Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Regulation of Cancer Progression via Autophagy
Discussion Leader: Rabia Khawaja (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:55 pm
Rushika Perera (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Identifying New Features And Functions Of The Autophagy-Lysosome Pathway In Pancreatic Cancer"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Physiological and Non-Canonical Roles Of Autophagy
Discussion Leader: Dan Tudorica (UC Berkeley, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Pariyamon Thaprawat (University of Michigan Medical School, United States)
"The Biogenesis Of Autophagosomes And The Role Of Autophagy In Toxoplasma Gondii Bradyzoites"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Jake Cross (Babraham Institute, United Kingdom)
"Lysosome Damage Drives Direct ATG8 Conjugation And ATG2 Engagement Via CASM"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Namrita Kaur (University of Oslo, Norway)
"Sensing Lysosomal Membrane Damage: From The Perspective Of TECPR1"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Sanjna Singh (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Australia)
"Beyond LC3-Associated Phagocytosis: Cross-Talk Between Autophagy And Efferocytosis During Corpse Clearance"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Marine Daura (Institut NeuroMyoGène - CNRS UMR5261 - Inserm U1315 - UCB Lyon 1, France)
"Involvement Of The Protein SH3KBP1 In The Modulation Of ER Architecture And Autophagy During Myofiber Formation"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Ziwen Jiang (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Synthetic Autophagy Receptor"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Bulk and Selective Autophagy
Discussion Leader: Gayathri Samarasekera (BC Cancer, Vancouver, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Devin Fuller (Yale University, United States)
"ATG2A Extracts Lipids From ER Exit Sites To Promote Autophagosome Biogenesis"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Elias Adriaenssens (Max Perutz Labs, Austria)
"Control Of Mitophagy Initiation And Progression By The TBK1 Adaptors NAP1 And SINTBAD"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Thanh Nguyen (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research , Australia)
"Unconventional Initiation Of PINK1/Parkin Mitophagy By Optineurin"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Patricia Gonzalez-Rodriguez (UIO, Norway)
"Identification Of Novel Mitophagy Regulators Through A High-Throughput Imaging SiRNA Screen"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Melissa Hoyer (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Combinatorial Selective ER-Phagy Remodels The ER During Neurogenesis"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Aude Lavedrine (INSERM - U1111 - Dr. Rhone Alpes Auvergne, France)
"The Autophagosomal Proteome Of Measles Virus-Infected Cells Identifies Selectively Targeted Pathways, Providing Novel Insights Into Virus-Autophagy Interplay"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Making the Most of Your PhD: Next Steps and Career Strategies
Discussion Leaders: Benan Mathai (University of Oslo, Norway) and Julian Carosi (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Australia)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Dan Baird (Casma Therapeutics, United States)
"Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry"
1:40 pm - 1:45 pm
Discussion
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
Patricia Boya (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
"Physiology"
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm
James Hurley (UC Berkeley, United States)
"Protein Structure"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm
Wade Harper (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Proteomics"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes