The Institute for Physiological Chemistry regularly invites internationally renowned scientists to present their recent advances in the field of Life Sciences and Molecular Medicine to students, researchers and doctors of both faculties.
Thursdays, 17:30 h
09.01. | Simone Hettmer Children's hospital I, | "When skeletal muscle differentiation goes awry: rhabdomyosarcoma" |
06.02. | Sjoerd van Wijk Institute of Experimental Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Goethe University Frankfurt | "New insights in cell-autonomous non-self recognition: implications for cell survival signaling" |
20.02. | Lina Herhaus Group Immune Signalling, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig | "Unveiling IRGQ: a novel mediator of tumor and pathogen immunity" |
06.03. | Christina Weinberg Institute of Biochemistry, MLU University of Halle-Wittenberg | t.b.a. |
Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Hollystr. 1,
Seminarraum III, 1. Obergeschoss
2020
Sabine Strahl (Center for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University) - "O-Mannosylation: an essential protein modification conserved from yeast to humans"
Henner Farin (Institute for Tumor Biology, Georg Speyer Haus, University of Frankfurt) - "Organoid models for Colon Cancer progression and phenotypic dependence on the stromal context"
2019
Monilola Olayioye (Institute of Immunology and Cell Biology, University of Stuttgart) - "The YIN & YANG of Rho Signaling in Tumor Progression"
Krishnaraj Rajalingam (University Medical Center, Mainz and IMCB, A*STAR Singapore) – "Precision medicine in Thyroid Cancers and Targeting RAS"
Klaus-Peter Janssen (Department of Surgery, TU München) - "Colorectal cancer: from immune modulation to metastatic signaling pathways"
2018
Igor Kovacevic (VU University Medical Center Amsterdam) - "Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases in regulation of endothelial permeability"
Bernd Lepenies (Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover) - "The role of C-type lectin receptors during infections – from glycan arrays to murine studies"
Petra Knaus (Institut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin) - "Interplay of TGFb/BMP signalling and mechanotransduction in vascular diseases"
Harold Cremer (Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille) - "Adult neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb: From stem cell determination to synaptic integration"
2017
Peter Walentek (University of California, Berkeley) - "Making a multi-ciliated cell: from integrated regulation of gene expression to the assembly of basal bodies and cilia"
Rastislav Horos (EMBL Heidelberg) - "The small non-coding vault RNA-1 acts as a riboregulator of autophagy"
2016
Athanassia Sotiropoulos (University Paris Descartes) - "Role of Srf transcription factor in the control of skeletal muscle mass and homeostasis"
Nikolaus Pfanner (Freiburg University) - "Mitochondrial machineries for import and assembly of proteins"
Susanne Mühlich (LMU University Munich) - "Interaction with Filamin A provides a new mechanism for regulation of the transcriptional coactivator MRTF-A"
Tilman Grune (German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke) - "Degradation of oxidized proteins - proteasome and chaperone interaction"
Martin Scheffner (University of Konstanz) - "The ubiquitin ligase E6AP and its role in human disease"
2015
Robert Nitsch (University of Mainz) - "Bioactive lipid signaling at central synapses: A role for cortical information processing"
Jens Waschke (LMU Munich) - "Desmogleins integrate signaling to regulate cell cohesion and function"
Thomas Brabletz (University of Erlangen) - "Metastasis: EMT, microRNAs and cancer stem cells"
Thomas Braun (Max Planck Institute of Heart & Lung Research, Bad Nauheim) - "The role of dedifferentiated cardiomyocytes in the diseased myocardium"
Sören Lienkamp (Freiburg University Clinic) - "Renal Tubulogenesis and Kidney Disease Modelling in Xenopus"
2014
Alfred Nordheim (Tübingen University) - "SRF and MRTF: Linking actin dynamics and gene control in endothelial cells"
Rita Gerardy-Schahn (Hannover Medical School) - "(Poly)Sialoglycotopes in organ development"
Hans-Ulrich Demuth (Fraunhofer Institute of Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Halle) - "The common molecular denominator linking the Metabolic Syndrome to Neurodegeneration"
Michael Kühl (Ulm University) - "Wnt signaling during vertebrate organogenesis"
Gerhard Christofori (University of Basel) - "Transcriptional control of EMT and cancer metastasis"
Theresia Stradal (Helmholtz Center Braunschweig) - "Cytoskeletal rearrangements during infection and pathogen defense"
Stefan Höning (University of Cologne) - "Mechanisms of cargo selection during clathrin-mediated endocytosis"
2013
Michael Kessels (University of Jena) - "Cortical Actin dynamics in shaping neuronal cells"
Christian Bökel (TU Dresden) - "Seeing is Believing - Dissecting BMP and Hh signal transduction"
