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3rd Albany Conference on

Frontiers of Mitochondrial Research

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April 24, 2000

PRE-REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS
(as of September 11, 2000)

"*" indicates abstract submitted by that author

Alexey Agafanov
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics RAS, Moscow
Possible ways of regulation of mitochondrial KATP channel

Alexander Aleshin
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
* (1)Tetramer preserved in crystal structures of mammalian hexokinase I may be related to the oligomeric state of the enzyme in association with the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

Larisa Andreeva
Northwick Park Institute of Medical Research, United Kingdom
 (56) CyPD overexpression in Cos-7 cells

Alexander Andreyev
MitoKor, San Diego, CA
* (2) Ca2+ uptake and release of cytochrome c in neural cell mitochondria
 (29) Differential release of cytochrome c and adenylate kinase in response to various apoptotic triggers

Andreas Antoniou
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mitochondrial UCP2 is associated with uncoupled respiration and low radiation-induced hydrogen peroxide levels in drug resistant leukemic cells

Bruno Antonsson
Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
* (3) Bax is present as a high molecular weight oligomer/complex in the mitochondrial membrane of apoptotic cells

Paolo Bernardi
University of Padova, Italy
* (4) The mitochondrial permeability transition during chronic feeding with the hepatocarcinogen 2-acetylaminofluorene
 (36) The relationship between the mitochondrial permeability transition and cell death

Gisela Beutner
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
How Zinc enters mitochondria?
 (45) Visualization and modification of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in stiatal neurons

Nikolai Brustovetsky
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
* (5) Comparison of Ca2+- and protein-induced cytochrome c release from brain mitochondria in vitro and in situ

Jennifer Buckman
University of Pittsburgh, PA
* (6) Dynamics of mitochondrial membrane potential in neurons and astrocytes
 (42) Mitochondrial function in neuronal injury

Linas Buntinas
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
 (17) A comparison of the oxidation state of intramitochondrial Mn under conditions chosen to induce oxidation and between brain, heart, and liver mitochondria
 (18) Measurement of the oxidation state of manganese inside mitochondria using XANES spectroscopy

Peter Carlen
Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dynamics of intracellular calcium and free radical production during ischemic injury in pyramidal neurons
Differential sensitivity of astrocytes to free radicals:  mytochondrial dysfunction and toxicity

Jane Chisholm
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
dynamic compartmentationand signaling
mitochondrial membrane transport

Samantha Clarke
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
* (8) The molecular mechanism of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

Marco Colombini
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
* (9) Bcl-xL alters the gating properties of VDAC channels isolated from rat liver mitochondria 
(55) Topological orientation of VDAC in mitochondria

Gino Cortopassi
University of California - Davis, CA
* (10) Novel cellular models of mitochondrial neurological disease

Dana Crawford
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Mitochondrial polynucleotide degradation as an early stage marker of mammalian stress response

Mary Crivellone
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, NJ
chaperone-assisted assembly of respiratory chain complexes

Elliot Crouser
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Induction of the permeability transition contributes to mitochondrial injury and altered respiration during endotoxemia

Jamie Dawson
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
* (55) Topological orientation of VDAC in mitochondria

Yuru Deng
Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY
* (11) Transition to cubic morphology of mitochondrial inner membranes in fasting amoeba may be a response to increased oxygen radical generation

Vito De Pinto
University of Catania, Italy
* (12) Eukaryotic porin 3-D prediction by threading on the crystal structures of bacterial porins

Roman Eliseev
University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY
* (13) Dysfunction of mitochondria and cytochrome c release during apoptosis
 (17) A comparison of the oxidation state of intramitochondrial Mn under conditions chosen to induce oxidation and between brain, heart, and liver mitochondria
 (18) Measurement of the oxidation state of manganese inside mitochondria using XANES spectroscopy

Ove Eriksson
University of Helsinki, Finland

Najeem Folarin
Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
* (56) CyPD overexpression in Cos-7 cells

Michael Forte
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
(55) Topological orientation of VDAC in mitochondria

Kathleen Gabrielson
Johns Hopkins University
3NPA induces mitochondrial dysfunction in cardiac toxicity in mice

Odile Gateau-Roesch
Lyon-Sud Medical School, Lyon, France
 (28) Ca2+-binding properties of long-chain saturated fatty acids and their possible role in mitochondria

Frank Gellerich
Neurologische Klinik, Halle, Germany
* (15) Bioenergetic importance of mitochondrial outer membrane as diffusion barriere under normal and impaired conditions

Constance Glover
National Institute of Health, Frederick, MD
apoptosis

Serguei Grigoriev
New York University, New York, NY

Atan Gross
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
* (16) The role of BID in apoptosis

Karlene Gunter
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
* (17) A comparison of the oxidation state of intramitochondrial Mn under conditions chosen to induce oxidation and between brain, heart, and liver mitochondria
 (18) Measurement of the oxidation state of manganese inside mitochondria using XANES spectroscopy

