Lipid droplets & Oleosomes

The Conference: 2021 Edition

We are happy to announce that our second conference will take place on the 2^nd and 3^rd of December at the CIARUS conference center, Strasbourg.

Additional practical information on the venue and can be found here.

The conference schedule can be found in the dedicated page.

Important dates

Registrations will open soon and will remain open until the 1^st of November. 

Abstract submissions will be accepted until the 4^th of November for the following sessions:

• Composition and imaging of Lipid Droplets and Oleosomes
• Recovering Lipid Droplets and Oleosomes for industrial applications
• Dynamic mobilization, hydrolysis, and digestion of Lipid Droplets and Oleosomes
• Designer materials with Lipid Droplets and Oleosomes.

Guidelines for posters can be found here.

Lipid Droplets / Oleosomes / Oil bodies

Oils in plants are organized in natural micron-sized droplets, called Oleosomes (or Lipid Droplets or Oil Bodies). Oils, in the form of triacylglycerides comprise their core, which is surrounded by a unique set of proteins embedded in a dense phospholipid monolayer. The membrane, which is designed through evolution to protect plant oils during seed storage, equips oleosomes with high physicochemical stability.

They can potentially replace manufactured oil droplets in applications, like foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The aim of this conference is to discuss how the fundamental knowledge on the properties of oleosomes can be used to efficiently obtain and use them in real products.