Meeting reports

Abstract

A total of 90 scientists from a range of disciplines came together in Madrid over 21–23 September 2022, to discuss the vibrant field of plant proteostasis. Topics covered included ubiquitination, autophagy, vesicle trafficking, proteostasis and stress, quality control and organellar proteostatic systems. High points included excellent student and early career researcher talks (with a large dose of Spanish flair!) and inspirational keynotes from Helen Walden (University of Glasgow, UK; Biochemical Society Lecture) and Tim Clausen (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology Vienna, Austria; EMBO Lecture) who showcased how state-of-the-art structural biology has informed ubiquitination mechanisms influencing human disease. No protein complex is too big to tackle!Marion Clavel (Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna, Austria) won the best talk prize with her presentation on the role of selective autophagy in promoting plant survival during virus infection, and the poster winner was Marissa Y. Annis (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA) on Uvr2 and Uvr3 proteins as novel candidate regulators of chloroplast Clp system activity with a potential role in stress response.Overall, the meeting was notable for the extremely high quality of science and a strong sense of community. The meeting is accompanied by a special issue of Essays in Biochemistry on plant proteostasis.