Announcements from our members
November 2024
The CFATG is a French association of scientists that promotes research in the field of autophagy. The CFATG stimulates exchanges through the organization of annual meetings and the support of young researchers via travel grants and prices.
On behalf of the local organization committee, I’m looking forward to welcoming you on the Côte d’Azur for the 12thscientific days on autophagy next March.
See you soon in Saint Jean-Cap-Ferrat!
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Early Bird Rates until: December 2nd, 2024
Abstract submission deadline: December 2nd, 2024
October 2024
We are pleased to announce that the registration for the Frankfurt Conference on Quality Control in Life Processes is now open. Visit our website https://fcqc.de/ and secure your place and listen to the top-class program, learn more about quality control, meet old friends and colleagues and make new contacts.
ABOUT: The conference series Frankfurt Conference on Quality Control in Life Processes was launched in Frankfurt in 2016 and aims at bringing together scientists at all career levels to discuss mechanisms of cellular homeostasis and their influence on the pathogenesis of diseases.
The upcoming fourth meeting will take place in March 2025 and aims to accelerate our understanding of quality control pathways and their interconnectivity and to utilize this knowledge for the improved treatment of human diseases. It will feature interdisciplinary sessions that cover topics including quality control mechanisms and networks, the interplay between autophagy and ubiquitin in health and disease and emerging therapeutics utilizing the ubiquitin system.
Please pass the information on to interested scientists in your network.
We look forward to welcoming you to Frankfurt next spring!
June 2024
Mark your calendars! The Swiss Autophagy Meeting 2024, titled “Emerging roles of autophagy: From cells to organisms” will take place at UNIL on September 12-13, 2024, at the grand auditoire of the Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (DNF, Rue du Bugnon 9, Lausanne).
We have an exciting list of Swiss and international invited speakers, covering different model organisms and a wide range of cell biology questions at the forefront of autophagy research. This workshop offers wonderful opportunities for young scientists to interact with the autophagy field, as well as for "autophagists" to exchange ideas and foster collaborations.
Deadlines:
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Abstract submission: 1st July 2024
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General registration: 15 August 2024
We strongly encourage the participation of PhD students and young researchers: there are sessions with short and flash talks selected from abstracts.
More information, Program, FLYER and REGISTRATION at https://meetings.ls2.ch/autophagy-workshop-2024
As keynote lectures, we will enjoy the talks of Prof. Anne Simonsen (Norway) and of Prof. Katja Simon (UK). Additionally, the program has 10 international invited speakers: Sharon Tooze (UK); Marja Jaatela (Denmark); Joern Dengjel (Switzerland); Terje Johansen (Norway); Oliver Florey (UK); Thierry Galli (France); Francesco Cecconi (Italy); Jay Debnath (USA); Christian Munz (Switzerland) and Maho Hamasaki (Japan).
Please spread the word to your colleagues and network, let's meet and talk about Autophagy!!
June 2024
Secure Your Spot at the EMBO Workshop!
Dr. Sascha Martens, Dr. Antonella De Matteis and Dr. Helene Knævelsrud are organizing the EMBO workshop: Autophagy across scales in Sorrento, Italy, 23-27 September 2024.
We invite the community to come together to discuss the latest in autophagy research!
Childcare grants and special travel grants are available.
Registration deadline: June 15th
March 2024
Secure Your Spot at the First Summer School on Autophagy in Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation and Immunity!
Don't miss out on this invaluable opportunity to follow this course at Aarhus University (Denmark) in July/August 2024. Limited spots available, and registrations closing soon! Hurry, act now to guarantee your participation.
Register with the link below before it's too late!
November 2023
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Deadline extended: March 31th, 2023
January 2023
Other News
Co-Editors Daniel J Klionsky and Fulvio Reggiori are excited to announce the launch of a new open access sister journal to Autophagy, introducing Autophagy Reports.
Autophagy Reports is a peer reviewed, open access journal publishing research on all aspects of autophagic processes.
Autophagy Reports covers the following topics: autophagic processes (i.e., the lysosome/vacuole-dependent degradation of intracellular material); the connections between autophagy and various aspects of human health and disease including cancer, neurodegeneration, aging, diabetes, myopathies and heart disease. We are interested in all experimental systems, from yeast to plant and human. Suggestions for appropriate specialized topics are welcome.
Prof. Pooneh Mokarram is thrilled to introduce the International Autophagy Research Center at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Iran).
The center received its approval from the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in 2020 with the positive opinion of the Development Council. It was established in 2020 with the management of Prof. Pooneh Mokarram, faculty member of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, and officially started its work.
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Research Areas
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Identification of the essential proteins in the regulation of autophagy and Unfolded Proteins Responses (UPR) signaling pathways.
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Investigation of the function of autophagy and UPR signaling pathways in the natural physiology and the prevention or occurrence of various diseases.
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Genetic evaluations of the autophagy and UPR signaling pathways in various diseases
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Evaluation of the effect of different drug compounds in the treatment of diseases by targeting the autophagy and UPR signaling pathways.
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Bioinformatics studies on the proteins of autophagy and UPR signaling pathways.
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Achievements
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Publication of >40 papers in prestigious journals.
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Dr. Negar Azarpira, respected faculty member of the Autophagy Research Center, was the selected researcher of the Razi Festival in 2022.
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Dr. Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, respected faculty member of the Autophagy Research Center, was the selected scientist in 2021 by the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Dr. Tayebeh Madarkian, respected faculty member of the Autophagy Research Center, was selected as one of the leading researchers in Iran in 2021 by the Iranian Federation of Scientific Leaders.