The second conference in this series will highlight cutting edge advances in the field including the basic principles of molecular chaperones in assisting normal protein folding as well as the impact of chaperones on:

1. signal transduction

2. intracellular transport and turnover of normal and misfolded proteins

3. cell differentiation, development and malignant transformation

4. aging and protein misfolding diseases

5. the maintenance of the cellular protein homeostasis on a systematic level

The set-up specifically encourages interactions between leading experts in the field and young scientists of different nationalities.

Beside invited lectures, there will be ample time for oral and poster presentations, which will be selected on the basis of the submitted abstracts by the scientific committee.

FEBS are sponsoring 20 Youth Travel Fellowships (YTF) covering attendance for up to 20 students/postdoctoral students.