UPCOMING CILIA & CENTROSOME MEETINGS

Join us for our second session of 2026! Another 4 sessions across the year where our PIs, students and postdocs can continue to share their exciting stories! Open to all, from now a ONE-OFF registration for this free series in advance will be required- once you are on our list, you will be sent a recurring link to each event for the Zoom webinar and link to the cloud recording once processed after the event. YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER FOR EACH EVENT- I will transfer your registration for you for each subsequent event. If you wish to be removed from these events, please email pleasantine.millATed.ac.uk to be taken off the list.

55th BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium

Date: Tuesday April 21st 2026 Time: 15:00 - 17:35 BST

15:00 -15:05 Pleasantine Mill Opening remarks

 15:05 -15:25 Carla Abreu, ((i3S), University of Porto, PT). Removal of the Ciliary Gate Allows Axoneme Extension in the Absence of Retrograde IFT.

 15:25- 15:45 Efe Begar, (Firat-Karalar lab, Koç University, TR). A hierarchical PCM1-driven pathway builds centriolar satellites and regulates ciliary signaling.

15:45 -16:05 Isabel Stötzel, (Kiermaier lab, LIMES Institute, Bonn, DE).  Centrosome integrity, function and organization in dendritic cells are critical for T cell responses.

16:05 -16:25 Johanna Streubel (Perreira lab, COS University of Heidelberg, DE). The ciliopathy-associated kinase Nek1 emerges as a novel regulator of centriole microtubule extension.

16:25 -16:45 Farah Haque (Subramanian lab, Harvard, US). A Stationary Motor: Repurposing the Kinesin Fold for Hedgehog Signaling. 

16:45 -17:05 Helen Foster (University of Leeds, UK) In situ structures of the ciliary tip show the multi-step mechanism of axoneme assembly.

17:05 – 17:35 Panel discussion