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Protein misfolding: crossroads between biology, cancer and neurodegeneration

May 20-21, 2019 • Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

The workshop in Rio brought together renowned researchers working on misfolding protein and its relation to different fields: biology, cancer and neurodegeneration..

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The workshop was held on May 20-21, 2019 at the Laboratório de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Tecnológico - LADETEC  located at the campus of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ORGANIZERS

Elis Eleutherio • DBq -IQ-UFRJ, Brazil (Chair)

Tiago Outeiro • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Luciana Pizzatti • LBCD/DBq -IQ-UFRJ, Brazil

Speakers

MAY 20 | 2019

Session 1 • Cellular quality control mechanisms

Charles Boone
Charles Boone

University of Toronto, Canada

Ronald Kopito
Ronald Kopito

Stanford University, USA

Daniel Jarosz
Daniel Jarosz

Stanford University,

USA

Henning Ulrich
Henning Ulrich

IQ, USP, Brazil

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Session 2 • Protein misfolding in biology and ageing

Daniel Kaganovich
Daniel Kaganovich

The Alexander Silbermana Institute of Life Sciences, Jerusalem/ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Harm Kampinga
Harm Kampinga

University of Groningen,

The Netherlands

Andrew Dillin
Andrew Dillin

University of California,

USA

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Thomas Nystrom
Thomas Nystrom

University of Gothenburg

Session 3 • Protein misfolding as a target for intervention

Sergio Ferreira
Sergio Ferreira

IbqM, UFRJ, Brazil

Christian Griesinger
Christian Griesinger

Max Planck, Germany

MAY 21 | 2019

Session 4 • Protein misfolding in cancer

Carolina Panis 
Carolina Panis 

UNIOESTE, Brazil

Jerson Lima Silva
Jerson Lima Silva

IbqM, UFRJ, Brazil

Mauricio M Marquez
Mauricio M Marquez

CONICET, Rosario,

Argentina

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Anderson Pinheiro
Anderson Pinheiro

IQ, UFRJ, Brazil

Session 5 • Protein misfolding in neurodegeneration

Yraima Cordeiro
Yraima Cordeiro

FF, UFRJ, Brazil

Elis Eleutherio
Elis Eleutherio

IQ, UFRJ, Brazil

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Tiago Outeiro
Tiago Outeiro

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Debora Foguel
Debora Foguel

IbqM, UFRJ, Brazil

Luciana Pizzatti
Luciana Pizzatti

IQ, UFRJ, Brazil

Speakers

MOMENTS

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Moments

EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS

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Exhibitors and Sponsors

CONTACT

Professor Elis Eleutherio

eliscael@iq.ufrj.br

Phone: + 55 21 3938.7735

FAX: +55 21 3938.7826

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Department of Biochemistry
Institute of Chemistry
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 149 - CT - Bl A - sala 547

CEP 21941-909

Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Brazil

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