plant Systems Biology at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Universiteit Ghent

Research Interests :
Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle

Seminar title:
Leaf Growth in a Changing Environment

Professor Randy SCHEKMAN (Click here for website)


Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests :
Vesicular Transport, Membrane Assembly and Fusion among Endomembrane System

Seminar title:
Protein Sorting in the Secretory Pathway: Basic Principles and Consequences for Human Disease

Professor Jen SHEEN (Click here for website)

Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
Harvard Medical School

Research Interests :
Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways controlling Plant Development and Defense

Seminar title:

Discovering and Connecting Plant Signaling Networks

Prof. Tamotsu YOSHIMORI (Click here for website)

Professor, Department of Genetics
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

Research Interests :
Autophagy and endosomal system for membrane trafficking

Seminar title:
Autophagy: Molecular Machinery, Membrane Dynamics, and Role in Diseases