Join us for the MBoC Presents: The Next Generation of Cell Biology Webinar (Part 2), highlighting the outstanding contributions of early career scientists whose work is shaping the future of cell biology. This annual event, hosted by Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), features:

• A keynote presentation from a senior scientist
• Lightning talks from award-winning graduate students and postdocs, showcasing cutting-edge discoveries and methodologies

Speakers/Topics

• Xuebiao Yao, University of Science and Technology of China
Xuebiao Yao graduated with a PhD from UC Berkeley under the mentorship of the late Dr. John Forte and was awarded an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellowship with former ASCB President Don Cleveland. He began his independent research career as a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin followed by a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scientist Award at the Morehouse School of Medicine/Winship Institute. He participated in building the Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity in 2017 and, in 2019, in building the MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, for which he served as the founding director. The MOE Key Laboratory is the first of its kind to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of molecular machinery for quality control of cell renewal in live organoids.
Senior Speaker Topic: Biomolecular condensation guides chromosome dynamics in mitosis

• Dinghuan Deng, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 
  Article: Quantitative profiling pH heterogeneity of acidic endolysosomal compartments using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy 
• Cátia Carvalho and Matilde Moreira, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
Article: ZYG-12/Hook’s dual role as a dynein adaptor for early endosomes and nuclei is regulated by alternative splicing of its cargo binding domain 
• Maik Bischoff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Article: A large reverse-genetic screen identifies numerous regulators of testis nascent myotube collective cell migration and collective organ sculpting 
• Zie Craig, University of Michigan 
  Article: Anillin tunes contractility and regulates barrier function during Rho flare–mediated tight junction remodeling 
• Vasileios Rafail Ouzounidis, University of Edinburgh
Article: The outer kinetochore components KNL-1 and Ndc80 complex regulate axon and neuronal cell body positioning in the C. elegans nervous system 
• Amy R. Strom, Princeton University 
  Article: Interplay of condensation and chromatin binding underlies BRD4 targeting 
• Alicia R. Lane, Emory University
Article: Adaptive protein synthesis in genetic models of copper deficiency and childhood neurodegeneration

Moderator

• John Aitchison, Editor-in-Chief, MBoC, Seattle Children’s Research Institute and University of Washington