Evolutionary Cell Biology
Technological advances in the last decade strongly suggest that bringing the fields of Cell Biology and Evolutionary Biology together into an integrated field of Evolutionary Cell Biology (ECB) will dramatically increase our understanding of cell biological structures, functions, and processes, while also providing deep insights into the mechanisms of evolutionary change. This meeting brought together experts in evolutionary biology, cell biology, and a range of other disciplines to address 1) the application of evolutionary perspectives and methodology to aid in elucidating the structure, function and mechanisms of cellular processes, and 2) the study of cell biological diversity to gain insight into the mechanisms of evolution and the history of life on earth.
Organizers
Frances Brodsky, University of California, San Francisco
Nicole King, HHMI/University of California, Berkeley
Harmit Malik, HHMI/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Dyche Mullins, HHMI/University of California, San Francisco
Invited Participants
Ginger Armbrust, University of Washington
Monica Bettencourt-Dias, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia
Joel Dacks, University of Alberta
Scott Dawson, University of California, Davis
Damien Devos, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Allan Drummond, University of Chicago
Nels Elde, University of Utah
Mark Field, University of Dundee
Holly Goodson, University of Notre Dame
Rebecca Heald, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Lynch, Indiana University Bloomington
Wallace Marshall, University of California, San Francisco
Andrew Murray, Harvard University
Daniel Needleman, Harvard University
James Nelson, Stanford University
José Pereira Leal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia
Joseph Pogliano, University of California, San Diego
Margaret Robinson, University of Cambridge
David Roos, University of Pennsylvania
Shelley Sazer, Baylor College of Medicine
Mukund Thattai, National Centre for Biological Sciences
Joseph Thornton, University of Chicago
Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego
John Wallingford, HHMI/University of Texas at Austin
Available to grad students and postdocs whose labs do not have travel funding and who would otherwise be unable to attend. Interested applicants must register and note their request for travel support on the registration site.