{"id":830,"date":"2012-08-06T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.biochem.umass.edu\/vierlinglab\/?page_id=830"},"modified":"2024-07-23T19:48:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T23:48:38","slug":"conferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.biochem.umass.edu\/vierlinglab\/about-vierling-lab\/conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Conferences and Lab Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Vierling attended the 13th International Plant Mitochondrial Meeting, May 26-30.  Visited to collaborating Scientist in Angers, June 2-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Vierling was inducted into the Natoinal Academy of Sciences at the 161st Annual Meeting. April 25-29, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Treffon attended the 9th PNO meeting, online. Talk title:\u00a0Organomercury-based capture<br>of S-nitrosated proteins links protein quality control to fertility defects, &#8211; February 28, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Treffon attended the INPPO conference in Thessaloniki, Greece. Talk title:\u00a0Organomercury-based capture of<br>S-nitrosated proteins in Arabidopsis, &#8211; May 22, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Treffon attended the CBI\/BMB retreat in Worcester, MA. Poster: Organomercury-based capture of S-nitrosated proteins links protein quality control to fertility defects, June sixteenth, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling, Dr. Patrick Treffon, \u00a0Yadwinder Kuar and Fabian Suri-Payer will be presenting at the ASBMB meeting in Philadelphia, April 2-5.\u00a0 Prof. Vierling organized mini-symposium sessions and a spotlight session.<\/p>\n<p>The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology selected Yadwinder and Fabian to receive a 2022 Student Chapter Travel Award to attend the ASBMB annual meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbmb.org\/meetings-events\/2022-annual-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.asbmb.org\/meetings-events\/2022-annual-meeting&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644960903195000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2dqn6shKwopsJRsRCgcTRp\">https:\/\/www.asbmb.org\/meetings-events\/2022-annual-meeting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patrick Treffon went to the Plant Biology 2019, ASPB Meeting, San Jose, CA, from August 3-7, 2019. His takl was entitled: Regulation of S-Nitrosation of <em>Arabidopsis<\/em> S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase (GSNOR) by Thioredoxins and its Implications in Nitric Oxide Homeostasis<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the Acclimation &amp; Chloroplast Biology from Genes to Systems, August 4-8, outside of Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the Plant Oxygen Group Conference, July 10-12 &#8211; Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patrick Treffon went to the MaxQuant Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, 07- 24-26- 2019<\/p>\n<p>Plants of the Future meeting at New York University- June.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Minsoo Kim Presentation Title: THE ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA IN THE RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO ABIOTIC STRESSES<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Patrick Treffon Presentation Title: REGULATION OF S-NITROSATION OF <em>ARABIDOPSIS<\/em> S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE (GSNOR) BY THIOREDOXINS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN NITRIC OXIDE HOMEOSTASIS.<\/li>\n<li>Tianxiang Liu Presentation Title: \u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">Mitochondrial ATP Synthase Subunit d is Essential for Normal Growth and Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis<\/span>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Minsoo Kim spoke at the<a href=\"https:\/\/ipg.missouri.edu\/symposium\/\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\"> 2019 Interdisciplinary Plant Group Symposium<\/a> on Plant Signaling in Biotic and Abiotic Stress. The conference will be held at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patrick Treffon travels to China to visits <a title=\"Dr. Shengbao Xu\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.biochem.umass.edu\/vierlinglab\/vierling-lab-personnel\/dr-shengbao-xu-2\/\">Dr. Shengbao Xu<\/a>, Associate professor in Northwest A&amp;F University of China and <a title=\"Dr. Huiru Peng\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.biochem.umass.edu\/vierlinglab\/vierling-lab-personnel\/dr-huiru-peng\/\">Dr. Huiru Peng<\/a>, Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patrick Treffon attends the 7th Plant Nitric Oxide International Meeting in Nice, France in October.<\/p>\n<p>Tienxiang Liu joins the lab as a guest scientist from China.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the 3rd Annual CSSI sponsored Workshop on Small Hsps, Quebec August 26-28.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the VISCEA II 2018 outside of Florence, Italy in July.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Minsoo Kim presents, &#8220;mTERF18\/SHOT1 protein is involved in mitochondrial nucleoid organization by binding to mitochondrial DNA and ATAD3 proteins in Arabidopsis&#8221;, Gordon Research Conference in Italy- July<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling works at Oxford University in England from June 10- July 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling spends part of her sabbatical in Australia February &#8211; April.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patrick Treffon attends the NE ASPB Meeting, UMass in April.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Minsoo Kim presents, &#8220;mTERF18\/SHOT1 protein is involved in mitochondrial nucleoid organization by binding to mitochondrial DNA and ATAD3 proteins in Arabidopsis&#8221; at the NEASPB meeting at UMass Amherst- April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the Plant Oxygen Group meeting in Turkey, September 10-13.