2025 Cell Dynamics Symposium

Summary

The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University will host our fourth Cell Dynamics Symposium on May 22 – May 23, 2025.This event will be held on the Vanderbilt Campus and features the world class speakers listed below. Vanderbilt has a vibrant scientific community with a large number of investigators working on various aspects of cell dynamics, this symposium  attracts interest from across the entire campus and includes attendees from other institutions in the region.

Confirmed Speakers

• Sue Biggins, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center presents: “Chromosome inheritance during cell division”
• Margaret Gardel, Ph.D., University of Chicago presents: “Mechanical Information Processing in Multicellular Tissue”
• Tobias Meyer, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medicine presents: “A structural and signaling foundation for directed cell migration”
• Loïc Royer, Ph.D., Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco presents: “Building a Virtual Embryo, one cell at a time”
• Orion Weiner, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco presents: “Self-organization of cell migration: from single cell polarity to multicellular swarms”

Registration

Register here.

Abstract Submission Deadline: May 12

Registration Deadline: May 16

Agenda: 2025 Symposium on Cell Dynamics

2025 Cell Dynamics Symposium Schedule

Thursday, May 22
3:00 PM: Welcome remarks from Dean Kuriyan
3:10PM: Tobias Meyer (introduction by Matt Tyska)
4:10PM: Lightning talks
4:30PM: Reception and Poster Session #1

Friday, May 23
8:30AM: Coffee and conversation
9:00AM: Welcome Remarks
9:05AM: Margaret Gardel (introduction by Marija Zanic)
10:05AM: Award short talk #1
10:20AM: Award short talk #2
10:35AM: Coffee Break
11:00AM: Orion Weiner (introduction by Katrin Karbstein)
12:00PM: Lightning talks
12:30PM: Lunch / Round Tables
1:30PM: Poster Session #2
3:00PM: Sue Biggins (introduction by Jared Nordman)
4:00PM: Loïc Royer (introduction by Chris Wright)

Sponsors

The Cell Dynamics Symposium is free to attend thanks in part by a grant from the Company of Biologists. Additional sponsors are listed below:

• The Department of Biological Sciences
• Epithelial Biology Center
• VICC
• Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology
• Vanderbilt Program in Developmental Biology
• Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Contact

Please contact Darlene Pope darlene.pope@vanderbilt.edu with any questions about this event.