Program
Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium
Thursday, 14 May 2020
09.45-10.00 Opening Remarks
Session 1 Protein Quality Control
10.00-10.30 ALEX STEIN, University of Göttingen
Retrotranslocation by E3 ligases in ER associated protein degradation
10.30-10.40 LAURA GALLEGO, Max Perutz Labs
Phase separation directs ubiquitination of gene body nucleosomes
10.40-10.50 MICHAL SHARON, Weizmann Institute of Science
20S proteasomes exported by the malaria parasite promote its growth
10.50-11.00 ADAN PINTO-FERNANDEZ, University of Oxford
Deletion of the deISGylating enzyme USP18 enhances tumour cell antigenicity
and radiosensitivity
11.00-11.30 PEDRO CARVALHO, University of Oxford
Mechanisms of membrane protein quality control
11.30-12.00 Break
12.00-12.10 VALENTINA FAJNER, IFOM
The ubiquitin ligase Hecw controls oogenesis and neuronal homeostasis by modulating
phase transition of ribonucleoprotein parti
12.10-12.20 GWENAËL RABUT, Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes
Sensitive detection of protein ubiquitylation using a protein-Fragment
complementation assay
12.20-12.30 DAVID TEIS, Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck
Endosome and Golgi-associated degradation (EGAD) of Membrane
proteins regulates sphingolipid metabolism
12.30-13.00 CLAUDIO JOAZEIRO, ZMBH, University of Heidelberg
RQC: 10 years of research and 4 billion years of Evolution
13.00 Voting for the best Short Talk in Session 1
13.00-13.30 Meeting the Speakers (pre-sign-up required)
-> ALEX STEIN, Host: Elif Karagoz
-> PEDRO CARVALHO, Host: Harald Hornegger
-> CLAUDIO JOAZEIRO, Host: Aleksandra Anisimova
Session 2 – De/Ubiquitination Mechanisms
16.00-16.30 TITIA SIXMA, Netherlands Cancer Institute
Allosteric regulation of DUBs
16.30-16.40 RASHMI AGRATA, National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR
UBC13 deamidation by Shigella flexneri disrupts its native and
transient interactions with TRAF6 to impair ubiquitination
16.40-16.50 MICHAEL GLICKMAN, Technion-IIT
The curious case of a protein that targets Ubiquitin for degradation
16.50-17.00 JIALE DU, UMass-Amherst
Interrogating the Selectivity of Proteasome Associated Deubiquitinase UCH37
17.00-17.30 SONJA LORENZ, University of Wuerzburg
Structural mechanisms regulating ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes
17.30-18.00 Break
18.00-18.10 ANNE CLANCY, Institute of Translational Medicine, Unversity of Liverpool
The deubiquitylase USP9X controls ribosomal stalling
18.10-18.20 JONATHAN PRUNEDA, Oregon Health & Science University
Identification and characterization of diverse OTU deubiquitinases in bacteria
18.20-18.30 SEBASTIAN GLATT, Max Planck Research Group, MCB/Jagiellonian University
Molecular basis for the bifunctional Uba4-Urm1 sulfur relay system
in tRNA thiolation and ubiquitin-like conjugation
18.30-19.00 CYNTHIA WOLBERGER, The John Hopkins University
Cross-talk between histone ubiquitination and methylation
19.00 Voting for the best Short Talk in Session 2
19.00-19.30 Meeting the Speakers (pre-sign-up required)
->TITIA SIXMA, Host: Nikolett Pahor
->SONJA LORENZ, Host: Antonia Vogel
->CYNTHIA WOLBERGER, Host: Anna Liess
Friday, 15 May 2020
Session 3 – Ubiquitin Signaling
10.00-10.30 PETRA BELI, Institute of Molecular Biology, Germany
Ubiquitin signaling in protein quality control
10.30-10.40 PABLO ALCON, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
FANCD2–FANCI is a clamp stabilized on DNA by monoubiquitination
of FANCD2 during DNA repair
10.40-10.50 ESMEE VRINGER, CRUK Beatson Institute
Mitochondrial ubiquitination as an inflammatory signalling platform
during cell death
10.50-11.00 FRANCISCO BUSTOS, University of Dundee
Disruption of phosphorylation and ubiquitylation signaling in
human neurodevelopmental disorders
11.00-11.15 VLADIMIR MAZUROV, GenScript Biotech, NL
Synthetic Biology Tools and Approaches: from Artificial Genes
to Protein Engineering
11.15-11.30 SASCHA MARTENS, Max Perutz Lab
Keystone Meeting 2021 in Vienna “Targeted Protein Degradation”
11.30-12.00 Break
12.00-12.30 ANNE BERTOLOTTI, MRC-LMB, Cambridge
Harnessing protein quality control for therapeutic benefit
12.30-12.40 MATIAS CAPELLA, Biomedical Center, LMU
SUMO regulates the nucleolar organization upon ribosomal
DNA damage to maintain genome stability
12.40-12.50 REBEKKA SCHAIRER, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne
Allosteric activation of MALT1 by its ubiquitin-binding Ig3 domain
12.50-13.00 ANNA STIER, ETH Zürich
Phosphorylation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase CUL4B regulates
actin cytoskeletal dynamics during mitosis
13.00 Voting for the best Short Talk in Session 3
13.00-13.30 Meeting the Speakers (pre-sign-up required)
->PETRA BELI, Host: Michaela Reissland
->ANNE BERTOLOTTI, Host: Jonas Duering
Session 4 – Autophagy & Endomembrane Trafficking in Quality Control
15.00-15.30 FELIX RANDOW, MRC-LMB, Cambridge
When bacteria invade the host cytosol: The role of ubiquitin and autophagy
15.30-15.40 DOROTEA FRACCHIOLLA, Max Perutz Labs
A PI3K-WIPI2 positive feedback loop activates LC3 lipidation in autophagy
15.40-15.50 MANUEL S RODRIGUEZ, ITAV-CNRS
Proteaphagy regulates UPS-ALS crosstalk under proteasome
inhibition conditions in Mantle Cell Lymphoma cells
15.50-16.00 LORENZO PICCHIANTI, IMP - GMI
A cross-kingdom conserved ER-phagy receptor maintains
endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis during stress
16.00-16.30 RICHARD MARSHALL, University of Washington
Autophagic degradation of the 26S proteasome is mediated
by multiple Ubiquitylation and aggregation Events
16.30-17.00 Break
17.00-17.10 DAVID SHAPIRA, Newcastle University, Biosciences Institute
The INO80 ATP-dependent chromatin remodeller promotes
selective autophagy under metabolic stress condition
17.10-17.20 RICHA SARDANA, Cornell University
Rsp5 Ubiquitin ligase-mediated quality control checkpoints protect
yeast from proteotoxic stress
17.20-17.30 AVITAL EISENBERG-LERNER, Weizmann Institute of Science
Golgi Apparatus Related Degradation (GARD) Regultes the Golgi-stress Response
17.30 Voting for the best Short Talk in Session 4
17.30-18.00 Meeting the Speakers (pre-sign-up required)
->FELIX RANDOW, Host: Marion Clavel
->RICHARD MARSHALL, Host: Marta Garcia Leon
18.00-18.30 Podium Discussion – Publishing in 2020
chaired by JESSICA POLKA (ASAPBio) and CYNTHIA WOLBERGER
18.30 Award Ceremony