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Autophagy: Mechanisms and Disease

October 5-8, 2020 | 8:00AM EDT | 12:00PM UTC*
*Program is in development and subject to change


Autophagy is an intracellular pathway for degradation that allows for the recycling of cellular components inside lysosomes to sustain tissue homeostasis. Countless effort has been devoted to help unravel the molecular mechanisms that regulate this pathway, but many questions remain unresolved. Therefore, this conference program gathers an interdisciplinary group of scientists to address the current and future challenges in the field such as discussions on the existence of non-canonical forms of the pathway and how selectivity is achieved. This conference also addresses the minimal requirements to generate functional autophagosomes and the molecular bases of autophagy regulation. One of the major themes of this conference is a session which reviews how model systems such as plants, worms and mice help to unravel the physiological roles of this essential pathway and why this research can also be applied to find new therapies for human diseases. For example, while it is now clear that many human pathologies have alterations in autophagy, how scientists could potentially manipulate the pathway in vivo is a major challenge that will be addressed at this conference. Finally, this conference provides a unique frame to display the current research and future challenges of the field during physiological and pathological conditions.

Program is intended for scientific researchers and clinical audiences.

Join us for this landmark virtual event, brought to you by Keystone Symposia.

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ePoster Abstract Submission: Passed
Financial Aid Application: Passed

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Speaking at this eSymposia


Eric H. Baehrecke

University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA


Patricia Boya

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Spain


Ana Maria Cuervo

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA


Ivan Dikic

Goethe University Medical School, Germany


Martin Graef

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging, Germany


Masaaki Komatsu

Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan


Guido Kroemer

Cordeliers Research Center, France


Jennifer Martinez

NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, USA


Martin McMahon

University of Utah School of Medicine, USA


Alicia Melendez

Queens College - CUNY, USA


Noboru Mizushima

University of Tokyo, Japan


Leon O. Murphy

Casma Therapeutics, USA


Tassula Proikas-Cezanne

University of Tuebingen, Germany


Rosa Puertollano

NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, USA


Felix Randow

Medical Research Council, UK


Fulvio Reggiori

University Medical Centre Groningen, Netherlands


David C. Rubinsztein

Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK


Katja Simon

University of Oxford, UK


Anne Simonsen

University of Oslo, Norway


Herbert (Skip) W. Virgin

Vir Biotechnology, USA


Richard J. Youle

NINDS, National Institutes of Health, USA


Hong Zhang

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China








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