Dear colleagues,

Welcome to Valencia to the FIRST PROTEOSTASIS MEETING. We thank you all for joining and helping us to provide a high quality programme.

At the moment, PROTEOSTASIS is formed by 180 groups from 27 different European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Check Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Republic of Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and UK).

The First PROTEOSTASIS MEETING brings together most of the research groups of the network, organized in six different Working Groups, which during 3 days will share their findings and projects in a collaborative and scientifically stimulating atmosphere.

We hope that the city of Valencia with its charming atmosphere will contribute to promote interactions and collaborations among the participants, which is the most important objective of this meeting. Your interest to attend this meeting encourages us to keep on working to consolidate what we consider a unique European scientific network.

We wish you an enjoyable and fruitful meeting.