# 2020 Signaling by Adhesion Gordon Research Conference & Seminar

> **NIH NIH R13** · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · 2020 · $16,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT
This application requests funds to support the 2020 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Signaling by
Adhesion Receptors (subtitled “Adhesion across scales: from molecules to morphogenesis”), and the associated
Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students (subtitled “Bench to bedside:
investigating basic biomechanics and biomedical aspects of cell adhesion signaling”). Both meetings will take
place at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH from June 27-July 3, 2020. Biochemical and
mechanical signaling at cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions plays a central role in guiding cell migration, cell
polarity, and developmental morphogenesis, and these mechanisms are frequently disrupted in disease. This
meeting, which has been held biannually since 2000, has a strong tradition of bringing together a diverse group
of current and future leaders in the field of cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion to present exciting new discoveries,
emerging ideas, and new techniques that will drive future research in this field. Woven throughout the 2020
meeting will be a focus on developmental morphogenesis, highlighting research that employs a variety of
developing model organisms. The Chair of the 2020 meeting, Dr. Ann Miller, is a cell biologist who uses a
developing vertebrate model organism (Xenopus laevis) to investigate how cell-cell adhesion is maintained and
remodeled as epithelial cells change shape and divide. The specific aims of the 2020 meeting are: 1) to provide
an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of new discoveries in cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion signaling and
help attendees gain a multi-scale appreciation of cell adhesion and 2) to build a community that exchanges
scientific ideas and mentoring advice among diverse meeting participants from all career stages. Speakers at
this meeting will include both established investigators and promising early career scientists. Notably, 4 talks
each day (16 talks total) are reserved for graduate student, postdoc, or Early Stage Investigator speakers, who
will be selected from the abstracts. Throughout the meeting, starting with a 2-day GRS for graduate students
and postdocs, there will be opportunities for trainees to showcase their research and network with each other,
as well as structured and unstructured opportunities for interaction and mentoring between early career scientists
and established investigators. The collegial and interactive environment of the 2020 Signaling by Adhesion
Receptors GRC/GRS will expose young scientists to the latest ideas and opportunities in adhesion signaling and
encourage them to become the future leaders of this field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9994452
- **Project number:** 1R13HD102146-01
- **Recipient organization:** GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Ann Louise Miller
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $16,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-03-15 → 2023-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9994452

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9994452, 2020 Signaling by Adhesion Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (1R13HD102146-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9994452. Licensed CC0.

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