Past seminars (2008-2007)

Dpt of Molecular Biology

Daniela Rhodes

Structural Studies unit of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

Regulation of telomerase recruitment and telomere structure

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Antonin Morillon

CGM-CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France

In cerevisiae too, RNA imposes silencing

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Life Science Seminar Series

Ramin Schiekhattar

Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

Regulation of genomic silencing and its link to cancer

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Keji Zhao

Laboratory of Molecular Immunology (LMI), Division of Intramural Research (DIR), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda

Characterization of Human Epigenomes

3079, Sciences III

Host: Ueli Schibler

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Life Science Seminar Series

Maria A. Blasco

Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain

Role of telomeres and telomerase in stem cell biology

A100, Sciences II

Host: Sandra Citi

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Life Science Seminar Series

Bruce Spiegelman

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Transcriptional Control of Energy Homeostasis in Health and Disease

A100, Sciences II

Host: Didier Picard

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Life Science Seminar Series

Robb Krumlauf

Stowers Institute, USA

Hox genes and regulation of head development

A100, Sciences II

Host: Denis Duboule

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Michael Hengartner

University of Zurich

Roads to ruin: apoptotic pathways in the nematode C. elegans

3079, Sciences III

Host: Jean-Claude Martinou

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Life Science Seminar Series

Paul Schulze Lefert

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, GERMANY

Signal integration in the plant immune system

A100, Sciences II

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Life Science Seminar Series

François Schweisguth

Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Role of endocytosis in Delta signaling in Drosophila

A100, Sciences II

Host: Marcos Gonzalez Gaitan

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Life Science Seminar Series

George Coupland

Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant Developmental Biology, GERMANY

The control of flowering by seasonal cues

A100, Sciences II

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Wolfgang Zachariae

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Of daughters and sisters: control of chromosome segregation in meiosis

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Karl Gademann

Chemical Synthesis Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne

Natural Products as Tools in Chemical Biology: From Ecology To Functional Interfaces Directing Biological Response

0009, Sciences III

Host: Robbie Loewith

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Patrick Viollier

Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA

Function, cell cycle control and establishment of cell polarity in bacteria

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Jung Hyun Min

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Recognition of DNA damage by Xeroderma Pigmentosum C in Nucleotide Excision Repair

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Thimo Kurz

Institute of Biochemistry, ETH-Zürich

Function and control of cullin-based E3 ubiquitin ligases

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Ivan Ahel

Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms, U.K.

Defective DNA damage response and human disease

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Jiri Bartek

Danish Cancer Society

Final Note and End of Workshop

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Steve Jackson

University of Cambridge

The DNA-damage response: new molecular insights and new approaches to anti-cancer therapy

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Olli Kallioniemi

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and University of Turku

Cell array technology for high-throughput screening

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Giuseppe Pellicci

European Institute of Oncology

Title to be Announced

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Winship Herr

University of Lausanne

HCF-1: A two-for-one deal in human cell cycle regulation

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Thanos Halazonetis

University of Geneva

Welcome Note

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Shulamit Michaeli

Bar-IIan University, Israel

The unique composition of the signal recognition particle in Trypanosomes and its role in protein translocation into the ER

3079, Sciences III

Host: Katharina Strub

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Georgios Skiniotis

Harvard Medical School, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Visualization of dynamic protein systems by molecular electron microscopy

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Stéphane Thore

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH-Zürich

Structural study of the eukaryotic Thiamine pyrophosphate-binding riboswitch

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Remus Dame

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Unravelling bacterial chromatin organization: Insights from single-molecule experiments

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Dana Branzei

F.I.R.C. Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy

Sumoylation regulated processes protecting the integrity of replicating chromosomes

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Ed Hurt

Biochemie Zentrum, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Formation of ribonucleoprotein particles and their export through nuclear pore complexes

3079, Sciences III

Host: Françoise Stutz

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Life Science Seminar Series

Peter Fraser

The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK

Transcription factories and nuclear organization of the genome

A100, Sciences II

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Aldo Pagano

Dipartimento di Oncologia Biologia e Genetica, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

The contribution of the RNA Polymerase III to human diseases

3079, Sciences III

Host: Katharina Strub

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Life Science Seminar Series

Klaus Apel

Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, ETH, Zurich

The genetic basis of singlet oxygen-mediated stressresponses in higher plants

A100, Sciences II

Host: Jean-David Rochaix

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Life Science Seminar Series

Klaus Apel

ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

The genetic basis of singlet oxygen-mediated stress response in higher plants

A100, Sciences II

Host: Sandra Citi

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Life Science Seminar Series

Claude Desplan

Center for Developmental Genetics, Dept. Biology, NY, USA

Detection and Processing of color information (in Drosophila)

A100, Sciences II

Host: Didier Picard

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Reid Gilmore

Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts, Medical School, USA

Interactions between the SRP receptor and the translocon beta-subunit simplify the search for a vacant protein translocation channel

3079, Sciences III

Host: Katharina Strub

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Life Science Seminar Series

Witold Filipowicz

Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Mechanisms and reversibility of miRNA-mediated repression

A100, Sciences II

Host: Sandra Citi

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Life Science Seminar Series

Witold Filipowicz

Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel

Mechanisms and reversibilty of miRNA-mediated repression

A100, Sciences II

Host: Françoise Stutz

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Life Science Seminar Series

David Russell

Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the environment within the phagosome

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Peter Baumann

Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, USA

Chromosome end protection - insights from yeast, lizards and humans

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Life Science Seminar Series

Armand Marie Leroi

Imperial College, London, UK

Regulation of growth in C. elegans

A100, Sciences II

Host: Sandra Citi

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Life Science Seminar Series

Armand Marie Leroi

Department of Biological Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College London, UK

Regulation of Growth in Caenorhabditis elegans

A100, Sciences II

Host: Roland Dosch

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Curt Harris

Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA

Inflammation and Cancer: Interaction of Free Radical, microRNA and Cytokine Pathways

3079, Sciences III

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Life Science Seminar Series

Venki Ramakrishnan

Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

Insights into translation from structures of the ribosome

A100, Sciences II

Host: David Shore

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Life Science Seminar Series

Raphael Kopan

Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology and the Department of Medicine (Division of Dermatology), Washington University, USA

Theme and variation in Notch signaling

A100, Sciences II

Host: Denis Duboule

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