Compiled by the Helmholtz Graduate School ‘Molecular Cell Biology’ (HGS-MCB). © HGS-MCB, 2009

Conferences and events

25-27 February
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB),
Takusstraße 7 10th International Dahlem Symposium “Signal Reduction and Transduction”.
Participation is free but registration is required.
Online registration: http://10dahlem.fmp-berlin.de/

Deadline: 31 March
Berliner Krebsgesellschaft
Call for applications: “Curt Meyer-Gedächtnispreis” 2009 for excellent scientific cancer-research
More information: http://www.berliner-krebsgesellschaft.de

Talks and Workshops

Tues. 3 February
9:00
DRFZ, Seminar room 1/2, Charitépl. 1, 10117 Berlin
DRFZ Institutsseminar
Endothelial chemokine-presentation as therapeutic target in T-cell mediated hepatitis
Katrin Neumann (AG Klugewitz/Hamann, Charité)

Tues. 3 February
17:15
HU Dept. of Biology, Chausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, R. 551 (top floor)
Molecular Biological – Biochemical Colloquium
Vitamin uptake and sensing in yeast
Dr. Jürgen Stolz (Ernährungsphysiologie, TU München, Freising-Weihenstephan)

Tues. 3 February
18:15
Campus Charité Mitte, Virchnow-Lecture-Room, Anatomy, CCM
Charité Neuroscience Colloquium 2009
Genetics of the restless leg syndrome
Juliane Winkelmann (Technical University Munich, Germany)

Wedn. 4 February
16:00
Erwin-Schrödinger-Zentrum, Konferenzraum, Rudower Chaussee 26, 12489 Berlin Adlershof
1. Internationalen Festkolloquium Adlershof 2009
Topic: Computation in the Sciences
The 4th Science Paradigm: Data Exploration (Prof. Ph. D. Yannis Ioannidis, University of Athens)
Self-Adaptivity: Mathematics‘ Contribution to Scientific Computing (Prof. Dr. Rolf Rannacher, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg)
Please register if you wish to attend: info@igafa.de

Wedn. 4 February
16:30
BCCN, Lecture Hall, Philippstr. 13, Haus 6
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin Talks
Stimulus coding in simultaneously active neuron populations of primate prefrontal cortex
Matthias Munk (MPI for Biological Cybernetics)

Wedn. 4 February
17:15
BCCN, Lecture Hall, Philippstr. 13, Haus 6
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin Talks
Vision: “Inverse Optics” or “Controlled Hallucination”?
Jan J. Koenderink (Physics & Astronomy, University of Utrecht)

Thurs. 5 February
16:15
Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie,
Paul-Ehrlich-Hörsaal – Campus Charité Mitte
Berlin Life Science Kolloquium
Antibody diversification through DNA deamination
Michael Neuberger (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge)
Host: Markus Zoller (MPIIB)

Thurs. 5 February
09:00 – 10:00
MDC.C, Dendrit II+III PhD Lecture Series Molecular Cell Biology
Mechanisms and functional implications of stress-inducible genes
Clemens Schmitt (MDC)

Thurs. 5 February
16:00
FMP, seminar room on the ground floor
FMP Colloquium
Protein recognition and cell uptake via oligoguanidinium scaffolds
Vera Martos (Institut Català d’Investigacio Quimica, Tarragona, Spain)

Fri. 6 February
9:00
MDC, Dendrit II/III
MolNeuro Lecture
1) Repetition
2) Proliferation of neural progenitors in ventricular zones, birthdating, radial and tangial migration
3) Axonal growth and pathfinding – strategies, molecules
4) Synaptogenesis – neuromuscular junction and central nervous system
Prof. Rathjen and Ines Ibanez-Tallon.
Following papers will be discussed:
Hindges et al. (2002) EphB forward signaling controls directional branch extension and arborization required for dorsal – ventral retinotopic mapping. Neuron 35: 475 – 487.
Scheiffele et al (2000) Neuroligin expressed in nonneuronal cells triggers presynaptic development in contacting axons. Cell. 101(6):657-69.

