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Lysosomal Diseases
Gordon-Merck Research Seminar
April 13-14, 2013
Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort
Lucca (Barga), Italy
Chair:
Paul D. Fineran

Associate Chair:
Christopher A. Wassif

Related Meeting Information
The Lysosomal Diseases Gordon-Merck Research Seminar was held in conjunction with the Lysosomal Diseases Gordon Research Conference. Please refer to the Lysosomal Diseases GRC web page for more information.

The Gordon Research Seminar on Lysosomal Diseases is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is the presentation of cutting-edge research on a wide range of diseases resulting from lysosomal dysfunction. This meeting will encompass diverse areas of research including, but not limited to, basic lysosomal biology, autophagy, lysosomal disease pathogenesis and the introduction of novel therapies for the treatment of lysosomal disorders.


Contributors

SATURDAY
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmArrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pmDisease Models
Discussion Leader: Christopher Wassif (NIH/NICHD)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pmLeigh Paton (University of Oxford)
"Novel ENU mouse model of Mucolipidosis II"
3:30 pm - 3:38 pmDiscussion
3:38 pm - 3:53 pmAbdulfatah Alayoubi (University of Toronto)
"Gene Therapy of Farber Disease with Mechanistic Implications"
3:53 pm - 4:00 pmDiscussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session I
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmLysosomal Disease Pathogenesis and Therapies
Discussion Leader: Anatalia Labilloy (University of Pittsburgh)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pmAllison Bradbury (Auburn University)
"Dramatic Therapeutic Response of Intracranial AAV Gene Therapy in Feline GM2 Gangliosidosis"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pmDiscussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pmCristin Davidson (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
"Efficacy of different cyclodextrins in the treatment of a murine model of Niemann-Pick type C disease"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pmDiscussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pmTamar Farfel-Becker (Weizmann Institute of Science)
"The pathogenesis of neuronopathic Gaucher disease: glucosylceramide accumulation, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pmDiscussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pmOscar Chen (University of Oxford)
"Defective transition metal ion homeostasis and hematological abnormalities in lysosomal storage disease animals and their clinical implications"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pmDiscussion
8:00 pmDinner
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amLysosomes in Health and Disease
Discussion Leader: Heather Gray-Edwards (Auburn University)
9:00 am - 9:20 amMartina Malnar (Rudjer Boskovic Institute)
"Cholesterol levels modulate trafficking of APP and BACE1 in Niemann-Pick type C cells"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amKatrijn Coen (Catholic University of Leuven)
"Lysosomal calcium homeostasis defects, not proton pump defects, cause endo-lysosomal dysfunction in PSEN-deficient cells"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amLuis Tecedor (University of Iowa)
"Membrane microdomain properties, caveolin-1 transport and caveolae-related functions are impaired in brain endothelial lacking the Batten disease protein, CLN3"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amRuth Milkereit (University of Toronto)
"Investigating the trafficking of LAPTM4 proteins"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmCareer Progression Workshop
Discussion Leader: Andres Klein (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Panelists:
  • Frances Platt (University of Oxford)
  • Steven U. Walkley (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
  • Tony Futerman (Weizmann Institute of Science)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders And Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13NS083199. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Last Updated: March 26, 2013
 
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