| 08:00 – 08:50 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 08:50 – 09:00 AM | Welcome/Introductions |
Session 1: Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy Initiation
| 09:00 – 09:45 AM | Unraveling the molecular details of autophagy initiation Sharon A. Tooze, PhD Principal Group Leader, Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute |
| 09:45 – 10:30 AM | Understanding Mitophagy Initiation using Biochemical Reconstitution Michael J. Ragusa, PhD Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Dartmouth |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Break |
Session 2: Bringing Autophagy into Focus: Structure and Prediction
| 10:45 – 11:30 AM | Autophagy through the lens of structural biology James H. Hurley, PhD Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley |
| 11:30 – 12:15 PM | Autophagy through a computational lens: predicting molecular interactions Christopher Shoemaker, PhD Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine |
| 12:15 – 01:30 PM | Lunch
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Session 3: Autophagy in Cellular Physiology and Disease
| 01:30 – 02:15 PM | Autophagy, organelle clearance and disease Eric H. Baehrecke, PhD Professor and Our Danny Cancer Fund Chair in Biomedical Research, UMass Chan Medical School |
| 02:15 – 03:00 PM | Dynamics of autophagy in neurons Erika Holzbaur, PhD William Maul Measey Professor of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine |
| 03:00 – 05:00 PM | Reception
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