Program

Thursday October 25th

8.15 – 9.00 Registration, mounting of Posters

9.00 – 9.10 Welcome Address Ida van der Klei

Chair: Einat Zalckvar

9.10 - 9.30	Noa Dahan, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel	Peroxisomal localized translation; an additional protein targeting mechanism in S. cerevisiae .
9.30 - 9.50	Ana G. Pedrosa, University of Porto, Portugal	Monoubiquitinated PEX5 is a natural substrate of the AAA ATPases PEX1 and PEX6.
9.50 - 10.10	Rebecca Brinkmeier, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany	The deubiquitination of the PTS1-import receptor Pex5p is required for peroxisomal matrix protein import.
10.10- 10.30	Sven Fischer , University of Freiburg, Germany	Phosphorylation of the peroxisomal matrix protein import receptor Pex5p regulates cargo-binding affinity .

10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break

11.00-11.20	Mira Rosenthal, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel	Uncovering targeting priority to peroxisomes using a new targeting competition assay.
11.20-11.40	Thorsten Stehlik^, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany	The protein phosphatase Ptc5p from S. cerevisiae transits from mitochondria to peroxisomes.

Chair: Stephan Kemp

11.40-12.00	Saugat Pokhrel, University of Hamburg, Germany	Molecular Characterization of a Novel Prenylated Small GTPase of Arabidopsis Peroxisomes.
12.00-12.20	Josiah Passmore, University of Exeter, UK	Modelling Peroxisome Dynamics in Health and Disease.

15.20-15.40	Lennart Charton, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany	Identification of a novel peroxisomal transport protein involved in heat stress response of Arabidopsis thaliana.
15.40-16.00	Hien Bui, University of Helsinki, Finland	Age-selective segregation of peroxisomes during stem cell division is mediated by the mitotic spindle.
16.00-16.20	Fei Wu, University of Groningen, The Netherlands	The role of the ER-localized Pex23 and Pex24 family proteins in peroxisome biogenesis in Hansenula polymorpha.
16.20-17.00	The Peroxisome Research Award
	Joe Costello, University of Exeter	The role of ACBD4 and ACBD5 in ER-peroxisome interactions

18.30 Dinner Buffet

Chair: Francesca di Cara

9.00 – 9.20	Ann-Britt Schäfer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany	Glycosome biogenesis in trypanosomes: Identification of new drugs and drug targets.
9.20 – 9.40	Juan Francisco Rodríguez-Alcázar, Institut für Angeborene Immunität, Biomedizinisches Zentrum, Bonn, Germany	Peroxisomes modulate inflammation at the level of the NLRP3 inflammasome.
9.40-10.00	Quentin Raas, Université de Bourgogne, France	ABCD1 and ABCD2 deficiency in microglia: Towards a better understanding of the physiopathogenesis of X-ALD.
10.00-10.20	Catherine Argyriou, McGill University, Canada	Diosmetin recovers peroxisome functions in Zellweger Spectrum Disorder fibroblasts in a mutation-specific
10.20-10.40	Yannick Das, KU Leuven, Belgium	Retinal degeneration in a mouse model with peroxisomal β-oxidation deficiency.

10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee Break

Chair: Peter Kim

11.00-11.20	Victoria Riccio, University of Toronto, Canada	USP30 maintains basal peroxisome abundance by regulating pexophagy.
11.20-11.40	Daniel Schwerter, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany	Functional Characterization of Peroxisomal Msp1p/ATAD1.
11.40-12.00	Srishti Devarajan, University of Groningen, The Netherlands	Insights into a novel ubiquitin-dependent protein quality control pathway at the peroxisomal membrane.
12.00-12.20	Tanja Eberhart, ETH Zürich, Institute for Molecular Health Sciences, Zürich, Switzerland	Exploring the impact of reduced peroxisome abundance on ccRCC tumorigenesis.
12.20-12.40	Nick Demers, University of Toronto, Canada	New players in the selective autophagy of peroxisomes, the role of PEX13.

12:40 – 15:00 | Poster session with Lunch Buffet

Chair: Nicole Linka

15.00-15.20	Matt Anderson-Baron, University of Alberta, Canada	Peroxisomal Components Function to Regulate Lipolysis at the Lipid Droplet Surface.
15.20-15.40	Elisabath Rackles, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Germany	A peroxisomal retrograde signaling is induced upon peroxisomal stress in Caenorhabditis elegans.
15.40 -16.00	Francesca Di Cara, University of Alberta, Canada	Dysfunctional peroxisomes compromise intestinal homeostasis by increased cell death and Tor-dependent autophagy.
16.00-16.20	Julia Sellin, University of Bonn, Germany	Lipid metabolism dysregulation in the absence of peroxisomes.
16.20-16.40	Celien Lismont, Univeristy of Leuven, Belgium	PXMP2 and PEX11B are not essential for hydrogen peroxide permeation across the peroxisomal membrane.

16.40 | Closure

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19 October 2018 12.57 p.m.