Tentative Programme

The New Biology of Polyphosphate in Health and Disease

Tentative Programme 2023

May 9, 2023.

DAY 1

Registration Open (14:00)

Introductory Welcome: (16:00-16:10) Roberto Docampo (Chair)

Talk 1 (16:10-17:00) Plenary Lecture

James Morrissey (How and why an ancient polymer end up modulating haemostasis, thrombosis, and inflammation.)

Coffee Break (17:00-17:30)

Talk 2 (17:30-18:00) Adolfo Saiardi (polyP and inositol phosphate)

Talk 3 Abstracts selected presentation (18:00-18:30)

Talk 4 Abstracts selected presentation (18:30-19:00)

Welcome Dinner (19:00)

May 10, 2023.

DAY 2

Morning Section: Mammalian polyphosphate

Chair: To be selected from the attendee

Talk 1 (9:00-9:30) Ursula Jakob (Chaperoning property of polyphosphate)

Talk 2 (9:30-10:00) IUBMB Lecture: Maria E. Solesio (Inorganic polyphosphate: a key regulator of mitochondrial physiology)

Talk 3 Abstracts selected presentation (10:00 -10:30)

Coffee break (10:30-11:00)

Talk 4 (11:00-11:30) Rashna Bhandari (Polyphosphate mouse biology)

Talk 5 Abstracts selected presentation (11:30 -12:00)

Talk 6 Abstracts selected presentation (12:00 -12:30)

Lunch (13.00 – 14.00)

Afternoon Section: Polyphosphate microorganisms

Chair: Felix Ruiz

Putting up of Posters (14.00 – 14.30)

Talk 1 (14:30-15:00) Roberto Docampo (PolyP in trypanosomatids)

Talk 2 (15:00-15:30) Emanuel Sanz Luque (Polyphosphate role in the acclimation of microalgae to nutrient deprivation)

Poster Session I / Coffee Break (15.30 – 17.00)

Talk 3 (17:00-17:30) Alison Baker (Algae phosphate homeost. and polyP metabolism)

Talk 4 (17:30-18:00) Ursula Fleig (Regulation of polyP generation and its role in fission yeast mitosis)

Social event to be organised with local government

May 11, 2023.

DAY 3

Morning Section: Polyphosphate, Platelets, and Coagulation

Chair: Rashna Bhandari

Talk 1 (9:00-9:30) Felix A. Ruiz (Polyphosphate in Blood Plasma)

Talk 2 (9:30-10:00) Brigitte van Zundert (polyP induced motoneurons dysfunction)

Talk 3 Abstracts selected presentation (10:00 -10:30)

Coffee break (10:30-11:00)

Talk 4 (11:00-11:30) Thomas Renné (Procoagulant properties of polyphosphate)

Talk 5 Abstracts selected presentation (11:30 -12:00)

Talk 6 Abstracts selected presentation (12:00 -12:30)

Lunch (13.00 – 14.00)

Afternoon Section: New trends in polyP

Chair: Adolfo Saiardi

Poster Session II (14.00 – 16.00)

Talk 1 (16:00-16:30) Javier Jiménez (Nudt3 the mammalian polyP phosphatase)

Talk 2 (16:30-17:00) Evgeny Pavlov (Polyphosphate and ion channel)

Coffee Break (17:00-17:30)

Talk 3 (17:30-18:00) Henning J. Jessen (Ultraphosphate chemistry)

Talk 4 Abstracts selected presentation (18:00-18:30)

Talk 5 Abstracts selected presentation (18:30-19:00)

Social Dinner (20:00)

May 12, 2023.

(10:00-12:00) Closing Meeting (TBC)