15th Annual Scientific Sessions:

The Power of Metabolism
Linking energy supply and demand with contractile function

Weimar, Germany • 3-6 September 2017

 

Programme

  • Sunday, 3 September

    14:00-18:00

    Registration

    15:30-17:30

    Trainee Workshop      ["Harry Graf Kessler 1+2" room]
    Assessment of mitochondrial respiratory capacity

    15:30-15:50

    Yan Burelle (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
    How to get to the mitochondria: isolated mitochondria, permeabilized fibers, intact cells and tissue

    15:50–16:20

    A brief introduction to experimental platforms
    - Andrew Murray
    - Seahorse XF Analyser, Yan Burelle

    16:20-16:40

    Andrew Murray (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
    Substrates, inhibitors and uncouplers. How to design protocols for the analysis of respiratory capacity

    16:40-16:50

    Break

    16:50–17:10

    Trainee talks

    17:10–17:30

    Discussion with focus on techniques


    Opening Session     ["Harry Graf Kessler 1+2" room]

    18:00-18:15

    Welcome to Weimar
    Christine Des Rosiers, Michael Schwarzer, Torsten Doenst

    18:15-19:15

    Keynote Speaker
    Steve Britton (Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
    Theoretical and biologic evaluation of the link between low exercise capacity and disease risk

    19:30

    Informal dinner reception