# FASEB's The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Conference: Structure, Function, and Disease

> **NIH NIH R13** · FEDERATION OF AMER SOC FOR EXPER BIOLOGY · 2021 · $10,500

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This proposal requests funds to support travel and lodging costs for junior abstract-selected and invited
investigators at the “Endoplasmic Reticulum Meeting: Structure, Function, and Disease”, sponsored by the
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and to be held in June, 2021 at the
Vermont Academy in Saxton's River, Vermont. This is a biennial meeting which originated in 2007, the focus of
which has traditionally been the biochemistry, cell biology, physiology, and pathophysiology of the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER). For 2021 in particular, this meeting will place a particular emphasis on bringing together basic
research on ER function with translational/clinical research on the many diverse diseases in which ER
dysfunction—“ER stress”—is implicated. There are three objectives to this meeting: (1) Utilize speaker
invitations, program structure, and meeting promotion to unite basic and translational research on the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER), in order to accelerate the discovery of therapeutic targets for the broad array of
diseases in which ER dysfunction—“ER stress”—is implicated. (2) Facilitate the participation and career
development of early-career investigators and trainees, women, and members of underrepresented groups,
through targeted speaker invitations, judicious abstract selection and plentiful speaking opportunities, and
focused career workshop sessions. And (3), inject new perspectives into the field through invitations to
speakers new to the meeting and promotion of the meeting to investigators that have not been represented in
the past. These objectives will be facilitated by the planning of the PI, who was the junior organizer for the
meeting in 2019, and the Co-I, who has a long history with the meeting and brings complementary scientific
expertise to the leadership team. The proposed invited speakers to the meeting, many of whom have already
confirmed participation, include strong representation among basic scientists studying ER protein targeting,
folding, and maturation, ER-associated degradation, ER stress sensing and signaling, and communication
between the ER and other organelles and cellular processes. Complementing these areas are a similarly
dynamic group of investigators studying metabolic diseases and obesity, kidney disease, cancer, cystic
fibrosis, pathogen infection, and other diseases linked to ER dysfunction. Moreover, the speaker list will bring
many new attendees to the meeting, and encompasses a cadre that is demographically diverse, including
strong representation of women, junior investigators, and members of underrepresented groups. Career
development workshops and full-length talks for selected abstracts will allow an additional mechanism to foster
the visibility of these groups. In a location that permits easy travel from within the United States and from
Europe, that is scenic, and that can accommodate family needs of attendees, and combined with target...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10224392
- **Project number:** 1R13TR003720-01
- **Recipient organization:** FEDERATION OF AMER SOC FOR EXPER BIOLOGY
- **Principal Investigator:** David Thomas Rutkowski
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $10,500
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-04-15 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10224392

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10224392, FASEB's The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Conference: Structure, Function, and Disease (1R13TR003720-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10224392. Licensed CC0.

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