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VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 1 of 46
Department for Molecular Biomedical Research Dir.: Prof. Dr. F. Van Roy
DMBR - SEMINARS
1998 – 2011
1. Thursday
October 15, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: R. Contreras (09)264.51.36
Dr. Els VAN DAMME Lab. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection, KULeuven Plant lectins: Versatile proteins with important perspectives in biotechnology and glycoconjugate research.
2. Thursday October 22, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Erno VREUGDENHILL Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research, Dept. Medical Pharmacology, Leiden – Nederland Molecular dissection of glucocorticoid action in the rat hippocampus: Application of differential display & serial analysis of gene expression.
3. Thursday October 29, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. John G. COLLARD The Netherlands Cancer Institution, Division of Cell Biology, Amsterdam - Nederland Rho-like GTPases: their role in cell adhesion and invasion.
4. Thursday November 5, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Tibor VANTUS Semmelweis, Univ. of Medicine, Dept. of Medical Chem., Budapest – Hungary MAPkinase signaling pathways and the induction of apoptosis by the tumor-selective somatostatin-analog TT-232 in A431 cells.
5. Thursday November 12, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Sergey LITVINOV University of Leiden, Dept. of Pathology, Leiden - Nederland Ep-CAM and mammary gland morphogenesis.
6. Thursday November 19, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: N. Mertens (09)264.51.34
Dr. Ronny LEEMANS University of Basel, Zoological Institute, Basel – Switzerland Embryonic brain development in Drosophila.
7. Thursday December 3, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: J. Grooten (09)264.53.10
Dr. Guido VAN HAMME Tropisch Instituut, Afdeling Immunologie, Antwerpen Interaction between dentritic cells, HIV and T cells.
8. Thursday December 10, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: R. Contreras (09)264.51.36
Dr. Merja PENTILLA VTT, Helsinki - Finland Kinetics of protein secretion in Trichoderma.
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9. Thursday December 17, 1998 11h30-12h30 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Christoph REDIES Univ. Hospital Essen, Institute of Anatomy, Essen – Germany Cadherin expression in the brain: From segments to synapses.
10. Monday January 11, 1999 16h00-17h00 Host: G. Berx (09)264.53.18
Dr. Parry GUILFORD Cancer Genetics Lab., Dept. of Biochemistry, Otaga – New Zealand Germine E-cadherin mutations in familial gastric cancer.
11. Thursday January 14, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Timo L.M. TEN HAGEN Univ. Hospital Rotterdam, Dept. Exp. Surgical Oncology, Rotterdam - Nederland Application of TNF-alpha in the treatment of solid tumours.
12. Thursday January 21, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Hinrich GRONEMEYER IGBMC, Centre Universitaire de Strasbourg – France Nuclear receptor coregulators in transactivation and transrepression: What are the mechanistic insights from structure-function studies and ligand design?
13. Thursday January 28, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Peter CARMELIET Dept. of Transgene Technology & Gene Therapy, VIB - KULeuven Molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis and vascular disorders.
14. Thursday February 4, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Anne-Mieke VANDAMME Rega Institute & University Hospitals, AIDS Reference Laboratory, KULeuven Gene regulation for the human retroviruses HIV and HTLV, and possible interactions in cases of double infection.
15. Wednesday February 10, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Ivan SHATSKY Belozersky Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow - Russia Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic translation initiation: an update.
16. Thursday February 11, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Patrizia AGOSTINIS Afdeling Biochemie, Campus Gasthuisberg, KULeuven Cell signaling pathways during photosensitization.
17. Friday March 5, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Luke O’NEILL Trinity College Dublin, Dept. of Biochemistry, Dublin - Ireland Signalling pathways activated by the interleukin 1 receptor family: common signals activated by IL1, IL18 and LPS.
18. Friday March 12, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Marcel LEIST University of Konstanz, Konstanz - Germany The role of intracellular ATP in apoptotic cell death.
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19. Thursday March 18, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Peter HEINRICH Institut für Biochemie, RWTH, Aachen - Germany Il-6 type signalling through the gp130/Jak/STAT pathway.
20. Friday March 26, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Eugene LUKANIDIN Danish Cancer Society, Div. for Cancer Biology, Copenhagen -Denmark Intra-cellular and extra-cellular function of Metastasin.
21. Friday April 2, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Johannes A. SCHMID VIRCC, Dept. Vascular Biol. & Thrombosis Research, Vienna Austria Interplay between NF-kappaB and anti-apoptotic pathways.
22. Friday April 16, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. George KOLLIAS Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Lab. of Molecular Genetics, Athens-Greece Understanding TNF/TNF-R biosynthesis and function in genetically manipulated mice.
