Reactive Oxygen Species and Their Role in Living Systems – From Mechanism to Medicine

February 3 - 4, 2018

Chairs Klaus Koren and Shireen Attaran

Ventura Beach Marriott

2055 Harbor Boulevard

Ventura, CA, US

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Oxygen Radicals 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 goal of this meeting is to discuss newest developments in the field of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The meeting aims to span from mechanistic studies to applied studies (e.g. medicine or biology) involving ROS. Young scientists will be given the opportunity to present advancements in scientific research and methodological tools and to discuss with peers. Additionally a mentoring and career development session will be held facilitating the exchange between young researchers with established experts in the field.

Young scientists from all fields (e.g. chemistry, biology, medicine…) dealing with ROS are encouraged to participate in order to reflect the entire spectrum and importance of ROS and to enable fruitful exchange between field.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Oxygen Radicals" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Mentorship Component: Mentoring and Career Development Discussion Leaders: Klaus Koren (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Michael Davies (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm	Elizabeth New (The University of Sydney, Australia) "Career Development in the Free Radical Field"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Oxygen Radicals and Medicine Discussion Leaders: Douglas Thomas (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) and Rhea Bovee (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	Andrea Braganza (University of Pittsburgh, USA) "Myoglobin Regulates the Function of the E3 Ligase Parkin to Modulate Mitochondrial Fusion and Decrease Breast Cancer Tumor Progression"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm	Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm	Stephenson Boakye Owusu (University of Paris-Saclay, France) "Is NADPH Oxidase Activity Regulated by Free Radicals?"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm	Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm	Cheryl van de Wetering (University of Vermont, USA) "Ablation of Glutathione-S-Transferase p Attenuates Glycolysis in House Dust Mite-Induced Allergic Airways Disease"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm	Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm	Julia Wang (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) "The Role of Oxidative Resistance 1 (OXR1) in Diagnosis and Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Clara Troccoli (University of Miami, USA) "Oxidative Stress as a Targetable Vulnerability in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Chemical Techniques in the Oxygen Radical Field Discussion Leaders: Ping Li (Shandong Normal University, China) and Luke Carroll (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Sander Bekeschus (Leibniz-Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, Germany) "Cold Physical Plasma Elicits Immunogenic Cancer Cell Death and Mitochondrial Singlet Oxygen"
9:15 am - 9:25 am	Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am	Maria Mosshammer (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "Flow Injection Analysis Meets Microdialysis Probes? A New, Minimally Invasive Way of Measuring H₂O₂ in Biomedical and Biological Samples"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am	Ruwini Rajapaksha (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA) "Spectroscopic Study of a Photoactive Antibacterial Agent 2,3-Distyrylindole"
10:05 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Verena Schrameyer (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "ROS and Corals"
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am	Luke Gamon (The University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "Iodide Modulates Oxidative Protein Modification Induced by Myeloperoxidase"
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	Keynote Session: Redox Signaling Discussion Leaders: Shireen Attaran (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Laura Corrales-Diaz Pomatto (University of Southern California, USA) and Danielle Guimaraes (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm	Henry Forman (University of Southern California, USA) "Redox Signaling"
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes