Program/Schedule

SfRBM 2026 Vermont: North American Redox Symposium
Redox-based processes in chronic disease: From target discovery to clinical application
Hotel Champlain, Burlington, VT | 13-16 September 2026

Meeting activities will take place in the Adirondack Ballroom as well as adjacent prefunction space for poster exhibits.

All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET)

Sunday, September 13

2:00-4:00 pm 
Registration

4:00-4:15 pm 
Opening comments 
Albert van der Vliet and Brian Cunniff

4:15-5:14 pm
Keynote Lecture
Session Chair: Albert van der Vliet, University of Vermont, USA
Rafael Radi (Universidad de la República, Uruguay) - Peroxynitrite 35 Years Later: Novel Aspects in Biochemistry and Medicine

6:00 pm
Welcome reception
Hotel Champlain

Monday, September 14

8:00-9:00 am 
Breakfast

8:00-9:00 am 
Career Panel - Exploring Diverse Career Pathways in Redox Biology
(organized by SfRBM Trainee Council)

9:00-10:45 am 
Session 1: Mitochondria, Redox Metabolism and Cancer
Session Chair: Silvina Bartesaghi (Universidad de la República, Uruguay) 

• 9:00-9:25 am Andrew Wojtovich (University of Rochester, USA) – Mapping mitochondrial ROS dynamics
• 9:25-9:50 am Nadine Hempel (University of Pittsburgh, USA) - Identification of novel redox-regulated pathways to target metastasis
• 9:50-10:15 am Ryan Mailloux (McGill University, Canada) - KGDH, mtROS, and succinate: A triad of mitochondrial stress in metobolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
• 10:15-10:30 am Jillian Simon (Temple University, USA) - Redox-sensitive PKARIα restrains lysosome–mitochondria calcium signaling to preserve mitochondrial energetic resilience during ischemic stress
• 10:30-10:45 am Rebecca Wall (Virginia Tech, USA) - Loss of NOX4 Disrupts Exercise Induced Mitochondrial Quality Control in Skeletal Muscle

10:45-11:00 am
Coffee Break

11:00 am-12:30 pm 
Session 2: Redox mechanisms in chromatin remodeling
Session chair: Maria Clara Franco (Florida International University, USA)

• 11:00-11:25 am Steven Roberts (University of Vermont, USA) - Oxidative damage and repair in the nuclear genome
• 11:25-11:50 am Priyamvada Rai (University of Miami, USA) - Redox-regulatory roles for 8-oxodGTPases beyond genome maintenance
• 11:50am-12:05 pm Chetna Mathur (University of Albany, USA) - Redox-Linked tRNA Modifications and Codon Usage Bias Shape Oncogene Expression in Cancer
• 12:05-12:30 pm Marcelo Bonini (Moffit Cancer Center, USA) - Redox-responsive chromatin domains drive cancer cell plasticity and drug resistance

12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch

1:30-3:00 pm 
Session 3: Hydrogen sulfide and polysulfur species in redox metabolism, aging, and cancer
Session chair: Robert Hondal (University of Vermont, USA)

• 1:30-2:00 pm Takaaki Akaike (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan) - Supersulfied-cyclic octasulfur regulates redox metabolism and oxidative stress responses
• 2:00-2:15 pm Cameron Cason (Louisianna State University, USA) - Hypoxia-driven cysteine prenylation of cystathionine y-lyase promotes membrane targeting and sulfane sulfur production
• 2:15-2:30 pm Joseph Shapiro (Emory University, USA) - Hypothiocyanous acid activates multiple modes of pentose phosphate pathway via reverseible oxidation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase in lung epithelial cells
• 2:30-3:00 pm Peter Nagy (National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary) - Multifaceted roles of cysteine metabolism in tumor progression

3:00-5:00 pm 
Poster session 1

6:30-8:00 pm 
Dinner on own

Tuesday, September 15

8:00-8:45 am 
Breakfast

8:15-8:30 am 
Sponsor showcase - Lucid Scientific

8:30-8:45 am
Darla Henderson, FASEB - Science Policy and Advocacy

8:50-9:00 am 
Group photo

9:00-10:30 am 
Session 4: Novel approaches in redox biology and drug-seeking platforms
Session chair: Carola Neumann (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