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.biochem.umass.edu\/vierlinglab\/conferences\/pog-program2017-9-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2149\">POG program2017-9-10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amherst Regional Middle School Teacher Elliott Kelly works in the Vierling Lab for six weeks this summer learning about Microscopy and techniques he can take back to the middle school.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling, Minsoo Kim and Patrick Treffon attend International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, St. Louis, June 19-23.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patrick Treffon attends the Plantae Conference, New Haven, April 22-23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the Gregor Mendel Institute Seminar and GMI&#8217;s 15th Anniversary, November 29- Dec.4th.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the Second International Workshop on The small HSP World, CEUB, Centro Residenziale Universitario di Bertinoro, Italy, October 12-15, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the 6th Plant Nitric Oxide International Meeting, Granada Spain, September 13- 17.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the Translational Control Meeting at cold Spring Harbor, NY from September 6-10.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling and Dr. Kim attend the Gordon Research Conference, Dover, VT, June 19-23.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling speaks at the UGA Plant Center 30th Anniversary Joe L. Key Symposium, Atlanta, May 11-12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling speaks at the New England Vegetable and Berry Conference, December 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling visits Braunschweig, Germany to see a cell culture lab and Vienna for a\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology GmbH Scientific Advisory Board Meeting<\/span>, November.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling presents: <em>&#8220;Dissecting mechanisms of heat stress tolerance,&#8221;<\/em> Instituto de Biotechnologia &#8211; UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico.\u00a0 October 12, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Fionn McLoughlin &#8211; PhD, presented,<em> Different classes of chaperones coordinate protein refolding and degradation<\/em> at Plant Biology 2015, July 26-30.<\/p>\n<div>Damian Guerra &#8211; PhD, presented <em>S-nitrosylation of conserved cysteine residues modulates activity and stability of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR)<\/em> at the Proteins 2015 Gordon Research Conference, June 14th-19th 2015 in Holderness, NH.<\/div>\n<p>Prof. Vierling presents: <em>Surviving Proteotoxic and Redox Stress at High Temperatures<\/em>, IPG Symposium, University of Missouri, May 27-29, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling travels to Germany to visit Kristina K\u00fchn&#8217;s lab at Humboldt University of Berlin University and then on to Warclaw, Poland for the 9th International conference for Plant Mitochondrial Biology, May 15 &#8211; 24, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Fowler- Undergraduate, presents <em>Defining HSP101 function in plant heat stress tolerance<\/em> at the 2015 Undergraduate Research Conference, April 21, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling attends the NEASPB Conference at Northeastern University, April 11 and 12, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Vierling travels to the University of Oxford to meet with Justin Benesch and Italy for the SPOT &#8211; ITN conference, March 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Minsoo Kim PhD- Worked on measuring translation efficiency and oxygen consumption of mitochondria isolated from Arabidopsis in Kristina K\u00fchn&#8217;s lab at Humboldt University of Berlin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tereza Ticha &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000\">Department of Biochemistry, Palacky University in Olomouc, <\/span>Czech Republic, nitric oxide in plants &#8211; December.<br \/>Justin Benesch visits, September 30 &#8211; October1.<br \/>Prof. Vierling travels to China and Australia, September 12-29.<br \/>Nathen Bopp attends The 9th European Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria, Netherlands, September 7-11.<br \/>Kieth Ballard attends The 28th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society, California, July 27 &#8211; 30.<br \/>Angela Blais attends the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research 2014, Vancouver Canada<b><\/b>, July 27 &#8211; August 1.<br \/>Damian Guerra attends the 5th Plant Nitric Oxide Club Meeting, Munich, Germany, July 24-25.<\/p>\n<p>Damian Guerra visits the Laboratory of Wolfram Weckwerth at the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, July 27-30.<br \/>Indu Santhanagopalan attends FASEB: Protein folding in the cell, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, VT July 20 &#8211; 25.<br \/>Visiting Research Scientists Eman Basha works in the lab from June 24 until July 25.<br \/>Members of the Vierling lab attend BMB\/BMP Retreat at UMASS Worcester, Friday, June 13th.<br \/>The Vierling Lab hosts Sara Suzuki from Johns Hopkins- through the ICE REU summer program, beginning June 2.<br \/>Professor Vierling reviewed departmental program at Virginia Tech, April 5.<br \/>Professor Vierling gives guest lecture at the University of Maryland, May 7.<br \/>Professor Vierling and Prof. Alejandra Covarrubias attend the NEA SPB Conference, March 29 -30.<br \/>Professor Vierling participates in a seminar series at the University of Florida, March 17-19.