TOR de France 2023

Memories of the 3rd edition

TOR de France 2023

5-6 October in Nice

Conferences - Program

Thursday - October 5th

NEUROBIOLOGY OF mTOR AND NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

14:15   –    Ghayda Mirzaa - Analysis of MTOR-related disorders through deep genomic and functional models reveals new clinical insights and distinct molecular pathomechanisms

15:00   –    Jacek Jaworski - TBC1d5, novel mTORC1 substrate needed for neuronal development

15:15  –    Deepika Mokkachamy Chellapandi - Identification of Dysregulated Molecular Pathways in Frataxin deficient Proprioceptive Neurons

15:25  –    Angeliki Louvi - Human iPSC-derived cerebral organoids implicate mTOR pathway dysregulation in lissencephaly

15:40  –    Stéphanie Baulac - Brain mosaicism in Epilepsy

15:55  –    Amanda Almacellas Barbanoj - Gene Therapy for Epilepsy Associated with Focal Cortical Dysplasia type II

16:10   –   Coffee Break

16:40   –    Michele Studer - Modeling an emerging neurodevelopmental disorder affecting cortical gyrification

17:10   –    Alice Gilbert - Mtor mouse models to dissect mechanisms in cortical malformations and epilepsy

17:25   –    Jan Kudlacek - Neurons carrying mutated mTOR have a causal role in ictogenesis in focal cortical dysplasia

17:35  –    Steffen Syrbe - De novo loss- and gain-of-function variants in RHEB cause a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders

17:45   –    Francesco Avanzi - S6 Kinase is involved in TSC-related epilepsy through the regulation of TREK-1 potassium channel

17:55   –    Daniela Cota - Role of microglial mTOR in obesity

18:30   –    Poster session

Friday - October 6th

mTOR AND GROWTH CONTROL IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

09:30   –    Kathrin Thedieck - New metabolic signals to mTOR: how cancer cells deal with tryptophan stress

10:15   –    Zhenrui Pan - Function of GATOR1 complex in cisplatin resistance

10:25   –    Jette Lengefeld - Cellular enlargement - A new hallmark of aging?

11:00   –    Coffee Break

11:30   –    Guillaume Canaud - Drug repositioning for rare diseases involving RAS/PIK3CA pathway

12:00   –    Milica Vucetic - ER-storage response to protein misfolding activates ER-phagy via Fam134b transcriptional induction

12:10   –   Marianna Maddaluno - Phosphoproteomics identifies RNA-metabolism defects in the brain in TSC

12:20   –   Khaled Tighanimine - Metabolic adaptations of senescent cells

12:30   –   Xiaolin Zi - The Potent Anti-Tumor Effects of Rhodiola Drinking Are Associated with the Inhibition of the mTOR Pathway and Modification of Tumor Metabolism

12:40   –   Nitzan Samra - Neuronal cell growth and tissue size regulation by mTOR UTRs

12:55   –   Sophia Ladraa -

13:05   –    Lunch

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MTOR REGULATION

14:15   –    Robbie Loewith - TOR HD – revealing TOR regulation through cryoEM

15:00   –    Iain Hay - The role of membrane binding in mTOR complex 2 signalling

15:10   –    Constantinos Demetriades - Spatially and Functionally Distinct mTORC1 Entities Orchestrate the Cellular Response to Amino Acid Availability

15:25   –    Aurelio Teleman - mTORC1 activity and tissue growth in vivo

16:30   –    Jenna Jewell - inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4D suppresses mTORC1 signaling and pancreatic cancer growth

17:00   –    Anders Mutvei - Prolonged deprivation of arginine or leucine induces PI3K/Akt-dependent reactivation of mTORC1

17:15   –    Aishwarya Acharya - mTORC1 activity licenses its release from lysosomes

17:25   –    Sarah Courbier - The role of TOR in the regulation of growth and defense responses in plants

17:40   –    Mikhail Schepetilnikov - Selective Ribophagy in Plants: Unraveling the Mechanism of TOR-Driven Ribosome Degradation

17:50   –    Fried Zwartkruis - mTORC1 restricts TFE3 activity by auto-regulating its presence on lysosomes

18:05   –    Gennaro Napolitano - Selective modulation of mTORC1 signaling at the lysosome.

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