Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Re-Envisioning the Fluid Mosaic Model
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm
"Are Cell Membrane Lipid Bilayers Finely-Tuned Molecular Assemblies?"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:05 pm
"Lipid Metabolism and Signaling Across Time and Space"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sensors and Analyses of Lipid Diversity and Dynamics
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
"From Minimal Cells to an RNA-Lipid World"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
"Molecular Tools for Precision Imaging of Membranes"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:55 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
"Imaging Lipids: Transport and Ultrastructural Organization"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Organelle Lipid Homeostasis
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
"The Role of Lipids in Nuclear Pore Complex Architecture and Function"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
"Lipid Flippases: Atypical Substrates and Physiological Functions"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"Regulation of Coatomer II-Mediated ER-to-Golgi Trafficking of Sphingolipids"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Spatial Compartmentalization and Trafficking of Lipids
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
"Dissecting Lipid Dynamics at ER-Vacuole Contact Sites: From Molecular Players to Functional Outcomes"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
"Control of Intracellular Cholesterol Distribution via Non-Vesicular Lipid Transport at Membrane Contact Sites"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
"The Mitochondrion: A Membrane-Building Powerhouse"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
"The BARS-CtBP Minimal Fission Machinery Involved in Intracellular Membrane Traffic Relies on the Lysophosphatidic Acid - Phosphatidic Acid Conversion Reaction"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cholesterol: Synthesis, Signaling, and Transport
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
"Cellular Signaling by Cholesterol"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
"Membrane Protein Regulation by Cholesterol Metabolites"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"Cholesterol trafficking by NPC proteins"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Regulation of Lipid Synthesis
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
"Ceramide Metabolism and Function at the Plasma Membrane"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:55 am
"Acyl Chain Remodeling of Mitochondrial Cardiolipin: Mechanism and Function"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:30 am
"Insights into the Fat-Regulating Phosphatidic Acid Phosphatase and its Potential Role as a Therapeutic Target"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
"Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis in Archaea"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Visualize Lipid Interactions
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
"Computers and Membranes: Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Understand the Effect of Lipids on Mechanosensitive Channels Function"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
"Molecular Mechanisms of MFSD2A-Mediated Fatty Acid Transport"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lipid Oxidation and Infection
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
"Redox Lipidomics of Regulated Cell Death Programs: "Human Science Fragments Everything in Order to Understand it, Kills Everything in Order to Examine it." Leo Tolstoy, War and Piece, 1869"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
"Phosphatidylcholine Synthesis Protects Germ Cells from Ferroptosis in C. Elegans"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:30 am
"Infections and Lipid Remodeling: A Tug-of-War for Survival"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Lipids in Inflammation and Disease
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
"Uncovering the Function and Regulation of Plasma Lipids in Cardiovascular Disease"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Lipid Mediators and Cellular Mechanisms in the Resolution of Inflammation"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure