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The Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting (2nd edition)

11-13 September 2024, Leuven, Belgium
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The Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting (2nd edition)

The Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting (2nd edition)
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Following the great success of the conference's first edition in 2022, Frederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz and the Switch Lab will again bring together inspiring speakers from around the world to talk about some of the most exciting research in the protein aggregation field. With less than 150 participants in an informal setting, there will be ample opportunity for discussion and interaction among all participants. The program will include poster sessions to allow contributions from as many attendees as possible.

Come join us for this exciting meeting in Leuven’s Great Beguinage, a UNESCO world heritage site fom the 13th century. Besides the inspiring scientific program, participants will also have ample networking opportunities during the poster sessions and conference dinner.

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Poster information
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation.

Host City: Leuven
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Travel grants
We offer 5 travel grants to international junior scientists, which will reimburse travel costs up to 400 Euros.

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Program

Day 1 - Wednesday, 11 September, 2024

13:00
14:00
Registration
14:00
17:30
Session 1
14:00
14:05
Welcome
14:05
14:35
Small molecule steering of amyloid aggregation
14:35
14:50

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
14:50
15:05

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
15:05
15:35
Tau prions in neurodegenerative tauopathies
15:35
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
16:45

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
16:45
17:00

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
17:00
17:30
The thermodynamic stability of amyloid fibrils
17:30
20:00
Poster session 1

With Belgian beers and tapas

20:00
Feel free to enjoy one of the many restaurants in the historic city of Leuven (not included in the registration fee)

Day 2 - Thursday, 12 September, 2024

09:00
12:00
Session 2
09:00
09:30
Molecular origami: Understanding how proteins fold and misfold in living cells
09:30
09:45

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
09:45
10:00

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
10:00
10:30
Thermodynamic and kinetic approaches for drug discovery to target protein misfolding and aggregation
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
11:30
Mechanisms of tau assembly regulation
12:00
14:30
Lunch & Poster session 2
14:30
18:00
Session 3
14:30
15:00
Finding the spark that ignites protein misfolding
15:00
15:15

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
15:15
15:30

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
15:30
16:00
Mapping the protein-protein interactions between the proteome and aggregating proteins
16:00
16:30
Coffee break
16:30
17:00
Competition between functional amyloids: the structural basis for viral interference with the mammalian necroptosis machinery
17:00
17:15

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
17:15
17:30

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
17:30
18:00
Amyloid fibril structures from systemic amyloidosis
18:15
21:30
Conference dinner

Additional fee

Day 3 - Friday, 13 September, 2024

09:00
12:30
Session 4
09:00
09:30
Quantifying Pathology of Dementias with Proteomics
09:30
09:45

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
09:45
10:00

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
10:00
10:30
Uncovering neurotoxic mechanisms of self-propagating huntingtin aggregates in Drosophila

Erich Wanker

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, DE
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
11:30
The BRICHOS domain of Bri2 inhibits IAPP amyloid formation in islet-like stem cell clusters
11:30
11:45

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
11:45
12:00

Presenter TBA

Selected from abstracts
12:00
12:30
Molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases by cryo-EM of amyloids
12:30
14:00
Poster prizes, Closing remarks & Lunch
14:00
End of the conference

Organizing committee

Hannah Wilkinson

Switch Laboratory, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE

Travel grant

Submission closing date

Abstracts

We are delighted that the International Society of Amyloidosis will offer four awards, each of 1150 euros, for the best abstracts as rated by the Organizing Committee! These awards are for early career scientists (PhD students and postdocs) and can be used to cover the cost of attending ProAgg24 (reimbursing travel, accomodation & registration). Announcements will be made during the week of June 10th!

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Submit your abstract for this event

You can submit an abstract for a poster and/or oral presentation. You do not have to register before submitting your abstract.

Abstract submission closing date:   Friday, 31 May, 2024
Submit an abstract
The full list of abstracts will be available on 28-08-2024 until 13-12-2024
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.

Attendees

The full list of attendees will be available on 28-08-2024 until 13-12-2024
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.

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Other available tickets

PhD student ticket
PhD student
€270.00 excl. VAT
 
Academic ticket
Academic
€350.00 excl. VAT
 
Industry ticket
Industry
€600.00 excl. VAT
 

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Conference dinner - 12 September 2024
€70.00 excl. VAT