Day 2: Evolution of Multicellularity

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Organized by Zev Gartner (UCSF), Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (Janelia), Wallace Marshall (UCSF) and Manu Prakash (Stanford)
This workshop will focus on the mechanisms and selective pressures driving the transition from unicellular to multicellular life, and the fundamental differences between them. Investigators working across a variety of model systems will address questions such as: What are the general principles of multicellularity, and what are the advantages and costs? How can theoretical models be applied to understanding of multicellular lifestyles? What new tools and approaches are needed to understand multicellular regulation? How does the role of development and aging differ between single cell and multicellular machines? And how can a better understanding of general mechanisms of multicellular regulation advance engineering and biomedical applications?
Day 2 - Welcome and opening remarks
00:00 Janine Stevens (Janelia), Manu Prakash
Session 3
01:56 Introduction - Wallace Marshall
02:27 Otger Campàs, PoL - TU Dresden
18:14 William Ratcliff, Georgia Tech
35:11 Karen Alim, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization & Technical University of Munich
51:01 Sebastian Streichan, University of California, Santa Barbara
01:07:29 Florentine Rutaganira, University of California, Berkeley (King Lab)
01:24:14 Stefania Kaspetaki, Arizona State University (Maley Lab)
01:41:01 Discussion led by Wallace Marshall
Session 4
02:09:35 Introduction Zev Gartner
02:09:48 Amy Gladfelter, UNC Chapel Hill
02:25:13 Celeste Nelson, HHMI/Princeton University
02:41:58 Andrew Murray, HHMI/Harvard University
02:57:46 Gáspár Jékely, University of Exeter
03:13:10 Buzz Baum, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
03:31:19 Louis Prahl, University of Pennsylvania (Hughes Lab)
03:46:51 Discussion led by Zev Gartner
Conclusion of Day 2
04:13:13 Janine Stevens