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October news from the SFRRE ECR subcommittee

Dear colleagues,

In today's newsletter, we will announce November's webinar, the new edition of our PhD symposium and the opening of the call for new ECR subcommittee members. We will also share with you a summary of October’s webinar and the winners of the YIA of the Spetses Redox Summer School. At the end of the newsletter, as always, you can also find a collection of upcoming events with important deadlines, some suggestions of interesting redox reads recently published, open call for papers and job opportunities for young redox researchers.


Next Webinar series “Emerging leaders in redox biology”

Our next webinar will be on 5th November 2024 at 15:00 CET on the topic “Redox in Photosynthetic organisms” featuring Sophie Hendrix and Libero Gurrieri.


Glutathione peroxidase-like 8 (GPXL8): A new player in hydrogen peroxide signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana?


Sophie Hendrix, PhD

Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

In 2019, Sophie Hendrix obtained her PhD in Biology from Hasselt University (Belgium) under the supervision of Prof. Ann Cuypers. Her doctoral research focused on plant responses to cadmium stress with a particular emphasis on cell cycle regulation and the DNA damage response. Following her PhD, she was awarded an EMBO short-term fellowship to work in the lab of Prof. Andreas Meyer at the University of Bonn (Germany), where she gained experience with genetically-encoded biosensors to study redox dynamics in cadmium-exposed plants. In 2020, she obtained an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship to continue her research at the University of Bonn. During her postdoc, she studied molecular plant responses to heat stress and investigated the involvement of plant glutathione peroxidase-like proteins in redox signalling. She then moved back to Hasselt University, where she continued her postdoctoral work with an SFRR-E Early Career Researcher fellowship. In 2023, she was appointed as an assistant professor at the Centre for Environmental Sciences of Hasselt University. Her current work focuses on dissecting molecular plant responses to combined stress conditions, using Arabidopsis as a model system. Furthermore, she aims to further elucidate the functions of plant glutathione peroxidase-like proteins in plant stress responses.



Redox control of starch degradation interlaces glutathione, thioredoxins and guard cell function


Libero Gurrieri, PhD


Molecular Plant Physiology Lab, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Italy


Libero obtained his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Bologna in 2019. He is currently a junior researcher at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (University of Bologna, Italy) in the Molecular Plant Physiology Lab, where he held two postdoctoral positions, while he was lecturer at the University of Ferrara (Italy). Libero is investigating the role of post-translational redox modifications on plant enzymes involved in primary carbon metabolism. To gain insight into the basis of redox regulation, his comprehensive approach goes from the protein to the atom, thanks to many collaborations with structural scientists, then validating in plants the in vitro results. He started focusing on how thiol switches control the Calvin-Benson cycle, and recently he is exploring how glutathione-based modifications can modulate starch metabolism. Starch is a primary source of carbon in plants and plays an increasingly important role in gas exchange, providing carbon skeletons and energy to open stomata pores on the leaf surface.


Second Edition of the PhD Redox Relay Online Symposium - SAVE THE DATE! 19th November 2024 at 15:00 CET

It’s our pleasure to present to you the second edition of our PhD Symposium!

For this edition six enthusiastic PhD students will present their work:

1. Roberto Meneses-Valdés, University of Copenhagen
2. Marta Arnal, University of Valencia
3. Martina Ciarnelli, University of Foggia
4. Abril Gorgori, University of Valencia
5. Javier Huete, University of Valencia
6. Danny Schilling, German Cancer Research Center

The PhD symposium will take place online on the 19th November 2024 at 15:00 CET. Please mark that in your calendars!

A detailed newsletter with all the PhD symposium and speakers information will follow, stay tuned!


New ECR subcommittee members - call now open!

If you are less than 40 years old and/or you have discussed your PhD thesis less than 10 years ago and you would like to contribute to the redox ECR community, we have great news for you! We are looking for new members for our ECR subcommittee!

The call is now open until the 29th November 2024.

You can apply by filling out this form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LPMHD6C 

 
October’s webinar:

On October’s webinar we enjoyed an insightful talk on the topic “Peer review process” by Mike Davies:

Insights into the peer review and publication of scientific papers


Mike Davies, Professor

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

In October’s webinar, Prof. Michael Davies shared with us his editorial long-lasting trajectory and leading role in the main journals in the field of Redox Biology. In particular, he gave highly valuable insights on the peer review process, the independent evaluation of research papers by experts in the field before publishing. We all, as scientists, will be involved in this process as authors or as evaluators! Some of the main editors´ tasks include the assessment of the suitability of a manuscript for the journal, the identification of potential reviewers and the decision-making on manuscript consideration, while some reviewers’ commitments are to prove fair and timely commentaries on new potential manuscripts within their area of expertise. Of note, Prof. Davies valued the importance of this process to get an advanced version of research work as well as acknowledged and encouraged all scientists to get involved in this system, including early career researchers.


Spetses Redox Summer School 2024 - Young Investigator Awards

We would like to highlight the three young researchers that got a SFRR-E Young Investigator Award for their great presentations at the Spetses Redox Summer School 2024: Anne Sophie Scheller (Germany), Felix Schmidt (Germany) and Karoline Scholzen (Sweden). Congratulations to all the awardees!!


