From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Mon Feb 23 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Michal Opas Newsgroups: bionet.diagnostics Subject: Calreticulin Workshop: Program & Gen Info Date: 24 Feb 1998 06:42:06 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 214 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: odonnell@sasa.gov.uk Distribution: world Message-ID: <6cum7u$5uc@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Colleague, We are delighted to announce that Calreticulin Workshop, devoted to the structure and function of calreticulin and related proteins, will take place on March 31 - April 2, 1998 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The Calreticulin Workshop is a satellite meeting to the 8th Fisher Winternational Symposium on Cellular and Molecular Biology which will be held April 2-5, 1998, also at the Banff Conference Centre. The Workshop will provide unique opportunity to meet and interact with the scientists interested in calreticulin research in spectacular surroundings of Banff National Park in Canadian Rocky Mountains. We are sure that the Banff Calreticulin Workshop will be an important forum to share the latest findings and to develop future interactions. Calreticulin has been implicated to play a role in almost every aspect of cell biology as outlined in a brief overview below. We hope that the Workshop will be useful to sort out some of the latest discoveries and controversies concerning calreticulin and implication of this protein in a variety of biological systems. On the behalf of the Organizing Committee we would like to invite you to participate in the Workshop. Program of the 3rd Calreticulin Workshop "Wine & cheese" reception: March 31, 1998 8:00-10:30 pm Day 1 April 1 9:00-9:20 M. Opas Foreword ER Signalling 9:20-10:00 K. Mikoshiba "Molecular Dynamics in Brain Development" Calcium Chair: N.S. Allen 10:00-10:40 T. Pozzan "Calreticulin as a Ca2+-buffer in the ER: evidence from overexpression studies" 10:40-11:20 KH. Krause "Ligand-gated and store-operated Ca2+ channels" 11:20-11:40 Coffee Break Calcium continued Chair: K. Mikoshiba 12:00-12:40 P. Camacho "Modulation of intracellular Ca2+ release and uptake by Calreticulin, Calnexin and Calmegin in Xenopus oocytes". 12:40-13:40 Lunch Break ER Chaperones Chair: R. Sontheimer 13:40-14:20 J. Bergeron "ER chaperones" 14:20-15:00 W. Nauseef "Roles of calreticulin and calnexin in ER 'quality control'" 15:00-15:40 D. Hebert "Calreticulin and calnexin: ER chaperone partners" 15:40-16:00 Coffee Break Disease Chair: K-H. Krause 16:00-16:40 R. Sontheimer Calreticulin Autoantibody Detection Employing a Ro Autoantigen-Binding Form of Recombinant Human Calreticulin" 16:40-17:20 P. Eggleton "Dual roles of calreticulin in autoimmunity and innate immunity" 17:20-18:00 B. Ritchie "Calreticulin in Blood Coagulation" 18:00-18:40 G. Needham "Tick Calreticulin" Day 2 April 2nd Gene Chair: T. Pozzan 09:00-09:40 R. Clark "Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of calreticulin expression" 09:40-10:20 R. St.Arnaud "Specific developmental roles for calreticulin revealed by the knock-out mice" 10:20-11:00 D. Llewellyn "Stress-induced calreticulin expression" 11:00-11:20 Coffee Break Gene continued Chair: P. Eggleton 11:20-12:00 Nakhashi "Calreticulin and RNA processing" Plants 12:00-12:40 Allen/Wyatt/Tsou/Robertson "Calreticulin: a tool to alter cellular calcium in plant cells" 12:40-13:20 Navazio/Mariani "Calreticulin in plant cells" 13:20-14:20 Lunch Break Trafficking Chair: J. Bergeron 14:20-15:00 Johnson "Calreticulin in neuronal cells" Adhesion 15:00-15:40 Murphy-Ullrich "Calreticulin as a mediator of thrombospondin-stimulated focal adhesion disassembly" 15:40-16:00 Coffee Break Adhesion continued Chair: R. Clark 16:00-16:40 Dedhar "Perturbation of integrin mediated adhesion and Ca signalling in calreticulin-deficient cells. 16:40-17:20 Opas "Modulation of cellular adhesiveness by levels of expression of calreticulin" 17:20 Closing discussion >>> Conclusion M. Michalak SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM The scientific sessions for the Workshop will take place on Wednesday, April 1, 1998 from 9:00 AM - circa 7:00 PM. Slide projector, overhead projector, black-board and VHS VCR will be available for your presentations. Presentations: Each speaker will have ~40 minutes for presentation: please make presentation short enough to leave ~10 minutes for discussion. As you can see from the scientific program we are all working in extremely diverse areas of the biological sciences. Therefore, please make sure you devote at least 5 minutes of your talk to introduce the biological system you are studying. There is no need to send abstracts for the Workshop. Posters: Bring one or more posters if you wish! Posters shall be displayed throughout the Workshop, but we shall not formal poster sessions. In keeping with informal manner of the Workshop we expect posters to be on display throughout the duration of the Workshop to provide ample opportunity to discuss them at any time. REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION Schedule arrival date is on Tuesday, March 31, 1998. Upon arrival to the Banff Center please register for your accommodation at the Front Office in the foyer of the first floor of Donald Cameron Hall (Administration Building). Check-in time for your room is 2:30 PM on your day of arrival. Check-out time is 12:00 noon on your departure day. Your account may be paid in cash or by credit card (Visa, American Express, Master Card, EnRoute). RECEPTION There will be a reception ("wine & cheese") held for the Workshop participants on Tuesday, March 31, 1998 from 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM. Registration packets for the Workshop and name tags will be available during the reception. WINTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM The Calreticulin Workshop is a satellite meeting to the 8th Fisher Winternational Symposium on Cellular and Molecular Biology entitled "Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease" which will be held April 2-5, 1998, also at the Banff Conference Centre. Information about the meetings and registration forms can be obtained by contacting: Dr. Carol E. Cass, Chair Winternational Symposium Department of Oncology University of Alberta Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2 (403) 432-8320 phone (403) 432-8425 fax email: sherron.becker@cancerboard.ab.ca GROUND TRANSPORTATION Bus service by Brewster Transportation is available directly from Calgary International Airport to Banff at 12:30 PM, 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM. The travel time is about 2 hours and the current one way fare is $28.00. Upon request buses will drop off passengers at the Banff Center. Brewster Transportation numbers are 403-762-6767 and 1-800-661-1152. If you have any further questions or special requirements please contact: Marek Michalak at (403) 492-2256 phone (403) 492-0886 fax E-mail: marek.michalak@ualberta.ca or Michal Opas at: (416) 978-8947 phone (416) 978-3954 fax E-mail: m.opas@utoronto.ca SEE YOU IN BANFF! Cheers Marek Michalak & Michal Opas .