Seminars and Podcasts 2010

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ICGEB Seminars Archive 2005-2009

December 2009

Thursday, 17 December, 11:00 am

Alberto R. KORNBLIHTT
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology Group, Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology
School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Chromatin structure and alternative splicing
(Host: M. Giacca)

January 2010

Monday, 11 January, 11:00 am

Tom MISTELI
Cell Biology of Gene Expression Group, National Cancer Institute Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Nuclear architecture and aging
(Host: M. Giacca)

Tuesday, 12 January, 12:00 noon

Kuan-Teh JEANG
Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Virus-cell interactions: lessons from studying human retroviruses
(Host: M. Giacca

Tuesday 12 January, 3:00 pm

Edouard BERTRAND
Intracellular RNA Trafficking, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM), Montpellier, FRANCE
Real-time imaging of co-transcriptional splicing reveals a check-points that regulates mRNA release and 3'-end formation
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 22 January, 12:00 noon

Stefan ENGELHARDT
Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, GERMANY
Signalling in the myocardium: Novel mechanisms
(Host: M. Giacca)

Monday, 25 January, 12:00 noon

Mauro PISTELLO
Department of Experimental Pathology, Retrovirus Center and Virology Section, University of Pisa, ITALY
What feline immunodeficiency virus can teach us about HIV
(Host: M. Giacca)

February

Friday, 19 February, 12:00 noon

Keith CALDECOTT *
Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Chromosomal single-strand break repair and human genetic disease
(Host: A. Vindigni)

Friday, 26 February, 3:00 pm

Michael BREITENBACH *
Department of Genetics, Salzburg University, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Yeast as a model for aging and oxidative stress: the role of mitochondrial and extramitochondrial ROS
(Host: C. Bruschi)

March

Monday, 1 March, 3:00 pm

Marco PRESTA
Department Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, 
School of Medicine, 
University of Brescia, ITALY

The pro-angiogenic cystine-knot protein Drm/gremlin-1 is a novel VEGFR2 agonist
(Host: M. Giacca)

Wednesday, 3 March, 12:00 noon

Queta SMITH
Associate Director, Technical Communications, Thermo Scientific Genomics, Lafayette, Colorado, USA
Integrated RNAi Approach to Small-Scale Functional Genomics
(Hosts: M. Giacca/M. Mano)

Thursday, 4 March, 12:00 noon

Cristina RISCO
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC Cell Structure Laboratory, Madrid, SPAIN
3D electron microscopy and molecular mapping unveil the unique architecture of virus factories
(Host: O. Burrone)

Friday, 5 March, 03:00 pm

Jean-Luc SOUCIET
Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, UMR 7156 Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie GDR 2354 Génolevures, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Genome evolution in hemiascomycetous yeasts and the contribution of Ty and TGA to chromosomal dynamics
(Host: C. Bruschi)

Thursday, 11 March, 12:00 noon

Christopher PEARSON
Department of Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, CANADA
Repeat instability as the basis for human diseases and as a potential target for therapy
(Host: M. Giacca)

Thursday, 11 March, 3:00 pm

Nick PROUDFOOT
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Molecular Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Gene punctuation: multiple roles of transcriptional termination in regulating eukaryotic gene expression
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 19 March, 12:00 noon

Sabrina SONDA
Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
A single HDAC regulates gene expression and stage differentiation in the minimized protozoan Giardia lamblia
(Host: C. Bruschi)

Wednesday, 31 March, 12:00 noon

Marco VEGLIACH
ICGEB Trieste, ITALY
Safety Seminar

April

Friday, 9 April, 12:00 noon

Matthias GSTEIGER
ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Analysis of cellular signaling complexes by quantitative mass spectrometry
(Host: A. Vindigni)

Tuesday, 20 April, 12:00 noon

Stefano GUSTINCICH
International School for Advanced Studies, SISSA, Trieste, ITALY
The transcriptional landscape of Dopaminergic Neurons and its significance for Parkinson's Disease
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 23 April, 3:00 pm

John DIFFLEY
Chromosome Replication Laboratory, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms, London, UK
Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Replication in Yeast
(Host: C. Bruschi)

May

Tuesday, 4 May, 12:00 noon

Ferdinando DI CUNTO
Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, ITALY
Coexpression based approaches for functional prediction and disease genes prioritization: the power of simple bioinformatics performed on neglected data
(Host: F. Feiguin)

Friday, 7 May, 12:00 noon

Robert W. JACKSON
School of Biological Sciences, Animal and Microbial Sciences Building (Wing), University of Reading, UK
Life and Death in the Phytosphere: the challenges faced by plant pathogenic bacteria
(Host: V. Venturi)

Wednesday, 12 May, 3:00 pm

Frank BROMBACHER
Cytokines and Disease, ICGEB Cape Town, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Host immunity to helminths: the essential role of IL-4/IL-13 target cells!
(Host: M. Giacca)

