21 October 2020
Sozanne Solmaz - Binghamton | Coiled-coil registry shifts in the F684I mutant of Bicaudal D result in cargo-independent activation of dynein motility

José Alvarado - Austin | Uncovering the dynamic precursors to motor-driven contraction of active gels

 

 

28 October 2020

MEET-YOUR-HEROES: Anna Akhmanova - Utrecht

The second of our special sessions targeted at early career scientists to hear about the career of pioneers in the motor field. Note, this talk will commence at a different time than usually! 10:00 PDT / 13:00 EDT / 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CET / 22:30 IST / 1:00 CST

 

4 November 2020
Marija Zanic - Vanderbilt | Collective effects of XMAP215, EB1, CLASP2, and MCAK lead to robust microtubule treadmilling

George Shubeita - Abu Dhabi | Navigating the crowded cell: how macromolecular crowding regulates collective kinesin-1 function

 

11 November 2020
Katya Grishchuk - UPenn | title TBA

Wen Lu (Gelfand Lab) - Northwestern | Competition and gatekeeping: how an oocyte gets polarized by kinesin, myosin and dynein

 

18 November 2020
Julie Welburn - Edinburgh | title TBA

Kabir Biswas - Hamad Bin Khalifa University | Acto-myosin regulation of cadherin adhesion assembly

 

25 November 2020

MEET-YOUR-HEROES: Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan - NCBS Bangalore

The third of our special sessions targeted at early career scientists to hear about the career of pioneers in the motor field.

 

9 December 2020
BREAK for ASCB/EMBO Cell Bio Virtual 2020

 

 

 

06 May 2020
Adam Hendricks - McGill | MAPs regulate kinesin and dynein to control organelle motility
Chris Toseland - Sheffield | Nuclear myosin VI regulates the spatial organization of mammalian transcription initiation

 

13 May 2020
Alex Thompson (Stumpff lab) - Vermont | Motor and Coiled-Coil Domain Mutations of the Chromokinesin KIF22 Disrupt Mitotic Chromosome Segregation and Cause Skeletal Dysplasia
Mira Krendel - SUNY | Myosin-dependent regulation of actin and membrane dynamics during phagocytosis

 

20 May 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Morgan DeSantis - Michigan | LIS1 promotes the formation of activated cytoplasmic dynein-1 complexes

Rob Cross - CMCB | Interlocking nanomechanics of kinesin and tubulin → Watch this on YouTube

 

27 May 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Naila Alieva (Manser lab) - A*STAR | The role of myosin II in filopodia dynamics

Amadeus Xu (Way lab) - Crick | Reconstituting microtubule-based motility of Vaccinia virus in vitro

 

2 June 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Steven Rosenfeld - Mayo Clinic | Molecular Motors as Therapeutic Targets in Brain Tumors

Sabrya Carim (Hickson lab) - Montreal | Rho-dependent control of anillin-septin network facilitates contractile ring closure

 

10 June 2020
Kassandra Ori-McKenney - UC Davis | Microtubule Cartography: The Role of Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Directing Motor Transport.

Alf Mansson - Linnaeus | Towards solving intractable mathematical problems using actin and myosin

 

17 June 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Ashley Arthur (Titus lab) - Minnesota | MyTH4-FERM myosin and VASP cooperation during filopodia initiation

Roop Mallik - TIFR Mumbai | Specific Linkages within the Dynein-Dynactin Machinery Needed to Activate and Sustain Dynein’s Force generation

 

24 June 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Jing Xu - UC Merced | Cholesterol in cargo membrane modulates effect of MAP tau on kinesin

Gant Luxton - Minnesota | One AAA+ ring to rule them all? Investigating the mechanism(s) of torsinA-dependent nuclear-cytoplasmic communication

 

1 July 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Radhika Subramanian - Harvard | Imaging Microtubule Depolymerases in Action within bundles at Protofilament Resolution by Atomic Force Microscopy

Girish Mali (Carter lab) - MRC-LMB | Mechanistic insights into dynein motors of cilia

 

8 July 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Jia Wang (Hammer lab) - NIH | Integrin-dependent actomyosin arcs drive B cell immune synapse formation

Sebastian Baumann (Maurer lab) - CRG | In vitro reconstitution of mammalian RNA transport

 

15 July 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Rong Liu (Sellers lab) - NIH | Molecular mechanism of myosin-7a translocation and actin-bundle assembly

Richard McKenney - UC Davis | Reconstitution of Kinesin-1 Activation

 

22 July 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Mohamed Antar Aziz Mohamed (Ökten lab) - TU München | Reconstitution of the first functional kinesin-IFT complex

Bernardo Chapa y Lazo (Mishima lab) - CMCB | Polar relaxation by dynein-mediated removal of cortical myosin II

 

9 September 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Jessica Cross (Dodding lab) - Bristol | A designed high-affinity peptide that hijacks microtubule-based transport

Will Hancock - Penn State | Understanding the diversity of dynein motility in vitro

 

16 September 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Folma Buss - Cambridge | The MYO6 interactome – regulating endosome dynamics and cytoskeletal architecture

Kristen Verhey - Michigan | A rogue kinesin leads to microtubule destruction

 

23 September 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Michelle Peckham - Leeds | The structure of the shutdown state of smooth muscle myosin

Florian Berger - Utrecht | Force generation of molecular motors in optical traps

 

30 September 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.

MEET-YOUR-HEROES: Ron Vale - Janelia

The first of our special sessions targeted at early career scientists to hear about the career of pioneers in the motor field.

 

7 October 2020 - This webinar was available on-demand for 48 hours afterwards.
Pavan Vedula (Kashina lab) - UPenn | Functional differences between beta- and gamma-actin

Kari Ecklund (Markus lab) - Colorado | The MAP She1 coordinates dynein-mediated spindle positioning by spatially restricting dynein activity in yeast

 

14 October 2020
Isabel Palacios - QMUL / Cambridge | A holistic approach towards understanding the relationship between cytoskeletons and all active motions displayed by cytoplasmic components

Ondrej Kucera (Blanchoin lab) - CEA Grenoble | Myosin-independent actin contractility

 

 

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We are grateful to Journal of Cell Science for sponsoring this webinar series

 

 

 

 

Map of average number of attendees per webinar
The data are based on first 6 webinars (live and on-demand attendees).

 

 

Comparison of affiliation of MiQ attendees and authors of papers in the motors field
Details of geographical paper analysis can be found here.

 

 

You might also be interested in our perspective on online seminar series:

 

 

Darius Köster has setup a MiQ community slack space. An invitation to join the community is included with the weekly webinar invitations.
Use this space to discuss talks, preprints, offer jobs, ask for advice, collaborators, have fun etc.

 

Let us know about any other motor community activities you want us to link from here!