Mon. 9 February
17:00 – 18:00
MDC.C, Dendrit II+III MDC Seminar
PTEN inactivation in primary T cell acute leukemia: More than the canons
Joao Barata (Cancer Biology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal)

Mon. 9 February
17:00
MPI for Molecular Genetics, Lecture hall (E12a), Ihnestr. 63-73 Dahlem Colloquium in Molecular Genetics
Building bridges between genes, brains and language
Simon E. Fisher (Head, Molecular Neuroscience Group, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford)

Tues. 10 February
9:00
DRFZ, Seminar room 1/2, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin
DRFZ Institutsseminar
Fast, continuous renewal of germinal center B cell populations: the pros and cons of this assumption in the light of theoretical concepts
Michal Or-Guil (Institute for Theoretical Biology, HU Berlin and DRFZ)

Tues. 10 February
17:15
HU Dept. of Biology, Chausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, R. 551 (top floor) Molecular Biological – Biochemical Colloquium
Efficient phage-mediated pigment biosynthesis in oceanic cyanobacteria
Prof. Dr. Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel (Mikrobiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Tues. 10 February
17:00 – 19:00
MDC, Axon
Tatsache Evolution – Was Darwin nicht wissen konnte
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kutschera (Inst. für Biologie, Uni. Kassel)

Wedn. 11 February
17:00
BCCN, Lecture Hall, Philippstr. 13, Haus 6
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin Talks
Title to be confirmed
Martin Lotze (Baltic Imaging Center, University of Greifswald)

Thurs. 12 February
09:00 – 10:00
MDC.C, Dendrit II+III PhD Lecture Series Molecular Cell Biology
NF-kB pathways: from biochemistry to pathology
Claus Scheidereit (MDC)

Fri. 13 February
11:00 – 12:30
MDC.C, Dendrit II+III
MDC Seminar
Adult neurogenesis in the zebrafish
Uwe Strähle (University of Heidelberg and Institute of Toxicology and Genetics Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe)

Sat. 14 February & Sun. 15 February
10:00 – 16:00
Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Luisenstraße 56, seminar room 220, 10117 Berlin
Special Seminar on Consciousness
The Brain Basis of Conscious States: Lucid dreaming and consciousness
Allan Hobson (Harvard)
Students outside the Mind and Brain program must register with Annette Winkelmann: Phone: 0302093 1706; E-mail: annette.winkelmann@hu-berlin.de

Mon. 16 February
11:00 – 12:30
MDC.C, Dendrit II+III
Wollenberger Special
Obesity, Adipokines and Cardiovascular Risk
Dr. Tobias Pischon (German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) Potsdam-Rehbrücke)

Mon. 16 February
12:00
Skyroom CCR, Hessische Str. 3-4, 10115 Berlin
Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
Circadian clock control of hematopoiesis
Christof Dame, (Charité)

Mon. 16 February
16:15
Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Paul-Ehrlich-Hörsaal
Berlin Life Science Kolloquium
Chromatin control of antiviral response
Alexander Tarakhovsky (The Rockefeller University, New York)

Tues. 17 February
9:00
DRFZ, Seminar room 1/2, Charitépl. 1, 10117 Berlin
DRFZ Institutsseminar
Memory plasma cells in lupus
Qingyu Chen (AG Hiepe, Charité and DRFZ)

Weds. 18 February
10:00
FMP, seminar room on the ground floor
FMP Lecture Series for Doctoral Students
Studying hematopoesis using genetically engineered mice
D. Carstanjen (FMP)

Wedn. 18 February
17:00 – 18:00
MDC.C, Dendrit II+III Neuroscience Seminar Series
Early cortical demyelination gives a view of MS pathogenesis from the outside-in
Prof. Richard Ransohoff (Neuroinflammation Research Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States)

Wedn. 18 February
17:00 – 18:00
Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, 10117 Berlin Luisenstraße 58/59
Robert Koch Institute Talk
Was macht Mikroben zu Krankheitserregern? Neue Aspekte zur Molekularen Infektionsbiologie
Jörg Hacker (Robert Koch Institut)