More information about the ECR Subcommittee can be found on the SFRR-E website (ECR Committee), while regular updates can be found on Twitter (@SFRR_Europe), Instagram (@sfrr_ecr) and LinkedIn (SFRR-E). For any question or suggestion you might have, you can contact us via email: ecr@sfrr-europe.org.

Hope to see you online for our next Webinar Series appointment,

The ECR subcommittee


Upcoming events:

SfRBM 2024 Conference

  • 31st Annual Conference
  • 20 - 23 November 2024
  • Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA
  • Deadlines:
    • Abstract and Awards Deadline: already closed
    • Early Registration Deadline: 15 October 2024
  • Further information: https://sfrbm.org/meetings/sfrbm-2024/ 


22nd SFRRI Biennial Meeting

  • The New Era of Redox Biology: from Basic Biochemistry to Redox Omics
  • 3 - 6 June 2025
  • Location: Galway, Ireland
  • Deadlines:
    • Travel Grant Applications: 10 January 2025
    • Abstract Submission: 10 February 2025
    • Early Bird Registration: 31 March 2025
  • Further information: https://www.sfrrgalway2025.com 


Interesting Redox Papers:

Keeney, M.T., Rocha, E.M., Hoffman, E.K., et al. LRRK2 regulates production of reactive oxygen species in cell and animal models of Parkinson’s disease. Sci Transl Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.adl3438 

Zheng, H., Chen, H., Cai, Y., et al. Hydrogen sulfide-mediated persulfidation regulates homocysteine metabolism and enhances ferroptosis in non-small cell lung cancer. Mol Cell (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2024.08.035 

Katopodi, V., Marino, A., Pateraki, N., et al. The long non-coding RNA ROSALIND protects the mitochondrial translational machinery from oxidative damage. Cell Death Differ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-024-01377-4 

Wang, S., Liu, M., Hu, D., et al. Control of DNA demethylation by superoxide anion in plant stem cells. Nat Chem Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-024-01737-8 

Liang, F., Zandkarimi, F., Lee, J., et al. OPA1 promotes ferroptosis by augmenting mitochondrial ROS and suppressing an integrated stress response. Mol Cell (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2024.07.020 

Ersoy, U., Altinpinar, A.E., Kanakis, I., et al. Lifelong dietary protein restriction induces denervation and skeletal muscle atrophy in mice. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.09.005 

Qiao, Z., Nguyen, L.C., Yang, D., et al. Direct inhibition of tumor hypoxia response with synthetic transcriptional repressors. Nat Chem Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-024-01716-z

Bian, Y., Shan, G., Guoshu, B. Targeting ALDH1A1 to enhance the efficacy of KRAS-targeted therapy through ferroptosis. Redox Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2024.103361 

 

Insightful Redox Reviews:

Decker, S.T. & Funai, K. Mitochondrial membrane lipids in the regulation of bioenergetic flux. Cell Metab (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.07.024 

Donato, L., Mordà, D., Scimone, C., et al. From powerhouse to regulator: The role of mitoepigenetics in mitochondrion-related cellular functions and human diseases. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.03.025 

Meneses-Valdés, R., Gallero, S., Henríquez-Olguín, C. & Jensen, T.E. Exploring NADPH oxidases 2 and 4 in cardiac and skeletal muscle adaptations – A cross-tissue comparison. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.07.035 

Vilas-Boas, E.A. & Kowaltowski, A.J. Mitochondrial redox state, bioenergetics, and calcium transport in caloric restriction: A metabolic nexus. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.04.234 

Margaritelis, N.V., Cobley, J.N., Nastos, G.G., et al. Evidence-based sports supplements: A redox analysis. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.08.012 

 

Lastest Redox Preprints:

Hecht, F., Zocchi, M., Tuttle, E.T., et al. Catabolism of extracellular glutathione supplies amino acids to support tumor growth. BioRxiv (2024). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.10.617667 

Cobley, J.N., Noble, A. & Guille, M. Cleland immunoblotting unmasks unexpected cysteine redox proteoforms. BioRxiv (2024). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.18.613741 

Vorhauser, J., Roumeliotis, T. I., Leung, J. K., et al. Cell cycle-dependent S-sulfenyl proteomics uncover a redox switch in p21-CDK feedback governing the proliferation-senescence decision. BioRxiv (2024). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.14.613007 

Moss, D. Y., Brown, C., Shaw, A., et al. Mitochondrial metabolism is a key determinant of chemotherapy sensitivity in Colorectal Cancer. BioRxiv (2024). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.12.611189 

Rothemann, R.A., Pavlenko, E., Mondal, E., et al. Interaction with AK2A links AIFM1 to cellular energy metabolism. BioRxiv (2024). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.09.611957 

 

Call for papers:

Journal: Free Radical Biology and Medicine

 

Redox Job Opportunities:

If there’s an open position in your lab for early career researchers and you would like to advertise it in our newsletter, just write us an email (ecr@sfrr-europe.org) containing the following information:

• Kind of position: (PhD student, Postdoc, etc)
• Research topic
• Institute/University
• Deadline
• Contact information
• Further information about the position (if any)


September news from the SFRRE ECR subcommittee

Dear colleagues,

We are ready to go back to work again! In today's newsletter, we will announce the timeline of our next webinar series and October’s webinar, the opening of the call of our editorial mentoring programme, the call of our PhD symposium, and the call for travel awards for the next SFRR-I meeting in Galway. At the end of the newsletter, as always, you can also find a collection of upcoming events with important deadlines and some suggestions of interesting redox reads recently published so you will be ready for “back to school”.

