Meeting after meeting: 20 years of discoveries by the members of the Exocytosis–Endocytosis Club. (22nd August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Niedergang, Florence; Gasman, Stéphane; Vitale, Nicolas; Desnos, Claire; Lamaze, Christophe
• Is Part Of: Biology of the cell. Volume 109:Number 9(2017)
• Page Start: 339
• Page End: 353
• Publication Date: 2017-08-22
• Subjects: Cell polarity -- Endocytosis/exocytosis -- Endosomes -- Intracellular compartmentalisation -- Lysosomes; Cytology -- Periodicals; Electron microscopy -- Periodicals; 571.6
• DOI: 10.1111/boc.201700026
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0248-4900

Abstract

Abstract : Review : The "Club Exocytose‐Endocytose" started with a bunch of French cell biologists who decided to merge two scientific clubs dedicated to Exocytosis and Endocytosis. Meeting after meeting, over 20 years, in different places (including Evian with Swiss colleagues and Padova with Italian colleagues), the annual meetings of the "Club Exocytose‐Endocytose" are the vivid demonstration of the high quality of science performed in the intracellular trafficking field. Abstract : Twenty years ago, a group of French cell biologists merged two scientific clubs with the aim of bringing together researchers in the fields of Endocytosis and Exocytosis. Founded in 1997, the first annual meeting of the Exocytosis Club was held in 1998. The Endocytosis Club held quarterly meetings from its founding in 1999. The first joint annual meeting of the Exocytosis–Endocytosis Club took place in Paris in April, 2001. What started as a modest gathering of enthusiastic scientists working in the field of cell trafficking has gone from strength to strength, rapidly becoming an unmissable yearly meeting, vividly demonstrating the high quality of science performed in our community and beyond. On the occasion of the 20th meeting of our club, we want to provide historic insight into the fields of exocytosis and endocytosis, and by extension, to subcellular trafficking, highlighting how French scientists have contributed to major advances in these fields. Today, the Exocytosis–Endocytosis Club represents a vibrant and friendly community that will hold its 20th meeting at the Presqu'Ile de Giens, near Toulon in the South of France, on May 11–13, 2017.