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Biozentrum Discovery Seminars

Biozentrum Discovery (BZD) is a seminar series, which alternates between talks by renowned guest speakers and seminars given by graduate students and postdocs from the Biozentrum.

The seminars usually take place on Fridays at 11:15 - 12:15

October 6, 2023 (lecture hall U1.131)
"How does the tumour suppressor p53 protect us from cancer?"
Guest speaker: Prof. Andreas Strasser
University of Melbourne, Australia
Host: Michael N. Hall
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October 20, 2023 (lecture hall U1.131)
“Exploring the role of alternative splicing in neuronal plasticity and learning”
Oriane Mauger (group Peter Scheiffele) 

"10 years into super-resolution microscopy - Upgrade to structured illumination microscopy 2.0"
Oliver Biehlmaier (IMCF)

October 27, 2023 (Maurice E. Müller lecture hall)
"Discovery and characterization of splicing regulatory networks implicated in brain disorders"

Guest speaker: Prof. Benjamin Blencowe
University of Toronto, Canada
Host: Peter Scheiffele

November 3, 2023 (lecture hall U1.131)
"Design principles of tissue organization: how single cells cross biological scales"

Guest speaker: Prof. Prisca Liberali
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biochemical Research
Host: Fiona Doetsch

November 10, 2023 (lecture hall U1.131)
"mTORC1 phosphorylation stabilizes LST2 to negatively regulate EGFR"
Stefania Battaglioni (group Michael Hall)

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Manon Demulder (group Ben Engel)


November 17, 2023 (lecture hall U1.131)
"Machine-learning guided sequence design for mRNA and gene therapy applications"

Guest speaker: Prof. Georg Seelig 
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Host: Alex Schier
 

December 1, 2023 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Laura Eme
University of Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
Host: Ben Engel

December 8, 2023 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Anna Leder (group Sebastian Hiller)

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Madalena Pinto (group Alex Schier)

January 29, 2024  (Maurice E. Müller lecture hall) 
"Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Control"

Guest speaker: Sir Paul Nurse
Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Host: Alex Schier
 

January 31, 2024  (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Denis Duboule
University of Geneva, Switzerland 
Host: Alex Schier

February 1, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Ned Wingreen
Princeton University, USA
Host: Richard Neher

February 9, 2024 
"Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of choanoflagellate cell biology"

Guest speaker: Prof. Nicole King
University of California, Berkeley, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), USA 
Host: Jean Pieters

March 8, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Pierre Léopold
Institut Curie and French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm), Paris
Host: Médéric Diard

March 15, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Jodi Nunnari
University of California, Davis, and Altos, California, USA
Host: Anne Spang

April 19, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Mounia Lagha
University of Montpellier, France
Host: Alex Schier

April 26, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Johannes Gräff
EPFL, Lausanne
Host: Flavio Donato

May 17, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Michael Laub
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
Host: Urs Jenal