Events under 'General'

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Ulla Lindqvist, Dept. of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

"Hyaluronan in inflammatory connective tissue diseases."

Place: KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen, KBC

Host: Göran Larsson

The "National and International" Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Prof. Art Horwich, Yale School of Medicine, Conneticut, USA

"Studies of SOD1 linked ALS"

Place: lecture hall Betula, bldg. 6M, NUS-area

Hosts: Jonathan Gilthorpe, Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine and Stefan Marklund, Medical Biosciences

KBC Days 2012 and inauguration of the NMR facility at KBC

Invited Speakers:
Matthias Mann, MPI of Biochemistry, Martinsried/München, Germany
David Bastviken, Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University
Lyndon Emsley, Chemistry Department, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Hashim Al-Hashimi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA
Göran Karlssson, Swedish NMR Center, Gothenburg
John Markley, NMR Facility, and BioMagResBank, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Göran Sandberg, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Michael Summers, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, USA

and speakers from KBC:
Per Gardeström, Mehdi Cherif, Markus Grebe
Gerhard Gröbner, Nasim Sabouri, Kwangho Nam
Jürgen Schleucher, Johan Trygg, Magnus Wolf-Watz
Thomas Wågberg, ..representatives for Core Facilities/Platforms/User Groups at KBC

Place: KB3B1, Stora hörsalen, KBC
Find now the preliminary programme and registration form at www.kbc.umu.se
Registration deadline: 5 November 2012

Thesis Defence, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics

Sara Henriksson

"Helicobacter pylori - Multitalented Adaption of Binding Properties"

Place: KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen, KBC

Opponent: Professor Göran Larsson, University of Göteborg, Sweden

Supervisor: Thomas Borén

The "National and International" Seminar Series, autumn 2012
Note time! 14.00!

Dr. Susan Turner, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research Bennett Fellow, Cambridge Cancer Centre, Cambridge, UK

"Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A journey from inception to therapy"

Place: lecture hall Betula, Bldg. 6M, NUS-area

Host: Bengt Hallberg, Molecular Biology

The "National and International" Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Dr. Davide Corona, Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Dulbecco Telethon Institute, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

This seminar is cancelled. Please, see the new announcement for Friday, 23 November 2012.

The "National and International" Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Göran Roos, Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University

"Telomere maintenance - from cell cultures to 'real life'"

Place: Betula lecture hall, Bldg. 6M, NUS-area

Host: Yuri Schwarz, Molecular Biology

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, autumn 2012
ATTENTION! NOTE DIFFERENT DAY AND ROOM!

Marco Colombini, University of Maryland, USA

"Unconventional apoptotic pathways for protein release from mitochondria: mechanistic insights into large channel regulation and dynamics"

Place: NOTE ROOM! lecture hall KB3B1, Stora hörsalen, KBC

Host: Gerhard Gröbner, Chemistry

The "National and International" Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Dr. Stuart Levits, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

"Understanding and Exploiting Immune Responses to Fungi"

Place: lecture hall Betula, bldg. 6M, NUS-area

Host: Constantin Urban, Clinical Microbiology

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Ruth Palmer, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Umeå University

A tale of lame ducks, mindbombs, jelly belly, ALK, Goliath and Godzilla - only in the fruit fly!

Place: KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen, KBC

Host: Sven Carlsson

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Ben J. Appelmelk, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, VUMC Brije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Helicobacter pylori Glycolipids and Host-pathogen interaction"

Place: KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen, KBC

Host: Thomas Borén

Nobel Lecture

Brian Kobilka, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2012

"G Protein Coupled Receptors: Challenges and opportunities for drug discovery"

Place: Aula Nordica
Organizer: Faculty of Science and Technology
Contact: Petter Gustafsson

Department of Molecular Biology and UCMR Extra Seminar
NOTE! NEW TIME!

William Picking, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA

"Molecular Dissection of the Early Steps of Type III Secretion Induction in Shigella"

Place: Major Groove Lecture Hall, Building 6K/L NUS, Department of Molecular Biology

Host: Matthew Francis, Molecular Biology

Thesis Defence

Tiago Rafael Dias da Costa, Department of Molecular Biology

"YopD translocator function in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis typ III secretion"

Place: lecture hall Major Groove,  NUS-area

Opponent: Prof William D. Picking, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University

Supervisor: Matthew S. Francis

The Umeå Centre for Microbial Research invites to the UCMR Day 2013!

Thursday, 10 January 2013, Stora hörsalen, KBC

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. Register below and get an update on research within UCMR and core facilities/National infrastructures co-funded by UCMR programs!

This year the new National facility for High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy will be presented. The program includes presentations from UCMR research groups from all participating departments as well as a poster session. Prices will be awarded to the best posters.

New to this year is the UCMR Speakers Trophy (UST) open to all UCMR researchers where the winner will be decided by an expert jury together with the audience.

Find more information and all registration forms at www.ucmr.umu.se

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, autumn 2012
NOTE DAY AND ROOM!

Jesper Svejstrup, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, UK

"The interface between transcription and mechanisms maintaining genome integrity"

Place: Stora hörsalen, KB3B1, KBC

Host: Stefan Björklund

Department of Chemistry Seminar

Evgeny Rebrov, Queen's University Belfast, Nothern Ireland, UK

“Radiofrequency heating applications in continuous processing”

Place: Stora hörsalen KB3B1, KBC

Host: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola

Thesis Defence

Rima Sulniute, Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics

"Plasminogen in Periodontitis and Wound Repair"

Opponent: Daniel A. Lawrence, PhD, University of Michigan, USA

Place: room N450, Naturvetarhuset

Supervisor: Tor Ny