A Biochemical Society Focused Meeting
Proceedings (invited speakers) will be published in Biochemical Society Transactions
Abstract submission deadline: 17 June 2008
Abstract submission is closed.
Earlybird registration deadline: 26 July 2008
Online registration is now closed. If you wish to attend the meeting, please contact the Meetings Office on +44(0)20 7280 4150.
Student travel grants are available for this meeting.
Oral communication slots are available at this meeting. All attendees, particularly researchers in the early stages of their career, are invited to submit a poster abstract for consideration as an oral communication.
Proteins that make up the ESCRT (endosomal sorting complex required for transport) machinery are present in all eukaryotic organisms. They are probably best characterised as having an important role in the targeting of ubiquitylated membrane proteins to the lumenal vesicles of endosomal multivesicular bodies. However, many other roles for ESCRT proteins have now emerged. Specifically, it is widely accepted that deadly human pathogens including HIV-1, Ebola virus, Hepatitis B virus and other enveloped viruses require the ESCRT machinery to mediate the separation of the nascent viral particle from the infected cell. More recently, it was shown that ESCRT proteins are involved in essential aspects of cell division and genetic studies have implicated the mutation of ESCRT genes in neurodegenerative disorders. This meeting will be of interest to those working in diverse fields and will provide a platform to identify unresolved issues and discuss ways of tackling these problems.
Topics to include
AAA-ATPases and ESCRTs
ESCRTs and endosomal sorting
HIV and ESCRTs
Melanosomes and ESCRTs
Structure of ESCRT complexes
Programme
Registration will open at 12:30 on 26 August 2008. The meeting will end on 28 August 2008 at 12:30. Please note the programme below is preliminary and is subject to minor changes. This will not effect the start and finish times of the meeting.
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