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The schedule is based on CET (Central European Time)

Day 1
08.01.2025 (Wednesday)

13:00 pm Opening Comments (Nam, Deb, Henning)

13:05 pm

13:35 pm

13:55 pm

14:15 pm

14:20 pm

Keynote 1

"A lifetime of inositol phosphates: from forgotten biochemistry to pancreatic β-cell physiology"

Chris Barker

Karolinska / Sweden

Talk 1

"Appreciating the signaling versatility of 5-IP7 through its regulated synthesis and effector modulation"

Feng Rao

Sustech Shenzhen / China

Talk 2

"Ip6k1 and Ip6k2, phosphate sensing, and kidney tubule function"

Carsten Wagner

Uni Zürich / Switzerland

Elevator 1

"Inhibiting IP6K1 confers atheroprotection by elevating circulating apolipoprotein A-I"

Xiaoqi Liu

Tianjin medical university

Elevator 2

"Local synthesis of 5-InsP7 drives protein pyrophosphorylation"

Jayashree Ladke

CDFD / India

BREAK (14:25-14:59)

Session 1, Chair: Henning J.Jessen

Session 2, Chair: Rashna Bhandari

15:00 pm

15:20 pm

15:40 pm

16:00 pm

16:05 pm

16:10 pm

Talk 3

The role of intestinal microbial phytate metabolism in obesity and diabetes

Nam Bui

Amsterdam UMC / The Netherlands

Talk 4

The impact of InsPs in the carbon assimilation and adaptability to stress in green microalgae

Inmaculada Couso

Uni Sevilla / Spain 

Talk 5

"Unexpected findings in inositol pyrophosphate metabolism from fungi"

Ronda Rolfes

Georgetown University / USA

Elevator 3

"Discovery and Characterization of Inositol-Tetrakisphosphate 1-Kinase via Biochemical and Biophysical Methods:

Martin Ng

National Cancer Insitute

Elevator 4

"Systematic Profiling of XPR1 and IP6K inhibitors in cancer"

Daniel Bondeson

UMass Chan Medical School

Elevator 5

"Multimodal regulation of IP6K1 by the E3biquitin ligase Ube4A via a unique mechanism"

Naga Lakshmi Challa

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

BREAK (16:15-16:39)

Session 3, Chair: Stewart Shuman

16:40 pm

17:00 pm

17:20 pm

Talk 6

"From Hypoxia to Normoxia via ITPP"

Jean-Marie Lehn

ISIS Strasbourg / France

Talk 7

"Role of inositol-tetrakisphosphate 1-kinase in cancer"

Ji Luo

Center for Cancer Research, NIH / USA

Talk 8

"IPMK regulates HDAC3 and histone H4 acetylation in human cells" 

Ray Blind 

Vanderbilt University / USA

CLOSE

Day 2
09.01.2025 (Thursday)

13:00 pm Opening Comments (Nam, Deb, Henning)

Session 4, Chair: Debabrata Laha

13:05 pm

13:35 pm

13:55 pm

14:15 pm

14:20 pm

Keynote 2

"Inositol polyphosphates: from fungal pathogenesis to drug development"

Julianne Djordjevic

University of Sydney / Australia

Talk 9

"Exploring IP7-regulated protein targets in mammals"

Seyun Kim

KAIST / South Korea

Talk 10

"Inositol phosphates trigger conformational changes of Arabidopsis phosphate transporter PHT5 in regulating vacuolar phosphate storage"

Tzyy-Jen Chiou 

Academia Sinica / Taiwan

Elevator 6

"A key plant immune regulator intersects phosphate homeostasis"

Medha Noopur

Regional Centre for Biotechnology / India

Elevator 7

"Arabidopsis PFA-DSP2, a crucial phosphatase in inositol pyrophosphate catabolism, regulates phosphate transporter expression and phosphate homeostasis"

CHANG HAO-HSIANG

Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center/ Taiwan

BREAK (14:25-14:59)

Session 5, Chair: Michael Hothorn

15:00 pm

15:20 pm

15:40 pm

16:00 pm

16:05 pm

16:10 pm

Talk 11

"Inositol pyrophosphates - Regulators of plant root endosymbioses ?"

