Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence: supporting the next generation of autophagy researchers and fostering international collaborations

Vojo Deretic¹, Eric Prossnitz¹, Mark Burge¹, Matthew J Campen¹, Judy Cannon¹, Ke Jian Liu¹, Larry A Sklar¹, Lee Allers¹, Sally Ann Garcia¹, Eric H Baehrecke², Christian Behrends³, Francesco Cecconi^{4

5}, Patrice Codogno^{6

7}, Guang-Chao Chen⁸, Zvulun Elazar⁹, Eeva-Liisa Eskelinen¹⁰, Bernard Fourie¹¹, Devrim Gozuacik¹², Wanjin Hong¹³, Gokhan Hotamisligi^{14

15}, Marja Jäättelä¹⁶, Eun-Kyeong Jo¹⁷, Terje Johansen¹⁸, Gábor Juhász^{19

20}, Adi Kimchi²¹, Nicholas Ktistakis²², Guido Kroemer^{7

23

24

25

26}, Noboru MIzushima²⁷, Christian Münz²⁸, Fulvio Reggiori²⁹, David Rubinsztein³⁰, Kevin Ryan³¹, Kate Schroder³², Anne Simonsen³³, Sharon Tooze³⁴, Maria I Vaccaro³⁵, Tamotsu Yoshimori^{36

37}, Li Yu³⁸, Hong Zhang³⁹, Daniel J Klionsky⁴⁰

Affiliations

¹ a Autophagy Inflammation and Metabolism Center of Biomedical Research Excellence , University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center , Albuquerque , NM , USA.
² b Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology , University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester , MA , USA.
³ c Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy) , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Feodor-Lynen Str ., München , Germany.
⁴ d Dulbecco Telethon Institute at the Department of Biology , University of Rome ''Tor Vergata" , Rome , Italy.
⁵ e Danish Cancer Society Research Center , Copenhagen Ø , Denmark.
⁶ f Institut Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM) , INSERM U1151- CNRS UMR , Paris , France.
⁷ g The Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France.
⁸ h Academia Sinica Institute of Biological Chemistry , Taipei , Taiwan.
⁹ i Department of Biomolecular Sciences , The Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
¹⁰ j University of Turku Institute of Biomedicine , Turku , Finland.
¹¹ k Department of Medical Microbiology , University of Pretoria , Pretoria , South Africa.
¹² l Molecular Biology Genetics and Bioengineering Program, SUNUM Nanotechnology Research and Application Center and EFSUN Nanodiagnostics Center of Excellence , Sabanci University , Istanbul , Turkey.
¹³ m Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) , A*STAR , Singapore , Singapore.
¹⁴ n Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases , Harvard School of Public Health , Boston , MA , USA.
¹⁵ o The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT , Cambridge , MA , USA.
¹⁶ p Cell Death and Metabolism Unit , Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease, Danish Cancer Society Research Center , Copenhagen , Denmark.
¹⁷ q Department of Microbiology , Chungnam National University School of Medicine Jung-gu , Daejeon , S. Korea.
¹⁸ r Molecular Cancer Research Group, Institute of Medical Biology , University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway , Tromsø , Norway.
¹⁹ s Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology , Eotvos Lorand University , Budapest , Hungary.
²⁰ t Institute of Genetics , Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Szeged , Hungary.
²¹ u Department of Molecular Genetics , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
²² v The Babraham Institute , Cambridge , UK.
²³ w Equipe 11 labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers , INSERM U1138 , Paris , France.
²⁴ x Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Labex Immuno-Oncology , The Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou , Paris , France.
²⁵ y The Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms , Institut Gustave Roussy , Villejuif , France.
²⁶ z Karolinska Institute, Department of Women's and Children's Health , Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden.
²⁷ aa Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan.
²⁸ ab Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology , University of Zürich , Zürich , Switzerland.
²⁹ ac Department of Cell Biology , University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands.
³⁰ ad Department of Medical Genetics , Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, and UK Dementia Research Institute, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Cambridge Biomedical , Cambridge , UK.
³¹ ae Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute , Glasgow , UK.
³² af Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research , The University of Queensland , St Lucia , Australia.
³³ ag Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway.
³⁴ ah Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory , The Francis Crick Institute , London , UK.
³⁵ ai Pathophysiology, CONICET, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry , University of Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
³⁶ aj Department of Genetics , Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
³⁷ ak Laboratory of Intracellular Membrane Dynamics, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences , Osaka University , Osaka , Japan.
³⁸ al The State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Centre for Life Sciences , School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing , China.
³⁹ am National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, and College of Life Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , P.R. China.
⁴⁰ an Life Sciences Institute , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , USA.