Thomas Gunter
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
* (18) Measurement of the oxidation state of manganese inside mitochondria using XANES spectroscopy
 (13) Dysfunction of mitochondria and cytochrome c release during apoptosis
 (17) A comparison of the oxidation state of intramitochondrial Mn under conditions chosen to induce oxidation and between brain, heart, and liver mitochondria

Gyorgy Hajnoczky
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
* (19) Mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling in life and death

Andrew Halestrap
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
 (8) The molecular mechanism of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

Mary-Ellen Harper
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mitochondrial UCP2 is associated with uncoupled respiration and low radiation-induced hydrogen peroxide levels in drug resistant leukemic cells

Teresa Hastings
University of Pittsburgh, PA

Lihua He
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
* (20) Characterization of cyclosporin A sensitive and insensitive permeability transition pores in rat liver mitochondria

Kaisa Heiskanen
Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Abo Akademi, Finland
 (32) Mitochondrial swelling, depolarization, and permeability transition during BAX-induced apoptosis in hepatocytes

Donald Higgins, Jr.
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Richard Honzatko
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
 (1)Tetramer preserved in crystal structures of mammalian hexokinase I may be related to the oligomeric state of the enzyme in association with the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

Francois Ichas
European Institute of Chemistry and Biology, INSERM E.9929, France
* (21) The permeability transition pore signals apoptosis by directing Bax translocation

William Irwin
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
The role of mitochondria in muscle cell death

Regina Jakob
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
On the nature of cyclosporin neuroprotective effects:  the mitochondria connection

Anna Kicinska
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAN, Warszawa, Poland
E. coli expression and purification of human mitochondrial Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE6)

Kathleen Kinnally
New York University, New York, NY
Apoptosis is not triggered in neuronal cells by partial release of cytochrome c by laser pulses
 (7) Functional modifications of the protein translocation channel induced by genetic alterations of the TIM complex
 (34) Death signal leads to the formation of a novel high-conductance channel in the mitochondrial outer membrane
 (38) BAX BH3 peptide induces permeability transition-independent release of cytochrome c from neural cell but not isolated brain or liver mitochondria

Martin Klingenberg
University of Munich, Germany
* (22) A fresh look at uncoupling proteins

Boris Krasnikov
Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, NY
Dietary restriction protects mitochondria against permeability transition

Bruce Kristal
Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, NY
Zn2+ induces the mitochondrial permeability transition
Dietary restriction protects mitochondria against permeability transition

John Lemasters
University of North Carolina, Chapel, Hill, NC
* (24) Mitochondrial Ca2+ and reactive oxygen species (ROS) trigger the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) and cell killing after reperfusion of cultured rat hepatocytes
 (20) Characterization of cytoclosporin A sensitive and insensitive permeability transition pores in rat liver mitochondria

Tomas Landh
Camurus Lipid Research Foundation, Lund, Sweden

Christiane Levrat
Lyon-Sud Medical School, Lyon, France
Phospholipids reacylation could control the cellular sensitivity to tumor necrosis factor-alpha cytotoxicity
 (28) Ca2+-binding properties of long-chain saturated fatty acids and their possible role in mitochondria

Xiaoxian Li
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
 (9) Bcl-xL alters the gating properties of VDAC channels isolated from rat liver mitochondria 

Carmen A. Mannella
Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY
* (25) Dynamics of mitochondrial inner membrane folding inferred from EM tomography
 (11) Transition to cubic morphology of mitochondrial inner membranes in fasting amoeba may be a response to increased oxygen radical generation
Virtual cell simulations of mitochondrial adenine nucleotide fluxes:  role of organelle morphology in energy output

Ryan Martinus
Technology Development Group, HortResearch Institute of New Zealand Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand
Surface expression of CPN60:  implications for neurodegeneration

Roy McCauley
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
The VDAC two-step:  a "heel-toe" mechanism for membrane insertion

Gavin McStay
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
 (8) The molecular mechanism of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

Simon Melov
Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA
* (26) A mouse model of mitochondrial oxidative stress

Eva Milanesi
University of Padova, Italy

Linda Mills
Toronto Western Hospital, Canada
* (27) A decrease in the rate of mitochondrial protein import is an early event during the initiation of neuronal apoptosis

Galina Mironova
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics RAS, Moscow
* (28) Ca2+-binding properties of long-chain saturated fatty acids and their possible role in mitochondria
Activation of the mitochondrial KATP channel by UDP

Ion Moraru
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Virtual cell simulations of mitochondrial adenine nucleotide fluxes:  role of organelle morphology in energy output

Anne N. Murphy
MitoKor, San Diego, CA
* (29) Differential release of cytochrome c and adenylate kinase in response to various apoptotic triggers
 (2) Ca2+ uptake and release of cytochrome c in neural cell mitochondria

Mary Murphy
Dalhousie University, Sir Charles Tupper Medical School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
* (30) Surfactant potentiation of virus-induced mitochondrial disease in acute hepatic encephalopathy

Michael Murphy
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
apoptosis/mitochondrial therapies/oxidative damage

Alexandre Negoda
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics RAS, Moscow, Russia
Activation of the mitochondrial KATP channel by UDP

