Cell Biology Lecture Series
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)