Dear colleague,
I have a pleasure of announcing a Special Interest Subgroup
Meeting on
CALRETICULIN
during the International Congress of Cell Biology & American
Society for Cell Biology Conference in San Francisco, CA,
USA.
The Calreticulin Meeting will be held on:
December 7th, 1996, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
in:
Moscone Convention Center, room 256.
Calreticulin, a 60 kDa Ca-binding protein, is a major ER
component of non-muscle cells. Calreticulin plays a central
role in intracellular Ca homeostasis. Furthermore,
calreticulin modulates gene expression, is a chaperone and
affects cell adhesion. How does the protein do all of
these? Come and see.
PROGRAM:
Michal Opas: Introduction
CHAIRMAN: Karl-Heinz Krause, Geneva.
Marek Michalak
Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Alberta, CANADA
Calreticulin - an ER signalling molecule?
Robert A. Clark
Medicine Department, University of Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
Transcriptional regulation and promoter
characterization of the calreticulin gene.
David B. Williams
Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ontario, CANADA
Lectin and chaperone properties of calreticulin
and calnexin.
Patricia Camacho
Department of Neurosciences, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Luminal Control of IP3-mediated calcium release
by calreticulin.
Coffee Break
CHAIRMAN: Jacopo Meldolesi, Milano
Karl-Heinz Krause
Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital,
Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Calreticulin, Ca2+ storage, and store-operated
Ca2+ influx.
Michal Opas
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Subcellular localization and function
of endogenous and recombinant calreticulins.
Shoukat Dedhar / Marc Coppolino
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Calreticulin knockout cells have normal calcium
buffering properties but severely impaired
integrin functions.
M. Michalak: Closing Remarks
Dr. Michal Opas
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 Canada
phone: (416) 978-8947
fax: (416) 978-3954
e-mail: m.opas at utoronto.ca
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