MUG UG TUG

1st Scientific Retreat

20th - 22nd October 2011
Seggau Castle

group

Thursday, 20th of October
14:00 - 14:30 Opening & Welcome Notes
  Session 1
chaired by: Dagmar Kratky
14:30 - 15:15 KeyNote Lecture:
Dawn Brasaemle: Control of lipolysis by perilipins
15:15 - 15:30 Anita Sahu: Activity-based imaging of lipases
15:30 - 15:45 Katarina Fritz: Altered activity profiles of lipases in murine ATGL-knockout tumor B-cells
15:45 - 16:00 Manoja Brahma:The role of FGF21 in energy homeostasis of ATGL deficient mice
16:00 - 16:30 Break
  Session 2
chaired by: Ruth Birner-Gruenberger
16:30 - 16:45 Nina Pollak: Heaptic steatosis in mice lacking CGl-58 in the liver is not linked to ER-stress and mitochondrial dysfunction
16:45 - 17:00 Ariane Klatzer: Elucidation of the function of Adipocyte Plasma Membrane Associated Protein (Apmap) in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and C2C12 myotybes
17:00 - 17:15 Evelyn Walenta: ABHD15 - deeper characterization and functional investigation of a promising new player of adipogenesis
17:15 - 17:30 Anil Paul Chirackal Manavalan: Liver X receptor activation regulates phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) expression and activity in capillary endothelial cells of the blood brain barrier
17:30 - 17:45 Alexandra Kober: Expression and liver X receptor-mediated regulation of genes involved in cholesterol metabolism in brain capillary endothelial cells (BCEC)
17:45 - 18:45 FACULTY MEETING
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
  Session 3
chaired by: Gerald Hoefler
20:00 - 20:45 KeyNote Lecture:
Jan Eggermont: Driving the PhD car: Career perspectives for PhD graduates
- open end Get together
Friday, 21st of October
  Session 4
chaired by: Guenter Haemmerle
09:00 - 09:45 KeyNote Lecture:
Ira Goldberg: Two stories waiting for an ending
09:45 - 10:00 Wael Al Zoughbi: ATGL downregulation enhances tumor growth
10:00 - 10:15 Jianfeng Huang: The role of PPARα in ATGL-mediated tumor suppression
10:15 - 10:30 Madeleine Goeritzer: The role of CGl-58 in macrophages
10:30 - 11:00 Break
  Session 5
chaired by: Michael Speicher
11:00 - 11:15 Chintan Koyani: Signaling cascades in cardiomyocytes in response to HOCl-modified LDL
11:15 - 11:30 Ali Alavian Ghavanini: Reagent HOCl induces the apoptotic machinery in yeast
11:30 - 11:45 Cornelia Sommer: Decreasing degradation: Molecular mechanisms of neurotoxic UBB1+ triggered cell death in aging yeast
11:45 - 12:00 Lukas Habernig: α-synuclein and autophagy: Best friends or enemies?
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
  Session 6
chaired by: Klaus Groschner
13:30 - 13:45 Maryam Heidary: Characterization of CTCs with stem cell features from patients with breast cancer
13:45 - 14:00 Michaela Mueller: Regulation of G0S2 in acute and chronic hepatic inflammation
14:00 - 14:15 Pooja Chowdhury: Functional analysis of the role of p62/Sqstm1 in Mallory-Denk Body (MDB) formation in Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
14:15 - 14:30 Anita Mehta: Molecular pathogenesis and genetic susceptibility to steatohepatitis induced liver cancer
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:45 CONSORTIUM MEETING
16:00 - 17:30 Guided tour at Seggau Castle
18:30 Joint Dinner at the nearby winery "Buschenschank Assigal"
Saturday, 22nd of October
  Session 7
chaired by: Wolfgang Graier
09:00 - 09:45 KeyNote Lecture:
Alexei Tepikin: Optical techniques, Ca2+ signaling and bioenergetics: A special recipe for the retreat
09:45 - 10:00 Bernhard Doleschal: Calcineurin/NFAT signaling in immune cells involves functional coupling between Orai1 and TRPC3
10:00 - 10:15 Michaela Lichtenegger: Structural determinants of divalent permeation through TRPC channels
10:15 - 10:30 Claire Jean-Quartier: Studying mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake reveals different transfer routes
10:30 - 11:00 Break
  Session 8
chaired by: Frank Madeo
11:00 - 11:15 Neelanjan Vishnu: Live cell imaging of ATP during the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response on the single cell level
11:15 - 11:30 Jin Ge: Characterization of cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling in early heart failure development and atrial fibrillation
11:30 - 11:45 Michael Schwarzl: DOCA/salt-induced hypertension + high-cholesterol/high-lipid diet: A large animal model of concentric LV hypertrophy with increased LV stiffness
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch