7th International Conference on Molecular Perspectives on Protein-Protein Interactions

Program - Tuesday, October 10

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    Airport
    Please note that Crete has two airports. You want to arrive at the Heraklion International Airport (code: HER) and take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (~60 EUR). You may also rent a car at the airport and drive to the conference center. Alternatively Chania International Airport (CHQ) is a two-hour drive to the Conference Center.

    Accommodation Tax
    An accommodation tax of € 4.00 per room night will apply, and will be charged automatically to the individual guest’s extras accounts. 

    Accommodations
    Accommodations for the conference are at the Aldemar Hotel.  The hotel is located in Hersonissos, 27 km from Heraklion International Airport.  Please take a taxi from the airport to the conference venue. 

    Arrival and Check-in 
    It is expected that attendees will arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM. Anyone arriving after 10:30 pm on the first day should make alternative dinner arrangements.

    Conference Venue
    The Aldemar Conference Center is located at the hotel. 

    Handicapped Accessibility
    The site is fully handicapped accessible.

    Oral Presentations
    Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session.  The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

    Archaeological Site of Knossos and City Tour
    Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby at 3:30 pm. Badges are required for participation. 

    Breakfast
    Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Aldemar Knossos Royal Village main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program. 

    Lunches/Informal Discussions
    Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant and only after the session has finished. Badges are required for admission.

    Dinners/Informal Discussions
    Three of the dinners/informal discussion will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting.  Please contact info@aegeanconferences.org. 

    Internet, Phone, & Computer 
    Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.

    Certificate of Participation
    A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session. 

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    • Authors of accepted abstracts
    • Fully paid registrants

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    Liability and Insurance
    Neither the organizers, nor the Aegean Conferences will assume any responsibility whatsoever for damage or injury to persons or property during meeting period. Participants are advised to arrange their own personal travel and health insurance.  

    Other Information
    Animals are not permitted on site.
    Badges are required for admission to all events.
    All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking. 

    No Photographs and Recording Devices 
    Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations. 

    Code of Conduct Policy 
    Aegean Conferences is committed to making its meetings an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. The code of conduct can be viewed here. 

     

Tuesday, October 10

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Protein interactions in signaling
Chair: Bostjan Kobe
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
30
Structural Pharmacology of TRPV channels
Vera Moiseenkova-Bell
09:25 AM - 09:50 AM
31
Specificity and promiscuity of members of the Janus Kinase family binding cytokine receptors, and its implications towards signaling
Eyal Zoler1, Thomas Meyer2, Junel Sotolongo Bellon2, Boyue Sun 1, Jacob Piehler2, and Gideon Schreiber1
09:50 AM - 10:15 AM
32
Structural elements in Gα proteins integrate multi-specific partner interactions and inactivation
Mickey Kosloff
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
33
Signaling and regulation mechanisms of the AIM2-ASC Inflammasome.
Jungsan Sohn
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
34
Open-ended signalling assemblies formed by TIR domains
Bostjan Kobe
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Imaging of PPIs
Chair: Diane Lidke
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
35
Assembly and dynamics of cytokine receptor signaling complexes in the plasma membrane
Jacob Piehler
12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
36
High-density single molecule maps to resolve transient multi-molecular receptor interactions in living cells.
Nicolas Mateos1, Parijat Sil3, Carlo Manzo2, Juan Torreno-Pina1, Satyajit Mayor3, and Maria F. Garcia-Parajo1
12:50 PM - 01:15 PM
37
Adaptive Smart Microscopy for Quantitative Imaging of Protein-Protein Interactions
Keith A Lidke
01:15 PM - 01:40 PM
38
Nanoscale imaging of the FcεRI signalosome
Diane Lidke
01:40 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Farewell Dinner