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Biozentrum Discovery Seminars
Biozentrum Discovery (BZD) is a seminar series, which alternates between talks by invited speakers from other institutions and seminars given by graduate students and postdocs from the Biozentrum. Since its establishment in 2018, the following seminars have taken place:
| September 18, 2020 (via zoom) "Transient interactions in the early wiring of cortical circuits: from neuronal guideposts to immune cells" Sonia Garel, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Superiore, IBENS, Paris; Host: Fiona Doetsch |
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| September 11, 2020 (via zoom) "From membrane repair to metabolism – unexpected insights from a muscular dystrophy" Dr. Regula Furrer, Group Christoph Handschin "High pressure switches ß1-adrenergic receptor to the active state in the absence of G protein" Dr. Layara Abiko, Group Stephan Grzesiek |
| July 3, 2020 (via zoom) Ninja Warrior: How a bacterial pathogen hijacks host signaling Dr. Isabel Sorg, Group Christoph Dehio The dynamic brain of a future mother: adult neurogenesis during pregnancy Dr. Zayna Chaker, Group Fiona Doetsch |
| June 19, 2020 (via zoom) Diverse organization & lamina-induced stretching of embryonic chromosomes Dr. Ahilya N. Sawh, Group Susan Mango Technology news from Biophysics, FACS and Imaging Core Facilities Tim Sharpe, Janine Bögli and Alexia Loynton |
| June 5, 2020 (via zoom) Eating and self-eating: targeting autophagy to endosomes Dr. Valentina Millarte, Group Martin Spiess The dynamic mechanism of 4E-BP1 recognition by mTORC1 Dr. Raphael Böhm, Group Sebastian Hiller |
| May 15, 2020 (via zoom) Restoring muscle scaffolding for a stable future: Towards a gene therapy for LAMA2 neuromuscular disease Dr. Judith Reinhard, Group Markus Rüegg FERARI: a platform involved in endocytic recycling Harun-Or Rashid, Group Anne Spang |
| February 21, 2020 Proteomics is coming of age - can it retire the Western Blot? Dr. Alexander Schmidt, Head Proteomics Core Facility Bacterial kinase activation by second messenger induced domain liberation Elia Agustoni, Group Tilman Schirmer |
| December 6, 2019 Less is more when it comes to mTORC1 and muscle aging, Dr. Daniel Ham, Group Markus Rüegg The transcriptional biography of developing tissues Dr. Yiqun Wang, Group Alex Schier |
| November 28, 2019, 4:15 pm Sorting of small RNAs for secretion in human exosomes, Nobel laureate Prof. Randy Schekman, University of California, Berkeley Host: Anne Spang |
| November 8, 2019 Observing bacterial pathogen evolution with long read sequencing, Dr. Nicholas Noll, Group Richard Neher Control of neuronal synapse specification by alternative splicing, Dr. Lisa Traunmüller, Group Peter Scheiffele |
| October 21, 2019 Dynamic structural biology: Bringing the structures of nucleic acids to life, Prof. Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, Duke University, Host: Stephan Grzesiek |
| October 4, 2019 "Heterogeneity in host-pathogen encounters: single cell activities of Salmonella in infected host tissues", Francesca Cianfanelli, Group Dirk Bumann "Identifying a good animal model for age-related muscle loss in humans", Anastasiya Börsch, Group Mihaela Zavolan |
| September 27, 2019 "The self-assembling brain - through the eye of a fly", Prof. Robin Hiesinger, Institute of Biology, Free University Berlin, Host: Peter Scheiffele |
| September 6, 2019 "A.I. in microscopy: Deep learning in image restoration and analysis", Oliver Bielmaier, IMCF "Targeting Coronin 1 to kill and tolerate", Rajesh Jayachandran, Group Jean Pieters |
| June 21, 2019 "The first steps in vision: cell types, circuits and repair", Prof. Botond Roska, Director Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) Host:Fiona Doetsch |
| June 7, 2019 "Brainstem circuits for diversification of skilled forelimb movements", Ludwig Ruder, Group Silvia Arber "Finding n.e.m.o. RNAi" Jadiel Wasson, Group Susan Mango |
| May 3, 2019 "Going too fast to notice anything", Thomas Julou, Group Erik van Nimwegen "When death is not enough: The evolution of the T6SS as a lytic weapon in microbial warfare", Andrea Vettiger, Group Marek Basler |
| March 29, 2019 "The structure of discoidal high-density lipoprotein particles", Stefan Bibow, Group Sebastian Hiller "PERsuading muscle to move around the clock", Julien Delezie, Group Christoph Handschin |
February 22, 2019 |
| February 1, 2019 "Long-term single cell quantification: New tools for old questions", Prof. Timm Schroeder, D-BSSE, ETH Zurich, Host: Prof. Fiona Doetsch |
| December 7, 2018 "Should I stay or should I go: Bacterial decision-making for host colonization", Benoit Laventie, Group Urs Jenal "Motivation to socialize: Recognizing others through reward", Hanna Hörnberg, Group Peter Scheiffele |
| November 27, 2018 "How synapses work: Architecture and mechanisms of neurotransmitter receptors and transporters", Eric Gouaux, Vollum Institute, OHSU, USA, Host: Camilo Perez |