<br \/>Professor Alejandra Covarrubbias-Robles (Biotechnology Institute of the National University of Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)\u00a0 arrives to work in the Vierling Lab from March &#8211; August.<br \/>Professor Vierling co-advisor for student at the University of Pittsburgh, February 22-24.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Vierling attends EMBO Meeting, November 19- 24, 2013, Vienna.<br \/>Professor Vierling attends the SPOT-ITN Meeting, November 2-9, 2013, Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Professor Vierling and Liyan Zhang attends Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants &#8211; A satellite meeting of Plant Biology 2013, Providence, RI, July 25, 2013.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yichen Zhang, Keith Ballard, Indu Gopalan and Nathan Bopp attend the 27th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society, July 20 &#8211; 23.\u00a0 Indu presents: ROLE OF OLIGOMERIC STATUS IN THE MECHANISM OF SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS<\/p>\n<p>Professor Vierling and Liyuan Zhang attends the American Society of Plant Biologists Conference, Providence RI, July 20 &#8211; 24, 2013.\u00a0 Presents:&#8221;Mutation of eIF5B results in loss of thermotolerance in Arabidopsis&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Vierling attends the International Symposium on Agricultural Biotechnology, Taipei, May 22- 27, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Indu Gopalan and Prof. Vierling attend the EMBO conference &#8220;The biology of molecular chaperones: From molecules, organelles and cells to misfolding diseases&#8221;, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy, May 17 \u2013 22, 2013.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Damian Guerra, Yichen Zhang and Liyuan Zhang attend &#8220;Emerging Technologies in Proteomics&#8221;, <span style=\"color: #000080\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Proteomics and Mass Spectromy Facility<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">, <\/span><\/strong>UMass Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA, April 24, 2013.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Vierling, Fionn McLoughlin, Damian Guerra, Liyuan Zhang and Stephanie Craig attend: &#8220;Translating Fundamental Research into Crop Improvements&#8221; The 77th Annual Meeting of the Northeast Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists &#8211; Universtiy of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts on Saturday April 20 and Sunday April 21, 2013.\u00a0 Liyuan will\u00a0 present a poster.\u00a0 The abstract title is &#8220;Mutation of eIF5B results in loss of thermotolerance in Arabidopsis&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Elizabeth Vierling visited the University of Pennsylvania March 28, 2013.\u00a0 Presented: &#8220;Capturing denaturing proteins:small heat shock protein structure and activity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Elizabeth Vierling attended the SPOT ITN Conference January 26 &#8211; 30, Frankfurt, Germany.\u00a0 Presented: &#8220;Plant molecular chaperones and heat stress response&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Vierling spoke at the University of Toronto, Toronto, March 21 &#8211; 24. Presented:<br \/><em>Defining the mode of substrate interaction with sHSPs<\/em> and University of Toronto, Scarborough: <em>Chaperones and stress tolerance in plants<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Elizabeth Vierling attended <strong>Molecular Chaperones and Stress Responses<\/strong> , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, May 1 &#8211; 5. Presented: <em>Substrate recognition by the small HSP chaperones<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Elizabeth Vierling attended the <strong>International Temperature Symposium<\/strong>, Earl S. Tupper Research and Conference Center, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama Panama, May 30- May 31. Presented: <em>Molecular Basis of High Temperature Tolerance: Molecular chaperones are part of the story<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Huiru Peng attended <strong>Plant Biology 2012<\/strong>, Austin TX, July 20-24. Presented: <em>Mutation os eIF5B results in loss of thermotolerance in Arabidopsis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kerstin Petersen attended the <strong>Gordon Conference- Mitochondria &amp; Chloroplasts<\/strong>. July 29 &#8211; August 3, 2012 Bryant University, Smithfield, RI. Presented work on Chloroplast ClpB.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Ballard attended <strong>FASEB Protein Folding in the Cell<\/strong>, July 29-August 3 Saxtons River, Vermont. Presented: <em>Small Heat Shock Protein-Substrate Binding Sites Identified by Cross-Linking and Mass Spectrometry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yichen Zhang and Indu Gopalan attended <strong>Protein-Folding Diseases: Models &amp; Mechanisms<\/strong>, The Broad Institute, in Cambridge, MA, organized by Susan Lindquist (MIT) and Vivian Siegel (The Broad Institute, and Editor-in-Chief of Disease Models &amp; Mechanisms), September 14, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted Ian Buell from NanaoString Technologies, September 19, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Lab attended UMASS Symposium on Cellular Complexity, Ocotober 23, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Vierling attends the International Plant Molecular Biology Congress, Jeju, Korea, October 19- 27, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Vierling attends the SPOT-ITN Meeting, November 24-28, 2012, Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Professor Vierling attends the GMI Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, November 28- December 2, 2012, Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Prof. Vierling attended the 13th International Plant Mitochondrial Meeting, May 26-30. 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