Past Events
Scientific Advice Activities
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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Journal Club
Mentoring Activities
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 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
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
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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