Cellular Metabolism and Microenvironment Interactions in Health and Disease
Meeting Programme and Registration
Centro de Biología Molecular (Madrid)
C. Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Fuencarral-El Pardo, 28049 Madrid
March31 st -April1 st , 2025
The CellMet network invites you to a scientific meeting focused on the intricate relationship between cellular metabolism, metabolite production, and the modulation of the microenvironment, and how these processes drive the development of human diseases. This complex interplay is especially relevant in cancer, where tumor metabolic reprogramming fuels initiation, proliferation, and progression. Beyond cancer, these metabolic and microenvironmental interactions are central to inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases, including diabetes, and inflammatory bowel disease.
This meeting will bring together experts across multiple disciplines—metabolism, autophagy, physiology, biochemistry, biology, biomedicine, and computational modeling—to explore how metabolic pathways and microenvironmental dynamics impact disease onset and progression. Sessions will cover topics ranging from mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy to preclinical models, with a focus on translating fundamental insights into diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. By fostering collaboration and innovation, the meeting aims to deepen our understanding of metabolic regulation in health and disease, from cellular processes to whole organisms, and across all life stages, including age-related conditions.
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Day 1 March 31st Monday
7.00-9.00am Breakfast at the Accomodation
9.30-10.20am Arrival to CBM (Nicolas Cabrera 1, 28049 Madrid), Registration and Welcome coffee (Hall CBM)
Salón de actos del CBM Ramón Areces
10.20am Introduction (Fernando M.Belmonte/Sara Cogliati)
MORNING SESSION: Chair: Sara Cogliati
10.30-11.30am KEYNOTE session “Keeping mitochondria in shape: a matter of life and death” Luca Scorrano (VIMM, Padova, Italy)
11.30-12am » The fat connection: membranes and metabolic flexibility” Estela Area (CIB, Madrid)
12pm-1pm “Inmunometabolism at the crossroads between Inflammation and Aging” Maria Mittelbrunn (CBM, Madrid)
1-2pm Lunch at CBM hall (Catering)
2-3pm Poster Session I
AFTERNOON SESSION: Chair: Nuria Martinez
3-3.30pm “Immunometabolic regulation of oncotherapeutic drugs in human Macrophages and
lymphocytes” Adrian Povo Retana (IIB, Madrid)
3.30-4pm “Lysosmal porteases: roles beyond the lysosomal compartment” Jonathan Martínez-Fábregas
(Cabimer, Sevilla)
4-4.30 pm “Intercellular mitochondrial transfer: Beyond the cellular edges” Rubén Quintana (Cajal Institute, Madrid)
4.30-5pm Coffee break
5-5.30pm “Protective Role of COX-2 in Hepatocytes During Obstructive Cholestasis: Implications for Inflammation, Bile Acid Metabolism, and Liver Injury” Marta Casado (IBV, Valencia)
5.30-6pm » Metabolic regulation of cancer metastasis and organ-specific colonization» Eduardo Balsa (CBM, Madrid)
6-6.30pm “Mitochondrial function and dysfunction in innate immunity” Javier Traba (CBM, Madrid)
8.30pmDINNER (CellMet IPs and invited speakers) at Bienmesabe pozas (Gral Lopez Pozas 8, Madrid2
Day 2, April 1st Tuesday
7-9am Breakfast at the Accomodation
MORNING SESSION: Chair: Raúl Durán
9.30-10 am “Mitochondrial metabolism in the immune response” Nuria Martinez (CBM, Madrid)
10-10.30am «Membrane nanodomains connecting mitochondrial turnover and the cellular secretome» María Yañez (CBM, Madrid)
10.30-11am “Metabolomics flux on the genome scale” Marta Cascante (UB, Barcelona)
11-11.30am Coffee Break
11.30-12“Mitochondrial fitness: A safeguard for metabolic homeostasis and healthy aging”David Sebastian (University of Barcelona, Barcelona)
12-12.30pm“Relationship of mitochondrial function and autophagy with cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes” Susana Rovira Llopis (University of Valencia)
12.30pm-1pm “Lysosome-mitochondrial axis in metabolic gut homeostasis and disease” Gonzalo Herranz (CBM, Madrid)
1-1.30pm “More than a just powerhouse: new mitochondrial mechanisms in health and disease” Marc Liesa (IBMB, Barcelona)
1.30-2.30pm Lunch at CBM hall (Catering)
2.30-3.30pm Poster Session II
AFTERNOON SESSION: Chair: Eduardo Balsa
3.30-4.15pm KEYNOTE session “Analysis of autophagy and mitophagy in health and diseases” Ian Ganley (University of Dundee, UK)
4.15-4.45pm “Emerging roles of fatty acid metabolism in metastasis” Patricia Altea (Cabimer, Sevilla)
4.45-5.15pm «Mitochondrial plasticity shapes metabolism: a sex-biased perspective” Sara Cogliati (CBM, Madrid)
5.15-5.30pm Coffee Break
5.30-6pm “Phospholipid Membrane Transport and Associated Diseases” Raúl Ventura (UB, Barcelona)
6-6.45pm CLOSING SPECIAL SEMINAR “Integrating SCENITH functional metabolism into the personalized medicine and multi-omics field.” Rafael Argüello (CNRS, Marseille-Lumini, France)
6.45pm-7.15pm Closing and Network discussion
Registration closed
If you want to attend the Meeting and even present a poster, fill out the following form. Registration fee is 60 euros (+VAT) to cover coffee and lunch for the two days of the event.
The deadline for posters is 21 March.
The deadline for register is 24 March.
Payment will be made by transfer to the following account number:
- IBAN: ES5500496704592810072173
- SWIFT: BSCHES MM
- Account holder: Fundación NovaGob
For any questions, contact us at info@novagob.org
Registration fee is not refundable for reasons beyond the control of the meeting organization.