23. Friday April 23, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: E. Remaut (09)264.51.30
Dr. Werner FALK Dept. of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg - Germany Signals from the IL-1 receptor: oldies but goodies.
24. Monday April 26, 1999 16h00-17h00 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Kodi S. RAVICHANDRAN Beirne Carter Center for Immunol. Research, Univ. of Virginia - USA Signaling via the adapter protein SHC and the inositol phosphatase ship in lymphocytes. .
25. Friday April 30, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: C. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Claus SCHEIDEREIT Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin - Germany Dual functions of transcription factor NF-κB in apoptosis protection and cell cycle progression of tumor cells.
26. Friday May 7, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. John KYRIAKIS Massachusetts General Hospital East, Diabetes Research Laboratory, Charlestown - USA Cytokine signaling to SAPK/JNK and p38.
27. Friday May 21, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Jürgen BEHRENS Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin - Germany Control of beta-catenin in development and tumorigenesis.
28. Friday May 28, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Curzio RUEGG Centre Pluridisciplinaire d’Oncologie, ISREC, Lausanne - Switzerland Endothelial cell integrins: mediators of tumor angiogenesis and target molecules for anti-angiogenic therapie
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29. Friday June 4, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Marie-Christine GAILLARD Medical School WIC, Wits University, South Africa The identification of alpha-1-antitrypsin variants in relation to atopic factos in South African patients with chronic inflammatory diseases.
30. Friday June 11, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Margot THOME Institut de Biochimie, ISREC, Epalignes – Switzerland Signalling through death domains, death effector domains and caspase recruitment domains.
31. Friday June 18, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Kris HUYGEN Dept. Mycobacterial Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Brussels DNA vaccines: application to tuberculosis.
32. Thursday June 24, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Henk STUNNENBERG Dept. of Molecular Biology, Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands A novel TBP-containing complex involved in transcription regulation in embryonal carcinoma cells.
33. Friday June 25, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Martin HRABE DE ANGELIS Institute for Mammalian Genetics, Genome Project Group, Neuherberg - Germany Animal models for human diseases: the large scale ENU mouse-mutagenesis screen within the German human Genome Project.
34. Thursday July 1, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Jan NAESSENS Int. Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi - Kenya Role of aquired and innate immune mechanisms in resistance of cattle to African trypanosomes.
35. Thursday July 8, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: N. Mertens (09)264.51.34
Dr. Joanne BANYER John Curtis School of Medical Research, Australian National Univ., Experimental Haematology Group, Australia Differential gene expression during dendritic and macrophage maturation from a common myeloid progenitor.
36. Monday August 30, 1999 11h30-12h30 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. J. BRADLEY Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Dept. of Medicine, Cambridge – U.K. Subcellular localization of receptors and adaptor molecules in TNF signalling.
37. Thursday October 14, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Bart DE STROOPER VIB-K.U.Leuven, Center for Human Genetics, Leuven - Belgium The presenilins control the proteolytic cleavage of the transmembrane domains of APP and Notch.
38. Thursday October 21, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Natasha KRALLI University of Basel, Biozentrum, Dept. of Biochemistry, Basel - Switzerland Genetic approaches to steroid hormone signaling.
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39. Thursday October 28, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Contreras / A. De Bruyn (09)264.5136/(09)264.4475
Dr. Johannes VLIEGENTHART University of Utrecht, Bijvoet Center, Dept. of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht – The Netherlands Multifunctional aspects of glycoproteins.
40. Thursday November 4, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Matthias GRELL University of Stuttgart, Institut für Zellbiologie und Immunologie, Stuttgart - Germany Live and let die: Induction of cell death by tumor necrosis factors.
41. Thursday November 18, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Janusz JANKOWSKI University Hospital, Institute for Cancer Studies, Epithelial Laboratory, Birmingham, U.K. The role of genetic and epigenetic changes in the cadherin/catenin complex in the progression of Barrett’s metaplasia.
42. Thursday November 25, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Alain ISRAEL Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie Moléculaire de l’Expression Génique, Paris - France Control of NFκB activity by IκB molecules.
43. Thursday December 2, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Louis C. MAHADEVAN University of Oxford, Dept. of Biochemistry, Nuclear Signalling Lab., Oxford – U.K. MAP kinase-mediated signalling to chromatin and gene induction.
44. Thursday December 9, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: K. Vleminckx (09)264.87.19
Dr. Andreas HECHT Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg - Germany Beta-catenin and its function as transcriptional coactivator in cancer and development.
