Events under 'General'

The "National and International" Seminar Series, spring 2013

Richard Lundmark, Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University

“Entry of virulence agents though clathrin-independent endocytosis”

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

Host: Gunilla Olivecrona, Medbio

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, autumn 2012

Mantas Malisauskas, Immunology, Global Biologics Research, Baster Innovation GmbH, Vienna, Austria

"Altered protein molecules: why to study them?"

Place: Lilla hörsalen, KB3A9, KBC

Host: Ludmilla Morozova-Roche

Medial Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, spring 2013

Thierry Lagrange, Laboratoire Genome et Developpement des Plantes, Perpignan, France

"Mechanisms of transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana"

Place: Lilla hörsalen, KB3A9, KBC

Host: Stefan Björklund

Seminar - Department of Chemistry

Seminar - Department of Chemistry

Attention! This seminar is postponed until further notice!

The "National and International" Seminar Series, spring 2013

Jeroen Pasterkamp, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University Medical Center (UMC), Utrecht, The Netherlands

"Signaling and regulation of guidance receptors in the brain"

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

Hosts: Sara Wilson/Håkan Hedman, UCMM

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, spring 2013

Mika Ala-Korpela, Computational Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

"High-Throughput Serum NMR Metabolomics – Systems Epidemiology with Clinical Potential"

Place: KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen, KBC-huset

Host: Jürgen Schleucher

The "National and International" Seminar Series, spring 2013

Angelo Iulianella, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

"Molecular regulation of embryonic and postnatal neurogenesis"

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

Host: Lena Gunhaga, UCMM

KBC/UCMR Research Schools

Christian Skotte, Regional Marketing Manager Science Information International Ltd. (SIIL) Chemical Abstracts Service CAS, Europe

Workshop on SciFinder

Place: KB3B3, KBC

This workshop, lead by Christian Skotte, will give you the possibility to work with SciFinder on your own Computer. Registration is needed for this workshop. The number of participants is limited to 20 persons.

For registration, please, send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (please mark your Email "SciFinder") You need to bring your own computer/laptop. Please register before 1 March (first come, first serve)

Welcome to the Inauguration of the Swedish Metabolomics Centre Umeå!

The former metabolomics platform at KBC has expanded. All interested people, experts and non-experts, who want to learn more about the new established center and its service and research are welcome to an inspiring symposium which is organized during two half days at KBC.

Marianne Sommarin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research at Umeå University, and Johan Schnürer, Deputy Vice-chancellor for Cooperation at SLU, will inaugurate the new centre on 12 March at 10:40 am, "Stora hörsalen", KB3B1, KBC.

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, spring 2013

Vito Foderà, Dept. of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

"More than just amyloid fibrils: on the growth and form of amyloid-like superstructures"

Place: Lilla hörsalen, KB3A9, KBC

Host: Ludmilla Morozova-Roche

Thesis Defence

Marie Lindgren, Clinical Microbiology (Clinical Bacteriology)

"Characterization of the attenuated Francisella tularensis strain FSC043 with special focus on the gene pdpC)"

Opponent: Ass. Professor Marina Santic, University of Rijeka, Kroatien.

Place: lecture hall Betula, NUS-area

Supervisor: Anders Sjöstedt

The "National and International" Seminar Series, spring 2013

Göran Landberg, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

"Contrasting hypoxia associated cencer stem cell activities in subgroups of breast cancer"

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

Host: Göran Roos, Medical Biosciences

Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series, spring 2013

Vasili Hauryliuk, University of Tartu, Estonia

"Investigations of translational GTPases by Isotermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC)"

Place: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9, KBC

Host: Andrei Chabes

Thesis Defence

Sofia Österberg, Department of Molecular Biology

"Motility-depentdent taxis and control of motility in Pseudomonas putida"

Opponent: Professor Caroline Harwood, Department of Molecular Biology, Washington University, USA.

Place: Major Groove, Molecular Biology, bldg. 6L, NUS-area

Supervisor: Viktoria Shingler