BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-Symposia Series

Back by overwhelming demand from members of our cilia community, we will be running an entirely virtual online mini-symposia series four times a year for 2025 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.millATigmm.ed.ac.uk to be taken off the list.

We will run the series under the ethos of the , sharing unpublished data from emerging talent favouring talks from students, post-docs and early career researchers. Talks will only be recorded with permission of the speaker and will be available on-demand for a week after the event to registrants only. We realize there are many competing pressures for attention- we hope this change helps staying connected be easier for all.

Our goal with this online event was to provide an opportunity to support our young researchers during social distancing, to stimulate the discussion and feedback among our community they need and to foster collaboration and sharing of expertise across all things cilia.

We are thrilled to this event continues grow in popularity! As long as you all keep volunteering to speak, we will keep running the series! Submit your talk abstract and title or by emailing the organizer.

Date: Tuesday January 14th 2025 Time: 15:00 - 17:30 GMT

15:00 -15:05 Pleasantine Mill Opening remarks

15:05 -15:25 Olivier Mercey, , Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva, CH. Glutamylation imbalance impairs the molecular architecture of the photoreceptor cilium.

15:25- 15:45 Ceren Incedal, , Department of Medicinal Cell Biology, Uppsala University, SE. Locally released somatostatin triggers cAMP and Ca2+signaling in primary cilia to modulate pancreatic β-cell function.

15:45 -16:05 Elina Kostyanovskaya, , Weill Institute for Neurosciences, UCSF, US. Convergence of Autism Proteins at the Cilium.

16:05 -16:25 Matthew Strobel, , Department for Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, US. Temporal Ablation of IFT88 Impairs Neuronal Activity and Brainwave Patterning Implicated in Memory Formation.

16:25 -16:45 Mark Lee, , Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, US. Prostaglandin E2 inhibits adipogenesis through ciliary signaling and ROCK activation.

16:45 -17:15 Panel discussion

Host or Publisher Dr Pleasantine Mill