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welcome any other stress-related topics as late abstract-posters in this meeting:
Core Module 1: Stress proteins –
molecular stress
- 1A. Small Hsps (August 26th Sunday morning)
(Organizers and chairs: Andre-Patrick
Arrigo, and Robert M. Tanguay)
Speakers:
- Andre-Patrick Arrigo (Lyon,
France)
10:30-10:55 Hsp27 (HspB1) as a therapeutic target [Read
the abstract]
- Jacques Landry (Quebec City,
Canada)
10:55-11:25 HspB8 forms with Bag3 a chaperone complex stimulating macroautophagy:
possible involvement in protein quality control [Read
the abstract]
- Nicolette H. Lubsen (Nijmegen, The
Netherlands)
11:25-11:55 Recovery of macromolecular synthesis after stress: the role of small heat
shock protein [Read the abstract]
11:55-12:15 Coffee break
- Robert M. Tanguay (Quebec, Canada)
12:15-12:40 Regulation of small heat shock proteins in ageing and resistance to stress
[Read the abstract]
- Balázs Sümegi (Pécs, Hungary)
12:40-12:55 Inhibition of apoptotic cell death by a novel 16.2 kD heat shock protein
via Hsp90 mediated lipid rafts stabilization and Akt activation pathway [Read the abstract]
- Ram Nagaraj (Cleveland, USA)
12:55-13:10 Modulation of the Chaperone-like Function of Small Heat Shock Proteins by
Methylglyoxal [Read the abstract]
- Masafumi Yohda (Tokyo, Japan)
13:10-13:25 Two small heat shock proteins of a fission yeast function in different
manner to cope with wide range of temperatures and various denatured proteins [Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Speakers:
- Ronald Ullers (Geneva,
Switzerland)
15:30-16:00 Functional interplay among the major chaperone machines of e. coli [Read the abstract]
- Bernd Bukau (Heidelberg, Germany)
16:00-16:30 The Hsp70 chaperone network [Read the
abstract]
- Elisabeth A. Craig (Madison WI, USA)
16:30-17:00 Networks of Hsp70 and J-protein chaperones [Read the abstract]
17:00-17:20 Coffee break
- Kevin A. Morano (Houston TX, USA)
17:20-17:50 Hsp110 protein chaperone function in yeast [Read the abstract]
- Luciano Brocchieri (Gainesville FL, USA)
17:50-18:10 Evolution and diversity of human Hsp70: implications for health and disease
[Read the abstract]
- Michiaki Yamashita (Yokohama, Japan)
18:10-18:30 Heat shock cognate protein HSC70 as a regulator of the
Activin/Nodal/TGF-ß-Smad2 signalling pathway during zebrafish development [Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Speakers:
- Lea Sistonen (Turku, Finland)
9:30-10:00 Multi-site post-translational modifications and functional interplay
of HSF1 and HSF2 [Read the abstract]
- M. Gabriela Santoro (Rome, Italy)
10:00-10:30 HSF1 activation and the control of apoptosis in chemoresistant cancers [Read the abstract]
- Akira Nakai (Ube, Japan)
10:30-11:00 Roles of HSF1 in inflammatory and immune response [Read the abstract]
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
- Valérie Lallemand-Mezger (Paris, France)
11:20-11:50 HSF2 and the proliferation of the neuronal precursors and migration of
neurons in the developing cortex- normal and stress conditions [Read the abstract]
- Elisabeth Christians (Toulouse,
France)
11:50-12:10 Developmental activity of HSF1 revealed by loss of function experiments [Read the abstract]
- András Orosz (Salt Lake City, USA)
12:10-12:30 Dual roles of Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1) in Cardioprotection, Pathologic
Hypertrophy and Heart Failure in Transgenic Mice [Read
the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Poster presentations with abstracts
Poster symposia:
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
- Hsp60
- Hsp70
- Hsp90
- Cochaperones
- Hsp crystallography and structures
- Hsp-s and protein targeting
- Stress of single molecules
- In silico models of Hsp action
Core Module 2: Stress and cellular
functions
- 2C. Non-coding RNAs and cellular stress (August 26th Sunday
morning)
(Organizer: Subhash C. Lakhotia,
chair: Evgeny Nudler)
Speakers:
- Poul Valentin Hansen (Odense, Denmark)
10:30-11:00 Regulation of the sE envelope stress response by small RNAs
[Read the abstract]
- Caroline Jolly (Grenoble, France)
