Conference venue Sir Charles Wilson Building (UofG)
Conference dinner venue Glasgow University Union building
Ceilidh Glasgow University Union building
Conference schedule
Keynote talks 45 min (40 min + 5 min questions)
Top scoring abstract talks: 20 min (15 min + 5 min questions)
Selected talks 15 min (12 min + 3 min questions)
Flash talks 5 min (3 min + 2 min questions)
Tuesday 21st May 2019
10.00 Registration open, coffee
11.00 Welcome Vignir Helgason
11.15 Keynote speaker: Kevin Ryan– The story of DRAM – autophagy, nutrient sensing and cancer.
Session 1 – Chair: Ian Ganley
12.00 Top Scoring Abstract Talk: A genome-wide CRISPRi screen for ER autophagy highlights key roles of mitochondrial metabolism and ER-resident UFMylation – Jin Rui Liang– IGI, University of California, USA
12.20 CCPG1, an ER-phagy receptor, is tumour suppressive in the pancreas – Matthew Smith– Edinburgh CRUK Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK
12.35 – 14.00 Lunch, posters and company stands
Session 2 – Chair: Noor Gammoh
14.00 Atg8 interacts with transcription factor Sequoia to control the expression of autophagy genes in Drosophila– Anne-Claire Jacomin– School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
14.15 Development of a human neuronal cell model of Beta-propeller Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration (BPAN) as a drug screening platform – Apostolos Papandreou– University College London, UK
14.30 Flash Talks 1-5: Wenxin Zhang, Danilo Faccenda, Melanie Krause, Flavia Rosianu, Kanchan Phadwal
14.55 – 15.50 Coffee, posters and company stands
Session 3 – Chair: Michelangelo Campanella
15.50 An mTORC1-to-CDK1 switch suppresses autophagy during mitosis – Simon Cook– The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
16.05 Spatiotemporal analysis of M. tuberculosis infection in human iPSDM reveals complex membrane dynamics during xenophagy evasion – Elliott M. Bernard– The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
16.20 Human LC3/GABARAP modifies proteins as well as phospholipids – Alexander Agrotis– University College London, UK
16.35 Regulation of autophagy block by Patched 1 protein-protein interactions – Cintli Morales-Alcala– University of Leeds, UK
16.50 Wrap up/Break
18.00 Keynote speaker: Harald Stenmark– Regulation of autophagy by ESCRT proteins.
19.00 Dinner at Student Union
21.00 Ceilidh
Wednesday 22nd May 2019
9.15 Keynote speaker: Mondira Kundu– ULK/Atg1 in Autophagy and Beyond.
Session 4 – Chair: Viktor Korolchuk
10.00 Top Scoring Abstract Talk: A conserved ATG2-GABARP interaction is critical for phagophore closure – David G. McEwan– University of Dundee, UK
10.20 Unveiling the role of ARFIP2 in the trafficking of ATG9A vesicles during autophagy – Stefano De Tito– The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
10.35 Understanding c-Met trafficking and signalling on autophagic endomembranes – Marie Nollet– Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK
10.50 – 11.45 coffee
Session 5 – Chair: Jon Lane
11.45 Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Permeabilisation Enables mtDNA Release During Apoptosis – Joel Riley– CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK
12.00 Autophagic approaches to prevent fatty liver disease – Marina Garcia-Macia– University of Salamanca, Spain
12.15 Flash talks 6-10: Muhammed Kocak, Rachel Ulferts, Javier Hervas, Amanda Demeter, Adrian Santos-Ledo
12.40 – 13.40 Lunch, posters.
Session 6 – Chair: Stephanie Kermorgant
13.40 Is autophagy a relevant target in disease-initiating cancer stem cells? – Vignir Helgason– Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK
13.55 Unravelling the ULK Phosphoproteome – Thomas J. Mercer– The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
14.10 Autophagy inhibition induces hepatocyte dedifferentiation and tumourigenesis in liver – Valentin J.A. Barthet, CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK
14.25 Autophagy regulation of TBK1-mediated Interferon responses in cancer – Mihaela Bozic– Edinburgh CRUK Centre, UK
14.40 Poster and Best Talk prizes
15.00 Closing remarks (Vignir Helgason)
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