The Cell Cycle
May 18 - 22, 2010
Abstract Deadline: February 26, 2010

Organizers:
Sue Biggins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Nicholas Dyson, Massachussetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Johannes Walter, Harvard Medical School

past program

You are cordially invited to participate in the tenth biennial meeting on The Cell Cycle which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The meeting will begin on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, and will conclude with lunch on Saturday, May 22. The specific goal for this meeting is to create a forum in which diverse areas of cell cycle regulation in a broad spectrum of experimental organisms can be openly and critically discussed.

Emphasis will be placed both upon areas of traditional interest to the cell cycle field, such as control of G1, DNA replication, checkpoint pathways and mitosis, and on areas of emerging interest and importance, such as the links between cell cycle regulation and development, spindle and chromosome dynamics, and the segregation of cellular organelles.

Keynote Speaker:
Douglas Koshland, HHMI/Carnegie Institute

Topics & Discussion Leaders:
Keynote Session
David Morgan & Jan-Michael Peters
Cyclins and G1 Control
Steven Haase, Jacqueline Lees
S-Phase
Bob Duronio, John Diffley
DNA Damage Response
Helen Piwnica-Worms, Dave Toczyski
Cell Cycle Regulatory Pathways
Patrick O'Farrell, Bruce Edgar
Chromosome Segregation
David Pellman, Tarun Kapoor
Metaphase and Anaphase
Rene Medema, Trisha Davis
Proteolysis
Brenda Schulman, Jonathan Pines


The format of the meeting will include morning and evening sessions consisting of eight or nine 15-minute talks per session, entirely selected from the abstracts, principally on unpublished work. In addition, there will be two poster sessions, held in the afternoons. The organizers will decide the suitability of each abstract for oral or poster presentation, but please specify if you prefer a poster.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to stephens@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

Status of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the Organizers. Please bring this notice to the attention of any of your colleagues who may be interested. We hope to see you at Cold Spring Harbor in May.

All questions pertaining to registration, fees, housing, meals, transportation, visas, abstract submission or any other matters may be directed to stephens@cshl.edu

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:

We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide justification in writing to stephens@cshl.edu and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying who submit abstracts to the meeting.

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.