PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

• MiPsummer Programme and Abstracts: download pdf [692 kB; 2010-06-08]

Thursday, 10 June:   Arrival.

19:00               Opening and get-together party

Friday, 11 June:       Mitochondrial structural organization and respiration

8:00-9:00         Breakfast

Chair:             Vilma Borutaite, Erich Gnaiger

9:00 – 10:30     Lecture – Erich Gnaiger: Mitochondrial metabolic structure, respiratory capacity and respiratory control (L1-01)

10:30               Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30    Lecture –  Rodrigue Rossignol: Mitochondrial ultrastructure and networks

12:30 – 14:30    Lunch

Chair:             Laima Ivanoviene

14:30 – 15:30    Lecture - Sonata Trumbeckaite: Permeabilized cardiac fibers: application for investigations of mitochondrial functions in human heart

15:30 – 16:00    Coffee break

16:00 – 19:00    Dominik Pesta, Anita Wiethüchter, Biljana Simonovik, Erich Gnaiger - Practical course on high-resolution respirometry

19:00 – 20:30    Dinner

21:00               Informal discussions, swimming pool, sauna

Saturday, 12 June:   Mitochondrial transport systems

8:00-9:00         Breakfast

Chair:             Rodrigue Rossignol

9:00 – 10:30     Lecture – Steven Hand: Protein targeting and import into mitochondria (L2-01)

10:30               Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30    Lecture – Vida Mildaziene: Mitochondria and calcium

12:30 – 15:30    Lunch and Posters

Chair:             Steven Hand, Sonata Trumbeckaite

15:30 – 15:50    Bjorg Egelandsdal (Meieriplassen, NO): Differences in oxygen consumption in permeabilized muscle and liver cells following frozen storage (P2-02)

15:50 – 16:10    Patricia Rojo (Caceres, ES): Molecular partakers of the mitochondrial TIM22 channel (P2-03)

16:10 – 16:30    Jorge Bermejo (Caceres, ES): Effects of Tim50p on the channel activity of the mitochondrial protein translocase Tim23 (P2-04)

16:30 – 17:00    Coffee break

17:00 – 17:20    Janis Kuka (Jelgava, LV): Effects of L-carnitine availability on carnitine palmitoyltransferase I activity in vivo (P2-05)

17:20 – 17:40    Kristina Skemiene (Kaunas, LT): Anthocyanins – potent cytochrome c reducing agents (P2-06)

17:40 – 18:00    Giedre Baliutyte (Kaunas, LT): Effects of Ginkgo biloba extract on mitochondrial functions: mechanism(s) of action (P2-07)

18:00 – 18:20    Karolina Subrtova (Ceske Budejovice, CZ): Functional analysis of two novel subunits of F0F1-ATP synthase complex in Trypanosoma brucei (P2-08)

18:20 – 18:40    Lucie Novotna (Ceske Budejovice, CZ): Mitochondrial binding complex 1 in Trypanosoma brucei: its composition and function in RNA metabolism (P2-09)

19:00 – 20:30    Dinner

21:00               Informal discussions, swimming pool, sauna

Sunday, 13 June:     Mitochondria and pathology

8:00-9:00         Breakfast

Chair:             Frank Gellerich

9:00 – 10:30     Lecture –  Steven Hand: Mitochondria and apoptosis: Avoiding cell death during energy limitation in Crustacea (L3-01)

10:30               Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30    Lecture –  Rodrigue Rossignol: Mitochondria and cancer (L3-02)

12:30 – 13:00    Lunch

13:00 – 16:00    Walk and talk: Excursion to Grutas park or around Druskininkai

16:00 – 16:30    Coffee break

Chair:             Laima Ivanoviene

16:30 – 18:00    Lecture – Guy Brown: Mitochondrial electron and proton leaks in health and disease (L3-03)

18:00 – 19:00    Special interest groups, question time

19:30               Dinner and party

Monday, 14 June:     Mitochondria and neurodegeneration

8:00-9:00         Breakfast

Chair:             Steven Hand

9:00 – 10:30     Lecture – Guy Brown: Mitochondria in inflammation, neurodegeneration and aging (L4-01)

10:30               Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30    Lecture – Frank Gellerich: The ‘mitochondrial gas pedal’ - a new target for neurodegeneration (L4-02)

12:30 – 15:30    Lunch and posters

Chair:             Rodrigue Rossignol, Vilma Borutaite

15:30 – 15:50    Nina Krako (Roma, IT): Targeting mitochondrial amyloid beta through intrabodies: new approach to study pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (P4-03)

15:50 – 16:10    Paulius Cizas (Kaunas, LT): Effect of amyloid β on rat brain mitochondrial function (P4-04)

16:10 – 16:30    Joanna Goralska (Krakow, PL) The anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic action of humanin – a newly discovered 24-amino acid peptide in LN-18 cells (P4-05)

16:30 – 17:00    Coffee break

17:00 – 17:20    Barbara Zapala (Krakow, PL) Antiapoptotic activity of humanin is weakly bound to the metabolic changes of HUVEC (P4-06)

17:20 – 17:40    Kristina Kriauciunas (Boston, USA): Analysis of mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in normal and type 2 diabetic fibroblasts (P4-07)

17:40 – 18:00    Ester Casanova (Tarragona, ES): Synergistic anti-obesity effects of procyanidins in combination with polyunsaturated fatty acids (P4-08)

18:00 – 18:20    Agnieszka Sliwa (Krakow, PL): Influence of free fatty acids on metabolic activity of mitochondria during differentiation and dedifferentiation of the human adipose tissue progenitor cells (SVF) (P4-09)

19:00 – 21:00    Dinner

21:00               MiPboard meeting

Tuesday, 15 June:    Mitochondrial membrane potential and OXPHOS

8:00-9:00         Breakfast

Chair:             Guy Brown

9:00 – 10:30     Lecture – Vilma Borutaite: Mitochondrial membrane potential and its role in cell health and disease

10:30               Coffee

11:00 – 12:30    Lecture – Erich Gnaiger: Mitochondrial respiratory rates and states – fluxes and forces  (L5-02)

12:30 – 14:00    Lunch

15:00 – 17:45    Kathrin Renner-Sattler, Erich Gnaiger - Practical course on mitochondrial membrane potential

18:00 – 19:00    Summary – feedback - evaluation

19:00 – 21:00    MiPsummer Dinner

21:00  MiP special lecture - Erich Gnaiger: Mitochondria in the cold - from Northern Greenland to high alpine adventures

Wednesday, 16 June:        Departure