14th iCeMS Seminar - Derek Toomre, Ph.D.

How is exocytosis controlled in space and time? Asst. Prof. Toomre uses single vesicle imaging and quantitative analysis to examine the role of the exocyst subunits in vesicle tethering. Strikingly he showed that different subunits can have different regulatory function of distinct steps. Moreover, in dividing cells, he showed that membrane traffic from both daughter cells is selectively trafficked and exocytosed at the cleavage furrow of dividing cells.

Lecturer	Derek Toomre, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Cell Biology Yale University School of Medicine
Title	Towards understanding vesicle tethering - the ties that bind, and don't
Date / Time	Wednesday, January 7, 2009 / 10:00 - 11:00 * Refreshments will be served from 9:45. Please come several minutes earlier than 10:00 a.m.
Venue	Roof Terrace (Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, 5F of the East Building) (140 KB)
Flyer	PDF (98 KB)
Held by	Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University Membrane Mechanisms Project, ICOPR-JST
Contact	Aki Kusumi at akusumi@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp Fax: 751-4113