EBEC2024 Innsbruck AT

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Key dates
Scientific and social program
Registration
Travel and accommodation
Presentation and poster guidelines
Satellite events
Organizers and scientific committee	Exhibitors and supporters

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Dear colleagues:

The 22^nd EBEC conference - EBEC2024 - will be organized in Innsbruck, Austria, on August 26 to 31. We are looking forward to an exciting meeting on bioenergetics and seeing you in Innsbruck.

With kind regards,

Erich

Erich Gnaiger, PhD

Local organizer of EBEC2024 - contact for EBEC2024: [email protected]

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EBEC2024 news

• 500-600 international participants beyond Europe
• World-leading keynote lecturers
• 100 oral presentations
• Hundreds of posters
• Meet journal editors, publishers, science communicators, scientific organizations
• Strong industry exhibition, innovations

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Venue

University of Innsbruck

Agnes-Heller Building

6020 Innsbruck, AT

Innsbruck MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) image video @ Innsbruck Tourism Official Channel

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Keynote speakers

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• Sir John Walker, Professor, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, UK; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997

• Hartmut Michel, Professor, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, DE; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988.

CryoEM structures of intermediates of the catalytic cycle of cytochrome c oxidase

• Angelo Azzi, Professor emeritus, Faculty Member School of Graduate Biomedical Pharmacology and Drug Development Program

Scientific discovery: “I could talk about scientific discoveries that were initially met with skepticism, such as Alfred Wegener's proposal of the theory of continental drift, Semmelweis and handwashing, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren with peptic ulcer, all the way to Quantum Mechanics and Albert Einstein's famous statement, ’God does not play dice with the universe’, and the continued expansion of the universe.” These examples fit with the initially aggressive skepticism in bioenergetics against Peter Mitchell’s innovative chemiosmotic theory.

• Gianluca M Farinola, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Bari, IT

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Forum discussion: EBEC Science Communication

Meet and talk with journal editors and reviewers, publishers, and science communicators - and then: visit the booths of journal exhibitors

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• Paolo Bernardi, Member of the editorial boards of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Bioenergetics (since 1999), Pharmacological Research, Current Opinion in Physiology, Current Research in Physiology, Life Metabolism, Mitochondrial Communications; served for 18 years in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, for 9 years in Frontiers of Physiology, and for 5 years in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics and IUBMB Life, Editor-in-Chief of the Mitochondria Section of Cells

From membrane probes to cytochrome c release: “I have two specific and connected issues in mind, i.e. the incorrect use of membrane potential probes in the 1990s, which generated an epidemics of artifacts; and a few high profile mistakes in the debate about the bioenergetics consequences of cytochrome c release. No journal is immune from the problem of ambiguity. Thus, I think that the discussion should be kept as general as possible.”

• Angelo Azzi, Editor-in-Chief Molecular Aspects of Medicine

• Ole H Petersen, Editor-in-Chief Function (American Physiological Society)

Cleaning up the scientific record: "Whether academic decency will prevail in our brave new world, or we succumb to senseless overproduction of irrelevant or erroneous papers, is the main challenge that will define future academic progress." (ref 1)

• Erich Gnaiger, Editor-in-Chief Bioenergetics Communications, Chair of the Mitochondrial Physiology Society

Addressing the ambiguity crisis: “The dissemination of scientific disinformation from peer-reviewed literature infiltrates textbooks, educational platforms, and social media. Is there an erosion of public trust in science? Countering disinformation demands a strategy that raises 'awareness of the inherent ambiguity crisis, complementing efforts to address the well-acknowledged issues of credibility and reproducibility'." (ref 2)

Scientific and social program

in progress Topics

1. EBEC Science Communication: publications, teaching, social media, conferences
2. Evolution and bioenergetics
3. Quantum physics in respiratory electron transfer and photosynthesis
4. Protonmotive force and long-range electron transfer
5. Mechanistic aspects of electron transfer and electron bifurcation
6. Bioenergetics and biosynthesis involving bioblasts of photosynthetic organisms
7. Electron transfer system proteins
8. Respiratory complexes and supercomplexes - structure and function
9. ATPases (F-type, V-type)
10. Bioenergetic organelle biogenesis, assembly and function
11. Organelle dynamics
12. Transporters and channels - lipids, proteins, ions
13. Mitochondrial physiology and pathology
14. Oxygen kinetics – hypoxia, oxygen sensing, reactive oxygen species
15. Prokaryotic metabolism and microbes as drug targets
16. Role of mitochondrial bioenergetics in infection
17. Uncouplers and proteins with uncoupling function

Have a glance on what to do and see in and around Innsbruck: https://www.innsbruck.info/en/

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Exhibitors and supporters

Dear [Expert/Sponsor],

EBEC2024 is the highlight of the year of conferences on bioenergetics, held in Europe and attracting scientists and industry professionals from around the world. EBEC2024 promotes the concept of the bioenergetics ecosystem, bringing together students and experts on energy metabolism of mitochondria, chloroplasts, and bacteria. Topics related to structure and function range from cutting edge electron and fluorescence microscopic imaging, modelling, to diagnostic OXPHOS analysis in human health and disease.

We extend our invitation to companies and organizations that specialize in the diverse fields of bioenergetics. All are linked by the interests of the large audience seeking information on newest technologies and contacts. Join us to showcase your products and services to a highly targeted audience.

Sincerely,

Erich Gnaiger

Local organizer of EBEC2024

Become a sponsor

Have a look at our Exhibitor and Sponsorship Brochure and select your package:

Exhibitor and sponsorship brochure

As a next step, fill out and return the order form to [email protected]

Order form

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Cooperations

Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220) is the leading international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on the science and technology of sensors. It publishes comprehensive reviews and regular research papers. Its aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Sensors is published semimonthly online by MDPI.

