Welcome to the UCMR DAY 10 January 2019! Topics to be covered: New faculty members at MIMS/UCMR, Invited guest speakers, Poster walks, Plans for future collaboration acitivities, and Update over ongoing activities at UCMR and Core Facilities.
Time: 10 January 2019
Venue: Bergasalen, University Hospital, South Entrance, "Kvinno-barn-kliniken"
Programme
09.00-09.20
Welcome address - UCMR – 15 years Bernt Eric Uhlin, UCMR Coordinator, Molecular Biology
Session I: New faculty/MIMS group leaders Chairpersons: Maria Fällman and Oliver Billker 09.20-09.40
A systematic functional in vivo characterisation of malaria parasite-host interactions Ellen Bushell, MIMS group leader, Molecular biology 09.40-10.00
Visualization of molecular machines in pathogens using cryo-EM Jonas Barandun, SciLifeLab Fellow/MIMS group leader, Molecular Biology 10.00-10.20
Illuminating the hidden power of cell-autonomous immunity Barbara Sixt, MMIMS group leader, Molecular biology 10.20-10.40
MIMS – Ongoing activities and future perspectives Oliver Billker, MIMS director, Molecular Biology
10.40-11.00 Coffee break
Session II: Invited speakers and short talks selected from poster abstracts Chairpersons: Madeleine Ramstedt and Constantin Urban 11.00–11.30
Pneumococcal interactions with the host Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm 11.30-11.45
Uncovering the amyloid fibril structure of transthyretin using cryo-EM Irina Iakovleva, Chemisty 11.45-12.00
PATHOGENEX: Human bacterial pathogens gene expression database Kemal Avican, Karolinska institutet 12.00-12.15
Role of OmpA1 and OmpA2 in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Aggregatibacter aphrophilus serum resistance Mark Lindholm, Odontology 12.15-12.30
Poster session/poster walk groups Chairpersons: Åke Forsberg and Victoria Shingler 13.15-14.15 posters with odd numbers 14.15-15.15 posters with even numbers
Session III: Invited speakers and short talks selected from poster abstracts 15.15-15.45
Pneumococcal adaptation to the influenza-infected lower respiratory tract Staffan Normark, Karolinska institutet 15.45-16.00
Protein dynamics in a native membrane Magnus Andersson, Chemistry 16.00-16.15
Evasion of immune surveillance in low oxygen environments enhances Candida albicans virulence José Pedro Lopes, Clinical Microbiology 16.15-16.30
New grants within the VR programme “Research environment grants within infection and antibiotics”
Demontering av membranmikrodomäner i Staphylococcus aureus för att tämja antibiotikaresistens hos MRSA Felipe Cava, Molecular Biology
Combatting commensal pathogens belonging to the resident microbiota – focusing on targetable secreted proteins and secretion systems – SECAM Birgitta Henriques Normark, Karolinska intitutet
Multimodal imaging and proteomics to study flavivirus replication and molecular disease mechanisms Anna Överby Wernstedt, Clinical Microbiology
16.30-16.45 Short break
Session IV: Invited speakers and short talks selected from poster abstracts 16.45-17.05
Two photon microscopy Paolo Medini, Integrative Medical Biology 17.05-17.20
TheRv3160c-Rv3161c operon: one of the targets of C10 mycobacterial tolerance inhibitor Hasan Tükenmez, Molecular Biology 17.20-17.35
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms involved in ProteinA induced tumor cell death Aftab Nadeem, Molecular Biology
17.45-20:00
Session V: Round table discussions - UCMR Planning Session Chairpersons: Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson and Bernt Eric Uhlin See separate information about round table topics
Contact: Bernt Eric Uhlin, bernt.eric.uhlin@umu.se and Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson, elisabeth.sauer-eriksson@umu.se (concerning the scientific programme) and Åke Forsberg, ake.forsberg@umu.se, Eva-Maria Diehl, eva-maria.diehl@umu.se (for organisation and registration)
