Highlights from the Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis— <scp>EMBO</scp> | <scp>FEBS</scp> Lecture Course, 16–19 September, 2025, Espoo, Finland
The maintenance of protein homeostasis is a fundamental premise for the survival of all life. The synthesis, folding, localization, and degradation of thousands of proteins must be organized according to various conditions. To ensure such a stable and functional proteome, the proteostasis network evolved. Dedicated to this, the fourth School on Proteostasis, a co-funded EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course in memory of Susan Lindquist, took place in Espoo, Finland on 16-19 September 2025, with 59 early career researchers (PhD students or postdoctoral fellows), 18 leading scientists, and two editors attending and discussing the current state of the field. From basic principles to the latest therapeutic developments, this meeting provided a comprehensive overview of proteostasis. This report summarizes the lecture course and highlights selected presentations.
Authors
- Chiara Giacomelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1466-1371)
- Puneet Paul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8220-8021)
- Anushka Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2877-0327)
- Ahmet Sadik Gulgec
- Ioanna Stefani
- Emile van Weert
- Maria Li Lopez‐Bautista
- Antonia‐Viktoria Neumeier
- Chetan Hari
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Max Delbrück Center (DE)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (FR)
- Ministry of Education Culture and Science (NL)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (DE)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- FEBS Letters
- Published
- 2026-01-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70261
- Primary Topic
- Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00