PMID: 29938597
PMCID: PMC6103399
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2018.1465784

Editorial

Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence: supporting the next generation of autophagy researchers and fostering international collaborations

Vojo Deretic et al. Autophagy. 2018.

. 2018;14(6):925-929.

doi: 10.1080/15548627.2018.1465784.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ a Autophagy Inflammation and Metabolism Center of Biomedical Research Excellence , University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center , Albuquerque , NM , USA.
² b Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology , University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester , MA , USA.
³ c Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy) , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Feodor-Lynen Str ., München , Germany.
⁴ d Dulbecco Telethon Institute at the Department of Biology , University of Rome ''Tor Vergata" , Rome , Italy.
⁵ e Danish Cancer Society Research Center , Copenhagen Ø , Denmark.
⁶ f Institut Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM) , INSERM U1151- CNRS UMR , Paris , France.
⁷ g The Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France.
⁸ h Academia Sinica Institute of Biological Chemistry , Taipei , Taiwan.
⁹ i Department of Biomolecular Sciences , The Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
¹⁰ j University of Turku Institute of Biomedicine , Turku , Finland.
¹¹ k Department of Medical Microbiology , University of Pretoria , Pretoria , South Africa.
¹² l Molecular Biology Genetics and Bioengineering Program, SUNUM Nanotechnology Research and Application Center and EFSUN Nanodiagnostics Center of Excellence , Sabanci University , Istanbul , Turkey.
¹³ m Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) , A*STAR , Singapore , Singapore.
¹⁴ n Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases , Harvard School of Public Health , Boston , MA , USA.
¹⁵ o The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT , Cambridge , MA , USA.
¹⁶ p Cell Death and Metabolism Unit , Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease, Danish Cancer Society Research Center , Copenhagen , Denmark.
¹⁷ q Department of Microbiology , Chungnam National University School of Medicine Jung-gu , Daejeon , S. Korea.
¹⁸ r Molecular Cancer Research Group, Institute of Medical Biology , University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway , Tromsø , Norway.
¹⁹ s Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology , Eotvos Lorand University , Budapest , Hungary.
²⁰ t Institute of Genetics , Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Szeged , Hungary.
²¹ u Department of Molecular Genetics , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
²² v The Babraham Institute , Cambridge , UK.
²³ w Equipe 11 labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers , INSERM U1138 , Paris , France.
²⁴ x Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Labex Immuno-Oncology , The Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou , Paris , France.
²⁵ y The Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms , Institut Gustave Roussy , Villejuif , France.
²⁶ z Karolinska Institute, Department of Women's and Children's Health , Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden.
²⁷ aa Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan.
²⁸ ab Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology , University of Zürich , Zürich , Switzerland.
²⁹ ac Department of Cell Biology , University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands.
³⁰ ad Department of Medical Genetics , Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, and UK Dementia Research Institute, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Cambridge Biomedical , Cambridge , UK.
³¹ ae Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute , Glasgow , UK.
³² af Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research , The University of Queensland , St Lucia , Australia.
³³ ag Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway.
³⁴ ah Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory , The Francis Crick Institute , London , UK.
³⁵ ai Pathophysiology, CONICET, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry , University of Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
³⁶ aj Department of Genetics , Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
³⁷ ak Laboratory of Intracellular Membrane Dynamics, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences , Osaka University , Osaka , Japan.
³⁸ al The State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Centre for Life Sciences , School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing , China.
³⁹ am National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, and College of Life Sciences , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , P.R. China.
⁴⁰ an Life Sciences Institute , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , USA.

PMID: 29938597
PMCID: PMC6103399
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2018.1465784

Abstract

Recently, NIH has funded a center for autophagy research named the Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, located at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center (UNM HSC), with aspirations to promote autophagy research locally, nationally, and internationally. The center has 3 major missions: (i) to support junior faculty in their endeavors to develop investigations in this area and obtain independent funding; (ii) to develop and provide technological platforms to advance autophagy research with emphasis on cellular approaches for high quality reproducible research; and (iii) to foster international collaborations through the formation of an International Council of Affiliate Members and through hosting national and international workshops and symposia. Scientifically, the AIM center is focused on autophagy and its intersections with other processes, with emphasis on both fundamental discoveries and applied translational research.

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Global distribution of AIM’s International Council of Affiliate members (ICAM). Initials, affiliate members; full names are given in the text.

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