Program at glance

10:35 – 12:35
Session 1
Chair: Piotr Bednarczyk (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland)

10:35 - Lecture: Lara Testai (Pisa University, Italy)
"MitoKv7.4 channels: a new target for the cardioprotection”

10:55 - Joanna Jasińska (Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland)
"Does infrared light regulate activity of mitochondrial large conductance potassium channel?"

11:05 - Amit Kumar Nagwani (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland)
"Functionality of the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus experimentalis  mitochondria under ahypomagnetic field"

11:15 - Karolina Pytlak (Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland)
"Knockout of BK channel leads to dysfunction of human bronchial epithelial cells"

11:25 - Barbara Kalenik (Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland)
"Are mitochondrial BK channels present and active in senescent vascular smooth cells?"

11:35 - Arkadiusz Michałowski (Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland)
"Melatonin - a versatile compound that could potentially alleviate mitochondrial dysfunction"

11:45 - Paweł Kochany (Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland)
"Cardioprotective antibiotics as bitter taste receptor agonists and putative induces mitochondrial fusion in human arterial endothelium"

11:55 - Agnieszka Karaś (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland)
"The link between vascular metabolism and age-related endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness"

12:05 - Adrianna Budzińska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland)
"Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates induce adaptations of aerobic metabolism in endothelial cells"

12:15 - Lecture: Helmut Bischof (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
"Mitochondrial BK_Ca drives metabolic remodelling and promotes the Warburg effect in breast cancer cells"

13:00 – 14:50
Session 2
Chair: Bogusz Kulawiak (Nencki Institute, Poland)

13:00 - Lecture: Małgorzata Heidorn-Czarna (Wrocław University, Poland)
"Keeping mitochondria in shape: role of FTSH4 and OMA1 proteases”

13:20 - Michał Rurek (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland)
"Participation of putatively mitochondrial glycine-rich proteins (GRPs) in heat response and recovery in cauliflower plants"

13:30 - Volodymyr Balatskyi (Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland)
"Cardiac β-catenin regulates mitochondrial function in perinatal cardiomyocytes"

13:40 - Patrycja Kaczara (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland)
"Unique profile of energy metabolism in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC); reliance on oxidative phosphorylation"

13:50 - Anna Olszewska (Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland)
"Vitamin D regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics and morphology in malignant keratinocytes via VDR-dependent and partially RXRA-independent manner"

14:00 - Adrianna Dąbrowska (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland)
"The role of the mitochondrial BK_Ca channel in bronchial epithelial cell damage induced by particulate matter"

14:10 - Katarzyna Lorencik (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland)
"In the quest to identify electron transfer paths in alternative complex III"

14:20 - Lecture: Thomas Becker (Bonn University, Germany)
"Control of mitochondrial protein import"

14:40 - Dominika Malińska (Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland)
"Rearrangements of mitochondrial function in bronchial epithelial cells upon exposure to carcinogenic metals"