1st Scientific Retreat
20th - 22nd October 2011
Seggau Castle
14:00 - 14:30 Opening & Welcome Notes Session 1
chaired by: Dagmar Kratky14:30 - 15:15 KeyNote Lecture:
Dawn Brasaemle: Control of lipolysis by perilipins15:15 - 15:30 Anita Sahu: Activity-based imaging of lipases 15:30 - 15:45 Katarina Fritz: Altered activity profiles of lipases in murine ATGL-knockout tumor B-cells 15:45 - 16:00 Manoja Brahma:The role of FGF21 in energy homeostasis of ATGL deficient mice 16:00 - 16:30 Break Session 2
chaired by: Ruth Birner-Gruenberger16:30 - 16:45 Nina Pollak: Heaptic steatosis in mice lacking CGl-58 in the liver is not linked to ER-stress and mitochondrial dysfunction 16:45 - 17:00 Ariane Klatzer: Elucidation of the function of Adipocyte Plasma Membrane Associated Protein (Apmap) in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and C2C12 myotybes 17:00 - 17:15 Evelyn Walenta: ABHD15 - deeper characterization and functional investigation of a promising new player of adipogenesis 17:15 - 17:30 Anil Paul Chirackal Manavalan: Liver X receptor activation regulates phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) expression and activity in capillary endothelial cells of the blood brain barrier 17:30 - 17:45 Alexandra Kober: Expression and liver X receptor-mediated regulation of genes involved in cholesterol metabolism in brain capillary endothelial cells (BCEC) 17:45 - 18:45 FACULTY MEETING 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner Session 3
chaired by: Gerald Hoefler20:00 - 20:45 KeyNote Lecture:
Jan Eggermont: Driving the PhD car: Career perspectives for PhD graduates- open end Get together 
Session 4
chaired by: Guenter Haemmerle09:00 - 09:45 KeyNote Lecture:
Ira Goldberg: Two stories waiting for an ending09:45 - 10:00 Wael Al Zoughbi: ATGL downregulation enhances tumor growth 10:00 - 10:15 Jianfeng Huang: The role of PPARα in ATGL-mediated tumor suppression 10:15 - 10:30 Madeleine Goeritzer: The role of CGl-58 in macrophages 10:30 - 11:00 Break Session 5
chaired by: Michael Speicher11:00 - 11:15 Chintan Koyani: Signaling cascades in cardiomyocytes in response to HOCl-modified LDL 11:15 - 11:30 Ali Alavian Ghavanini: Reagent HOCl induces the apoptotic machinery in yeast 11:30 - 11:45 Cornelia Sommer: Decreasing degradation: Molecular mechanisms of neurotoxic UBB1+ triggered cell death in aging yeast 11:45 - 12:00 Lukas Habernig: α-synuclein and autophagy: Best friends or enemies? 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch 
Session 6
chaired by: Klaus Groschner13:30 - 13:45 Maryam Heidary: Characterization of CTCs with stem cell features from patients with breast cancer 13:45 - 14:00 Michaela Mueller: Regulation of G0S2 in acute and chronic hepatic inflammation 14:00 - 14:15 Pooja Chowdhury: Functional analysis of the role of p62/Sqstm1 in Mallory-Denk Body (MDB) formation in Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) 14:15 - 14:30 Anita Mehta: Molecular pathogenesis and genetic susceptibility to steatohepatitis induced liver cancer 14:30 - 14:45 Break 14:45 - 15:45 CONSORTIUM MEETING 16:00 - 17:30 Guided tour at Seggau Castle 18:30 Joint Dinner at the nearby winery "Buschenschank Assigal" 
Session 7
chaired by: Wolfgang Graier09:00 - 09:45 KeyNote Lecture:
Alexei Tepikin: Optical techniques, Ca2+ signaling and bioenergetics: A special recipe for the retreat09:45 - 10:00 Bernhard Doleschal: Calcineurin/NFAT signaling in immune cells involves functional coupling between Orai1 and TRPC3 10:00 - 10:15 Michaela Lichtenegger: Structural determinants of divalent permeation through TRPC channels 10:15 - 10:30 Claire Jean-Quartier: Studying mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake reveals different transfer routes 10:30 - 11:00 Break Session 8
chaired by: Frank Madeo11:00 - 11:15 Neelanjan Vishnu: Live cell imaging of ATP during the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response on the single cell level 11:15 - 11:30 Jin Ge: Characterization of cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling in early heart failure development and atrial fibrillation 11:30 - 11:45 Michael Schwarzl: DOCA/salt-induced hypertension + high-cholesterol/high-lipid diet: A large animal model of concentric LV hypertrophy with increased LV stiffness 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch 