June

Monday, 7 June, 12:00 noon - Hosted Seminar

Jean-Christophe MARINE
Laboratory For Molecular Cancer Biology, VIB-KULeuven, BELGIUM
MicroRNAs: Tiny Achiles' Heel of Retinoblastoma
(Host: G. Del Sal LNCIB)

Tuesday, 15 and Wednesday, 16 June 2010

XV ICGEB SYMPOSIUM

Monday, 28 June, 3:00 pm

Ivan Ahel
DNA damage response group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, UK
Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in regulation of DNA repair
(Host: A. Vindigni)

Tuesday, 29 June 12:00 noon

ICGEB Safety Seminar
(Speaker: M. Vegliach)

July

Thursday, 1 July, 12:00 noon

Veit HORNUNG
Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pharmakologie Universitätsklinikum Bonn, GERMANY
Recognition of nucleic acids by the innate immune system
(Host: M. Giacca)

Monday, 5 July, 12:00 noon

Gera NEUFELD
Cancer Research and vascular Biology Center, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL
Type-A plexins and class-3 semaphorins as modulators of angiogenesis and tumor progression
(M. Giacca)

Tuesday, 6 July, 12:00 noon

Philip MENDES
Opteon Ltd., Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
The critical role the scientist plays in the commercialisation of IP
(D. Ripandelli)

Friday, 9 July, 12:00 noon

Toni CATHOMEN
Hannover Medical School, Experimental Hematology, Hannover, GERMANY
Zinc positive: designer nucleases in gene therapy
(Host: M. Giacca)

Wednesday, 21 July, 12:00 noon

Ronald KOOP
Caliper Life Sciences, Technical Applications, In Vivo Imaging, Magdebourg, GERMANY
Biophotonic 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional Imaging for Monitoring Pathologies in Live Animals
(Host: M. Giacca)

August

Tuesday, 31 August, 12:00 noon

Anindya DUTTA
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Ubiquitination pathways in the DNA replication and response to DNA damage
(Host: M. Giacca)

September

Friday, 3 September, 3:00 pm

Sandro DE FALCO
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “A. Buzzati Traverso", CNR, Naples, ITALY
New strategies for the inhibition of VEGFs-dependent pathological angiogenesis
(Host: M. Giacca)

Thursday, 9 September, 12:00 noon - Hosted Seminar

Alessandro COSTA
Berger Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
The structural basis for MCM2-7 helicase activation by GINS and Cdc45
(Host: S. Onesti, Sincrotrone Trieste)

Tuesday, 14 September, 12:00 noon

Stefano INDRACCOLO
U.O.C. Immunology and Molecular Oncology Diagnostics, Venetian Istitute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, ITALY
The Notch pathway in the regulation of tumor dormancy
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 17 September, 12:00 noon

Ulrich HÜBSCHER
Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zürich-Irchel, Zürich, SWITZERLAND
Oxygen as a friend and enemy: how to combat the mutational potential of 8-oxo-guanine
(Host: A. Vindigni)

Monday, 27 September, 12:00 noon

Kari ALITALO
Molecular Cancer Biology Program, Biomedicum Helsinki, 
Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
Lymphangiogenesis in development, disease and therapy
(Host: M. Giacca)

October

Friday, 1 October, 12:00 noon

Ariberto FASSATI
Reader in Cellular & Molecular Virology, The Wohl Virion Centre, Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL Medical School, London, UK
Exploring the interactions between HIV-1 and the host cell by chemical genetics
(Host: A. Marcello)

Friday, 15 October, 12:00 noon

Pierre-Henri GAILLARD
Genome Instability and Carcinogenesis Department, IGC - UPR 3081 CNRS, Marseille, FRANCE
- Title To be Confirmed -
(Host: M. Myers)

Monday, 18 October, 12:00 noon

Genevieve ALMOUZNI
CNRS, Institut Curie-Recherche, Paris, FRANCE
- Title To be Confirmed -
(Hosts: F. Pagani/ E. Fernandez)

Tuesday, 19 October, 12:00 noon

Ian ZACHARY
UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
- Title To be Confirmed -
(Host: M. Giacca)

Thursday, 21 October, 3:00 pm

Richard SNYDER
Biotherapeutic Programs, Office of Research, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, USA
Recombinant AAV Vectors: persistence in vivo and clinical product release
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 22 October, 10:30 am

Philippe MOULLIER
INSERM UMR649 EFS-PL, Nantes, FRANCE and College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Gainesville, FL, USA
Translational research for muscular diseases using AAV vectors
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 22 October, 12:00 noon

Terrence STRICK
Institute Jacques Monod, CNRS, Paris , FRANCE
- Title To be Confirmed -
(Host: M. Myers)

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