Workshop
Redox Biology in Health and Disease
Barcelona, June 27-28th, 2024
Organizers: Victoria Campuzano, Gustavo Egea, Isabel Fabregat
Thrusday 27th
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome
09:30 – 11:00 SESSION 1: ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA IN THE REGULATION OF REDOX BIOLOGY-I. Chaired by: Joaquim Ros, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
- Antonio Enríquez, Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) and CIBERFES, Madrid, Spain. “Redox communication through mitochondria”.
- Antonio Zorzano, University of Barcelona and Institute for Research in Biomedicine and CIBEREDEM, Barcelona, Spain. “Mitochondrial fusion proteins and their role in cell homeostasis”.
- Jose-Carlos Fernández-Checa, IDIBAPS, Barcelona Clinic Hospital and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain.“Mitochondrial cholesterol trafficking in metabolic-associated steatohepatitis and liver cancer”.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 SESSION 2: ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA IN THE REGULATION OF REDOX BIOLOGY-II. Chaired by: Elena Hidalgo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
- M. Isabel Hernández-Álvarez, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. “Mitochondrial fusion proteins and organelle connections in metabolism”.
- Joaquim Ros, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain “Alterations of mitochondrial function in Friedreich’s Ataxia”.
12:30 – 13:30 OPENING KEYNOTE LECTURE. Chaired by: Gustavo Egea, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Victor Thannickal, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA). “From Oxygen to Redox Biology and Organ Regeneration”
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 SESSION 3: REDOX BIOLOGY IN INFLAMMATION AND NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES. Chaired by: Teresa Carbonell, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Gemma Marfany, University of Barcelona and CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain. “Bringing light to darkness: CERKL, a retinal resilience gene against oxidative stress”.
- Juan Pedro Bolaños, University of Salamanca and CIBERFES, Salamanca, Spain. “Astrocyte metabolism: energy or signaling?”.
- Juan Sastre, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. President of the SFRR-Europe. “Intracellular regulation of cysteine reduction and protein cysteinylation”.
Friday 28th
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:30 – 11:00 SESSION 4: REDOX SIGNALLING IN CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGIES. Chaired by: Victoria Campuzano, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Susana Cadenas, Center of Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa – CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Madrid, Spain. “Redox signaling and cardioprotection in ischemia-reperfusion injury”.
- Vivian de Waard, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: “Resveratrol as antioxidant therapy in aortic disease in Marfan syndrome”.
- María Galán, University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), Madrid, Spain. “Targeting mitochondrial stress to limit aortic dilation in murine models of aneurysm”.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 SESSION 5: NEW INSIGTHS ABOUT NADPH OXIDASES AS THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN HUMAN DISEASES. Chaired by: Juan Sastre. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. President of the SFRR-Europe.
- Susan M.E. Smith, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. “Comparison of NOX structures suggests potential new druggable site(s)”.
- Miklós Geiszt, Semmelweis University, Medical School, Budapest, Hungary. “Lessons from the rabbit model of NOX5 deficiency”.
12:30 – 13:30 CLOSING KEYNOTE LECTURE. Chaired by: Isabel Fabregat, IDIBELL and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain.
- Ulla Knaus, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. “NADPH oxidase: culprit and protector in the intestine”.
13:30 – 14:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS.
Registration Form
DEADLINE: May 24th 2024
(Registration is free, but number of attendants is limited to 100)