11:00-11:30 Stress-induced nuclear bodies and transcription of repeated sequences
[Read the abstract]
- Evgeny A. Nudler (New York NY, USA)
11:30-12:00 Eukaryotic RNA Thermosensor [Read the
abstract]
12:00-12:20 Coffee break
- Subhash C. Lakhotia (Varanasi, India)
12:20-12:50 Non-coding hsrw RNA and post-transcriptional processing in stressed cells
[Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Poster symposia:
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
- Stress-related protein degradation
- Stress and intestinal barriers
- Stress and cell movement
- Stress proteins and the cell cycle
- Cold shock
- Thermotolerance, cross-talk in stress resistance
- Extremophiles
Module 3: System level interdisciplinary
approaches
Poster symposia:
ADDITIONAL TOPICS AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL
- Chaperone networks
- Networks and stress resistance
- Stress proteomics
Module 4: Plant stress
Speakers:
- Paul G. Jarvis (Edinburgh, Scotland)
10:30-11:00 Will forest ecosystems continue to remove CO2 from the atmosphere as
climate changes? [Read the abstract]
- Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler
(Karlsruhe, Germany)
11:00-11:30 Stress to plants and the ecosystem under elevated CO2 levels [Read the abstract]
- Michal V. Marek (Brno, Czech Republic)
11:30-12:00 Two-face character of the elevated carbon dioxide impacts on
the plant metabolism [Read the abstract]
12:00-12:20 Coffee break
- Zoltán Tuba
(Gödöllő, Hungary)
12:20-12:50 Grassland ecophysiology under elevated air CO2 concentration [Read the abstract]
- Ivan Nijs (Antwerp, Belgium)
12:50-13:10 How do plants survive extreme climatic events?
[Read the abstract]
- Laury Chaerle (Gent, Belgium)
13:10-13:30 Automatic plant leaf temperature monitoring for stress detection
[Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Poster symposia:
Module 5: Stress at level of the organism
Poster symposia:
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
- Gravity stress
- Stress of fish
- Stress of domestic animals
- Stress of viral infections
- Acute phase response
- Shear stress
- Hsp-s in development
- Radiation stress – electrosmog
Module 6: Stress in medicine
- 6A. Sick Chaperones and chaperonopathies (August 25th Saturday afternoon)
(Organizer and chair: Alberto J. L. Macario)
Related chapter in the proceedings books can be downloaded HERE
- 6C. Hsp90 inhibitors and their clinical applications (August 26th Sunday morning)
(Organizers and Speakers: Francis Burrows,
Len Neckers, Neal
Rosen, Paul Workman)
Related chapter in the proceedings books can be downloaded HERE
Speakers:
- Francis Burrows (San Diego CA,
USA)
10:30-11:00 Small-molecule Hsp90 Inhibitors: Applications in Cancer and
Neurodegenerative diseases [Read the abstract]
- Len Neckers (Bethesda MD, USA)
11:00-11:30 Acetylation as a dynamic regulator of Hsp90 function: Implications for
further development of pharmacologic Hsp90 inhibitors [Read
the abstract]
- Neal Rosen (Boston MA, USA)
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:20 Coffee break
- Paul Workman (Sutton, UK)
12:20-12:50 Drugging the cancer chaperone: Preclinical discovery and clinical
development of Hsp90 inhibitors [Read the abstract]
- Pranoti Mandrekar (Worcester, MA,
USA)
12:50-13:10 Alcohol exposure regulates HSF-1 and heat shock proteins 70 and 90
in murine macrophages: implication in TNFa production [Read
the abstract]
- Kathleen Gabrielson (Baltimore, USA)
13:10-13:30 HSP90 and ErbB2 in the Cardiac Response to Doxorubicin Injury [Read the abstract]
Speakers:
- Willem van Eden (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
10:30-11:00 Stress proteins are inducers of anti-inflammatory regulatory T cells [Read the abstract]
- Salvo Albani (La Jolla CA, USA)
11:00-11:30 Heat shock proteins as immunomodulators [Read
the abstract]
- Georg Wick (Innsbruck, Austria)
11:30-12:00 What makes arterial endothelial cells a target for the autoimmune attack in
the earliest stages of atherosclerosis? [Read the
abstract]
12:00-12:20 Coffee break
- Yaakov Naparstek (Jerusalem, Israel)
12:20-12:50 Protective anti-inflammatory antibodies to HSP65
induce an activation and repression cascade of the IL-10 promoter