45. Thursday December 16, 1999 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Contreras (09)264.51.36
Dr. Lode WIJNS VIB-VUB, Dienst ULTR, Dept. Immunologie, Parasitologie & Ultrastructuur, St.-Genesius-Rode - Belgium Protein-Carbohydrate recognition: rules from crystallographic studies.
46. Monday January 31, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Michael KARIN University of California, School of Medicine, La Jolla - USA A tale of two kinases: IKK and the control of NF-κB activity.
47. Friday February 11, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Contreras (09)264.51.36
Dr. Paul T. MAGEE University of Minnesota, Dept. of Genetics and Cell Biology, Minnesota - USA Genomic studies of Candida albicans: what the physical map can tell us.
48. Friday February 25, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Pierre F. PIGUET Univ. of Geneva, WHO-IRTC, Dept. of Pathology, Geneva - Switserland Platelets in pathophysiology.
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49. Friday March 3, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Matthias GAESTEL Martin-Luther-Universität, Innovationskolleg Zellspezialisierung, Halle - Germany Signalling by MAPKAP kinase 2: mechanisms and function in vivo.
50. Friday March 10, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Pietro GHEZZI Instituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan - Italy Cytokines and redox enzymes.
51. Thursday March 16, 2000 16h00-17h30 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Albert REYNOLDS Dept. of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville - USA The catenin p120: a multi-talented effector of cadherin function.
52. Friday March 17, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Zhao-Qi WANG IARC, Unit of Gene-Environment Interactions, Lyon - France PARP and apoptosis.
53. Thursday March 23, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Martin GOTTLICHER Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik, Karlsruhe - Germany Why are dioxins toxic and why not to eat too many Belgian eggs?
54. Friday March 31, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: J. Grooten (09)264.53.10
Dr. Martine RAES FUNDP, Dept. Biochimie Cellulaire, Namur - Belgium Antioxidants and IL-1 induced NF-κB activation.
55. Friday April 7, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: J. Grooten (09)264.53.10
Dr. Bart N. LAMBRECHT Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Dept. Longziekten, Rotterdam – The Netherlands Dentritic cells and the regulation of the mucosal immune response in the lung.
56. Friday April 14, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Jorge MOSCAT CBMSO, Universidad Autonoma Canto Blanco, Madrid - Spain Signalling cell survival and tumor progression through the atypical PKC pathways.
57. Friday April 28, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Lieve MOONS VIB3 - K.U.Leuven, Centrum voor Transgene Technologie & Gentherapie, Leuven - Belgium Urokinase mediated plasmin activates matrix metalloproteinases: insights from transgenic mouse models.
58. Friday May 5, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.16
Dr. Guy CORNELIS Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, K.U.Leuven & C. de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Brussel - Belgium Interaction between Yersinia and eukaryotic cells.
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59. Friday May 12, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: E. Remaut (09)264.51.30
Dr. Jeremy WELLS Institute of Food Research, Dept. Microbial Genetics & Physiology Section, Norwich – U.K. Functional genomics of bacterial pathogens.
60. Friday May 19, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Mechthild HATZFELD Molecular Biology Group of the Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle - Germany The role of plakophilin-1 in cell-cell adhesion and cell motility.
61. Friday May 26, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Pierre D. McCREA Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston - USA Evaluation of catenin function in Xenopus embryos and mammalian kidney cells.
62. Tuesday October 10, 2000 10h00-11h30 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Barry M. GUMBINER Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, New York – U.S.A. Cadherins and catenins in development and cancer.
63. Thursday October 12, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. François TRONCHE Institut Pasteur, Unité des Virus Oncogènes, Paris - France Genetic dissection of the glucocorticoid function by conditional mutagenesis in mice.
64. Thursday October 19, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: E. Remaut (09)264.51.30
Dr. Deborah O’NEIL VIB-1 - Univ. of Ghent, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Ghent - Belgium Regulation of beta-defensin expression: endogenous peptide antibiotics of the gastrointestinal tract.
65. Thursday November 9, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Stuart N. FARROW Glaxo Wellcome, U.K. Death receptors, NF-kB and apoptosis; strategies for therapeutic intervention.
66. Thursday November 16, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Kim BURNS Université de Lausanne, Institut de Biochimie, Epalinges - Switzerland Interleukin-1 signal transduction.
67. Thursday November 23, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Daniela N. MAENNEL University of Regensburg, Dept. of Pathology, Regensburg – Germany Functional characterization of an intracellularily expressed TNF receptor.
68. Thursday November 30, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Jorge MOSCAT CBMSO, Universidad Autonoma Canto Blanco, Madrid - Spain Signalling cell survival and tumor progression through the atypical PKC pathways.
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69. Thursday December 7, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Amparo CANO Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas CSIC-UAM, Madrid - Spain Understanding the molecular mechanisms leading to E-cadherin downregulation during tumor progression. Snail transcription factor as a key repressor.
