Seminars 2009-2010

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December 2009

Thursday, 17 December, 11:00 am

Alberto R. KORNBLIHTT
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology Group, Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology
School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Chromatin structure and alternative splicing
(Host: M. Giacca)

January 2010

Monday, 11 January, 11:00 am

Tom MISTELI
Cell Biology of Gene Expression Group, National Cancer Institute Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Nuclear architecture and aging
(Host: M. Giacca)

Tuesday, 12 January, 12:00 noon

Kuan-Teh JEANG
Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Virus-cell interactions: lessons from studying human retroviruses
(Host: M. Giacca

Tuesday 12 January, 3:00 pm

Edouard BERTRAND
Intracellular RNA Trafficking, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM), Montpellier, FRANCE
Real-time imaging of co-transcriptional splicing reveals a check-points that regulates mRNA release and 3'-end formation
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 22 January, 12:00 noon

Stefan ENGELHARDT
Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, GERMANY
Signalling in the myocardium: Novel mechanisms
(Host: M. Giacca)

Monday, 25 January, 12:00 noon

Mauro PISTELLO
Department of Experimental Pathology, Retrovirus Center and Virology Section, University of Pisa, ITALY
What feline immunodeficiency virus can teach us about HIV
(Host: M. Giacca)

February

Friday, 19 February, 12:00 noon

Keith CALDECOTT *
Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Chromosomal single-strand break repair and human genetic disease
(Host: A. Vindigni)

Friday, 26 February, 3:00 pm

Michael BREITENBACH *
Department of Genetics, Salzburg University, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Yeast as a model for aging and oxidative stress: the role of mitochondrial and extramitochondrial ROS
(Host: C. Bruschi)

March

Monday, 1 March, 3:00 pm

Marco PRESTA
Department Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, 
School of Medicine, 
University of Brescia, ITALY

The pro-angiogenic cystine-knot protein Drm/gremlin-1 is a novel VEGFR2 agonist
(Host: M. Giacca)

Wednesday, 3 March, 12:00 noon

Queta SMITH
Associate Director, Technical Communications, Thermo Scientific Genomics, Lafayette, Colorado, USA
Integrated RNAi Approach to Small-Scale Functional Genomics
(Hosts: M. Giacca/M. Mano)

Thursday, 4 March, 12:00 noon

Cristina RISCO
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC Cell Structure Laboratory, Madrid, SPAIN
3D electron microscopy and molecular mapping unveil the unique architecture of virus factories
(Host: O. Burrone)

Friday, 5 March, 03:00 pm

Jean-Luc SOUCIET
Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, UMR 7156 Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie GDR 2354 Génolevures, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Genome evolution in hemiascomycetous yeasts and the contribution of Ty and TGA to chromosomal dynamics
(Host: C. Bruschi)

Thursday, 11 March, 12:00 noon

Christopher PEARSON
Department of Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, CANADA
Repeat instability as the basis for human diseases and as a potential target for therapy
(Host: M. Giacca)

Thursday, 11 March, 3:00 pm

Nick PROUDFOOT
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Molecular Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Gene punctuation: multiple roles of transcriptional termination in regulating eukaryotic gene expression
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 19 March, 12:00 noon

Sabrina SONDA
Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
A single HDAC regulates gene expression and stage differentiation in the minimized protozoan Giardia lamblia
(Host: C. Bruschi)

April

Friday, 9 April, 12:00 noon

Matthias GSTEIGER
ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Analysis of cellular signaling complexes by quantitative mass spectrometry
(Host: A. Vindigni)

Tuesday, 20 April, 12:00 noon

Stefano GUSTINCICH
International School for Advanced Studies, SISSA, Trieste, ITALY
The transcriptional landscape of Dopaminergic Neurons and its significance for Parkinson's Disease
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 23 April, 12:00 noon

John DIFFLEY
Chromosome Replication Laboratory, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms, London, UK
Title to be confirmed
(Host: C. Bruschi)

May

Friday, 7 May, 12:00 nonn

Robert W. JACKSON
School of Biological Sciences, Animal and Microbial Sciences Building (Wing), University of Reading, London, UK
Title to be confirmed
(Host: V. Venturi)

Friday, 14 May, 12:00 noon

Laura GALBIATI
Business Developer (Italy and France), Macmillan Medical Communications, Nature Publishing Group, Madrid, SPAIN
A look into Nature Publishing Group: the author, the editor and the publisher perspectives
(Host: M. Giacca)

Friday, 21 May, 12:00 noon

Ian ZACHARY - To be confirmed -
UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Medicine, Univeristy College London, UK
Title to be confirmed
(Host: M. Giacca)

June

Tuesday, 15 and Wednesday, 16 June 2010

XV ICGEB SYMPOSIUM

October

Friday, 15 October, 12:00 noon

Genevieve ALMOUZNI
CNRS, Institut Curie-Recherche, Paris, FRANCE
- Title To be Confirmed -
(Host: M. Giacca)

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