Unconventional protein and membrane trafficking (UPMT) - Lecce Oct 4-7, 2016
Dear colleague,
We would be very happy if you can contribute to the new independent meeting to be held from 4 to 7 October 2016 in Lecce (Italy) on “Unconventional protein and membrane trafficking” (UPMT) - http://www.upmt.net/.
UPMT is now looking for speakers and proposals for possible mini-workshops.
To differentiate from the well-established vesicle trafficking pathways, the focus of this meeting is on heterogeneous mechanisms, collectively named "unconventional protein secretion". These processes cover major biological problems, such as cell-to-cell communication, tumorigenesis, tissue remodelling, inflammation, host-pathogen interactions, lipid metabolism. The underlying mechanisms are still subject to intense investigations and the UPMT meeting will provide a dynamic forum for discussion of these topics.
A panel of 22 scientists (http://www.upmt.net/organizers/) internationally recognised for their expertise in microbiology, plant and animal biology and human health have combined forces to develop an open comparative approach to tackling these questions in this meeting.
The venue (http://www.upmt.net/venue/) is an extremely attractive tourist destination, and the cost of the attending this meeting is also quite reasonably priced. The independent UPMT organizing committee has worked hard to provide an optimal environment for this scientific meeting at a very low cost.
On the website (http://www.upmt.net/) you will find a very preliminary program, and the organizing and scientific committee now invites you to consider participating in this meeting.
The preliminary program for this conference has 2 key areas focused on "cell biology of unconventional membranes and proteins traffic" and "trafficking mechanisms for cell to cell or host-pathogen interactions or stress adaptation", but will expand on different topics such as: Extracellular vesicles; Endo-lysosomal/vacuolar system; Innate immunity and inflammation, Tubules and karmellae formation; Host-pathogen interactions through membranes; autophagy-dependent traffic; FGF2 dependent pathway etc.
The UPMT committee is interested in hearing more about your current research, and if you would be interested in giving a talk that would fit in one of the tracks listed above. If you are interested in presenting or chairing a session in any of the areas listed in the conference synopsis or if you would like to propose a new UPMT topic, then please let us know. The committee will evaluate your proposed presentation and get back in touch with you.
The UPMT Committee
| Surname | Name | Country | Topic and model organisms |
| Bellucci | Michele | IT | Plant traffic/Biotechnology |
| Blatt | Mike | UK | Plant traffic and membrane biology |
| Brough | David | UK | Inflammation response to infection and injury. |
| Bucci | Cecilia | IT | Endocytotic pathway |
| Chanda | Anindya | USA | Fungi. Toxins compartmentation |
| De Marchis | Francesca | IT | Plant unconventional protein secretion (UPS) |
| Di Sansebastiano | Gian Pietro | IT | Plant ER to vacuole unconventional traffic |
| Eissa | Tony | USA | Innate immunity and inflammation |
| Gaballo | Antonio | IT | Cellular bioenergetics |
| Goring | Daphne R. | CA | Plant signaling |
| Ferramosca | Alessandra | IT | Import into mitochondria. |
| Hicks | Glenn | USA | Plant vacuole |
| Jiang | Liwen | HK | Plant unconventional protein secretion (UPS) |
| Jones | Alex | UK | Plant proteomics |
| Malhotra | Vivek | ES | unconventional protein secretion (UPS), human GRASP proteins |
| Mouille | Gregory | FR | Plant secretion |
| Nickel | Walter | DE | UPS, mammalian cells. |
| Pompa | Andrea | IT | Plant unconventional protein secretion (UPS) |
| Schipper | Kerstin | DE | Microbiology |
| Verderio | Claudia | IT | Neuron. UPS. Extracellular Membrane Vesicles |
| Zarsky | Viktor | CZ | plant (exocyst autophagy) |
| Pallotta | Maria Teresa | IT | Experimental Medicine |