- Parvaneh Rafiee (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
12:50-13:10 Heat Shock Modulates Inflammatory Activation of Human Intestinal
Microvascular Endothelial Cells (HIMEC) [Read the
abstract]
- Pavel Stocki (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
13:10-13:30 A novel role of HSP70 as a modulatory agent for dendritic cells phenotype
and function [Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Speakers:
- Eric Brunner (London, UK)
15:30-16:00 Work stress, metabolic syndrome and disease in the Whitehall II study [Read the abstract]
- Jan Eriksson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
16:00-16:30 Neurendocrine factors in the metabolic syndrome [Read the abstract]
- Nader G. Abraham (New York, USA)
16:30-17:00 Role of stress response genes, including HO-1, in Type 1 diabetes and
diabetic complications [Read the abstract]
17:00-17:20 Coffee break
- R. Paul Robertson (Seattle WA, USA)
17:20-17:50 Chronic oxidative stress as a mechanism for continual deterioration of beta
cell function in type 2 diabetes [Read the abstract]
- Mark Febbraio (Melbourne,
Australia)
17:50-18:20 Hsp70: a therapeutic target to treat obesity-induced insulin resistance
[Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Speakers:
- Jean-Marc Cavaillon (Paris, France)
9:30-10:00 Leukocyte reprogrammation after endotoxin encounter [Read the abstract]
- Robert S. Munford (Dallas TX,
USA)
10:00-10:30 Infection-induced stress: prolonged immunosuppression in animals that
cannot detoxify endotoxin [Read the abstract]
- Istvan Vermes (Enschede, The Netherlands)
10:30-11:00 Immuno-neuro-endocrine adaptation in critically ill patients [Read the abstract]
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
- Marius C. Wick (Innsbruck, Austria)
11:20-11:50 In vivo imaging of the effect of bacterial endotoxins on arterial
endothelial cells: molecular imaging of heat shock protein 60 expression [Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Speakers:
- Ute Habel (Aachen, Germany)
10:30-11:00 The neural basis of negative affect and stress responses in schizophrenia
[Read the abstract]
- Machteld Marcelis (Maastricht, The
Netherlands)
11:00-11:30 Stress, dopamine, brain tissue volume and vulnerability to psychosis [Read the abstract]
- Michio Suzuki (Toyama, Japan)
11:30-12:00 Structural brain changes underlying vulnerability to schizophrenia
[Read the abstract]
12:00-12:20 Coffee break
- Kunio Yui (Kobe, Japan)
12:20-12:50 Early emotional stress by analysis of making stress line in molar and
susceptibility to schizophrenia [Read the abstract]
- Dóra Zelena (Budapest, Hungary)
12:50-13:20 Psychosis in correlation with chronic stress and vasopressin [Read the abstract]
- Sahebarao P. Mahadik (Augusta, USA)
13:20-13:40 Nutritional metabolic stress and epigenetic mechanism of schizophrenia
[Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
- 6I. Modern molecular mechanisms and therapeutics of stress-related gastroinestinal
disorders (August 25th Saturday afternoon)
(Organizers and chairs: Sándor Szabó and Yvette Taché)
Related chapter in the proceedings books can be downloaded HERE.
Speakers:
- Yvette Taché (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
15:30-16:00 Stress and gut: role of CRF signaling pathways [Read the abstract]
- Ágnes Király (Pécs, Hungary)
16:00-16:30 Modulation of esophageal sensory afferent by chemosensory stressors [Read the abstract]
- Andrzej Tarnawski (Long Beach, CA, USA)
16:30-17:00 Stress at the cellular and molecular levels – novel roles of heat shock
proteins and ER stress proteins in mucosal protection and in gastric ulcer development and
healing [Read the abstract]
17:00-17:20 Coffee break
- Tatyana Beregova (Kiev, Ukraine)
17:20–17:50 Increased expression of transcription factor Egr-1 in stress-induced
gastric ulceration [Read the abstract]
- Sándor Szabó (Long Beach/Irvine, CA, USA)
17:50-18:20 New molecular mechanisms of duodenal ulceration [Read the abstract]
- Zsuzsa Sándor (Long Beach/Irvine, CA,
USA & Kiev, Ukraine)
18:20-18:50 New molecular mechanisms of ulcerative colitis/IBD: does stress matter?
[Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Poster symposia:
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
- Gender differences in pathophysiological stress
- Hsps and wound healing
- Stress and myocardial protection
- Pre- and postoperative stress
Module 7: Psychosocial stress
Speakers:
- Holger Ursin (Bergen, Norway)
9:30-10:00 Stress and common health complaints [Read
the abstract]
- Bengt Arnetz (Uppsala, Sweden)
10:00-10:30 Differentiating stress from psychiatric disorders in stressed-out patients.
The utility of psychiatric, psychosocial, and biological tools [Read the abstract]
- Gavin Lambert (Prahran, Australia)
10:30-11:00 Stress and the heart: The physiological basis for the development of
cardiac risk in depression and anxiety disoders [Read
the abstract]
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
- Holly Bates (Toronto, Canada)
11:20-11:50 Paradoxically intermittent neurogenic stress delays onset of diabetes in
rats. Selye's eu stress? [Read the abstract]
- Agnes Walker (Canberra, ACT, Australia)
11:50-12:10 Stress, quality of life and multiple chronic diseases: patterns emerging
from a large national sample, Australia [Read the
abstract]
- Leif Rydstedt (Trollhattan, Sweden)
12:10-12:30 The long-term impact of perceceived stress on sleep quality [Read the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
Speakers:
- Judit Szelényi (Budapest, Hungary)
9:30-10:00 Alterations of the catecholamine-cytokine balance in depression [Read the abstract]
- Robert Dantzer (Urbana IL, USA)
10:00-10:30 Cytokine actions in the brain as a mechanism for the increased prevalence
of depression in diseases with an inflammatory component [Read the abstract]
- Georges Maestroni (Locarno, Switzerland)
10:30-11:00 Long photoperiod-induced glucocorticoid resistance and decreased negative
selection in double-positive thymocytes of female but not male mice. Mechanisms and
possible implication in the geographical distribution of autoimmune diseases [Read the abstract]
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
- Christopher L. Coe (Madison WI, USA)
1:20-11:50 Maternal stress and the prenatal programming of infant immunity [Read the abstract]
- Eva Peters (Berlin,
Germany)
11:50-12:10 Stress triggered neuronal plasticity in spleen in
interaction with immunocytes [Read
the abstract]
Poster presentations with abstracts
- 7G. Stress and Reproduction: From Sexual Dysfunction to Spontaneous Abortion (August
24th Friday morning)
(Organizer and chair: Pablo Nepomnaschy)
Related chapter in the proceedings books can be downloaded HERE.
Speakers:
- Pablo Nepomnaschy (Research Triangle
Park, NC USA)
9:30-10:00 Stress-Triggered Reproductive Supression: an Evolved Adaptation? [Read the abstract]
- Eyal Sheiner (Be’er-Sheva, Israel)
10:00-10:30 The relationship between psychological stress and fertility [Read the abstract]
- George Mastorakos (Athens, Greece)
10:30-11:00 The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal
axes interplay in reproduction [Read the abstract]
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
- Petra C. Arck (Berlin, Germany)
11:20-11:50 Stress during pregnancy: consequences for mother and child [Read the abstract]
- Cláudio Oliveira (Sao Paulo, Brasil)
11:50-12:10 Reproduction of southern muriquis in captivity (Brachyteles arachnoides):
endocrinological assessment of reproductive function by measurement of fecal steroid
metabolites [Read the abstract]
- Bernard Wallner (Vienna, Austria)
12:10-12:30 The impact of secondary sex characteristics (SSC) and social behavior to
cortisol and sexual hormones in female primates [Read
the abstract]
- 7H. Yoga and Stress - Oral section cancelled
Poster symposia:
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
- Stress and hair growth
- War stress
- Stress of aging: a psychosocial perspective
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