Welcome to the UCMR DAY on 8 January 2015! Get an update on research within UCMR and core facilities/National infrastructures co-funded by UCMR programmes!
Venue: Minor Groove and Major Groove, Department of Molecular Biology, Building 6L
Date: 8 January 2015
All scientists and staff members within UCMR (Umeå Centre for Microbial Research) research groups, collaboration partners and researchers with an interest in microbial research and/or infection biology are invited to a day of inspiring research presentations and an excellent opportunity for networking and initiation of multidisciplinary collaborations.
8.30 – 9.00
Registration and Poster mounting
Session I:
UCMR Programme news
9.00 – 9.05
Welcome and Introduction
Åke Forsberg
9.05 - 9.30
UCMR Programme news –
MIMS, UCMR Linnaeus Programme – VR-evaluation -
Postdoctoral programmes – Infrastructure/Core facilities
Bernt Eric Uhlin, UCMR Director
9.30 - 9.45
UCEM – Umeå Core Facility Electron Microscopy –
Plans for the establishment of the SciLifeLab in cryo EM
Linda Sandblad, Manager UCEM
9.45 – 10.00
The MIMS-affiliated National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics – News Courses/events, network and international meetings
Anna Holmström, National Director of studies
10.00 – 10.30
Coffee break
Session II
Mini-symposium I: New UCMR postdocs and postdoc projects
Chairpersons: Bhupender Singh, Physics, and Sara Hernandez, Molecular Biology
10.30 – 10.45
Visualization of CLIC's by correlative light and electron microscopy
Sara Henriksson, Umeå Core facility Electron Microscopy
10.45 - 11.00
Benzofuran-based as new scaffold for type III secretion system inhibitors
Duc Duy Vo, Department of Chemistry
11.00 - 11.15
The use of 3D cell culture systems to model viral infections in vitro.
David Persson, Clinical Microbiology
11.15 - 11.30
Persistent colonization in intestinal niches by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Rajdeep Choudury, Molecular Biology
11.30 – 11.45
Facile synthesis of multi ring fused 2-Pyridones via Nitrene Insertion Reaction: Fluorescent modulators of α-synuclein amyloid formation
Pardeep Singh, Department of Chemistry
11.45 – 12.00
Computational inference of scenarios for relapsing Fever borrelia genome evolution
Haitham Elbir, Molecular Biology
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch and poster session
Session III
New UCMR faculty – Frame work grant and new postdocs
Chairpersons: David Persson, Clinical Microbiology and Helen Wang, Molecular Biology
13.00 – 13.20
Structural studies of gram-positive Type IV Secretion Systems
Ronnie Berntsson, New assistant professor
Medical Chemistry and Biophysics (Stockholm University)
13.20 – 13.40
Activation of circulating platelets leads to the release of potent antiviral IgG
Mattias Forsell, New assistant Professor
Clinical Microbiology (Karolinska Institute)
13.40 – 14.00
Reconsidering the structure of the bacterial cell wal.
Miguel Angel de Pedro Montalban, New UCMR Guest Professor
Molecular Biology (Centro de Biologia Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Madrid)
14.00 – 14.20
CpxR signaling as target for antibacterial treatment – A new VR framework grant in Infections and antibiotics
Matthew Francis, Molecular Biology
14.20 – 14.35
Dual role of fimbriae in Escherichia coli pathogenesis?
Bhupender Singh, Physics
14.35 – 14.50
Bile-induced peptidoglycan remodeling in Salmonella enterica
Sara Hernandez, Molecular Biology
14.50 – 15.20
Coffee break
Session IV
Mini – symposium II: Ny and new postdoc projects
Chairpersons: Ronnie Berntsson, Stockholm University and Mattias Forsell, Karolinska Institute
15.20 - 15.40
Plasminogen accelerates wound healing and potentiates the host defence against infections.
Tor Ny, Medical Chemistry and Biophysics
15.40 - 15.55
Targeting virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a novel approach to antibacterial drug development.
Francesco Massai, Molecular Biology
16.10 – 16.25
Natural Product Inspired Diversity-oriented synthesis
Liena Qin, Department of Chemistry
16.25 – 16.40
Regulatory role of eukaryotic Elongation Factor 3 (eEF3) in protein biosynthesis
Villu Kasari, Molecular Biology
16.40 – 18.30
Poster session (Minor Groove and outside Major Groove)
18.30 -
Buffet dinner in lunchroom and old library at molecular biology
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