19^th - 21^st October 2016
Seggau Castle

Wednesday, 19th of October
14:00 - 14:45	Opening & Welcome Notes by the Speaker and Students' speakers
	Self-presentation of the new DK-MCD students: Beatrix Wieser
	Self-presentation of the new associated Faculty Members: Martin Pichler Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz Simon Sedej Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz
14:45 - 16:30	Session 1 chaired by: Lisa Maresch & Madalina Duta-Mare
14:45 - 15:00	Tamara Tomin: Investigation of ATGL role in cancer using mass spectrometry tools
15:00 - 15:15	Isabelle Bina: ATGL deficiency leads to lung cancer in mice
15:15 - 15:30	Chaitanya Chakravarthi Gali: Insulin regulates Aβ oligomer production at the blood-brain barrier
	chaired by: Shirony Nicholson Puthen Veedu & Furkan H. Alkan
15:30 - 15:45	Lisa Maresch: Cloning and characterization of an unknown carboxylesterase (Ces2c) in the liver
15:45 - 16:00	Lei Liu: Molecular regulation of adrenal function by bile acids
16:00 - 16:30	Break
16:30 - 18:00	Session 2 Katharina Huber & Isabelle Bina
16:30 - 16:45	Dina Hofer: Characterization of N-acetyltransferase 8-like (NAT8L)-knockout mice with regard to lipid and energy homeostasis
16:45 - 17:00	Stephanie Kolleritsch: The impact of perilipin 5 on cellular energy metabolism
17:00 - 17:15	Madalina Duta-Mare: Lysosomal acid lipase and thermoregulation
17:15 - 17:30	Petra Krenn: Hormonal regulation of lipolysis on lipid metabolism
17:30 - 17:45	Wenmin Xia: The role of abhydrolase-domain containing protein 15 (ABHD15) in insulin-mediated suppression of lipolysis
17:45 - 18:00	Melanie Korbelius: Consequences of defective lipolysis in the small intestine
18:15 - 19:15	Dinner
19:15 - 20:30	Session 3 chaired by: Katharina Kainz & Martina Zandl
19:15 - 19:45	Alumni Lecture: Ali Alavian Ghavanini: Epigenetic changes in brain development and function: The role of environment Department of Clinical Neuroscience; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm, Sweden
19:45 - 20:00	Oleksandra Tiapko: Photopharmacological modulation of lipid-gated TRPC3/6 ion channels as a novel strategy for precise spatial and temporal control of neuronal excitability
20:00 - 20:15	Elham Fanaee-Danesh: Bexarotene and Astaxanthin modulate cholesterol and amyloid-beta metabolism in cerebrovascular endothelial cells
20:15 - 20:30	Jelena Tadic: Cytosolic Abeta targets mitochondria inducing cell death in a yeast model of Alzheimer’s diseases
20:30 - 22:00	1st Poster Session: Science & Wine
	Lisa Maresch Lei Liu Dina Hofer Stephanie Kolleritsch Madalina Duta-Mare Petra Krenn	Wenmin Xia Melanie Korbelius Oleksandra Tiapko Elham Fanaee-Danesh Jelena Tadic
Thursday, 20th of October
08:30 - 10:00	Session 4 chaired by: Benjamin Gottschalk & Stephanie Kolleritsch
08:30 - 09:45	KeyNote workshop: Tung-Tien Sun Department of Cell Biology, New York University Medical School, New York, NY, USA Scientific Methods: Survival Skills for Young Biomedical Investigators
	I. Lab experiment: how to get lab techniques to work?
09:45 - 10:00	Tobias Madl: PhD ... and then?
	Self-presentation of the new DK-MCD students: Markus Plank
10:00 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00	Session 5 chaired by: Dina Hofer & Melanie Korbelius
10:30 - 10:45	Zahra Safari: Investigation of the possible link between genetic background, gut microbiota and metabolism using the AJ/C57 chromosome substitution strains (CSSs)
10:45 - 11:00	Shirony Nicholson Puthen Veedu: Tracing metabolic evolution: From normal to cancerous
11:00 - 11:15	H. Furkan Alkan: AGC1 knockdown reduced proliferation but increased metastasis of cancer cells
11:15 - 11:30	Niroj Shrestha: TRIC-A channels regulate Ca2+ cycling in HEK293-RyR2 cells
11:30 - 11:45	Martina Zandl: Influence of simvastatin and apoJ on amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing and Aβ metabolism in cerebrovascular endothelial cells
11:45 - 12:00	Meghana Somlapura: Differential role of p62/Sequestosome-1 isoforms in α-synuclein mediated protein aggregation
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 15:00	Session 6 chaired by: Lisa Maresch & Madalina Duta-Mare
13:00 - 14:00	Alumni lecture: Evelyn Walenta: From differential ligand binding, phosphorylation patterns, and anti-inflammatory effects to clinical operations - and what else you can be with a PhD Clinical Site Monitoring, West U.S. and West Canada Region, QuintilesIMS, San Diego, USA
	chaired by: Jelena Tadic & Oleksandra Tiapko
14:00 - 14:15	Christiane Klec: Database analysis reveals UCP2 and PRMT1 as possible targets for cancer treatment
14:15 - 14:30	Katharina Kainz: Natural polyphenols as novel pharmacological modifiers of aging
14:30 - 14:45	Benjamin Gottschalk: Application of structured illumination microscopy (SIM) in studying mitochondrial structure and function
15:30	Departure by bus
16:00 - 17:30	Guided Tour & Wine Tasting at the Winery Strauss
18:30	Joint Dinner at the Restaurant Tscheppe
Friday, 21st of October
08:30 - 10:00	Session 7 chaired by: Chaitanya Chakravarthi Gali & Meghana Somlapura
08:30 - 09:20	KeyNote workshop: Tung-Tien Sun Department of Cell Biology, New York University Medical School, New York, NY, USA Scientific Methods: Survival Skills for Young Biomedical Investigators
	II. Thought experiment: how to read papers and generate ideas?
09:30 - 10:00	III. Q/A session for only the students & postdocs	Faculty Meeting
10:00 - 10:30	Meeting of the Students' Faculty
10:30 - 12:00	2nd Poster Session: Science & Drinks
	Zahra Safari Shirony Nicholson Puthen Veedu H. Furkan Alkan Niroj Shrestha Martina Zandl Meghana Somlapura	Tamara Tomin Isabelle Bina Chaitanya Chakravarthi Gali Christiane Klec Katharina Kainz Benjamin Gottschalk
12:00 - 13:00	Session 8 chaired by: Shirony Nicholson Puthen Veedu & Furkan H. Alkan
12:00 - 13:00	KeyNote lecture: Dawn Brasaemle: Investigating the function of an enigmatic protein Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
13:00 - 13:15	Consortium Meeting & Concluding Remarks
13:15 - 14:00	Lunch