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COST Action CA15203 (2016-2021): MitoEAGLE
Evolution-Age-Gender-Lifestyle-Environment: mitochondrial fitness mapping
MitoEAGLE Verona 2016
Verona IT, 2016 Nov 15-17. A roadmap for MITOEAGLE and first steps COST Action MITOEAGLE |
Β» http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15203
COST Association (2016-11-15) MitoGlobal
Abstract:
Labels:
ORO, 2016, Next, MITOEAGLE
General information
- First Core Group Meeting, WG1 and WG4 Meeting
- Date: 2016-11-15 to 2016-11-17
- Venue: Verona, IT
- Time schedule:
- 2016-11-15: Core Group Meeting 13:00 - 18:00
- 2016-11-16: WG1/WG4 Meeting and Workshop 9:00 - 18:00
- 2016-11-17: WG1/WG4 Meeting and Workshop 9:00 - 13:00
- Time schedule:
- Participation
- Please inform and nominate your Substitutes or Co-leaders, if you cannot participate in the 2016 Vernona meeting (include all relevant Email addresses in Cc).
- Present your independently funded project according to the Memorandum of Understanding.
- Participation
Financial COST support
- Financial support for the Verona meeting is defined in the Work and Budget Plan Grant Period 1. Priority will be given to the Core Group and to participants with specific presentations listed in the programme.
- All participants (limited to 30-40 researchers)
- Registration fees: waved.
- Lunch and coffee breaks: free.
- All participants (limited to 30-40 researchers)
- Financial support for the Verona meeting is defined in the Work and Budget Plan Grant Period 1. Priority will be given to the Core Group and to participants with specific presentations listed in the programme.
- 20 participants
- Travel and daily allowance: see COST Vademecum
- Accomodation revised flat rate: 95 EUR
- 20 participants
Accomodation
- The following hotels are recommended - please mention 'MITOEAGLE' in your reservation
- Hotel Giulietta&Romeo:
- http://www.giuliettaeromeo.it
- [email protected]
- EUR 89.00 (double room used as a single room with breakfast)
- Hotel Giulietta&Romeo:
- Hotel Milano:
- http://www.hotels2go.it/
- [email protected]
- Classic room: EUR 94.00 (double room used as a single room with breakfast)
- Executive room: EUR 102.00
- Hotel Milano:
Programme
- Preliminary programme: last update 2016-10-17
- Final programme: deadline Monday 2016 Oct 24
- Further topics and titles of introductory presentations: please let us know your suggestions before Oct 24
- Time slots for presentations: we will provide a lot of time for discussions to elaborate the various topics. Time slots for formal introductory presentations will be given at a time when the number of presentations is known.
Core group meeting
- Review the Work and Budget Plan Grant Period 1
- Erich Gnaiger, Chair (AT), Elisa Calabria, Vice chair (IT): A road map.
- Goals for Grant Period 2017-05-01 to 2018-04-30 have been identified according to the Memorandum of Understanding
- Key tasks of Working Groups
- Renner-Sattler K (DE) WG1 Standard operating procedures and user requirement document: Protocols, terminology, documentation
- Garcia-Roves PM (ES) WG2 [MITOEAGLE_data:_muscle#WG2_Action |MITOEAGLE data repository in muscle tissues]]
- Nedergaard J (SE) WG3 MITOEAGLE data repository on fat tissues and other tissues
- Moisoi N (GB) WG4 MITOEAGLE data: blood and cultured cells
- Dissemination plan
- Prepare agenda for MC Meeting Barcelona
- Garcia-Roves PM (ES) General outline
- Networking activities
- Next Management Committee Meeting in a Inclusiveness Target Country
- Krako N (RS) Implementation strategy: plan towards inclusiveness (geographical coverage, early career investigator involvement and gender balance) that is revised and updated at every MC meeting and develop a strategy to attract researchers and stakeholders.
- COST provides the following examples:
- Leadership roles
- Organising and locating MITOEAGLE meetings and events in Inclusiveness Target Countries
- Benefiting from COST networking tools
- Promoting STSMs
- Action Think Tank for Early Career Investigators
- Krako N (RS) Aiming to support the involvement of researchers from Near Neighbour (NNC) and International Partner Countries (IPC) in MITOEAGLE on the basis of mutual benefit.
- COST provides the following examples:
- Approved IPC and NNC Institutions can host Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM).
- Researchers from approved NNC institutions can apply for STSMs and and be supported when attending Training Schools.
- Researchers from approved IPC and NNC institutions can be supported as trainers in Training Schools.
- SME and industry participation. COST provides the following examples:
- Sessions and round table discussions dedicated to industrial participation at MITOEAGLE events
- STSMs with industry acting as home/host institution
WG1 Meeting
- Discussion of concepts and terminology of mitochondrial physiology - TG1.1 Coupling states and coupling control ratios: consensus statements
- Gnaiger E (AT) Towards a database - why terminology is important.
- Discussion: MitoPedia: Respiratory control ratios - a basis for discussion, concept for joint publication.
- Collect and discuss procedures and experimental protocols for the evaluation of mitochondrial capacities and create a library of protocols: reference subsrate-uncoupler-inhibitor titration protocols (SUIT), standard experimental media, and detailed instructions for OXPHOS analysis - TG1.2 SUIT protocols: nomenclature consistent with concept of database
- Discussion: MitoPedia: SUIT - a basis for discussion.
- TG1.5 Knowledge management system
- Drinnan M (AT, UK) Data management: direction of travel.
- TG1.6 Interlaboratory proficiency ring test
- Gnaiger E (AT) The concept of the MitoFit proficiency test - from coaching to certification.
- Discussion: MitoFit proficiency test - a basis for discussion.
WG4 Meeting
- MITOEAGLE data: blood and cultured cells - TG4.1 Blood
- Coordinator: Elisa Calabria
- Develop a working plan for the establishment of consensus protocols, reporting schemes, and the assignment of specific study tasks for mitochondrial respiratory studies in blood cells.
- Calabria E (IT) Introduction.
- Sumbalova Z (AT, SK) Isolation of blood cells for high-resolution respirometry: PBMCs and platelets.
- Garcia e Souza LF (AT) Mitochondrial respiratory control in platelets.
- Discussion: and development of SOPs for blood cell separation.
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