Topics Nuclear Structure and Function Regulation and Organization of the Genome Epigenetics Cell Division/Cell Cycle DNA Replication/Repair RNA Transcription and Processing/Noncoding RNAs Membrane Trafficking Cell Organelles/Mitochondria Cytoskeleton Development/Stem Cells Cell Signalling Cell Death/Autophagy/Cell Stress Cell-Matrix Interactions/Cell-Cell Interactions Protein Folding Structural Biology Systems/Computational Biology Imaging in Cell Biology Chemical/Synthetic Biology Plant Cell Biology Microbial Cell Biology Cellular Neurobiology Cell Biology in Immunology Cancer Cell Biology Cell Biology of Metabolic Diseases
Confirmed invited speakers: Ueli Aebi, Switzerland Corinne Albiges-Rizo, France Geneviéve Almouzni, France Jiří Bártek, Denmark Wolfgang Baumeister, Germany Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, Portugal Eric Betzig, USA Cristina Cardoso, Germany Martin Chalfie, USA Daniela Corda, Italy Pascale Cossart, France William Earnshaw, UK Pier Paolo Di Fiore, Italy Roland Foisner, Austria Jiří Forejt, Czech Republic Joseph Gall, USA Susane Gasser, Switzerland Robert Goldman, USA Gareth Griffiths, Norway Frank Grosveld, Netherlands Yosef Gruenbaum, Israel Harald zur Hausen, Germany Rebecca Heald, USA Martin Hetzer, USA Nobutaka Hirokawa, Japan Václav Hořejší, Czech Republic Martin Humphries, UK Anthony Hyman, Germany Howard Jacobs, Finland Leszek Kaczmarek, Poland Roger Kornberg, USA Angus Lamond, UK Heinrich Leonhardt, Germany Maria Leptin, Germany Haifan Lin, USA Iain Mattaj, Germany Satyajit Mayor, India Steven McKnight, USA Tom Misteli, USA Eric Nigg, Switzerland Moshe Oren, Israel Thoru Pederson, USA Jan-Michael Peters, Austria Margaret Robinson, UK Peter Šebo, Czech Republic Pamela Silver, USA Robert Singer, USA Bruce Spiegelman, USA Richard Štefl, Czech Republic Alasdair Steven, USA Andreas Strasser, Australia David Tollervey, UK Peter Walter, USA Xiaodong Wang, China Fiona Watt, UK Guoliang Xu, China Tamotsu Yoshimori, Japan Marino Zerial, Germany Yixiang Zheng, USA
WELCOME WORD On behalf of the Czech Society for Cell Biology, I wish to extend a cordial invitation to you to participate in the 12th International Congress of Cell Biology. The congress, held under the auspices of the International Federation for Cell Biology (IFCB), will take place 21-25 of July, 2016 at the Prague Congress Center, Prague, Czech Republic. The aim of the congress is to offer a unique opportunity for sharing well selected aspects on the latest evidence based research findings and applications in cell biology and related disciplines. Also, the congress is a stimulating forum for professional development and establishing fruitful global and regional collaborations. Newly integrated in the congress programme are the academic, scientific and corporate project development day, exchange and career fair for students, professional development accreditation, industry training centre and last but not least new innovative congress technologies for delegates. We expect more than 3000 participants including 80 invited speakers.. The congress theme, Exploring cellular structure and function recognises the key role that cell biology plays in the management of deeper understanding of the tissues and organisms that cells compose. We have done the utmost to create a programme in line with the theme. Prague is a charming city situated in the very heart of Europe. It has a rich history, magnificent architecture, and a unique culture. The region of Prague is an important center of research with several universities and a majority of institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Please join us for the International Congress of Cell Biology 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic. We look forward to seeing you in July 2016. Prof. Ivan Raška Chairman of the Czech Society for Cell Biology, z.s. Chairman of the 12th International Congress of Cell Biology