Membrane contact sites in cellular homeostasis
23-26 September 2024
Edinburgh Zoo, UK
Abstract & early booking deadlines: 23 July 2024.
Subcellular compartmentalisation into membrane-bound organelles allows the separation of specialised functions but also generates the need for intracellular communication. Over the last decade we have started to appreciate the importance of membrane contact sites in inter-organelle communication. Contact sites have been identified with every organelle and in all eukaryotic cells examined, with wide-ranging functions. By providing platforms for protein interactions, signalling events, lipid exchange and calcium flux, membrane contact sites are emerging as key regulators of diverse cellular processes. Recent advances in membrane contact sites biology have revealed the importance of non-vesicular communication in orchestrating the coordination of physiological events to maintain cellular homeostasis. The 2024 Biochemical Society “Membrane Contact Sites in Cellular Homeostasis” meeting will inform and update on current understanding of membrane contact site biology, showcasing advances in the field from both leading academics and early career researchers. The meeting will feature cross-disciplinary research on wide-ranging aspects of membrane contact site functions in a range of systems, including plant, yeast and mammalian and aims to foster new areas of collaboration between these research communities. Programme Coordinators for this event are: Emily Eden, UCL Tim Levine, UCL Patrick Hussey, Durham University Maria Bohnert, Muenster
Benoit Kornmann, University of Oxford Elizabeth Conibear, University of British Columbia Francesca Giordano, Institute of Integrative Cell Biology Imogen Sparkes, University of Bristol Joe Costello, University of Exeter Karin Reinisch, Yale University Manuela Zaccolo, University of Oxford Michael Duchen, University College London Mike Henne, UT Southwestern Medical Center Patrizia Agostinis, KU Leuven Pengwei Wang, Huazhong Agricultural University Robin Klemm, University of Oxford Ruben Fernandez-Busnadiego, University of Göttingen Medical Center Sabrina Buettner, Stockholm University Thomas Burgoyne, University College London 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. You can submit your abstract here.
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