Journal Club
March Journal Club
Cell-autonomous immune dysfunction driven by disrupted autophagy in C9orf72-ALS iPSC-derived microglia contributes to neurodegeneration
Poulomi Banerjee
March 12th at 10 am EST / New York Time
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Scientific Advice Activities
6th Technical Workshop: Monitoring ER and lipophagy
WIA Technical Workshop: Monitoring ER and lipophagy
March 6th, 2024 | 10:00am CET
Speakers:
Dr. Alexis Gonzalez - Assays to monitor selective autophagy of the ER-phagy.
Dr. Natalia Jimenez-Moreno - Quantitative imaging of ER-phagy using signal-retaining
autophagy indicator.
Dr. Rajat Singh- Enter the Real Lipophagy receptor: how can we monitor lipophagy
rigorously?
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5th Technical Workshop: Monitoring Mitophagy
November 9, 2023
Speakers:
Dr. Aniketh Bishnu:
“Evaluation of macroautophagy and mitophagy in-vivo”
Dr. Kuel-Hsiang Pan:
“Photo-initiation of mitochondrial dysfunction”
Dr. Thanh Nguyen:
“Analysis of mitophagy in cultured mammalian cells”
Sample preparation and data analysis in Electron Microscopy
February 24, 2022
Speakers:
Eeva-Liisa Eskelinen:
“Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), with a special focus on sample preparation and organelle morphology”
Muriel Mari:
“immuno-EM with a special focus on Tokuyasu procedure”
Andreas Brech:
“Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM)”
Satoru Takahashi:
“(CLEM) Array-Tomography”
Methods to monitor macroautophagy in vitro and in vivo
October 5, 2021
Speakers:
Willa Wen You Yim:
“Measuring autophagy flux in cultured mammalian cells with fluorescent protein-based probes”
Rubén Gómez Sánchez:
“Monitoring macroautophagy in yeast”
Jose L. Nieto Torres:
“Monitoring Canonical and Non-Canonical Autophagy in Mammalian Cells”
Idil Orhon:
“Monitoring macroautophagy in 3D: in vivo and 3D culture”
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Mentoring Activities
Conflict Resolution
October 2nd, 2024
The panel consisted of Michael Steinberg & Susie Brubaker-Cole from OREGON STATE University
Starting a Lab in Europe
May 22, 2024
The panel consisted of Dr. Bernadette Carroll from the University of Bristol, UK, Dr. Marina Garcia Macia from the University of Salamanca, Spain, and Dr. Bénédicte Machiels from the University of Liège, Belgium.
Stress in the Lab
October 27, 2023
A panel of scientists from all career stages and institutions across the world discussed the sources of stress and tools to handle these stressors. The panelists included Carlos Velasco (BI Norwegian Business School, Norway), Meritxell Espino Guarch (Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar), Claudia Matlakala Ntsapi (University of Free State, South Africa), Jennifer Kunselman (National Institutes of Health, USA), Carla Salomo Coll (University of Edinburgh, UK), Maria Vaccaro (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Jung Kim (University of Hong Kong, China), Azin Amin (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Sadia Sultana (Illinois State University, USA).
Starting and Managing an Academic Lab
March 8, 2022
Panelists Drs. Christie Towers (Salk Institute, USA), Malene Hansen (Buck Institute for Aging, USA), Natalia Rodriguez-Muela (DZNE, Germany), Patrice Codogno (INSERM, France), Yuting Zhao (Northwest A&F University, China) and Maho Hamasaki (Osaka University, Japan) joined us to discuss Starting and Managing an Academic Lab.
Teaching in a Pandemic
January 26, 2022
This workshop features tips and resources for teaching in-person, hybrid, and on-line courses. In the first part, Dr. Daniel Klionsky (University of Michigan) and Dr. Jacob Kagey (University of Detroit Mercy) discussed Challenges in Teaching. In the second part, Dr. Bekky Darner (Illinois State University), Dr. Tor Gjøen (University of Oslo), and Dr. Hiske van Duinen (University Medical Center Groningen) discussed New Teaching Tools.
Challenges for Women in Science
September 23, 2021
Dr. Erika Holzbaur, Dr. Nuria Monserrat, and Dr. Malene Hansen led a session addressing the challenges women face with regards to equal opportunity, equal recognition, leadership roles, and empowerment. This 75 minute virtual event featured a discussion by our three panelists followed by smaller group discussions in breakout rooms.
Challenges for Women in Science
September 9, 2021
Dr. Patricia Boya, Dr. Maho Hamasaki, and Dr. Jina Swartz will led a session addressing the challenges women face with regards to equal opportunity, equal recognition, leadership roles, and empowerment. This 75 minute virtual event featured a discussion by our three panelists followed by smaller group discussions in breakout rooms
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Annual Symposium
WIA Beth Levine's Legacy Network 4th Annual Symposium Webinar
October 26-27, 2023
Thank you for making the 4th Annual Symposium a success! We had 607 attendees from 46 countries!
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Eric Baehrecke | U Mass Chan Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
Ouroboros, autophagy, mitochondria, ER and disease
Prof. Anne Simosen | University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Regulation of autophagy and cellular bioenergetics by lipid-binding proteins
WIA Beth Levine's Legacy Network 2nd Annual Symposium Webinar
November 22-23, 2021
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Eileen White | Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Role of autophagy in cancer
Dr. Noboru Mizushima | The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Physiological roles of autophagy and its related pathways in vertebrates
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WIA Beth Levine's Legacy Network 1st Annual Symposium Webinar
November 30, 2020
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Sharon Tooze | The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Dr. Daniel Klionsky | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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