• 9:00-9:25 am Edward Chouchani (Harvard Medical School, USA) - A cysteine sensing protein complex to regulate cysteine abundance
• 9:25-9:50 am Sharon Campbell (University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill, USA) - Getting a handle on redox regulation of RAS-targeted cysteine-directed inhibitors
• 9:50-10:15 am Liron Bar-Peled (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) - Identification of druggable and redox vulnerabilities in cancer
• 10:15-10:30 am Nirbachita Adrita(Florida International University, USA) - Nitrated RhoA promotes metabolic reprogramming and Schwannoma cell proliferation

10:30-10:45 am
Coffee Break

10:45 am-12:30 pm 
Session 5: Redox mechanisms in cell signaling and cancer biology
Session chair: Kimberly Dunham-Snary (Queens University, Canada)

• 10:45-11:10 am Benoit Boivin (University of Albany, USA) - Novel approaches to activate Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
• 11:10-11:35 am Reem Aboushousha (University of Vermont, USA) - Overcoming Resistance: GSTP1 Inhibition Disrupts Redox Adaptation and Improves Survival in KRAS-Driven NSCLC
• 11:35-11:50 am Eva Nozik (University of Colorado, USA) - Redox regulation of platelet glycoprotein VI signaling by SOD mimetic in inflammatory conditions
• 11:50 am-12:05 pm Megan Tarte (University of Vermont, USA) - GSTP-catalyzed glutathionylation of OTUB1 promotes aberrant epithelial cell plasticity during lung injury and repair
• 12:05-12:30 am Marcia Haigis (Harvard Medical School, USA) - Regulation of redox control in cancer with age
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12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch

1:30-3:00 pm 
Session 7: Peroxiredoxins/glutaredoxins in health and disease
Session chair: Cristina Furdui (Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA)

• 1:30-1:55 pm Todd Lowther (Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA) - Mechanism-based peroxiredoxin 3 inhibitors exploit a covalent warhead for cancer therapy
• 1:55-2:20 pm Yvonne Janssen-Heininger (University of Vermont, USA) - Control of transitional epithelial cell states by glutaredoxin 
• 2:20-2:35 pm Amit Kumar (University of Vermont, USA) - PDIA3 catalyzes MUC5B disulfide bond formation to promote pulmonary fibrosis
• 2:35-3:00 pm Carsten Berndt (Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany) – Impact of Glutaredoxin 2 on brain disorders

3:00-5:00 pm 
Poster session 2

5:45-8:00 pm* 
Dinner cruise
Spirit of Ethan Allen
*Cruise boards at 5:45 pm; cruise begins at 6:00 pm

Wednesday, September 16

8:30-9:00 am 
Breakfast

9:00-10:15 am 
Panel discussion

Ethics in publishing and impact of AI  

Moderator: Brian Cunniff (University of Vermont, USA) 

Panelists: Angela Schena (Managing Editor, Elsevier); Meghan Jendrysik (Senior Scientific Editor, Elsevier), Christopher Kevil (Editor, Redox Biology), Eric Kelley (Editor, Advances in Redox Research), Rafael Radi (Editor, Redox Chemistry and Biochemistry).

10:15-10:30 am
Coffee Break

10:30 am-12:00 pm 
Session 7: Metabolite homeostasis in health and disease
Session chair: Vikas Anathy (University of Vermont, USA)

• 10:30-11:00 am Hozumi Motohashi (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan) – Supersulfidation as a new regulatory layer for protein synthesis and quality control
• 11:00-11:15 am Stefano Tarantini (University of Oklahoma, USA) - Metabolic control of cerebrovascular aging through mitochondrial redox remodeling 
• 11:15-11:45 am Norma Frizzell (Floyd School of Medicine, USA) - Investigating anaplerosis and adaptive tissue metabolism in complex-I deficient leigh syndrome  
• 11:30am-12:00 pm Thales Papagiannakopoulos (New York University, USA) - Metabolic mechanisms of lung cancer progression

12:00-12:30 pm
Award presentations and Closing remarks

12:30 pm
Lunch and adjourn