Autophagy toolbox

Various information, in the form of articles or videos, on autophagy, its physiopathological functions and methodological approaches.

Return from a CFATG-sponsored conference: Loïc Platteeuw

Thanks to support from CFATG, a PhD student member of the association was able to take part in the « Autophagy across scales » EMBO conference, held from September 23 to 27 in Sorrento (Italy). Find out more about her experience below!

Return from a CFATG-sponsored conference: Aurore Claude-Taupin

Thanks to support from CFATG, a post-doctoral member of the association was able to take part in the "Keystone: Autophagy and Disease" conference, held from December 3 to 6 in Keystone (Colorado, USA). Find out more about her experience below!

Endosomal dynamics upon autophagy induction.

This video by J. Da Graca presents the dynamics of early endosomes in response to nutritional stress.

How long does it take to activate autophagy ?

In this short video, Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, co-director of the A. Einstein Institute (Bronx, NY) for Research on Aging, explains that the time required to activate autophagy is different depending on the type of autophagy.

Mechanistic of autophagy

This animated film presents the mechanism of autophagy, showing the molecular characteristics of autophagosome formation.

Autophagy during aging

This review explores alterations in autophagy that occur during aging.

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

This methodological article references the various techniques that can be used to measure autophagy.