Interorganellar signaling and communication
Organelle crosstalk is essential for coordinating compartment-specific metabolism within the cell. Essential processes — such as redox homeostasis, bioenergetics, lipid metabolism and iron homeostasis — must be carefully orchestrated across organelles to ensure cell and organismal survival. Organelles utilize metabolites, calcium, ROS, lipids and proteins as mechanisms for crosstalk. In this theme, we delve into how organelles communicate during health and how they signal in times of stress. Communication breakdown among organelles could lead to onset of common diseases. Join us as we explore this intricate dialogue within the cell.
Organizers

Navdeep Chandel,
Northwestern University

Isha Jain
Gladstone Institutes–UCSF
Symposia
Redox
- Identification of druggable and redox vulnerabilites in cancer
Liron Bar–Peled, Massachusetts General Hospital - Mitochondria as signaling hubs that regulate stem cell function
Mireille Khacho, University of Ottawa - Principles of mitochondria as signaling organelles
Navdeep Chandel, Northwestern University - Regulation of mitochondrial health during tissue regeneration
Prashant Mishra, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stress responses
- Engineering precise mtDNA deletions by reconstituting end-joining in human mitochondria
Agnel Sfeir, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Genetic dissection of mitochondrial stress
Lucas Jae, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Turning the oxygen and vitamin dials
Isha Jain, Gladstone Institutes - Evoking the sense of smell to coordinate homeostatic stress responses
Andrew Dillin, University of California, Berkeley
Metabolites
- TBD
Pekka Katajisto, University of Helsinki/Karolinska Institute - Metabolic regulation of tissue stem cells
Heather Christofk, University of California, Los Angeles - Tracing amino acid, acetyl-CoA, and lipid metabolic networks across organelles and tissues in health and disease
Christian Metallo, Salk Institute for Biological Studies - TBD
Tara Teslaa, University of California, Los Angeles
Other sessions
These sessions and activities will also be of interest. for details on these and the rest of the ASBMB Annual Meeting.
Featured speakers
Melissa J. Moore, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Richard Silverman, Northwestern University
Joseph Schlessinger, Yale University School of Medicine
Vincent Tagliabracci, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Meetups
- Cell and developmental Biology
- Glycobiology and extracellular matrices
- Industry scientists and industry interest
- Neurobiology
- Proteomics and mass spec
- Signal transduction
Interest group sessions
Workshops
Poster sessions
- Cell and developmental Biology
- Glycobiology and extracellular matrices
- Neurobiology
- Omics
- Signal transduction
Events
- ASBMB welcome address
- Career and education fair
- Emerging investigator seminar
- Undergraduate poster competition