Organizers and scientific committee

Local organizers

• Local organizer: Erich Gnaiger
• Organizational assistance: Carolina Gnaiger and Verena Laner

EBEC2024 National Committee

In prep, last update 2023-10-31

• Wolfgang Graier
• Pidder Jansen-Duerr
• Alexander Karabatsiakis
• Markus Keller
• Andrey Kozlov
• Andras Meszaros
• Karin Nowikovsky
• Elena Pohl
• Thomas Roach
• Leonid Sazanov
• Stefan Schneeberger
• Eduard Stefan

EBEC International Scientific Committee

Christoph von Ballmoos, Paolo Bernardi, Ulrich Brandt, Peter Brzezinski, Gary Cecchini, Giovanni Finazzi, Thorsten Friedrich, Manuel Gutierrez Aguilar, Robert Gennis, Erich Gnaiger, Joachim Heberle, Carola Hunte, Ville Kaila, Cesare Indiveri, Axel Magalon, Amandine Marechal, Karin Nowikovsky, Anthony Moore, David Nicholls, Etana Padan, Manuela Pereira, Elena Pohl, Richard Porter, Eduardo Rial, Peter Rich, Leonid Sazanov, Barbara Schoepp Cothenet, Adam Szewczyk, Laszlo Tretter, Salvador Uribe-Carvajal, Marten Wikstroem, John Walker, Volker Zickermann, Laszlo Zimanyi

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Key dates

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The unifying theme of EBEC

The central unifying theme of EBEC is Bioenergetics and by extension, chemiosmosis. Thus, essential topics for consideration for inclusion in the programme are oxidative phosphorylation in bacteria and mitochondria, photosynthesis, transmembrane transport of metabolites and other small molecules, passage of proteins through membrane barriers, bacterial motility and cell death via apoptosis and other mechanisms involving the mitochondria. As you are aware, in recent years great strides forward in understanding have been made in most of these fields. Thus, we recommend that these topics should provide the core of the programme. That is not to say that related topics such as mitochondrial diseases arising from mutations in both mt-DNA and nuclear genes, involvement of mitochondria in ageing and cancer and related medical issues should be excluded.

With best wishes,

John, Bob, Marten, and Peter

Professor Sir John Walker FRS, FMedSci

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

University of Cambridge

The Keith Peters Building

Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Hills Road

Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK

Robert Bennett Gennis, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry

University of Illinois

A320 CLSL, Box 2-6

600 South Mathews Avenue

Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Mårten Wikström, Professor Emeritus, Physical Biochemistry

Institute of Biotechnology

University of Helsinki, FI

Peter R Rich, PhD, Professor Emeritus

Dept Structural and Molecular Biology

University College London

London WC1E 6BT, UK

Registration

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Presentation and poster guidelines

Presentation and PPT

• Oral presentations
• Aspect ratio for slides: 16:9
• Use either PowerPoint or Keynote
• A laptop for your presentation is provided
• If you work with a Mac please bring your computer
• Ensure you bring an adapter for your device with HDMI connection, VGA to HDMI is provided
• If you have a video imbedded in your slides, please send it also as a separate file
• Please make sure you do not go overtime. To help you a screen with be on the stage for you showing the amount of time remaining for you presentation.
• During your presentation use the laser pointer connected to the laptop if indicating particular points on the slide.
• There will be a fixed microphone at the podium and a portable microphone.
• Media check to hand in your slides in the morning of the conference is possible.

Poster

• Please bring your poster in size A0, portrait.
• Posters are up during the entire conference, providing an excellent opportunity for person-to-person discussions and integrating your work into plenary discussions.

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Travel and accommodation

Stay in Innsbruck

Book your accommodation with special rates for the period of Aug 25 to Sep 01, 2024 here.

For inquiries regarding your booking please contact the Innsbruck Convention Bureau under: [email protected], Tel: +43 512 5356 9704

Get to Innsbruck

By airplane

For arrivals by airplane, we recommend flying directly to Innsbruck, which is well connected with Frankfurt. Another option is Munich Airport (approx. two hours from Innsbruck). From Munich you can connect to Innsbruck by either train, bus or shuttle service.

» Train: DB

» Bus: flixbus.at, approx EUR 20.-, best booked in advance.

» Shuttle: FOURSEASONS Shuttle, approx. EUR 59.- one way from Munich to Innsbruck, EUR 118.- return.

By train

If you decide to travel by train, exit at 'Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof‘, which is well connected to Zürich, Munich, Italy and Vienna.

» ÖBB website

By car

Using Austria’s motorways requires a vignette, which can be purchased at petrol stations for either ten days (EUR 9,60), two months (EUR 28,20) or the current calender year (93,80). Federal highways are toll-free but might be time consuming.

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Get around in Innsbruck

By foot

The conference center is around 10-25 minutes walking distance from most of the hotels in the city center.

By bus or tram

IVB is the local bus or tram transportation provider: https://www.ivb.at/en/

Stops closest to the conference center:

Recommended APP: "IVB Scout" to get around, "IVB Tickets" for purchasing your ticket online

Note: Tickets can currently not be bought inside the bus/tram. Please buy it online or at the ticket machine in front of the bus/tram stop.

By car

Public parking:

Parking tickets:

Max height:

Discounted parking tickets:

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Map:

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EBEC2024 Innsbruck AT

Innsbruck, AT, 2024 Aug 26-31. 22nd European Bioenergetics Conference (EBEC).

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Satellite events

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