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
| 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) | ||
