The "Cell Biology Lecture Series" is a joint effort of the Research Groups Affolter, Engel, Hall, Hondele, Rüegg, Schier and Spang to monthly host international speakers to talk about current research and advances in cell biology. Lectures are planned to be followed by “Meet the speaker” sessions. 

Cell Biology Lecture Series I - (Fall 2022) 

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 13:15 – 14:15, U1.101

Prof. Sascha Martens, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna BioCenter, University of Vienna, Austria: Mechanisms of Cargo Selection and Autophagosome Biogenesis in Selective Autophagy

Host: Dr. Debdatto Mookherjee (Group Anne Spang)

Cell Biology Lecture Series II - 67913-01 (Spring 2023)

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 12:15-13:15, U1.101

Prof. Margaret Scottie Robinson, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge, UK: Adaptor protein complexes: what do they do?

Host: Dr. Dominik Buser, (Group Alex Schier)

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:15 - 13:15, U1.101

Prof. Aurélien Roux, Biochemistry Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland: In vitro morphogenesis of tissue and Hydra by collective nematic order of cells

Host: Dr. Ludovic Enkler (Group Anne Spang)

Thursday, March 16, 2023, 12:15 - 13:15, U1.101

Prof. Sarah-Maria Fendt, Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium: Metabolic rewiring driving metastasis formation

Host: Dr. Chris Mueller (Group Mike Hall)

Monday, April 17, 2023, 12:15 - 13.15, U1.101

Prof. Peter Ebert Andersen, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark: Innovation of transcriptional regulation guards germline immortality

Host: Dr. Madalena Madeira Reimão Pinto (Group Alex Schier) 

Thursday, May 11, 2023, 12:15 - 13:15, U1.101

Dr. Clare Buckley, Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK: Building and Breaking the Neural Tube

Host: Ludovico Maggi (Group Markus Affolter)
 

Thursday, Mai 25, 2023, 12:15 - 13:15, U1.101

Prof. Buzz Baum, LMB, University of Cambridge, UK: Our archaeal origins

Host: Sophie Schnider (Groupp Markus Affolter) 
 

Cell Biology Lecture Series I - 67912-01 (Fall 2023) 

Thursday, September 14, 2023, 12:15 - 13:15, U1.101

Prof. James Sleigh, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL, London, UK: Restoring axonal transport as a therapeutic strategy in genetic peripheral neuropathy

Host: Dr. Ines Böhm (Group Markus Rüegg)

Thursday, October 12, 2023, 17:15-18:15, U1.101

Prof. Maneesha S. Inamdar, INSTEM, Bangalore, India: Title tbd

Host: Dr. Dr. Joaquín Navajas Acedo (Alex Schier)

Thursday, October 19, 12:15 - 13:15, U1.101

Prof. Maria Bohnert, University of Münster, Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, Münster, Germany: title tbd

Host: Dr. Ludovic Enkler (Group Anne Spang)