Molecular
Chaperones
& Stress
Responses
May 1- 5, 2012
Abstract Deadline:
March 7, 2012
Organizers:
Andrew Dillin, The
Salk Institute
F. Ulrich Hartl, Max Planck Institute for
Biochemistry, Germany
Jonathan Weissman, HHMI/University of California
San Francisco
past program
You are cordially invited to participate in the meeting on Molecular Chaperones and Stress
Responses which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, 30 years after the inaugural meeting in this series. The
meeting will begin on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, and will conclude with lunch on
Saturday, May 5.
The meeting will feature advances in the areas of structure and mechanism
of action of molecular chaperones; mechanisms of induction of the stress
response; the role of chaperones in protein degradation, and chaperone
function in disease, development and organellar
homeostasis. Chaperones are intimately involved in basic biological
processes such as protein translation, folding, complex assembly and
disassembly, translocation across membranes and protein degradation.
The
contribution of heat shock proteins, to protein folding in vivo across the
entire proteome will be described alongside function of specialized
chaperones with more limited clientele. The interactions of chaperones and
unfolded and misfolded proteins will be discussed
in molecular and atomic detail. At the cellular level, the interactions
between chaperones in the formation of protein folding networks will be
discussed and at the physiological level the impact of altered chaperone
buffering capacity on organellar, cellular and
organismal function will be discussed.
Sessions:
Protein
Folding and Chaperone Biochemistry
Chaperone Networks in Development and Disease
Stress Signaling and Aging
Protein Folding and Disaggregation Machines
Therapeutics of Protein Misfolding
Chaperones and Proteolysis
Quality control and Protein Trafficking
Discussion Leaders:
Angelika
Amon
Anne Bertolotti
Johannes Buchner
Bernd Bukau
Daniel Finley
Judith Frydman
Dan Gottschling
Manajit Hayer-Hartl
Manu Hegde
Jeff Kelly
Susan Lindquist
John Lis
Susan
Marqusee
Kaz Nagata
Thomas Nystrom
David Ron
Lea Sistonen
The
format of the meeting will include morning and evening sessions
consisting of 2/3 25 minute talks and between six to eight short
talks per session, selected from the abstracts, principally
on unpublished work. In addition, there will be three poster
sessions, held in the afternoons. The organizers will decide
the suitability of each abstract for oral or poster presentation,
but please specify if you prefer a poster.
We are
eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely
to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from
government and industry to partially support graduate students and
postdocs. Apply in writing to beavers@cshl.edu
stating need for financial support - preference is given to those
submitting abstracts.
Status
of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been
made by the Organizers. Please bring this notice to the attention of any of
your colleagues who may be interested. We hope to see you at Cold Spring
Harbor in May.
All questions pertaining to registration, fees, housing, meals,
transportation, visas, abstract submission or any other matters may be
directed to beavers@cshl.edu
This conference
is supported in part by funds provided by: National
Institute of Neurological Diseases & Stroke, part of the National
Institutes of Health
We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals
who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups
under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide
justification in writing to beavers@cshl.edu
and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying
who submit abstracts to the meeting.
Pricing
Academic Package $1350
Graduate/PhD Student Package $1120
Corporate Package $1740
Academic/Student No-Housing Package $915
Corporate No-Housing
Package $1170
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packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking,
wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include
all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.
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