Next Webinar series “Emerging leaders in redox biology”

We have great news to share with you, our webinars will be back! Our next webinar series will begin on 8th October with a very important topic for ECRs: the peer review process.

Other topics during this series will be on redox methods, H2S signaling and chaperones in redox biology. We haven’t forgotten that some of you work in the plant field so we also have a special webinar about redox in photosynthetic organisms. For people interested in redox biology and health we have one webinar about environmental stressors in cardiovascular diseases and another one on nutrition and exercise. And in May 2025, the mental health awareness month, we will have a special webinar on this very important topic.

More information will follow in the next newsletters, stay tuned!

 

Our next webinar will be on 8th October 2024 at 15:00 CET on the topic “Peer review process” featuring Mike Davies.

Insights into the peer review and publication of scientific papers

Mike Davies, Professor

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark


Michael (Mike) Davies has worked in the UK (University of York and Brunel University), Australia (The Heart Research Institute, Sydney) and Denmark (University of Copenhagen - his current position) during his career.
He was previously Editor-in-Chief of 'Free Radical Research' for 10 years, and is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of 'Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry' and an Editor for 'Biochemistry and Biophysical Research Communications' and a long-standing editorial board member of 'Redox Biology' and 'Free Radical Biology and Medicine' amongst others. He also acts as Scientific Integrity and Ethics Editor for a group of Elsevier journals including 'Redox Biology'. He has previously served as President of SFRR-Australasia, Secretary-General and President of SFRR-International, and President of SFRR-Europe. His research group examines the mechanisms and consequences of protein oxidation and extracellular matrix modification, the detection and quantification of post-translational modifications (e.g. by LC-MS proteomics), the role of redox processes in human pathologies and particularly cardiovascular diseases.


ECR Editorial Mentoring Programme: call opened on 23rd September!

We are happy to announce the first edition of the new Editorial Mentoring Programme.
It is a programme that aims to offer ECRs the opportunity to increase their engagement with scientific publishing (SFRR-Europe official journals) and gain experience in editorial board work and manuscript handling. The programme will run over the year 2025 for 12 months. Selected participants will be paired with one of the Editorial Board members of one of SFRR-Europe's official journals and will receive 1 to 1 training and mentoring.

Further information about the application process and selection criteria can be found in the member’s intranet of the SFRR-E website: https://intranet.sfrr-europe.org

The call opened on the 23rd September and the deadline is on the 18th October.

We believe it’s an incredible opportunity for ECRs and hope that many of you will apply!


Second Edition of the PhD Redox Relay Online Symposium - call opens in October!

We are preparing the second edition of the PhD symposium. If you are a PhD student and would like to show the results of your project to the redox community, you can’t miss this call.

The format consists of online flask-talks of 5 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for Q&A.

The call will open in the beginning of October, the deadline will be on the 15th October. Selected participants will be notified by the 25th October. The PhD Symposium will take place online on the 19th November.

It’s a great opportunity for PhD students to present their work and get valuable feedback.

 

Travel awards to attend the SFRR-I Galway Meeting 2025 - call already open!

If you enjoyed SFRR-E Meeting this year in Istanbul as much as we did, you can’t miss next year’s meeting! It will be a great opportunity for sharing your work and for networking because next year, the SFRR-E will be organising the SFRR-I biennial meeting, which means a lot of researchers from outside Europe will be attending.

Who can apply?

Students or postdocs members of SFRR-E.

To which awards can I apply?

    • Travel awards of 400€ each for PhD students
    • Travel awards of 400€ each for postdocs (less than 5 years after your PhD and not in permanent academic positions).
    • Travel awards of 900€ for non-European students or postdocs who require transoceanic or long-distance travel to attend the meeting. (You can also apply to this if you are a member of a SFRR Regional Society).

How to apply?

Applicatoins should be submitted online through the SFRR-E intranet (https://intranet.sfrr-europe.org, Call for Travel Awards in the menu on the left) as a single PDF containing:

    • CV (max 2 pages, include date of PhD award if applicable).
    • Supporting letter writteng by the aplicant (outlining your interest and motivation for attending the meeting)
    • Abstract for the communciation to be presented at the conference.

Important dates:

The deadline to recive submissions is on 10th January 2025.

Announcement of the awardees: before early-bird registration.

Applicant must submit their abstracts online thought the conference website (https://www.sfrrgalway2025.com) before 10th February 2025.

 

If you need further information, you can contact info@sfrr-europe.org.

More information about the ECR Subcommittee can be found on the SFRR-E website ( ECR Committee (sfrr-europe.org ), while regular updates can be found on Twitter (@SFRR_Europe), Instagram (@sfrr_ecr) and LinkedIn (SFRR-E). For any question or suggestion you might have, you can contact us via email: ecr@sfrr-europe.org.

