Conference Description
The 2022 Glycolipid and Sphingolipid Biology GRC will provide a holistic approach to glycosphingolipid (GSL) and sphingolipid (SL) biology by having thematic sessions where, for example, a lipid class relevant to the community is discussed in depth. Individual sessions will have talks relating to biophysics, biochemistry, cell biology and relevance to disease/therapy in one cohesive session. The aim is to take a more integrated approach and create the space for in-depth discussions to advance the field. This will also help make the topics more accessible to newcomers to the field and to the GRS participants. Gender equality is also a primary aim and we will include a balance of talks from investigators spanning all career stages and those from outside the field who have recently become interested in this area through novel developments in their research. This will give a dynamic, vibrant and cross-generational feel to the meeting with the showcasing of female role models from all career stages.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by November 27, 2021. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Sphingolipids and Glycosphingolipids in Cell Biology and Disease
Discussion Leaders
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Maurizio Del Poeta (Stony Brook University, USA)
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Yusuf Hannun (Stony Brook University, USA)
Speakers
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Sarah Spiegel (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
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Hugh Willison (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Measuring and Manipulating Sphingolipids and Glycosphingolipids: Challenges and Solutions
Discussion Leaders
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Yusuf Hannun (Stony Brook University, USA)
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Maria Fuller (SA Pathology, Australia)
Speakers
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Alfred Merrill (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
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Liana Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
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Joost Holthuis (University of Osnabrueck, Germany)
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Giovanni D'Angelo (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Ceramide Biology and Pathophysiology
Discussion Leaders
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Tony Futerman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
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Gerhild Van Echten-Deckert (Universität Bonn, Germany)
Speakers
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Alicia Alonso (University of the Basque Country , Spain)
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Aurora Pujol (IDIBELL, Spain)
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Anthony Don (University of Sydney, Australia)
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Christina Voelkel-Johnson (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
Sphingosine and Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Biology and Pathophysiology
Discussion Leaders
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Sarah Spiegel (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
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Richard Proia (NIDDK, USA)
Speakers
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Long Nguyen (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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Wiebke Herzog (University of Muenster, Germany)
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Johannes Morstein (New York University, USA)
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Yuefeng Huang (Columbia University, USA)
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Daniela Salvemini (Saint Louis University, USA)
Glycosphingolipids: Biosynthesis, Function and Disease
Discussion Leaders
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Yoshio Hirabayashi (RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Japan)
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Doris Höglinger (Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, Germany)
Speakers
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Maria Antonietta De Matteis (Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Italy)
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Yong Zhang (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
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Cynthia Tifft (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, USA)
Sphingolipids and Glycosphingolipids as Modulators of Membrane Function
Discussion Leaders
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Ronald Schnaar (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
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Jin-ichi Inokuchi (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan)
Speakers
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Mark Kester (University of Virginia, USA)
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Mary Kraft (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
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Michela Deleidi (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany)
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Alessandro Prinetti (University of Milan, Italy)
Sphingolipids and Glycosphingolipids in Cell Growth and Differentiation
Discussion Leaders
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James Shayman (University of Michigan, USA)
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Julie Saba (UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, USA)
Speakers
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Alessandra D'Azzo (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA)
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Erhard Bieberich (University of Kentucky, USA)
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Leah Siskind (University of Louisville, USA)
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Sandro Sonnino (University of Milan, Italy)
Late-Breaking Topics
Discussion Leaders
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Walter Holleran (University of California, San Francisco / San Francisco VA Medical Center, USA)
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Mylene Huebecker (University of Bonn, Germany)
Speakers
Sphingolipids and Glycosphingolipids in Non-Mammalian Systems
Discussion Leaders
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Howard Riezman (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
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Teresa Dunn (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA)
Speakers
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Yohann Boutte (French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France)
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Jenny Mortimer (University of Adelaide, Australia / Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
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Eric Brown (The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers:
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Cynthia Tifft (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, USA)
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Doris Höglinger (Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, Germany)
