Introduction

Coenzyme A (CoA) and its various derivative forms (mostly importantly, acetyl-CoA) are centrally important to energy metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, and as second messenger. As such, CoA has a wide-ranging impact on health and disease, with a proven role in a diversity of conditions and processes including aging, cancer, diabetes, neurological function and mitochondrial function. The biosynthesis and utilization of CoA has also been highlighted as a target for antimicrobial development. The proposed Focused Meeting will follow on only two previous meetings held on CoA, and provides the only forum where academic and industrial researchers from these diverse fields can meet to exchange ideas and challenge the frameworks of our current understanding of the role of CoA and its derivatives in all aspects of health, disease and bioscience.

Deadlines

• Jun 29 2018
  Oral abstracts deadline

  
• Jun 29 2018
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• Jul 27 2018
  Early bird registration deadline

  
• Oct 07 2018
  Standard registration deadline

  

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Downloads

• Registration form
• Conference grant application form

Speakers

• Rozalyn Anderson University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
• Barbara Bakker University of Groningen, Netherlands
• Michael Burkart University of California, San Diego, United States
• John Cronan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
• Marianne de Villiers Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Joanna Evans University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Giuseppe Fiermonte University of Bari, Italy
• Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova University of Kentucky, United States
• Miriam Greenberg Wayne State University, United States
• Suzanne Jackowski St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, United States
• Roberta Leonardi West Virginia University, United States
• Jordan Meier National Cancer Institute/NIH, United States
• Philippe Naquet Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France
• Hee-Won Park Tulane University, United States
• Luigi Puglielli University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
• Dominique Soldati-Favre University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Nathanial Snyder University of Pennsylvania, United States
• Valeria Tiranti Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Italy
• Benjamin Tu University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, United States
• Michael Wolfgang Johns Hopkins University, United States

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Sponsorship & supporting organisations

We acknowledge and thank the following entities who have committed their generous support:

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Sponsors

Stellenbosch University

Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc

South African Medical Research Council

CoALA Biosciences

The Company of Biologists

Venue

STIAS (The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study)

STIAS (The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study), 10 Marais Street, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa

Useful links

• Venue information More information about the venue

Committee

• Erick Strauss Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Marianne de Villiers Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Jordan Meier National Cancer Institute/NIH, United States
• Luigi Puglielli University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
• Kevin Saliba The Australian National University, Australia

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Organised by

StellenCoA 2018 is organized by a team from Stellenbosch University and is presented as a Focused Meeting of the ​South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB).

Stellenbosch University

South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB)

Contact information

Erick Strauss
Stellenbosch University
Dept of Biochemistry
Stellenbosch University
Private Bag X1
Matieland
7602
SOUTH AFRICA
+27218085866
Contact us by email

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