Hope to see you online for our next Webinar Series appointment,

The ECR subcommittee


Upcoming events:

HNE Club Meeting



11th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research-Asia (SFRR-Asia 2024) Club Meeting

“The new era of precision redox biology and medicine: from basic research to the intervention of aging and diseases”

 

SfRBM 2024 Conference

    • 31st Annual Conference
    • 20 - 23 November 2024
    • Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA
    • Deadlines:
      • Abstract and Awards Deadline: already closed
      • Early Registration Deadline: 15 October 2024
    • Further information: https://sfrbm.org/meetings/sfrbm-2024/

  

22nd SFRRI Biennial Meeting

    • The New Era of Redox Biology: from Basic Biochemistry to Redox Omics
    • 3 - 6 June 2025
    • Location: Galway, Ireland
      • Deadlines:
      • Travel Grant Applications: 10 January 2025
      • Abstract Submission: 10 February 2025
      • Early Bird Registration: 31 March 2025
    • Further information: https://www.sfrrgalway2025.com



Interesting Redox Papers:

Asantewaa, G., Tuttle, E.T., Ward, N.P., et al. Glutathione synthesis in the mouse liver supports lipid abundance through NRF2 repression. Nat Commun (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50454-2

Esteban-Collado, J., Fernández-Mañas, M., Fernández-Moreno, M., et al. Reactive oxygen species activate the Drosophila TNF receptor Wengen for damage-induced regeneration. EMBO J (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-024-00155-9


Schwab, A., Rao, Z., Zhang, J., et al. Zeb1 mediates EMT/plasticity-associated ferroptosis sensitivity in cancer cells by regulating lipogenic enzyme expression and phospholipid composition. Nat Cell Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-024-01464-1


Bonetti, L., Horkova, V., Grusdat, M., et al. A Th17 cell-intrinsic glutathione/mitochondrial-IL-22 axis protects against intestinal inflammation. Cell Metab (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.06.010


Lorito, N., Subbiani, A., Smiriglia, A., et al. FADS1/2 control lipid metabolism and ferroptosis susceptibility in triple-negative breast cancer. EMBO Mol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44321-024-00090-6


Insightful Redox Reviews:

Furrer, R. & Handschin, C. Molecular aspects of the exercise response and training adaptation in skeletal muscle. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.07.026


Berndt, C., Alborzinia, H., Amen, V.S., et al. Ferroptosis in health and disease. Redox Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2024.103211


Akaike, T., Morita, M., Ogata, S., et al. New aspects of redox signaling mediated by supersulfides in health and disease. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.07.007


Nakamura, T. & Conrad, M. Exploiting ferroptosis vulnerabilities in cancer. Nat Cell Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-024-01425-8


Mialet-Perez, J. & Belaidi, E. Interplay between hypoxia inducible Factor-1 and mitochondria in cardiac diseases. Free Radic Biol Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.04.239



Welcome Back from the SFRR-E ECR subcommittee

Dear colleagues, 

We hope you have had a fantastic summer and if you’re still on holidays, we envy you! We are ready to go back to work again! In today's newsletter, we will share with you the highlights of the annual SFRR-E Meeting in Istanbul.

Highlights of the Events organized by the ECR Subcommittee at the SFRR-E Meeting in Istanbul:

The last annual meeting of the SFFR-E took place in Istanbul, 5-7 June 2024 and we organized multiple exciting events dedicated to ECRs (and not only)!

1) ECR networking event (Wednesday 5th June at 18:30, Hall 2).

On the first evening of the conference we enjoyed our yearly ECR networking event. We started by making teams based on our famous stickers that you love so much! After a brief introduction of yourselves to break the ice, we continued by playing in teams a challenging puzzle game in which only the best teams got to go ahead to the next rounds. At the end, the remaining team was proclaimed the winners and got the prize.
It was hilarious seeing all of you discussing the solutions for the different puzzles and chasing our juries to advance to the next round! We hope you all had a lot of fun together and enjoyed making new connections.

 

  

2) Meet-the-Professors session (Wednesday 5th June, at 19:30, Hall 2).

On Wednesday evening, after the ECR networking event, we had the “Meet the Professors” session, open to everybody.

We welcomed 9 professors and group leaders with diverse areas of expertise: Daniela Caporossi, Niki Chondrogianni, Andreas Daiber, Mike Davies, Isabel Fabregat, Clare Hawkins, Malcolm Jackson, João Laranjinha, Giuseppe Valacchi and David Heppner.

We started with a brief introduction of the careers of our guests to get to know all of them and, afterwards, teams were formed including one of our special guests per team! We gave each team pasta and marshmallows and the hard task of building a tower. The team who built the highest tower with our fancy construction materials would be the winner!!

It was very funny seeing all of you teaming up together and even laying on the ground very concentrated on building the tower. It was impressive how some of the teams applied the most innovative building techniques!!

3) Sunrise Round Table I: Pillow Talks: From Academia to Industry (Thursday 6th June at 8:00, Hall 2).

On Thursday we began the morning with a sunrise round table, open for early birds and everybody who was not tired after a networking night.

Experts from academia (Antonio Cuadrado, Giuseppe Valacchi and Kasia Whysall) and industry (Mike Lu, Sven Terclavers and Carmen Veith) were there to discuss diverse career paths. Thank you all for the participation!

Everybody asked their questions about how it is working in either one of these sectors and it was very interesting knowing the pros and cons of each side. It is clear that career perspectives is a very important topic for ECRs and that many of you are very interested about this topic when you are at the end of your PhDs or while during your postdocs. For this reason we are planning on organising more events like that for ECRs!

