This lively meeting was the follow-up of a series of meetings that have been organized over the years by European scientists who have an interest in the ER as a protein folding compartment. Three aspects within the scope of that interest traditionally have stood central: disulfide bond formation – which explains the “redox” in the name – homeostasis of the ER (in health & disease), and – with a keen eye on biotechnology – how we may exploit knowledge of ER function, for instance for production of antibodies.

A complete and insightful report of the meeting has been drafted by Eelco Van Anken and published in the August issue of the Open Access Journal "ER stress in Diseases". The meeting report is attached.