David Nicholls
Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA
* (31) Mitochondrial membrane potential in cultured neural cells:  distinctive responses to apoptotic stimuli, NMDA and AMPA receptor activation and modelling with a 'virtual cell'

Anna-Liisa Nieminen
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
* (32) Mitochondrial swelling, depolarization, and permeability transition during BAX-induced apoptosis in hepatocytes
 (39) Multiple kinetics of mitochondrial cytochrome c release in apoptosis

Debkumar Pain
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
* (33) Functional relationships between YFH1P and SSQ1P:  proteins participating in mitochondrial iron homeostasis

Evgeny Pavlov
New York University, New York, NY
* (34) Death signal leads to the formation of a novel high-conductance channel in the mitochondrial outer membrane

Peter Pennefather
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Differential sensitivity of astrocytes to free radicals:  mytochondrial dysfunction and toxicity

Guy Perkins
University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA
* (35) Dual-specific A kinase anchoring proteins target mitochondria
 (39) A thermodynamic model to predict the folding of the inner membrane of mitochondria

Patrice Petit
Institut Cochin de Genetique Moleculaire, France
(54) On the evolutionary conservation of the cell death machinery:  involvement of an apoptosis inducing factor homolog in Dictyostelium discoideum cell death

Valeria Petronilli
CNR Unit for Biomembranes and Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Padova, Italy
* (36) The relationship between the mitochondrial permeability transition and cell death

Douglas Pfeiffer
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Induction of the permeability transition contributes to mitochondrial injury and altered respiration during endotoxemia
 (25) Dynamics of mitochondrial inner membrane folding inferred from EM tomography

Peter Polcic
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
* (37) The biogenesis of mitochondria as a possible target for cytotoxic action of bax in yeast cells

Brian Polster
University of  Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
* (38) BAX BH3 peptide induces permeability transition-independent release of cytochrome c from neural cell but not isolated brain or liver mitochondria

Jochen Prehn
University of Muenster, Germany
* (39) Multiple kinetics of mitochondrial cytochrome c release in apoptosis

Muriel Priault
IBGC/CNRS, Bourdeaux, France
Bax pro-apoptotic function requires oxygen

Frederick Prince
Plymouth State College, NH
* (40) A revised look at mitochondrial cristae morphology in steroid producing cells:  diversity of form of cristae from human Leydig cells from birth to puberty

Christian Renken
San Diego State University, CA
* (41) A thermodynamic model to predict the folding of the inner membrane of mitochondria

Ian J. Reynolds
University of Pittsburgh, PA
* (42) Mitochondrial function in neuronal injury
 (49) Mechanisms of ROS generation by rat brain mitochondria
 (6) Dynamics of mitochondrial membrane potential in neurons and astrocytes

Tatiana Rostovtseva
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Bax samples did not change the properties of VDAC channels but stimulated their insertion

James Russell
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
* (43) Mitochondria regulate Ca2+ wave propagation in oligodendrocyte precursor cells

Uwe Schlattner
Swiss Fed. Inst. Technol. TH-Zurich, Switzerland
* (51) Mitochondrial creatine kinase:  involvement in energy channeling and control of permeability transition

Luca Scorrano
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
* (44) p15 BID oligomerizes mitochondrial BAK and alters mitochondrial physiology to amplify cytochrome c release
 (36) The relationship between the mitochondrial permeability transition and cell death

Shey-Shing Sheu
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
* (45) Visualization and modification of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in stiatal neurons
How Zinc enters mitochondria?

Yasuo Shinohara
University of Tokushima Shomachi-1, Tokushima, Japan
* (46) Why do mitochondria from tumor cells show higher capability for hexokinase binding than those from normal liver?

Varda Shoshan
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Calcium binding and translocation by VDAC as a possible regulatory mechanism in mitochondrial function

Keshav Singh
John Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD

Roxanne Sperry
New York Medical College, Hawthorne, NY
* (47) Signals from mitochondria play a role in the regulation of the cell cycle in tumor cells

Anatol Starkov
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
On the mechanisms of reactive oxygen species production by rat heart and brain mitochondria relevant to ischemia/reperfusion injury

Jelena Stevanovic-Popovic
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Amandip K. Utal
University of Rochester, NY
mitochondria in neuronal processes and neurodegeneration

Govind Vatassery
VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
* (48) Brain mitochondrial respiration and vitamin E are altered by treatment with peroxynitrite

Tanya Votyakova
University of Pittsburgh, PA
* (49) Mechanisms of ROS generation by rat brain mitochondria
 (42) Mitochondrial function in neuronal injury

Yau-Huei Wei
National Yan-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
* (52) Molecular basis for the increase of mitochondrial mass and mitochondrial DNA in response to oxidative stress in human cells

Yvonne Will
MitoKor, San Diego, CA
A systematic approach to study mitochondrial dysfunction in cybrids

Antje Zapf-Colby
MitoKor, San Diego, CA
* (53) Functional characterization of human voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (HVDAC1) in SH-SY5Y cells
 
 

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