4) Sunrise Round Table II: ROS Measurement: From Bedside to Bench (Friday 7th June at 8:00, Hall 2).


On Friday morning, we prepared a sunrise round table, open for everybody, focused on how to measure ROS. We were happy that many people joined, ECRs and not, considering also the early hour!

For this event we were honoured to have experts in ROS measurements (Michael Davies, Clare Hawkins, Giovanni Mann, Jan Riemer and Hadley D. Sikes). Our chairs (Veronica Lisi and Timoteo Marchini) organised a novel fishbowl set up which greatly helped to keep the dynamic of the event.

We were happy to see that how to measure ROS in an accurate way was such an important topic for you all, senior and not, and the very interesting debates originated during the round table.

5) ECR-Symposium: H2O2 on the Move: from Sub-cellular Redox Signals to Therapeutic Potential (Friday 7th June at 9:00, Hall 1).


On Friday morning, after the sunrise round table, we had our first symposium within the SFRR-E Annual Meeting organized only by ECRs. The symposium was chaired by Cristina Mas-Bargues and Carmen Veith. David Heppner, Rut Espinosa, Carlos Henriquez Olguin and Carmen Veith discussed a lot about NADPH oxidases in different contexts and diseases as well as subcellular hydrogen peroxide compartmentalization.

It was great seeing so many people at the symposium, interested in the work of our invited speakers. We deeply believe that it is inspirational for ECRs seeing the work of their peers at similar stages of their careers.

We also got to acknowledge the young researchers that presented great science at the meeting. The SFRR-E gave 6 awards to Irene Canovas-Cervera (Spain), Javier Marques (Spain), Ufuk Ersoy (UK), Attila Altinpinar (UK), Lea Strohm (Germany) and Konstantinos Papanikolaou (Greece). Congratulations to all the awardees!!

We had an incredible time together during the SFRR-E conference and it was very motivating seeing so many people enjoying our events and helping us build an ever growing community of young redox researchers!

The ECR subcommittee says a big THANKS! to everybody who attended our events, see you next year in Galway between 3 - 6 June 2025! You can already find details about the 2025 meeting in https://www.sfrrgalway2025.com.



More information about the ECR Subcommittee can be found on the SFRR-E website (ECR Committee (sfrr-europe.org), while regular updates can be found on Twitter (@SFRR_Europe), Instagram (@sfrr_ecr) and LinkedIn (SFRR-E). For any question or suggestion you might have, you can contact us via email: ecr@sfrr-europe.org.

Stay tuned for the next newsletter, it will be full with new information for ECRs!

The ECR subcommittee

New ECR editorial mentoring programme

The SFRR-E ECR committee with support from the SFRR-E, the SFRR-E official journals and Elsevier is delighted to announce the launch of a new ECR editorial mentoring programme.

The aim of the programme is to offer Early Career Researchers (ECRs) the opportunity to increase their engagement with scientific publishing and gain experience in editorial board work and manuscript handling.

The programme will run over the year 2025 for 12 months. Selected participants will be paired with one of the Editorial Board members of one of SFRR-Europe's official journals (i.e. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry, and Redox Biology). They will receive 1:1 training and mentoring in:

  • Assessing the suitability of a manuscript for consideration in the journal.

  • Identification of potential reviewers.

  • Assessing reviewer comments.

  • Details concerning decision-making and preparation of a decision letter.

  • Identification of ethical/policy questions that may arise with manuscripts submitted to the journals.

  • Learning important aspects to consider when acting as an ambassador of a journal (e.g. suggestion of topics/authors for special issues, promotion of the journal at conferences/events and diffusion in social media).

Further information about the application process and selection criteria can be found in the member’s intranet of the SFRR-E website https://intranet.sfrr-europe.org. The application document should be uploaded as a single pdf on the intranet. 


Deadline for applications: 18th October 2024

If you have any further questions please contact: ecr@sfrr-europe.org

Call for Travel Awards to attend the SFRR-I Galway Meeting 2025

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the call for SFRR-E travel awards for students and postdocs to attend the 2025 biennial meeting of SFRR-I that will be organised by SFRR-E and held in Galway, Ireland, from 3 - 6 June 2025.

Please note that previous SFRR-E travel grant awardees and SFRR-E Young Investigator Award recipients, who have been supported to attend the SFRR-E annual conference previously, are not eligible to apply.

  • Travel awards of 400 Euros each for PhD students members of SFRR-E.

  • Travel awards of 400 Euros each for postdoc members of SFRR-E, who are less than 5 years post-PhD (excluding career disruption) and not in permanent academic positions.

  • Travel awards of 900 Euros each for non-European students or postdoc members of SFRR-E or a SFRR Regional Society (with the same conditions as above), who require transoceanic or long-distance travel to attend the forthcoming Annual Meeting.

The number of travel awards for European PhD students, European post-docs, and international junior researchers will be decided after the evaluation process taking into account the scientific quality of the proposals.

The applications should be submitted online through the SFRR-E website https://intranet.sfrr-europe.org as a single PDF file containing a CV (max. 2 pages), which includes the date of PhD award, a supporting letter written by the applicant, outlining your interest and motivation for attending the conference, and an abstract for the communication to be presented during the conference.

