CCAM Events are typically held in the CCAM Conference Room, R1673
Cell & Genome Sciences Building (CGSB)
400 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030
CCAM Seminars - Thursdays, 12 p.m., September - June.
(Please note calendar for possible time changes.)
CCAM Lab Meetings - Fridays, 12 p.m., year round.
Upcoming Events
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Jan
22
CAM Meeting - Milda Stanislauskas12:00pm
CAM Meeting - Milda Stanislauskas
Friday, January 22nd, 2021
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Other Virtual
CAM Meeting
Speaker: Milda Stanislauskas
Title: TBAContact Information: Tiffany - jespersen@uchc.edu
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Jan
28
CCAM Seminar Series - Ditlev12:00pm
CCAM Seminar Series - Ditlev
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
UConn Health Virtual
CCAM Seminar Series
Time: 12:00 pm
Host: Dr. Bruce Mayer
Speaker: Jonathon Ditlev, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Scientist, Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children
Title: “Phase separation: a paradigm shift for understanding the formation and function of T cell signaling clusters”
Abstract: In T cells, activation of many cell surface receptors induces the reorganization of downstream signaling molecules into submicrometer-sized clusters. Upon binding of the T cell receptor to an agonist on an antigen presenting cell, a series of phosphorylation events promotes clustering of the membrane-localized adaptor protein LAT. Subsequently, LAT clusters are moved across the membrane of the T cell by two different concentric actin cytoskeletal networks. This dynamic process is required for proper T cell signaling. However, the mechanism by which LAT clusters form, the functional consequences of clustering, and the mechanism by which clusters are moved by two distinct actin cytoskeletal networks were unclear. The signaling pathway, beginning with the T cell receptor and ending with actin assembly, was reconstituted on model membranes. Triggering of T cell receptor phosphorylation resulted in the formation of membrane-localized liquid-like phase separated clusters composed of signaling molecules that promoted signaling outputs in biochemical reconstitutions and human Jurkat T cells. Reconstituted clusters were enriched in kinases but excluded phosphatases, promoted local actin assembly by recruiting actin nucleation machinery, and displayed compositional-dependent interactions with dynamic actomyosin networks. When Nck and its binding partner N-WASP were present in clusters, clusters bound to and moved with dynamic actin filaments. Clusters lacking these components were instead sterically propelled by moving actin filaments. In cells, Nck dissipates from LAT clusters as they are moved across the boundary between the two actin networks. This change in composition likely enables cluster movement by the distinct dynamics of each network to promote T cell signaling. Thus, phase separation of LAT and its binding partners promotes signal propagation from clusters while compositional changes within the clusters enable them to be moved by two distinct actin networks to maintain proper T cell signaling. The principles revealed by these studies likely apply to the numerous two- and three-dimensional phase separated structures that exist within a cell.
Meeting link:
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Meeting number: 120 463 0186
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Host key: 583108
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Access code: 120 463 0186Contact Information: Tiffany; jespersen@uchc.edu
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Jan
29
CAM Meeting - Ping Yan12:30pm
CAM Meeting - Ping Yan
Friday, January 29th, 2021
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Other Virtual
CAM Meeting
Speaker: Ping YanContact Information: Tiffany - jespersen@uchc.edu
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Feb
5
CAM Meeting - Meagan Cauble12:30pm
CAM Meeting - Meagan Cauble
Friday, February 5th, 2021
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Other Virtual
CAM Meeting
Speaker: Meagan Cauble
Title: TBAContact Information: Tiffany - jespersen@uchc.ed
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Feb
12
CAM Meeting - Cancelled12:00pm
CAM Meeting - Cancelled
Friday, February 12th, 2021
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Other Virtual
CAM Meeting _ Cancelled
Lincoln's BirthdayContact Information: Tiffany - jespersen@uchc.edu
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