Department of Molecular Biology
UCMR and MIMS
Extra - Seminar
Speaker:
Eliora Z. Ron
Professor, President of International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS),
School of Molecular Cell Biology & Biotechnology
Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Title:
Can we combat antibiotic resistant septicemic Escherichia coli?
Place:
Major Groove, Molecular Biology
Host: Bernt Eric Uhlin
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Peter Van Wijngaarden
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Title:
Bioenergetics of the optic nerve
Host: Gauti Johannesson
Place: E04, målpunkt R, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Simon Ringaard
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany
Title:
Formation and localization of chemotaxis signaling arrays
Host: Felipe Cava
Place: E04, målpunkt R, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Ruth Palmer
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Title:
Activating ALK – lessons from model organisms
Host: Maréne Landström
Place: E04, målpunkt R, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Daniel Humphreys
University of Sheffield, UK
Title:
Manipulation of mammalian host cell biology by bacterial toxins and virulence effectors
Host: Teresa Frisan
Room: Hörsal D, Unod T9, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Lora Heisler's seminar has been postponed.
No seminar this Friday :-(
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Noushin Emami
Stockholm University, Sweden
Title:
Communication in the air: from Plasmodium transmission success to new hopes for vector control
Host: Oliver Billker
Room: Room: E04, målpunkt R, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
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MIMS Extra Seminar
Speaker
DeDe Kwun Wai Man
University of Hong Kong / King’s College London
Title:
Novel D-LAK peptide combinations against Mycobacteria: Bioefficacy and Mechanistic studies
Place: Old Library, Department of Molecular Biology
Host: Barbara Sixt
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Troels Scheel
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Title:
Virus-host interactions at the RNA level
Host: Gisa Gerold
Room: Major Groove, Bldg 6L, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
NOTE ROOM CHANGE! National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Miguel Fidalgo
University of Santiago de Compostela, Coruña, Spain
Title:
From Chromatin to RNA: dissecting novel pathways involved in cell fate decisions
Host: Franscesca Aguiló
Room: Betula, Building 6M, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
Note Room Change!
National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Lukas Kenner
Ludwig Boltzmann Inst for Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
Title:
Genetics, transcriptional factors and models in preclinical studies of prostate cancer
Host: Jenny Persson
Room: Major Groove, Bldg 6L, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
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National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Derek Doherty
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Title:
Targeting CD1d for cancer immunotherapy
Host: Johan Normark
Place: Major Groove, Dept of Molecular Biology, bldg 6L NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
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National and International Seminar Series Spring 2019
Speaker:
Oriol Gallego
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Title:
Towards the elusive mechanism of exocytosis: doing structural biology in living cells
Host: Franscesca Aguiló
Room: Major Groove, Dept of Molecular Biology, Bldg 6L, NUS
Coffee/tea/cookies served 30 min before start
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Department of Molecular Biology/MIMS
Extra Seminar
Speaker:
Himanshu Sharma
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India
Title:
Ribosome assembly defects abrogate initiation factor mediated inspection of start codon
Host:
Jonas Barandun, MIMS group leader and SciLifeLab National Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology
Room: Thymine, Dept Molecular Biology, NUS, bldg 6K/L 2 stairs up
Abstract:
Faithful protein synthesis is ensured by extensive quality control checkpoints using components of the translational machinery. However, the implications of defective ribosome assembly on protein synthesis and the associated translation quality control mechanisms in bacteria remain grossly unaddressed. In this study, using E. coli as a model organism we show that premature ribosomes evade scrutiny of cognate start Codon by initiation factors during translation initiation. Resultantly the defective ribosomes make way into the translation cycle with severely compromised decoding and protein synthesis capabilities. The enfeebled binding of premature ribosomes to initiation factors also licenses the rapid conversion of the 30S (pre) initiation complex to 70S initiation complex. Overall, our work highlights that a mass balance deficit between premature ribosomes and initiation factors steers the entry of premature ribosomes into the translation cycle.
(Co-Author: B. Anand)
Department of Molecular Biology/MIMS
Extra Seminar
Magnus Ölander
Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University
Title:
Proteomic and functional analysis of
in vitro systems for studies of drug disposition in the human small intestine and liver
Place: Thymine, Molecular Biology bldg. 6K/L (2 stairs up)
Host: Barbara Sixt, MIMS group leader, Dept of Molecular Biology
The National and International Seminar Series Autum 2019
Friday 30 August 14:00
Speaker:
Eric Oswald
University of Toulouse, France
Title:
How to make a peaceful inhabitant of the gut a potent carcinogenic bacteria by having a healthy breakfast every morning
Room: Hörsal B, Unod T9, NUS
Host: Andrea Puhar, MIMS group leader
Note Coffee/Tea and cookies served 30 mins before start
The National and International Seminar Series Autum 2019
Friday 6 September 14:00
Speaker:
Ola Hermanson
Karolinska Institutet
Title:
Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of CNS development in health and disease
Room: Hörsal D, Unod T9, NUS
Host: Staffan Bohm, Molecular Biology
Note! Coffee/Tea and cookies served 30 mins before start
The National and International Seminar Series Autum 2019
Friday 13 September 14:00
Speaker:
Keira Melican
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Title:
Tissue Microbiology models to study bacterial pathogenesis in vivo
Room: Hörsal D, Unod T9, NUS
Host: Constantin Urban, Clinical Microbiology/ MIMS group leader
Note! Coffee/Tea and cookies served 30 mins before start
The National and International Seminar Series Autum 2019
Friday 20 September 14:00
Speaker:
Stefan Raunser
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
Title:
High-resolution cryo-EM of bacterial toxin complexes revealing their mechanism of action
Room: Hörsal D, Unod T9, NUS
Host: Lars-Anders Carlson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics/WCMM
Note! Coffee/Tea and cookies served 30 mins before start
The National and International Seminar Series Autum 2019
Friday 4th of October 14:00
Speaker:
Richard Wyatt
The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Title:
HIV-1 Env trimer immunogens, down the rabbit hole and other unlikely events
Room: Betula, building 6M, NUS
Host: Mattias Forsell, Clinical Microbiology
Note! Coffee/Tea and cookies served 30 mins before start