Thurs. 19 February
16:00
Charité Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz 1,
Inst. für Med. Virologie (Helmut-Ruska-Haus), R. 02017 (Bibliothek), 10117 Berlin
Robert Koch Institute Talk
Was macht Mikroben zu Krankheitserregern? Neue Aspekte zur Molekularen Infektionsbiologie
Jörg Hacker (Robert Koch Institut)

Fri. 20 February
10:00 – 18:00
Main building of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, HG 2103
Job Hunting for Higher Education Positions in the English-Speaking World
A workshop for doctoral candidates (“Promovenden”) and advanced students
Speaker: J.-Thomas Obieglo
Host: HU International Dept. in cooperation with “Bildung ohne Grenzen”. Registration: Orbis Humboldtianus; E-Mail: orbis@uv.hu-berlin.de; Phone: (030) 2093 2221
Cost: 10,00 EUR

Tues. 24 February
9:00
DRFZ, Seminar room 1/2, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin
DRFZ Institutsseminar
TNF and LPS specific gene expression profiles in monocytes and their imprint in RA and SLE
Biljana Smiljanovic (AG Baumgrass)

Thurs. 24 February
16:00
FMP, seminar room on the ground floor FMP Colloquium
Chemoselective Ligations and Modifications of Peptides and Proteins by the Staudinger Reaction
Christian Hackenberger (FU Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie)

Thurs. 26 February
16:15
MPIIB, Paul-Ehrlich-Hörsaal – Campus Charité Mitte
Berlin Life Science Kolloquium
Carbohydrates as keys to viral and parasite infection
Peter Seeberger (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich)

Thurs. 26 February
18:30
Charité Campus Mitte, Lecture Theatre Level 3, Clinic for Neurology, 10117 Berlin,
internal address on campus: Bonhoefferweg 3
Berlin School of Mind and Brain Distinguished Lecture Series
Mental programs and the frontal lobe
John Duncan (Cambridge)
NB: There will be an opportunity for doctoral students to meet with the speaker on Friday, 27 February, 10.00–11.00.
Venue: Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Luisenstraße 56, Haus 1 Seminarraum

Thurs. 26 February
16:00
FMP, seminar room on the ground floor
FMP Colloquium
Thrombin and its receptor PAR1 as novel pharmacological targets for the treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases
Nikos Tsopanoglou (Universität Patras, Greece)

Upcoming PhD defences

3 February, Tuesday, 17:30
Sabine Schmitz: Die Rolle der Mastzelle beim überschießenden Wachstum traumatisierter dermaler Neurofibrome
Großer Konferenzraum 1. Ebene, gegenüber vom Dekanat am Campus Benjamin Franklin

4 February, Wednesday, 14:00
Ursula Ellinghaus: Auswirkung der B-Zell-spezifischen Inaktivierung des NF-kappaB-Inhibitors IkappaBalpha auf Entwicklung & Funktion von B-Lymphozyten im murinen System
HU Dept. of Biology, Chausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Room 523 (3. court yard, top floor)

4 February, Wednesday, 16:00
Christian Köhler: Struktur- und Funktionsuntersuchungen an mesodermdevelopment (MESD), ein Chaperon für Rezeptoren der LDLR-Familie
Room 34.16/17, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Takustr. 3

9 February, Monday, 11:00
Bettina Müller: Molekularbiologische Charakterisierung des humanen Torque Teno Virus
Alten Bibliothek, Institut für Biologie, Pflanzenphysiologie, Königin-Luise-Str. 12-16

16 February, Monday, 14:00
Daniela Hartl: Proteomanalyse eines Mausmodells für die Alzheimer-Krankheit: Frühe Beeinträchtigung der Hippocampalen Plastizität
HU Dept. of Biology, Chausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Room 522 (3. court yard, top floor)

18 February, Wednesday, 17:00
Anita John: Funktionelle Analyse des Zinkfinger-Transkriptionsfaktors Bek11a während der Entwicklung des Rückenmarks in der Maus
Room 34.16/17, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Takustr. 3

23 February, Monday, 15:15
Nikola Wenta: Einfluß der Tyrosin-Phosphorylierung auf die Selbstassoziation des Transkriptionsfaktors STAT1
Room 12.12, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Takustr. 3