As registered user of the SFRR-E intranet you will have access to submit your application when you login into the website https://intranet.sfrr-europe.org and select the option “Call for Travel Awards for SFRR-I Galway 2025” in the menu on the left.

The deadline to receive submissions is 10th January 2025. The decision about awardees will be announced before the early-bird registration deadline and the corresponding funds will be transferred to the awardees soon after this announcement.

PLEASE NOTE: applicants MUST submit their abstracts online through the conference website before 10TH February 2025, which is the deadline for abstract submission, and provide evidence of registration, to receive the travel funds.

Conference website: https://www.sfrrgalway2025.com

Please contact info@sfrr-europe.org should you need further information.

Call for Symposia proposals for the next biennial meeting of SFRR-International, Galway, Ireland, June 3-6, 2025

Dear colleagues,

We are inviting the submission of Symposium proposals for the next biennial meeting of SFRR-International, which will be organized by SFRR-E and held in Galway, Ireland from June 3-6, 2025.

Please submit your Symposium proposal using the template provided through the SFRR-E web site (www.sfrr-europe.org) before the deadline of 20th September 2024.

Current SFRR-E members will be able to submit Symposium proposals after they login into the intranet via the SFRR-E website, by choosing the “Symposium proposal” option in the menu on the left-hand side.

Members of other regional societies affiliated with SFRR-I can create a profile on the SFRR-E intranet by selecting the regional society to which they belong, when registering on the SFRR-E intranet to submit the documents. Click on “NEW USER registration” and select your affiliated society via the drop-down menu.

Symposium proposals should be submitted as a single pdf file using the template available on the SFRR-E website. Your proposal should include a summary of the novelty of the symposium and potential sources of sponsorship (max. 300 words), the names, full address, URLs for two Chairs, one of them also participating as speaker, as well as the names, full address, and URLs for 2 additional international speakers (+2-3 reserves and their addresses). In addition, please include provisional lecture titles and abbreviated CVs for the speakers (max. 300 words) and up to 5 selected publications for each one. The inclusion of an early career academic and gender balance/diverse speakers is required.

An International Scientific Committee will evaluate all Symposium proposals.

Three nights of accommodation, social events, and registration fees for invited speakers and chairs will be provided by SFRR-E.

More information is available on the SFRR-E website: SFRR International biennial meeting 2025

With best wishes,

Katarzyna Whysall
Chair of the Organizing Committee

Juan Sastre
President, SFRR-Europe

Giuseppe Valacchi
President-Elect, SFRR-Europe

Giovanni Mann
President of SFRR-International

Call of SFRR-E honorary lectures for the SFRR-I Galway Meeting 2025

Dear colleagues,

We are inviting the submission of nominations for the following SFRR-E honorary lectures to be presented at the SFRR-I Biennial Meeting 2025, which will be organized by SFRR-E and will take place in Galway, Ireland on the 3rd - 6th June 2025.

  • SFRR-E Annual Award Lecture
  • SFRR-Europe Basic Science Award Lecture
  • SFRR-E Catherine Pasquier Memorial Lecture
  • SFRR-E Leopold Flohé Redox Pioneer Young Investigator Award

Only current members of SFRR-E are able to submit nominations for special lectures, and must login into the member area of the SFRR-E website (https://www.sfrr-europe.org) and select the option “Call for Honorary Lectures for SFRR-I Galway Meeting 2025” in the menu on the left. Nominations should be submitted before or by the deadline of 20th September 2024 as a PDF file using the word templates available on the SFRR-E website. Please find enclosed the guidelines for these honorary lectures.

An International Scientific Advisory Board will evaluate all nominations and the SFRR-E Executive will then select nominees with the highest rankings. 

More information is available on the SFRR-E website: SFRR International biennial meeting 2025

Thank you for your active collaboration with SFRR-E.

Best regards,
Clare Hawkins
General Secretary of SFRR-Europe

Call for Symposia and Lectures proposals for the next biennial meeting of SFRR-International, Galway, Ireland, June 3-6, 2025

Dear colleague:

The SFRRI Executive is keen to receive nomination(s) for the next SFRRI President-Elect to take up their position in January 2025, as highlighted in the enclosed file and in the available link: https://sfrr.org/admin/files/uploads/call-for-nominations-for-sfrr-international-president-elect-31-07-24.pdf

The SFRR-I Executive is also seeking norminations from regional societies for the 2025 SFRRI Trevor Slater, Lester Packer, Alberto Boveris and Kelvin & Joanna Rising Star Award Lectures to be given at the 22nd SFRRI Meeting in Galway.

For further information on guidelines for nominating colleagues for the SFRRI Award Lectures 2025 and for the proposal of symposia see https://www.sfrr-europe.org/index.php/meetings/sfrr-international-biennial-meeting-2025.

Best wishes,
Juan Sastre
President of SFRR-Europe

Nominations for SFRR-International awards

SFRR-International are seeking nominations for their 2025 award lectures, to be given at the 22nd SFRR-International Meeting (hosted by SFRR-Europe) at the University of Galway, Ireland 3-6 June 2025. Further information about the meeting is available at the conference website: https://www.sfrrgalway2025.com

An overview of each award is provided below.

More detailed information about the nomination process, and supporting documentation required to submit a nomination for individual awards can be found here: SFRR International biennial meeting 2025 (sfrr-europe.org)


The deadline for receipt of nominations by email is 20 September 2024.

