17th – 20th June 2015
Hosted by Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Program

Scientific Program 8th Conference on Tetraspanins

The goal of this conference is to discuss cutting edge research on the organization of surface proteins by membrane scaffolds. These scaffolds are central regulators across many aspects of biology and share the ability to organize macromolecular membrane structures essential for regulating biological activity.

Sessions on membrane scaffolds are devoted to the topics in:

1. Molecular Biology of Membrane Scaffolds: Our current understanding of the components, organization, and regulation of molecular scaffolds in the membrane.
2. Development and Homeostasis: Scaffolds involved in normal development, tissue repair and homeostasis.
3. Immunity: Scaffolds that regulate formation of the immune system and immune responses.
4. Cancer: Scaffolds that influence tumor formation and cancer progression
5. Host-Pathogen Interactions: Scaffolds that control interactions between pathogens and the host they infect.

Sponsors

Featured Speakers

Mark Wright
Leucocyte Membrane Protein Laboratory

Professor
Department of Immunology
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia

Martin Hemler
Cancer Angiogenesis, Invasion and Metastasis

Professor
Department of Pathology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA

Jennifer Gillette
Bone Marrow Microenvironment

Assistant Professor,
Department of Pathology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM USA

Patricia Johnson
Cell Biology and Pathogenesis of Human Parasites

Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Mol. Genetics
David Gaffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA USA

Xin Zhang
Cell Biology

Professor
University of Oklahoma
Department of Physiology
Stephenson Cancer Center

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