Martina Ried

Leibniz Institute Plant Biochemistry / Germany

Talk 12

"Using Native and Synthetic Genes to Disrupt Inositol Pyrophosphates and Phosphate Accumulation in Plants"

Catherine Freed

University of Wisconsin/ USA

Talk 13

"Role of novel Arabidopsis pyrophosphate phosphohydrolases in phosphate signaling and beyond"

Gabriel Schaaf

University of Bonn / Germany

Elevator 8

"A GAF domain controls PPIP5K phosphatase activity in phosphate homeostasis"

Pierre Raia

University of Geneva / Switzerland

Elevator 9

"13C-Labeled scyllo-inositol to investigate its metabolism in mammalian cells"

Meike Amma

FMP - Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie / Germany

Elevator 10

"Teach an old turtle new tricks - chemoenzymatic synthesis of InsP derivatives"

Markus Häner

Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg / Germany

BREAK (16:10-16:39)

Session 3

Session 6, Chair:  Ursula Fleig

16:40

17:00 pm

17:20 pm

Talk 14

"Discovery of an Atypical Malaria Parasite Inositol Phosphatase"

Emily Derbyshire

Duke University / USA

Talk 15

"A to I RNA editing by ADAR1 is influenced by inositol hexaphosphate"

Fran Venegas Solis

University of Marburg / Germany

Talk 16

"Pairwise inactivation of inositol pyrophosphatases illuminates distinct mechanisms of inositol pyrophosphate toxicosis in fission yeast"

Beate Schwer

Weill Cornell Medical College / USA

CLOSE

Day 3
10.01.2025 (Friday)

13:00 pm Opening Comments (Nam, Deb, Henning)

Session 7, Chair: Nam Bui

13:05 pm

13:35 pm

13:55 pm

14:15 pm

14:20 pm

Keynote 3

"Phosphate homeostasis in yeast - strategies beyond InsPPs and SPX domains"

Andreas Mayer

University of Lausanne / Switzerland

Talk 17

"Binding of inositol pyrophosphates to VTC SPX domains studied by NMR spectroscopy"

Sebastian Hiller

Biocenter Basel / Switzerland

Talk 18

"Homeostatic coordination of cellular phosphate uptake and efflux requires an organelle-based inositol pyrophosphate receptor XPR1"

Chunfang Gu

NIEHS NIH / USA

Elevator 11

"Orchestration of phosphate homeostasis by the ITPK1-type inositol phosphate kinase in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha"

Naga Jyothi Pullagurala

Indian Institute of Science/ India

Elevator 12

"Tomato Myo-inositol Phosphate Synthase 2 regulates phosphate homeostasis in tomato seedlings"

Rahul Kumar

University of Hyderabad / India

BREAK (14:25-14:59)

Session 8, Chair: Bastien Castagner

15:00 pm

15:20 pm

15:40 pm

Talk 19

"Chemical Interactions and Hydration Patterns of Inositol Hexaphosphates"

Kristin Bowman-James

University of Kansas / USA

Talk 20

 "Detection of endogenous protein pyrophosphorylation using mass spectrometry"

Dorothea Fiedler

FMP Berlin / Germany 

Talk 21

"Nuclear Delivery of Inositol Pyrophosphate Prometabolites Mediated by Short Cationic Peptides"

Adeline Schmitt

ETH Zürich / Switzerland

BREAK (16:00-16:29)

Session 9, Chair: Henning J.Jessen

16:30 pm

16:50 pm

16:55 pm

17:00 pm

17:05 pm

16:30 pm

16:50 pm

Talk 22

"Transport and InsP8 activation mechanisms of the human inorganic phosphate exporter XPR1"

Melinda Diver

Sloan Kettering Institute / USA

Elevator 13

"Analysis of InsP1 and InsP2 in biosamples by CE-MS

Mengsi Lu

Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg / Germany

Elevator 14

"Inositol pyrophosphate catabolism in Marchantia polymorpha

Felix Rico ResendizUniversity of Geneva / Switzerland

Elevator 15

"Structure-Guided Development of Inhibitors for Inositol Phosphate Kinases

Huanchen Wang

NIEHS/NIH / USA

Featured Talk 

"The contribution of chromatography to inositol (pyro)phosphate enzymology of plants"

Charles Brearley

University of East Anglia / United Kingdom

CLOSE AND DISCUSSION (17:35 PM - 19:00 PM)

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