Nominations should be sent as a single PDF file to Patricia I. Oteiza (Email: poteiza@ucdavis.edu).


Trevor Slater Award Lecture

The Trevor Slater Award is the highest award of SFRR – International and is awarded on a biennial basis to a scientist who, in the judgment of the International Scientific Committee, has made an outstanding contribution to the field. It was set up in memory of Trevor Slater, a founder and first President of the Society. The award consists of a medal and certificate, and it is a requirement that the recipient presents a lecture at the Biennial meeting where the award is made and subsequently contributes an invited Review Article to Free Radical Biology & Medicine.

Lester Packer Award Lecture

The Lester Packer Award Lecture was established in 2021 in honor of Lester Packer, who edited more than 100 books and published over 800 articles that generated more than 33,000 citations.

The SFRR – International Lester Packer Award Lecture is awarded on a biennial basis to a scientist who, in the judgment of the International Scientific Committee, has made seminal contributions to the field redox biology and nutrition. The award consists of a medal and certificate, and it is a requirement that the recipient presents a lecture at the Biennial meeting where the award is made and subsequently contributes an invited Review Article to Free Radical Biology & Medicine.

Alberto Boveris Award Lecture

The Alberto Boveris Award Lecture was established in 2022 in honor of Alberto Boveris and will be awarded on a biennial basis to a scientist who, in the judgment of the International Scientific Committee, contributed significantly to the field of redox signaling. Alberto Boveris was instrumental in the discovery and characterization of the sites of superoxide production in mitochondria pivotal for the understanding of the metabolism of oxygen by mammalian cells. The award consists of a medal and certificate, and it is a requirement that the recipient presents a lecture at the Biennial meeting where the award is made and subsequently contributes an invited Review Article to Free Radical Biology & Medicine.

Kelvin and Joanna Davies Rising Star Award

The Kelvin and Joanna Davies Rising Star Award is intended to recognize an emerging leader in the Free Radical/Redox Biology field, whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional scientific growth and contributions to our body of knowledge, and increased levels of leadership, responsibility and sphere of impact. Awardees must hold an earned doctoral degree, have completed postdoctoral training, and be in the first six years of a tenure-track appointment, or equivalent. While eligible nominees will have not yet reached a senior-level position, their track record must reflect a strong career trajectory with the probability of forward advancement and potential for appointment at the highest levels.

The names of previous awardees for each award other general information is available from: https://www.sfrr.org

SFRR-Europe Visiting Fellowships for 2024

Applications are open for SFRR-Europe Visiting Fellowships for 2024. Awards of up to €2000 will be made to Early Career Investigators to cover travel and accommodation expenses for a short research stay [minimum 3 weeks] in another European laboratory, to be completed before June 2025. The number of awards made will be determined by the quality of the submitted proposals.

Applicants should submit a single PDF containing:

  1. a brief summary of the research project (maximum one A4 page) stating the expected duration, budget, rationale and expected outcomes from the short stay.

  2. CV (maximum 2 A4 pages) of the applicant including date of birth, date of PhD award (if applicable), current position and a list of publications.

  3. abbreviated CVs of both the home and proposed host supervisors (maximum 2 A4 pages each).

  4. a letter from the host institution agreeing to host and provide facilities for the visitor.

Previous awardees of Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fellowships or Visiting Fellowships are not eligible.

Applications should be submitted by logging-in to the SFRR-E intranet (https://intranet.sfrr-europe.org) and selecting the call for SFRR-E VISITING FELLOWSHIPS 2024. Applications which do not adhere to the above requirements, will not be considered.

The deadline for applications is 15 May 2024, and the results will be announced at the General Assembly of SFRR-E, held during the SFRR-Europe Annual Meeting in Istanbul, 4-7 June 2024.

Requirements for the applicant:

  • Under 35 years of age and without a permanent university position

  • Member of SFRR-Europe

  • Presentation of a brief written report, and details of expenditure, to the SFRR-Europe Executive one month after the research visit. The report may be posted on the SFRR-Europe website.

Requirements for the supervisors at the home and host institutions:

  • Both the home and host supervisors must be members of SFRR-Europe

SFRR-E Meeting 2024

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We are inviting the submission of symposia proposals and nominations for the following SFRR-E honorary lectures to be presented at the SFRR-E Meeting 2024 “From Molecules to Tissues: Redox Biology in Action”, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey on the 5th - 7th June 2024.

Conference website: https://redoxistanbul2024.com

  • SFRR-E Annual Award Lecture
  • SFRR-Europe Basic Science Award Lecture
  • SFRR-Europe Clinical Science Award Lecture
  • SFRR-E Catherine Pasquier Memorial Lecture
  • SFRR-E Leopold Flohé Redox Pioneer Young Investigator Award

Only current members of SFRR-E are able to submit symposium proposals or nominations for special lectures, and must login into the member area of the SFRR-E website intranet.sfrr-europe.org and select the relevant option "Call for symposia for SFRR-E Istanbul Meeting 2024" or “Call for Honorary Lectures for SFRR-E Istanbul Meeting 2024” in the menu on the left.

Symposia proposals and lecture nominations should be submitted before or by the deadline of 6th October 2023 as a PDF file using the word templates available when you log in to the member area of the SFRR-E website. Please find enclosed the guidelines for these honorary lectures.

