4th CPB Annual Meeting

13th January 2025 at the Old Divinity School, St John's College

We are excited to announce the CPB Annual Meeting on 13th January 2025

Morning Session: ECR Symposium (10.00 - 13.30)

The day will begin with the ECR Symposium, organised by the CPB ECR Network, TLM and Morphogenesis Seminar Series.

This session is exclusively for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and will feature networking round-table discussions and a careers panel session.

Afternoon Session: Open to All (13.30 - 20.00)

In the afternoon, the meeting will be open to all, with a range of exciting activities and talks:

• Keynote by Prof. Timothy Saunders, University of Warwick, UK

• Talks by Cambridge PIs: Dr. Evgeny Zatulovskiy (Department of Biochemistry) and Prof. Teuta Pilizota (Department of Physics)

• PhD Student and Postdoc Awardees' Talks

• Poster Session with Best Poster Prize

• Reception to close the day

The afternoon promises to be an inspiring and engaging experience. 

We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Programme

Morning

10:00 – 10:30 – Registration

10:30 – 10:40 – Welcome

10:40 – 11:40 – Networking Round Table Discussion

11.40 – 12:30 – Careers Panel Session

12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch

Afternoon

13:30 – 14:00 – Registration

14:00 – 14:05 – Welcome

14:05 – 14:45 – Keynote Lecture Prof. Timothy Saunders, University of Warwick, UK

                          “Deciphering how complex organ form emerges in development”

14:45 – 15:20 – Coffee Break + Posters

CPB Prizes Session

15:20 – 15:40 –  Akaash Kumar, Research Associate, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

                           “Shedding light on the molecular interactomes of fast, complex biological processes using multispectral imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution”

15:40 – 16:00 –  Maria Julia Maristany, Research Associate, Department of Chemistry

                           “Biomolecular Condensates Through a Computational Microscope”

16:00 – 16:20 –  Leonardo Mancini, Herchel Smith postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physics

                           “Surface versus volume synthesis governs growth-dependent efficacy of a β-lactam antibiotic”

16:20 – 17:00 – Coffee Break + Posters

Invited Speakers

17:00 – 17:25 –  Evgeny Zatulovskiy, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge

                           “Cell size regulation: molecular mechanisms and functional implications”

17:25 – 17:50 –  Teuta Pilizota, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge

                           “Escherichia coli’s Responses to Osmotic Pressure Challenges”

17:50 – 18:00 – Closing Remarks

18:00 – 19.15 – Poster Session + Prize Announcement

19-15 – 20:00 – Reception