WIA Committees
Mentoring
Annual
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Scientific Advice
Journal Club
Fundraising
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MENTORING committee
Coordinators
Chair
 Malene HansenBuck Institute for Aging Research Novato, USA |
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 Sharon ToozeThe Francis Crick Institute London, UK |
Co-chair
 Eileen WhiteRutgers Cancer Institute New Jersey, USA |
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 Mondira KunduSt. Jude Children’s Hospital Memphis, USA |
 Salwa SebtiUT Southwestern Dallas, USA |
 Patricia BoyaCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas Madrid, Spain |
 Andrea García-LlorcaUniversity of Iceland - Roche Reykjavík, Iceland |
 Lisa FrankelDanish Cancer Society Research Center København, Denmark |
 Waleska Kerllen MartinsAnhanguera University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil |
 Muriel MariUniversity Medical Center Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands |
 Caroline MauvezinBellvitge Biomedical Research Institute Barcelona, Spain |
 Naomi OkugbeniStellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa |
 Nesibe PekerKoc University Hospital Istanbul, Turkey |
 Luciana Rodrigues GomesInstituto Butantan São Paulo, Brazil |
 Tahnee SaundersMonash University Melbourne, Australia |
 Anne SimonsenUniversity of Oslo, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Oslo, Norway |
 Alejandra SuaresIFIBYNE-CONICET- University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina |
 María Inés VaccaroUniversity of Buenos Aires-CONICET-IBIMOL Buenos Aires, Argentina |
 Surbhi VermaICGEB New Delhi, India |
 Alysia Vrailas-MortimerIllinois State University Normal, USA |
 Ghita GhislatINSERM, CIML Marseille, France |
 Valérie Pierrefite-CarleUMR E4320 CEA - Université Côte d'Azur Nice, France |
 Stephanie KermorgantBarts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University London London, UK |
 Evelina GattiINSERM CIML Marseille, France |
Goals
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Foster activities to promote careers of trainees and young scientists interested in autophagy.
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Generate a network of e-mentors all around the globe providing trainees with access to expert advice on autophagy-related topics, career development and work-family balance.
Ongoing / planned activities:
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Careers in Science Workshops & Panel Discussions
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Workshops and panel discussions on challenges for women in science, teaching, job search & lab start, grant- and manuscript writing, scientific editing, DEI, etc.
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Ongoing and in planning
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E-Mentoring
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Monthly ‘office’ hours’ hosted by mentors for mentees to discuss career-related questions - Beginning December 2021
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Online Discussion forum- Members can access here.
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ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM committee
Faculty Chair
Faculty
Co-chair
 Claudine KraftUniversity of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany |
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 Maryam JafariAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
María Inés VaccaroUniversity of Buenos Aires - CONICET - IBIMOL Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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 Yuhong MaAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
Fellow Chair
Fellow Co-chair
 Mojgan Djavaheri-MergnyCentre de recherche des Cordelieres, INSERM, Université de Paris Paris, France |
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 Susmita KaushikAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
 Melanie KrauseEMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
 Mariya LichevaUniversity of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
 Paloma LitonDuke University Durham, USA |
 Roxana ResnikUniversity of Buenos Aires, CONICET-IBIMOL Buenos Aires, Argentina |
 Aurora ScrivoAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
 Mariana TadicUniversity of Buenos Aires, CONICET-IBIMOL Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Goal
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Organization of the Annual Women in Autophagy Beth Levine's legacy network symposium.
Ongoing activities:
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Organizing the 2nd WIA Annual Symposium.
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Selecting speakers.
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Creating a new poster platform.
Abstracts committee:
Congcong He - Northwestern University (Evanston, USA)
Katja Simon - University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
Laura Delgui - National University of Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina)
Ana Maria Cuervo - Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, USA)
Alexandra Stolz - Goethe University Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
Rachel Ulferts - The Francis Crick Institute (London, UK)
Brunella Franco - University of Naples (Naples, Italy)
SCIENTIFIC ADVICE committee
 Ghada AlsalehThe Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology - University of Oxford Oxford, UK |
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 Kristina AmesAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
 Miriam FormicaUniversity of Oslo Oslo, Norway |
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 Raquel Gómez-SintesCenter for Biological Research - Spanish National Research Council (CIB-CSIC) Madrid, Spain |
 Laury LescatAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
Muriel MariUniversity Medical Center Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands |
 Laura Poillet-PerezCancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT) Toulouse, France |
 Shirin PourteymourUniversity of Oldenburg Oldenburg, Germany |
 Madhulika TripathiDuke-NUS Medical School Singapore |
 Rut ValdorUniversity of Murcia-Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB-Arrixaca) Murcia, Spain ORCID ID (0000-0002-2681-0779) WoS Researcher ID (B-5447-2019) SCOPUS Author ID (16231620700) Google Scholar profile: |
Chair
Co-chair
Faculty
Advisor
 Marta Martínez-VicenteVall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) Barcelona, Spain |
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Goals
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Coordinate the share-for-feedback platform of the WIA website member portal, where members ask questions about experimental setup, troubleshoot analysis and results.