An International Scientific Advisory Board will evaluate all proposals and nominations and the SFRR-E Executive will then select those with the highest rankings.

Thank you for your active collaboration with SFRR-E.

SFRR-E Honorary Lectures 2024

We are excited to announce the new recipients of the SFRR-E Honorary Lecture Awards, which will be presented during the Annual meeting, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 5-7 June, 2024. Congratulations to the awardees!

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SFFR-E Annual Award Lecture
Anna Maria Cuervo
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
Title: Selective autophagy in the fight against aging and age-related diseases

SFRR-E Basic Science Award Lecture (Sponsored by Elsevier)
Kelvin Davies
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Title: The Redox Biology of Adaptive Homeostasis

SFFR-E Clinical Science Award Lecture (Sponsored by SFRR-E and OCC)
Thomas Michel
Harvard University, USA
Title: Novel chemogenetic/transgenic models of tissue-specific oxidative stress

Catherine Pasquier Award Lecture
Eduardo Fuentes-Lemus
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Title: Macromolecular crowding in the context of redox biology: effects on protein oxidation and aggregation

Leopold Flohe Award Lecture
Jose Luis Garcia Giménez
Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Title: When epigenetics meets the redox regulation and signaling

Updates from the ECR committee

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Join our Mentoring Program

Earlier this year, the Society for Free Radical Research Europe has introduced a new subcommittee dedicated to early career researchers, the ECR Subcommittee. The Subcommittee aims to create a vibrant ECR community within the SFRR-E devoted to young investigators' education and visibility.
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT AWARD

ANTHONY NEWMAN from ELSEVIER receives the "SFRR-Europe LONG-TERM SUPPORT AWARD" during the joint meeting of SFRRE and Plant Oxygen Group, at the Redox Biology Congress, held in Ghent 24-26, August 2022.

Giovanni Mann's Tweet
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In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Robin L. Willson

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of the ‘founding fathers’ of the free radical and redox fields, Professor Robin Linhope Willson. He died peacefully at his home in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina, where he had lived since retiring from Brunel University. He was 81 and leaves behind a wife Vicky, and two children, Emma and Suzy, from his first marriage to Hester Bowen who died in 1996.
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Solidarity with our colleagues in Ukraine

SFRRE stands in  solidarity with our friends and colleagues in Ukraine. We strongly condemn the barbaric unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, attacking and killing civilians.
While calling  on a swift and peaceful resolution to the conflict, SFRRE can provide Society members from Ukraine some support and will collaborate with community group in providing information about opportunities at universities for students and researchers.
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Next Annual Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research - Europe



“The Future of Redox Biology”
meeting sponsored by OCC, SFRR-E, and SFRR-I
17-18-19 June 2022. Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena, Italy.
More info: https://www.the-future-of-redox-biology-siena-2022.com/


"Oxidative Stress: Eustress and Distress" book edited by Helmut Sies.


The full videos of the latest SFRR-Europe Webinars are available ONLY FOR MEMBERS.



FRBM Forthcoming Special Issues

Critical Methods articles in FRBM

Solidarity with our colleagues in Ukraine

SFRRE stands in  solidarity with our friends and colleagues in Ukraine. We strongly condemn the barbaric unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, attacking and killing civilians.

While calling  on a swift and peaceful resolution to the conflict, SFRRE can provide Society members from Ukraine some support and will collaborate with community group in providing information about opportunities at universities for students and researchers.

Society’s Support

SFRRE will waive yearly membership to all Ukraine scientists for the 2022-2024 period. Dedicated travel awards for Ukraine SFRRE members to attend SFRRE meetings or affiliated events.


Academic Support

Science for Ukraine (Science for Ukraine)

#ScienceForUkraine is a community group of volunteer students and research scientists from academic institutions in Europe and around the world.

Their mission is to collect and disseminate information about support opportunities at the university, national, and international level for graduate students and researchers directly affiliated to an academic institution in Ukraine.


Solidarity list – Features – EMBO
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Solidarity list – Features – EMBO)

A list of life scientists across Europe and beyond offering to host Ukrainian researchers in their labs, provided EMBO Communications


SNSF supports Ukrainian researchers (snf.ch)
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SNSF supports Ukrainian researchers (snf.ch)

As a longstanding promoter of academic freedom, peaceful cooperation and tolerance across borders, the SNSF also supports Scholars at Risk (SAR), a global organisation committed to helping and funding scientists and researchers who are in danger in their own country.


Scholars at Risk
Network
(Solidarity with the people of Ukraine and Ukrainian higher education | Scholars at Risk)

The organization stands ready to assist, including by arranging temporary positions for as many scholars displaced from or otherwise unable to work safely in Ukraine as possible, as well as scholars in Russia who may face retaliation for their opposition to the aggression or support for Ukrainian colleagues.


King’s College London
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King's leads universities' response to hosting Ukrainian refugee students and academics (kcl.ac.uk)


As the UK’s first university to act as a Community Sponsor for a refugee family displaced by the Syrian war, King’s is sharing learnings from that scheme to inform this new initiative and deliver a model for how UK universities might best implement the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme. 

SFRR-E

The Society for Free Radical Research - Europe (SFRR-E) is dedicated to promoting interest in all aspects of research related to Free Radicals in any scientific field.

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