Conference Agenda
Oct 28, 2026   Wednesday
Time
Item
15:00‑18:00
Check‑in
18:00‑19:30
Welcome banquet (to be determined)
Oct 29, 2026   Thursday
Time
Speaker / Topic
09:00‑09:20
Welcome speech
09:20‑09:30
Group photo
09:30‑10:05
Timothy Mitchison
Quantitative Proteomics of Native Mitotic Spindles Reveals Biochemical Scaling and Size‑Dependent Exclusion by Microtubule Bundles
10:05‑10:40
Jun Zhou
The parkin‑γ‑tubulin axis regulates epidermal homeostasis and is associated with the susceptibility to psoriasis pathogenesis
10:40‑10:55
Tea break
10:55‑11:30
Wenxiang Meng
Systematic Identification of Inner Proteins in Singlet Microtubules Reveals JPT2 as a Key Regulator of the Luminal Microenvironment
11:30‑12:05
Randy Y C POON
Whole‑Genome Duplication and Chromosomal Instability
12:05‑13:40
Lunch buffet & Break
13:40‑14:15
Michel Steinmetz
Structural basis of microtubule‑mediated signal transduction
14:15‑14:50
Fernando Diaz
Microtubule axial lattice state gates tau recognition and condensation
14:50‑15:25
Jiani Wang
Cholesterol‑Conjugated Paclitaxel Lipid Emulsion (PTX Emul) in Breast Cancer: Mechanism and Clinical Translation
15:25‑15:40
Tea break
15:40‑16:05
Bing Cui
A dual PI3K‑microtubule inhibitor PT02 exploits lysosomal addiction to trigger immunogenic PANoptosis in refractory tumors
16:05‑16:40
Norbert Sewald
Highly Cytotoxic Conjugable Tubulin Binders
16:40‑17:15
Karl‑Heinz Altmann
Synthesis and Functional Exploration of Microtubule‑Interacting Macrocyclic Natural Products
17:15‑17:50
Anna Akhmanova
Regulation of cell signaling by conformational changes in microtubule lattice
17:50‑18:50
Poster session / Dinner buffet
18:50
Closing of the 1st day
Oct 30, 2026   Friday
Time
Speaker / Topic
09:00‑09:35
Gary J. Brouhard
Microtubule Dynamic Instability: a Cross‑Species Comparison
09:35‑10:10
April Risinger
Targeting Microtubules in Cancer – New Drugs and Strategies
10:10‑10:45
Yajie Tang
Discovery of podophyllotoxin‑derived candidate drugs targeting tubulin
10:45‑11:00
Tea break
11:00‑11:35
Jeff Shih‑Chieh Ti
Tubulin isotypes can harness the mechano‑sensitivity of the lattice for microtubule luminal accessibility
11:35‑12:10
Nikita Gudimchuk
Coumarin‑30 as a versatile fluorescent probe for discovery of novel tubulin‑binding ligands
12:10‑14:00
Lunch buffet & Break
14:00‑14:25
Weishuo Fang
Microtubule C‑terminal tail (CTT) targeting: A preliminary search for new mechanism MTA through IDR regulation
14:25‑14:50
Oral talk TBA
14:50‑15:15
Oral talk TBA
15:15‑15:30
Tea break
15:30‑16:30
Meet the experts
16:30‑17:05
Carsten Janke
The Tubulin Code – how basic Molecular Tuning Knobs control Complex Cellular Functions
17:05‑17:15
Closing remarks
17:20
Dinner buffet