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Organize workshops on specific aspects of autophagy.
Ongoing activities:
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Manage and coordinate the Scientific Advice Platform, which includes:
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Question and Answer Forum.
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Protocol-sharing platform.
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Workshops on Methods and Techniques.
JOURNAL CLUB committee
 Rabia KhawajaAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
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 Ana Cecilia MestreCentro de Investigaciones en Toxicología Ambiental y Agrobiotecnología del Comahue (CITAAC-CONICET) Neuquén, Argentina |
 Marie NolletBarts Cancer Institute London, UK |
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 Aurore Claude-TaupinInstitut Necker Enfants Malades (INEM) - INSERM U1151 Paris, France |
 Pamela MattarAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
 Carine JoffreCancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT) - Inserm Toulouse, France |
 Prasoon JayaAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
 Christin NaumannLeibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry Halle, Germany |
 Rebecca TadokeraStellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa |
 Eugenia AlmacellasThe Francis Crick Institute London, UK |
 Sara HanleyRowan University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences New Jersey, USA |
 Karla Alvarez ValadezCentre de Recherche des Cordeliers Paris - France |
 Veronica GranatieroWeill Cornell Medical College New York, USA |
 Myra ChavezUniversity of Bern Bern, Switzerland |
Chair
Co-chair
 Olatz PampliegaAchucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience Leioa, Spain |
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Faculty
Advisor
Goals
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To review articles to foster scientific discourse amongst WIA members
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To acquire deeper understanding of autophagy.
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To learn technical skills.
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To discuss review process of articles.
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To present and promote publications of WIA members.
Ongoing activities:
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Organizational meetings.
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Advertisement.
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Journal Club registration.
FUNDRAISING committee
Chair
 Ana Rosa SáezAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
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 G-GhislatINSERM, CIML, Marseille, France |
Stephanie KermorgantBarts Cancer Institute, QMUL, London, UK |
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 Jetsy MonteroEssen University Hospital, Institute for Cell biology (Cancer Research) Essen, Germany |
 Jin ZhouDuke NUS Medical School Singapore |
 Marian FernandezCambridge Institute for Medical Research Cambridge, UK |
 Katharina BellSingapore Eye Research Institute-Singapore National Eye Centre (SERI/SENC) Singapore |
Valérie Pierrefite-CarleUMR E4320 CEA - Université Côte d'Azur Nice, France |
Co-chair
Faculty
Advisor
 Esther WongResearch Assistant Professor Head (Preclinical Sciences), Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Principal Investigator, Centre for Healthy Longevity, National University Health System |
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 Sophie PattingreINSERM U1194, Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France |
Faculty
Advisor
Goal
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To find opportunities and plan activities to raise money in order to support WIA activities, including travel grants for fellows.
Ongoing activities:
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Identifying funding sources.
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Contacting research agencies, companies and journals.
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Planning activities for promoting private donations.
Sponsors:
COMMUNICATIONS committee
 Mericka McCabeAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA LinkedIn profile: |
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 Laura Cervera-CarlesAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
Co-chair
 Beatriz DiasUT Southwestern Dallas, USA |
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 Marina García-MaciaThe Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL) Salamanca, Spain |
 Andrea GubasGoethe University Frankfurt, Germany |
 Malena Herrera LopezUniversity of Buenos Aires - CONICET - IBIMOL Buenos Aires, Argentina |
 Swathy KrishnaIowa State University Ames, USA |
 Johanna MayerKarolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden |
Roxana ResnikUniversity of Buenos Aires, CONICET-IBIMOL Buenos Aires, Argentina |
 Rebecca SeredaAlbert Einstein College of Medicine New York, USA |
 Shahla ShojaeiUniversity of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada |
 Sakshi SinghUniversity of Oslo, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Oslo, Norway |
Mariana TadicUniversity of Buenos Aires, CONICET-IBIMOL Buenos Aires, Argentina |
 Cristina VanrellIHEM - Universidad Nacional de Cuyo - CONICET Mendoza, Argentina |
 Tess BubSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, USA |
Chair
Prof. Anne SimonsenUniversity of Oslo, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences |
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Faculty
Advisor
Goals
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Communicate and disseminate WIA activities across the scientific community, using the website, blog and social network tools.
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Connect scientists within the network to member resources through the webpage Member Portal.
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Coordinate with all other WIA committees through committee liaisons.
Ongoing activities:
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Webpage management development.
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Social media promotions (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram).
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WIA monthly newsletter and mailing list.
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WIA blog publications.
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Mentoring, Annual Meeting, Scientific Advice and Journal Club liaison organization.