Welcome to the UCMR DAY 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.
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
