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7th International Meeting on Yeast Apoptosis

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Wednesday, 9th September

15:00

21:00

Registration @ Meerscheinschlössl

15:00

21:00

Put up Posters

19:00

21:00

1st Day Chill Out Party

Thursday, 10th September

08:30

09:00

Late Registration

09:00

09:20

Opening Ceremony

09:20

11:20

Session I

11:20

11:40

Coffee Break

11:40

13:20

Session II

13:20

15:00

Lunch Break

15:00

17:00

Session III

17:00

17:20

Coffee Break

17:20

18:40

Session IV

18:40

19:00

Beverages

19:00

20:00

Poster Session I

20:00

23:00

2nd Day Grill Out Party

Friday, 11th September

08:00

09:40

Session V

09:40

10:00

Coffee Break

10:00

11:40

Session VI

11:40

12:40

Snacks (no full lunch because of the excursion)

12:40

14:20

Session VII

14:30

22:00

Excursion: Buschenschank „Wastl“

Traditional food and beverages from Styria

Saturday, 12th September

09:00

10:40

Session VIII

10:40

11:00

Coffee Break

11:00

12:40

Session IX

12:40

14:20

Lunch Break

14:20

16:00

Session X

16:00

17:00

Poster Session II

20:00

24:00

Conference Dinner @ Schlossberg
Best Poster Award

Sunday, 13th September

09:30

11:10

Session XI

11:10

11:30

Coffee Break

11:30

13:30

Session XII

13:30

13:40

Closing Remarks

13:40

15:00

Lunch

15:00

17:30

Guided Tour “Graz City”

 

 
Session list
   

Session I: Cell Death Pathways I
Chair: Frank Madeo

09:20

10:20

Guido Kroemer

Apoptosis and autophagy in creeping, swimming and flying creatures

10:20

11:00

Bing Zhou

Genetic screen of genes involved in copper induced cell death in yeast

11:00

11:20

Patrick Rockenfeller

Characterization of lipid induced cell death in yeast


Session II: Cell Death Pathways II
Chair: Christina Mazzoni

11:40

12:20

Manuela Corte-Real

Modulation of Bax by mammalian protein kinase Ca in yeast

12:20

12:40

Reiko Ikeda

Cell death induced by staphylococcal adherence in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

13:00

13:20

José-Fernando Fierro

Role of K + -release in the apoptosis-like induced by lactoferrin in Candida albicans cells


Session III: Cell Death Pathways III
Chair: Manuela Corte-Real

15:00

15:40

Paula Ludovico

GAPDH and aconitase are targets of proteolytic degradation during oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

15:40

16:20

Sergio Giannattasio

How Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells die as a function of time in response to acetic acid: Relations among ROS, Cytochrome c and caspase-like activity

16:20

16:40

David Walter

Bre1p regulates Yca1p-dependent apoptosis in S. cerevisiae by histone H2B ubiquitination

16:40

17:00

Anja Matter

A role of histone H3 methylation in apoptosis regulation


Session IV: Cell Death Pathways IV
Chair: Paula Ludovico

17:20

18:00

Christina Mazzoni

The importance of mRNA degradation in regulating apoptosis and aging in yeast

18:00

18:20

Maria Joao Sousa

Ammonium induces cell death in amino acid-starved yeast cells

18:20

18:40

Cao Ying Ying

Role of CaMCA1 in Candida albicans apoptosis


Poster Session I

19:00

20:00

Odd numbers


Session V: Age and Cell Death I
Chair: Karin Thevissen

08:00

08:40

Michael Breitenbach

Yeast cells express a superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase

08:40

09:20

Valter Longo

Oncogenes contribute to tumorigenesis by promoting growth and inhibiting apoptosis

09:20

09:40

Tobias Eisenberg

Mechanisms of chronological life span extension


Session VI: Age and Cell Death II
Chair: Michael Breitenbach

10:00

10:40

Bill Burhans

Oxidative stress and replication stress effects on yeast chronological aging

10:40

11:20

Heinz D. Osiewacz

Involvement of different cell death pathways in senescence of the fungal ageing model Podospora anserina

11:20

11:40

Harald Klinger

Mmi1p a novel anti-apoptotic protein in yeast


Session VII: Age and Cell Death III
Chair: Bill Burhans

12:40

13:20

Alena Pichova

Premature aging or sickness of RAS2 val19 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

13:20

14:00

Karin Thevissen

Skn1 and Ipt1 negatively regulate autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

14:00

14:20

Zdena Palkova

Role of oxidative stress-defense systems in yeast colony development, ageing and survival

Session VIII: Neurotic Yeasts
Chair: Richard Y. Zhao

09:00

09:40

Joris Winderickx

A yeast model for tauopathies reveals primary determinants for tau-aggregation

09:40

10:00

Ralf J. Braun

A yeast cell death model for human Tdp-43 proteinopathies

10:00

10:20

Marija Cvijovic

Can aggregate accumulation save the cell population?

10:20

10:40

Uros Petrovic

Inference of the molecular mechanism of neuroprotective activity of phenylbutyrate by chemogenomics in the yeast model


Session IX: Signal Transduction
Chair: Joris Winderickx

11:00

11:40

Campbell W. Gourlay

Investigating the role of actin in regulation RAS pathway activity, mitochondrial function and apoptosis

11:40

12:00

Sonia Colombo

Localization of active RAS in mitochondria of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

12:00

12:20

Pepijn De Snijder

Protein kinase Sch9 is required for mitochondrial functionality and oxidative stress defense in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

12:20

12:40

Vassilios N. Kotiadis

Modeling the effects of Cofilin on mitochondrial function and cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae


Session X: Stress and Death
Chair: Zhaojie Zhang

14:20

14:40

Boris Rodríguez-Porrata

Yeast cell death during drying and rehydration process

14:40

15:00

Laurence Vernis

The essential complex Dre2-Tah18 controls mitochondria integrity and cell death after oxidative stress in yeast

15:00

15:20

Renée Guérin

The ER chaperone calnexin regulates two distinct apoptotic pathways in S. pombe

15:20

15:40

Tomas Grousl

Assembly of stress granules in heat-shocked cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires different scaffolding proteins than P-bodies

15:40

16:00

Elisa Cabiscol

The forkhead transcription factor HCM1 is involved in oxidative stress and mitochondrial metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae


Poster Session II

16:00

17:00

Even numbers


Session XI: Humanized Yeast Models
Chair: Campbell W. Gourlay

09:30

10:10

Marie Hardwick

Evolution of cancer-like mutations that alter nutrient sensing in yeast

10:10

10:50

Richard Y. Zhao

Fission Yeast ( Schizosaccharomyces pombe ) as a Surrogate System for Study of HIV-1 Protease

10:50

11:10

Renata Santos

Misregulation of oxidative stress defenses in anaerobiosis to aerobiosis transition induce apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae frataxin deficient cells


Session XII: Inducers of apoptosis and oxidative stress
Chair: Marie Hardwick

11:30

12:10

Zhaojie Zhang

Oxidative stress causes cell cycle disruption and cell death in budding yeast

12:10

12:30

Ida van der Klei

The role of peroxisomes in yeast viability

12:30

12:50

Ana Kitanovic

Computer controlled automated assay for comprehensive studies of growth kinetic in various yeast mutants in response to apoptotic stimuli

12:50

13:10

Esther Owsianowski

The regulation of the inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein Bir1p

13:10

13:30

Fedor Severin

Generation of reactive oxygen species by yeast cells is a protection mechanism against the mutagen-induced toxicity


Closing Remarks

13:30

13:40

Frank Madeo

 

 

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