Program

FCIR2017 Program

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Wednesday, March 8

Time Session/Lecture info
08:45-09:20
Opening remarks and FAT10 background overview: Yifat Merbl and Marcus Groettrup
 
09:20-10:00
Session I: Keynote presentation
 
09:20-10:00
Klaus-Peter Knobeloch, University of Freiburg, Germany
ISG15 and its isopeptidase USP18: Physiological and structural analysis
10:00-12:30
Session II: FAT10 conjugation and biochemistry
Chair: Michael Ross and Caroline Lee 
10:00-10:30
Annette Aichem
Regulation of T helper cell function by JunB, SUMO, and FAT10
10:30-10:50
Coffee break
10:50-11:20
Michael Ross
Regulation of NF-kB processing by FAT10
11:20-11:50
Sherman Weissman
Fat10 a very brief history and study of in vivo cellular effetcs
11:50-12:10
Johanna Bialas, Biotechnology Institute Thurgau
How to find the needle in the haystack - Searching for FAT10 specific E3 ligases
12:10-12:30
Annika Boehm, Biotechnology Institute Thurgau
The role of FAT10 in the regulation of the retinal cGMP phosphodiesterase 6 and the pathogenesis of Leber Congenital Amaurosis
12:30-14:00
Lunch
 
14:00-15:00
Round table discussion: technical challenges in FAT10 research
Panelists: Caroline Lee, Annette Aichem, Allon Canaan, Joo-Yeon Yoo, Yifat Merbl and Marcus Groettrup 
15:00-21:00
Tel Aviv Tour
 

Conference Coordinator

Reut Hershenhoren

reut.hershenhoren@weizmann.ac.il
Phone:+972-8-934-3957

If you are a conference participant with special accessibility needs, please contact the conference coordinator by email and we will make all necessary arrangements for you.

Deadline for Poster & Presentation Abstract Submission:
February 1, 2017

Organizing Committee

  • Yifat Merbl
    Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  • Marcus Groettrup
    Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany

Coordinator

Reut Hershenhoren
reut.hershenhoren@weizmann.ac.il

Sponsors

The Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange, Weizmann Institute of Science