Preliminary program for the NAS 2024
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Program
Wednesday, August 28th
Thursday, August 29th
Friday, August 30th
Wednesday, August 28th
- 12:00 Registration in the hotel lobby. Light lunch will be served
- 14:00 Session 1: “Autophagosome structure, origins, regulation”
- 14:00 Welcome and opening remarks by the organizers
- 14:05 Keynote lecture 1: The Role of Non-Canonical Autophagy as a Lysosome Stress Response. Oliver Florey, Babraham Institute, UK
- 14:50 Short talk 1: TECPR1 is activated by damage-induced sphingomyelin exposure to mediate noncanonical autophagy. Alf Håkon Lystad – Abstract R-2
- 15:10 Short Talk: Validation of autophagic cargo flux induction by 30 hits detected in an LC3-based HTS. Freke Mertens – Abstract R-3
- 15:30 Meet the EMBO Editor
- 15:50 Coffee break and Exhibitions
- 16:05 Session 2: “Autophagy in tumorigenesis and cancer”
- 16:05 Short talk: Development and validation of biaryl derivatives as novel autophagy blockers. Melissa Lallier – Abstract C-1
- 16:25 Short talk: Isoform-specific effects of ATG7 on central carbon metabolism. Ingvi Karl Jónsson – Abstract C-5
- 16:45 Short talk: TBD
- 17:05 Group picture
- 17:15 – 18:15 Posters (Even numbers) and Exhibitions + Drinks
- 19:30 – 21:30 Dinner at the hotel
Thursday, August 29th
- 08:00 Session 3: “Autophagy in immune diseases”
- 08:00 Short talk: Dengue virus exploits autophagy vesicles and secretory pathways to promote transmission by human dendritic cells. Anusca Rader – Abstract A-2
- 08:20 Short talk: The role of ER-phagy in virus infections. Clàudia Río-Bergé – Abstract I-3
- 08:40 Keynote lecture 2: DRAM1: a versatile enhancer of antimicrobial autophagy. Annemarie Meijer, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- 09:25 Coffee break and Exhibitions
- 09:50 Session 4: “Different colours of autophagy selectivity”
- 09:50 Short talk: Identification of a novel mitophagy regulator in a high-throughput imaging siRNA screen. Arja Arnesen Lochen – Abstract S-5
- 10:10 Short talk: PINK1 regulated mitophagy is evident in skeletal muscles. Francois Singh – Abstract S-1
- 10:30 Session 5: „Autophagy across kingdoms“
- 10:30 Short talk: ATG8 delipidation is not universally critical for autophagy in plants. Florentine Ballhaus – Abstract K-1
- 10:50 Keynote lecture 3: What can we learn about LC3-associated phagosome maturation from Drosophila? Gabor Juhász, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary
- 11:35 Lunch
- 12:35 Posters (Odd numbers)
- 13:35 NAS General Assembly – Open for all NAS members
- 14:15 – 19:30 Social program with outdoor activities in the hot spring area of Hveragerði
- 19:30 – 21:30 Conference Dinner – at the local brewery: Ölverk – Party and beer tasting
Friday, August 30th
- 09:00 Session 6: “Aggregation and quality control in neurons and beyond – 1”
- 09:00 Short talk: USP14 deletion elevates α-synuclein that is refractory to activated autophagy in neuronal cells. Vignesh Srinivasan – Abstract N-5
- 09:20 Short talk: Autophagy deficiency increases seeding property of tau which aggravates tau pathology and memory impairment in tauopathy mouse models. Makoto Shimozawa – Abstract N-1
- 09:40 Coffee break and Exhibitions
- 10:10 Session 7: “Aggregation and quality control in neurons and beyond – 2”
- 10:10 Short talk: Unravelling physiological autophagy dynamics in the aging mammalian brain. Thomas McWilliams – Abstract N-6
- 10:30 Keynote lecture 4: Organelle quality control in neuronal homeostasis and neurodegeneration. Erika Holzbaur, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- 11:15 Voting for best talk
- 11:30 Prize giving for the best posters and best talk
- 11:50 Concluding remarks
- 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and departure (or stay for the weekend to discover more of Hveragerði, Reykjavík or the other parts of Iceland!)
