Table 1
VPS13 Forum Virtual Meetings 11–22 from March, 2023 to present. For invitations to future VPS13 Forum sessions, please contact kevin.peikert@med.uni-rostock.de.
| TOPIC | SPEAKERS | |
|---|---|---|
| Muscle and Nerve | March 27, 2023 | Anne Buchberger (Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany) Hans Jung (Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland) Marina Melone1 & Pietro Chiurazzi2 (1Center for Rare Neurological Diseases, HCP representative for MetabERN and EURO-NMD networks; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, InterUniversity Center for Research in Neurosciences, University of Campania «Luigi Vanvitelli», Naples Italy; 2Sezione di Medicina Genomica – Genomic Medicine Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Sanità Pubblica Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Roma, Italy) Lucia De Franceschi (Department of Medicine, University of Verona & AOUI Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, Verona, Italy) |
| Bridge-like lipid transfer proteins | May 22, 2023 | Ruth H. Walker (Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, NY, USA) Arash Bashirullah (Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA) Martin Graef (Department for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) |
| Linking the Patient and Medical/Science Communities | July 31, 2023 | Medical Q&A and Discussion Panel: Adrian Danek, Ginger Irvine, Susan Wagner, Joy Willard-Williford, Bob Metzger, Ricky Ditzel, Ruth Walker |
| Homburg Conference Summary and Medical Q&A | November 20, 2023 | Summary and follow-up discussion of the 11th International Meeting in Neuroacanthocytosis Syndromes Medical and Q&A for patients/families/caregivers |
| Research progress in VPS13B related Cohen Syndrome | January 22, 2024 | Ashley Waterman (Cohen Syndrome Research Foundation, California, LA, USA) Heng Wang, (DDC Clinic for Special Needs Children, Middlefield, OH, USA) Fabrizio Vacca (Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) Woong Sun and Jungmin Choi (Department of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea) Binnaz Yalcin (Centre for Translational and Molecular medicine, INSERM U1231, Dijon, France) |
| “Between Huntington’s and Parkinson’s?” Examining the links between Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases and neuroacanthocytosis syndromes (XK and VPS13A diseases) | April 29, 2024 | Xueyi Li (Harvard Medical School, Charlestown MA, USA) Bernhard Landwehrmeyer (University Department of Neurology and Huntington-Zentrum, Ulm, Germany) Michael Schwake (Department of Chemistry, Biochemie III, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany) |
| Nutritional challenges among people with feeding dystonia and Medical Q&A | July 29, 2024 | Martin Paucar (Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden) Charlotta Rubin (Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden) Josefin Kyhle (Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden) Elina Tripoliti (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK) |
| VPS13C-associated Parkinsonism & VPS13C protein in lysosomal function | October 28, 2024 | Lina Stauber (Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Germany) Leonie Schroeder (Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA and Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry III, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany) Xinbo Wang & Pietro De Camilli (Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA) |
| Lipid Transfer and Calcium | February 10, 2025 | André Nadler (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany) Dajana Grossmann (Translational Neurodegeneration Section “Albrecht Kossel”, University of Rostock, Germany) |
| Medical Q&A | April 28, 2025 | Medical Q&A and Discussion Panel: Julie Kerner, Alzbeta Mühlbäck, Elina Tripoli, Ruth H. Walker |
| Novel functions of VPS13 and XK proteins | July 28, 2025 | Shiqi Liao & Goutam Kumar Tanti (Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany) Paula Sanchez (Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, Barcelona, Spain) Karin Reinisch (Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA) Angelika Harbauer (Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried, Germany, and Technical University of Munich, Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Munich, Germany) |