MNBTS 9000 (2008)

MNBTS 9000: A course in molecular biology (7.5 credit points)

AIM: To introduce students to advanced research on molecular biology, biotechnology, bioinformatics etc, by having some of the best researchers in Norway to talk about their field in general and then present their own data.

PLACE: Forskningsparken, room 10 (Provisional)

Please note: The displayed program is a preliminary schedule from August 26, 2008. Changes are possible.

Registration: ragni.indahl@biotek.uio.no

MNBTS 9000 2008

Time	Speaker	Contact	Details
Monday 13. Oct 2008
9.00-9.15	Ian Donaldson	ian.donaldson at biotek.uio.no	Introduction
9.15-11.00	Farrukh Chaudhry	f.a.chaudhry at biotek.uio.no	Transport proteins
11:15-13.00	Marit Otterlei	marit.otterlei at medisin.ntnu.no	Model systems for functional and dynamic analysis of BER / SSBR complexes using confocal microscopy and immunoprecipitation
14.15-16.00	TBA	-	-
Tuesday 14. Oct 2008
9.15-11.00	Jon Nissen Meyer	jon.nissen-meyer at imbv.uio.no	Antimicrobial peptides (peptide bacteriocins) produced by gram-positive bacteria: Synthesis, structure and mode of action.
11:15-13.00	Line M. Grønning-Wang	l.m.g.wang at medisin.uio.no	Hyperglycemia and cellular dysfunction
13.00-14:00	Everyone	-	Get together with pizza
14.15-16.00	Pål Falnes	pal.falnes at imbv.uio.no	Macromolecular methylation and its reversal Demethylation of DNA and RNA by AlkB proteins
Wednesday 15. Oct 2008
9.15-11.00	Katarzyna Arczewska	katarzyna.arczewska at biotek.uio.no	C. elegans and DNA repair
11:15-13.00	Bernd Thiede	bernd.thiede at biotek.uio.no	Proteomics and cell death
14.15-16.00	Michael Leitges	Michael.leitges at biotek.uio.no	Generation of knock-out mice and Protein kinase C
Thursday 16. Oct 2008
9.15-11.00	Heidi Kiil Blomhoff	h.k.blomhoff at medisin.uio.no	How cells die. cAMP and modulation of chemotherapy
11:15-13.00	Tone Tønjum	tone.tonjum at medisin.uio.no	Genome dynamics and microbial pathogenesis
14.15-16.00	Torgeir Holen	torgeir.holen at medisin.uio.no	RNA interference - new tool ancient immune system A tale of mutated tails and overhangs Rooting out possible sources of experimental error in RNAi studies
Friday 17. Oct 2008
9.15-11.00	Ole Petter Ottersen	o.p.ottersen at basalmed.uio.no	Imaging of the brain at multiple levels: from EM to PET Molecular mechanisms of brain edema and brain water
11:15-13.00	Ludvig Sollid	l.m.sollid at medisin.uio.no	Functional immunogenetics
14.15-16.00	Anne Spurkland	anne.spurkland at medisin.uio.no	What is a functional polymorphism? Autoimmunity, T-cell activation and angiogenesis controlled by the same adapter molecular
Monday 20. Oct 2008
9.15-11.00	TBA	-	-
11:15-13.00	Terje Johansen	terje.johansen at fagmed.uit.no	Cell polarity, protein aggregations, degradation
14.15-16.00	TBA	-	-
Tuesday 21. Oct 2008
9.15-11.00	Reidunn Aalen	reidunn.aalen at imbv.uio.no	Arabidopsis thaliana – an ideal model organism for functional genomics Plant epigentics
11:15-13.00	Lars Eide	laeide at medisin.uio.no	ROS and mitochondrial homeostasis
14.15-16.00	Mohammed Amarzguioui	mohammed.amarzguioui at biotek.uio.no	RNAi in functional genomics and therapeutics
Wednesday 22. Oct 2008
9.15-11.00	Fahri Saatcioglu	fahri.saatcioglu at imbv.uio.no	Structure-function analysis of nuclear receptors Molecular mechanisms of androgen action
11:15-13.00	Kirsten Skarstad	kskarsta at ulrik.uio.no	Timing and coordination of overlapping replication cycles in E coli Two regulatory systems that are required for proper timing of chromosome replication
14.15-16.00	Torbjørn Rognes	torbjorn.rognes at medisin.uio.no	Introduction to similarity searches in sequence databases Computer tools for unravelling AlkB and other mysterious proteins
Friday 24. Oct 2008
9.15-12.00	Student presentations
Monday 27 Oct 2008
9.15-13.15	Exam (4 hour written open book)