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ESCRTs — from cell biology to pathogenesis

26—28 August 2008

Robinson College, Cambridge, UK



Organizers:
Katherine Bowers (University College London, UK)
Juan Martin-Serrano (Kings College London, UK)
Paul Whitley (University of Bath, UK)

Timetable

Tuesday 26 August 2008Wednesday 27 August 2008Thursday 28 August 2008
13:25 - 16:00
Session 1

16:00 - 21:30
Session 2

09:00 - 11:00
Session 3

17:00 - 19:00
Session 4

09:30 - 11:45
Session 5


Session 1

Chair:
Jean Gruenberg (University of Geneva , Switzerland)
Tuesday 26 August 2008
12:00 - 13:25 Registration and lunch

13:25 - 13:30
Welcome note and introduction from the Organizers
13:30 - 14:00
ESCRTs in control of receptor signalling and trafficking
Harald Stenmark (The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Norway)
14:00 - 14:30
Title to be confirmed
David Katzmann (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA)
14:30 - 15:00
ESCRT proteins, endosome organisation, and mitogenic receptor down-regulation
Philip Woodman (University of Manchester, UK)
15:00 - 15:15
Evolution of Ethe endocytic ubiquitylation system
Selected oral communication - Mark Field (University of Cambridge, UK)
15:15 - 15:30
K63-linked polyubiquitylation of the yeast Gap1 permease is required for its sorting into the multivesicular body pathway
Selected oral communication - Elsa Lauwers (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee/tea break

Session 2

Chair:
Scott Emr (Cornell University, USA)
Tuesday 26 August 2008
16:00 - 16:30
Evolution and assembly of ESCRTs
Roger Williams (University of Cambridge, UK)
16:30 - 17:00
Structures and function of ESCRT-III
Winfried Weissenhorn (UJF-EMBL-CNRS, Grenoble, France)
17:00 - 17:30
ESCRT structure: putting the pieces together
James Hurley (NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, USA)
17:30 - 17:45
X-ray crystal structural analysis of ALG-2/Alix peptide complex
Selected oral communication - Masatoshi Maki (Nagoya University, Japan)
17:45 - 18:00
Differential roles for Alix and ESCRT-III in cytokinesis and HIV-1 release
Selected oral communication - Jez Carlton (Kings College London, UK)
18:00 - 19:30 Poster session with drinks - odd numbers

19:30 - 20:45 Dinner

20:45 - 21:30
ESCRT genetics and ubiquitin-dependent receptor sorting at the endosome
Plenary Lecture - Scott Emr (Cornell University, USA)

Session 3

Chair:
Mark Marsh (University College London, UK)
Wednesday 27 August 2008
09:00 - 09:30
PTP1B and EGF-stimulated intralumenal vesicle formation within multivesicular endosomes
Clare Futter (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
CHMP6/ESCRTIII and the regulation of endocytic delivery to lysosomes
Paul Luzio (University of Cambridge, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Fission and fusion events within endosomes
Jean Gruenberg (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
10:30 - 10:45
ALIX and ALG-2 form an adaptor complex for apical caspases on endocytosed death receptors
Selected oral communication - Rémy Sadoul (Université Joseph Fourier, France)
10:45 - 11:00
Plant CHMP1A and B proteins are involved in the MVB sorting of plant hormone efflux carriers and are required for embryo development
Selected oral communication - Marisa Otegui (University of Wisconsin, USA)
11:00 - 12:30 Poster session with coffee/tea - even numbers

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 17:00 Free time

Session 4

Chair:
Wes Sundquist (University of Utah, USA)
Wednesday 27 August 2008
17:00 - 17:30
Tools for probing the role of ubiquitin and ESCRT proteins in viral particle release
Paul Bieniasz (Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, USA)
17:30 - 18:00
Rescue of HIV budding by components of the ESCRT pathway
Heinrich Gottlinger (Harvard University, USA)
18:00 - 18:30
The HIV assembly compartment in human macrophages
Mark Marsh (University College London, UK)
18:30 - 18:45
The role of the ESCRT pathway in the assembly of herpesviruses
Selected oral communication - Colin Crump (University of Cambridge, UK)
18:45 - 19:00
The ubiquitin ligase Nedd4.1 rescues HIV-1 budding defects in an L Domain dependent manner
Selected oral communication - Fadila Bouamr (National Institutes of Health, USA)
19:30 - 21:00 Conference Dinner

Session 5

Chair:
Paul Luzio (University of Cambridge, UK)
Thursday 28 August 2008
09:30 - 09:45
ESCRT function in early C. elegans development
Selected oral communication - Anjon Audhya (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
09:45 - 10:00
Ambient pH signalling protease PalB associates with ESCRT-III via Vps24
Selected oral communication - Miguel A. Penalva (Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Spain)
10:00 - 10:15
Insights into the ancestral role of ESCRT proteins
Selected oral communication - Steve Bell (University of Oxford, UK)
10:15 - 10:30
Distinct genetic properties of ESCRT-II components in drosophila
Selected oral communication - Andreas Bergmann (MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
10:30 - 10:45
Essential role of hIST1 in cytokinesis
Selected oral communication - Monica Agromayor (Kings College London School of Medicine, UK)
10:45 - 11:00
Institute of Neurology London, UK
Frontotemporal dementia-causing CHMP2B mutants produce an enlarged endosomal phenotype and alter growth factor trafficking
Selected Oral Communication - Adrian Isaacs (Institute of Neurology London, UK)
11:00 - 11:45
Biochemical analyses of HIV budding
Plenary Lecture - Wesley Sundquist (University of Utah, USA)
11:45 - 11:50 Final Comments from the Organizers