Non-Lethal Roles of Cell Death Proteins

Programmed cell death/apoptosis is managed by well defined signal pathways, which coordinate cell disassembly and death.  Despite the lethality of these pathways, a growing number of studies have shown that the core death proteins act as conserved inductive cues for cell differentiation, proliferation, and stress adaptation. More recently, studies have revealed that the same cell destruction machinery is also essential in initiating human disease, independent of inducing cell death. 

This conference is dedicated to the topic of the “non-lethal roles of cell death proteins”, and is the only international meeting with such a focus. International leaders of the field will meet in Madrid in September 2026 to discuss the important developments and discoveries that have happened in recent years, share new knowledge, identify promising new avenues of research and build collaborative research networks.