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 programmes!
Venue: Minor Groove and Major Groove, Department of Molecular Biology, Building 6L
Date: 8 January 2015
The programme is now online!
Programme (pdf file)
8.30 – 9.00 |
Registration and Poster mounting |
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Session I: | UCMR Programme news | |
9.00 – 9.05 | Welcome and Introduction Åke Forsberg |
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9.05 - 9.30 | UCMR Programme news – MIMS, UCMR Linnaeus Programme – VR-evaluation - Postdoctoral programmes – Infrastructure/Core facilities Bernt Eric Uhlin, UCMR Director |
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9.30 - 9.45 | UCEM – Umeå Core Facility Electron Microscopy – Plans for the establishment of the SciLifeLab in cryo EM Linda Sandblad, Manager UCEM |
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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 |
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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 |
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10.30 – 10.45 | Visualization of CLIC's by correlative light and electron microscopy Sara Henriksson, Umeå Core facility Electron Microscopy |
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10.45 - 11.00 | Benzofuran-based as new scaffold for type III secretion system inhibitors Duc Duy Vo, Department of Chemistry |
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11.00 - 11.15 | The use of 3D cell culture systems to model viral infections in vitro. David Persson, Clinical Microbiology |
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11.15 - 11.30 | Persistent colonization in intestinal niches by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Rajdeep Choudury, Molecular Biology |
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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 |
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11.45 – 12.00 | Computational inference of scenarios for relapsing Fever borrelia genome evolution Haitham Elbir, Molecular Biology |
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12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch and poster session |
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Session III |
New UCMR faculty – Frame work grant and new postdocs |
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13.00 – 13.20 | Structural studies of gram-positive Type IV Secretion Systems Ronnie Berntsson, New assistant professor Medical Chemistry and Biophysics (Stockholm University) |
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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) |
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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) |
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14.00 – 14.20 | CpxR signaling as target for antibacterial treatment – A new VR framework grant in Infections and antibiotics Matthew Francis, Molecular Biology |
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14.20 – 14.35 | Dual role of fimbriae in Escherichia coli pathogenesis? Bhupender Singh, Physics |
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14.35 – 14.50 |
Bile-induced peptidoglycan remodeling in Salmonella enterica |
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14.50 – 15.20 | Coffee break |
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Session IV | Mini – symposium II: Ny and new postdoc projects Chairpersons: Ronnie Berntsson, Stockholm University and Mattias Forsell, Karolinska Institute |
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15.20 - 15.40 |
Plasminogen accelerates wound healing and potentiates the host defence against infections. |
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15.40 - 15.55 | Targeting virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a novel approach to antibacterial drug development. Francesco Massai, Molecular Biology |
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16.10 – 16.25 | Natural Product Inspired Diversity-oriented synthesis Liena Qin, Department of Chemistry |
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16.25 – 16.40 | Regulatory role of eukaryotic Elongation Factor 3 (eEF3) in protein biosynthesis Villu Kasari, Molecular Biology |
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16.40 – 18.30 | Poster session (Minor Groove and outside Major Groove) | |
18.30 - | Buffet dinner in lunchroom and old library at molecular biology |