Programme – ECDO conference 2024

The event will take place in Belval Campus, Maison du Savoir, room 3.500

Day 1

DAY 1 – Wednesday 9 October

08.45: Welcome words

Session 1 – Cell death in Neurodegeneration: Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s disease

9:00	Keynote – Tau protein: a double etched sword Luc Buée, Neuroscience and Cognition Research Centre, Lille
9:45	Short & flash talks selected from abstracts
10:15	Autophagy and Neurodegeneration David Rubinsztein, UK Dementia Research Institute
10:45	Coffee break with posters & industry exhibition
11:15	Patricia Maciel, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Minho
11:45	Senescent cells offer a supportive tumor microenvironment Darren Baker, Mayo Clinic
12:15	Expanding mechanisms and therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disease Aaron Gitler, University of Stanford
12:45	Lunch with posters & industry exhibition (ECDO Board meeting)

Session 2 – Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis, necroptosis and autophagy

15:00	Keynote – Autophagy’s impact on aging, differentiation and metabolism in the immune system Katja Simon, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin
15:45	Short & flash talks selected from abstracts
16:15	Sabrina Sofia Burgener, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
16:45	Coffee break with posters & industry exhibition
17:15	Regulation of necroptosis and its role in inflammation Manolis Pasparakis, University of Cologne
17:45	Regulation of TNF cytotoxicity by unconventional autophagy Mathieu Bertrand, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research & Ghent University
18:15	Ceremony and talk for CDD prize: Metabolism, drugs, and diet: ferroptosis as a new therapeutic paradigm Brent Stockwell, Columbia University
19:00 – 22:00	Opening reception (posters & industry exhibition) & Speakers’ dinner

Day 2

DAY 2 – Thursday 10 October

Session 3 – Metabolism & cell death

9:00	Keynote: Douglas Green, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
9:45	Short & flash talks selected from abstracts
10:15	Disturbed mitochondrial dynamics instruct T cell exhaustion and beyond cell death Ping Chih Ho, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne
10:45	Coffee break with posters & industry exhibition
11:15	Decoding the contribution of the immune system to aging María Mittelbrunn, Severo Ochoa Centre for Molecular Biology
11:45	Dirk Brenner, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg
12:15	Ceremony and talk for ECDO prize: Ferroptosis as the underlying mechanism in neurodegenerative disease Marcus Conrad, Institute of Metabolism and Cell Death, Helmholtz Munich
13:00	Lunch with posters & industry exhibition (CDD meeting)

Session 4 – Cancer: fundamental mechanisms

15:00	Keynote: How does the tumour suppressor p53 instruct cell fate – apoptosis vs cell survival and cell cycle arrest ? Andreas Strasser, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
15:45	Short & flash talks selected from abstracts
16:15	Stephen Tait, CRUK Scotland Institute, University of Glasgow
16:45	Coffee break with posters
17:15	Judy Lieberman, Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
17:45	Autophagy checkpoint inhibition – A novel strategy for therapeutic autophagy enhancement Guido Kroemer, Université Paris Cité
18:15	Ceremony and talk for Juerg Tschopp prize: Junyin Yuan, Harvard Medical School
19:00	Wrap up
19:30	Gala dinner (Halle des Poches à Fonte)

Day 3

DAY 3 – Friday 11 October

Session 5 – Cancer: clinical applications

9:15	Keynote: Maria Blasco, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
10:00	Short & flash talks selected from abstracts (1×15 min. and 2×7 min.)
10:30	Coffee break with posters & industry exhibition
11:00	TBC
11:30	Ferroptosis targeting in disease Tom Vanden Berghe, Antwerp University
12:00	Lunch with posters & industry exhibition

Session 6 – Cell death & inflammation

13:30	Keynote: Death receptors and ubiquitin in cell death, inflammation and immunity Henning Walczak, Institute of Biochemistry I, University of Cologne
14:15	Short & flash talks selected from abstracts (1×15 min. and 2×7 min.)
14:45	New tricks for XIAP in cell death and inflammation Lynn Wong, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich
15:15	Coffee break with posters & industry exhibition
15:45	Michael Heneka, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg
16:15	Molecular mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation in health and disease Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, Center of Excellence for Innate Immunity and Inflammation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
16:45	ECDO General Assembly. poster prizes & concluding remarks
17:15	End