40th FEBS Congress – The Biochemical Basis of Life 2015

Key Topics

• Membranes, Receptors & Bioenergetics
  • Autophagy and degradation
  • Organelle dynamics and communication
  • Cellular growth control - from the membrane to the nucleus
  • Redox-regulation of biological activities
  • Lipid signaling and dynamics
• Mechanisms of Gene Expression
  • Turning signals into messages - the complexity of gene regulation
  • Chromatin structure and epigenetic modifications and maintenance of the genome
  • RNA processing and modifications
  • Translational control and protein turnover
  • Non-coding RNAs in gene regulation
• Systems Biology, Bioinformatics & Theoretical Biology
  • Molecular clocks
  • Interspecies communication
  • Functional networks regulating cellular stress responses and ageing
  • Comprehensive models of metabolism and signaling
  • Systems biology in stem cells
• Structural Biology and Biophysics
  • Channels and transporters
  • Mechanisms of membrane transport
  • Monitoring protein conformational dynamics and movement
  • Protein mediated membrane deformation and penetration
  • From subcellular to molecular resolution
• From Chemical Biology to Molecular Medicine
  • Targeted cancer therapy
  • Probing cellular function with small molecules
  • RNA-based disease mechanism and therapy
  • Functional glycobiology - from mechanism to disease
  • Signal transduction in tumor development, differentiation and immune escape
• Molecular Neuroscience
  • Mechanisms of nervous system development and regeneration
  • Neuronal ion channels and their role in disease
  • Molecular architecture and assembly of the synapse
  • Degeneration and ageing of the nervous system
  • Control of neuronal function by regulating protein homeostasis

Who should Attend

Wide range of researchers from all across Europe and further afield.