70. Thursday December 14, 2000 11h30-13h00 Host: J. Grooten (09)264.53.10
Dr. Paolo BERNARDI University of Padova, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Padova - Italy Mitochondria and cell death: the (w)hole story.
71. Friday February 16, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Peter TEN DIJKE Nederlands Kanker Instituut, Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis, Dept. Cellulaire Biochemie, Amsterdam - Nederland TGF−β receptor signal transduction.
72. Friday February 23, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: K. Vleminckx (09)264.87.19
Dr. Pierre VANDERHAEGHEN U.L.B., Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Brussels - Belgium Ephrins and the generation of neuronal connectivity in the mammalian brain.
73. Friday March 2, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Contreras (09)264.51.36
Dr. Gert MATTHIJS University of Leuven, Center for Human Genetics, Dept. for Molecular Diagnosis, Leuven - Belgium Understanding and diagnosis of congenital disorder of glycosylation.
74. Friday March 16, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Asifa AKHTAR Adolf-Butenandt-Institut für Molekularbiologie, München - Germany Targeting of histone acetyltransferase MOF to the X chromosome via RNA/chromodomain interactions.
75. Friday March 30, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: L. Steidler (09)264.87.01
Dr. Elisabeth FURIE University of Dundee, MRC Microbiology & Gut Biology Group, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Dundee – U.K. Identification of human rectal flora and their interactions with the host.
76. Friday April 6, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: L. Steidler (09)264.87.01
Dr. Murray SELKIRK Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Dept. of Biochemical Parasitology, London – U.K. Resistance and modulation of immunity by parasitic nematodes.
77. Tuesday April 17, 2001 14h00-15h30 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Joël BOCKAERT UPR-CNRS, Montpellier, France. Role of Homer in localization and signalling of metabotropic glutamate receptors.
78. Friday April 20, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: X. Saelens (09)264.87.16
Dr. Mike CLEMENS St. Georges Hospital Medical School, Dept. of Biochemistry and Immunology, London – U.K. Regulation of protein synthesis in mammalian cells during the early stages of apoptosis.
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79. Friday April 27, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Finn Olav LEVY University of Oslo, MSD Cardiovascular Research Center, Dept. of Pharmacology, Oslo - Norway Pharmacological properties and signalling mechanisms of 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 serotonin receptor splice variants.
80. Friday May 4, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Frank BERGER University of South Carolina, Coker Life Sciences Building, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia - USA Cancer and the host inflammatory response: does the latter benefit the former?
81. Friday May 11, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Georg BREIER Max Planck Institute for Physiological & Clinical Research, Bad Nauheim - Germany Regulation of VEGF receptor expression during vascular development and tumor angiogenesis.
82. Friday May 18, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: L. Steidler (09)264.87.01
Dr. Jan KOK University of Groningen, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Haren – The Netherlands Stress in Lactococcus lactis.
83. Friday June 1, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Rottiers (09)264.87.59
Dr. Patrick GLENISSON Signals, Identification, System Theory and Automation, ESAT, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Standardizing, Structuring, and Validating Expression Information: From Database to Knowledgebase
84. Friday October 5, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.64
Dr. Patrice X. PETIT INSERM/CNRS, Institut Cochin of Molecular Genetics, Team “Apoptose et Mitochondries”, Paris - France On the evolutionary conservation of the cell death machinery: involvement of an apoptosis inducing factor homologue in dictyostelium discoideum cell death.
85. Thursday October 11, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Bas VAN STEENSEL University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam - Nederland Chromatin profiling: large-scale mapping of in vivo target sequences of chromatin proteins.
86. Thursday October 18, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: E. Remaut (09)264.51.30
Dr. Filip DE KEYSER UZ Gent, Afdeling Rheumatologie, Dept. Inwendige Ziekten, Gent - Belgium New molecular targets for immunotherapy in arthritis.
87. Thursday October 25, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: K. Vleminckx (09)264.87.19
Dr. François FAGOTTO Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Div. For Cell Biology, Tuebingen - Germany Beta-catenin signaling: regulatory mechanisms and nuclear localization..
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88. Thursday November 8, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: J. Grooten (09)264.53.10
Dr. Günter RAPPL University of Cologne, Labo for Tumorgenetics & Cell Biology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Köln - Germany The CD7- subset of CD4+ memory T-cells is prone to accelerated apoptosis that is prevented by interleukin-15.
89. Thursday November 22, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Johan SWINNEN K.U.Leuven, Lab. Exp. Medicine and Endocrinology, Dept. of Medicine & Developmental Biology, Leuven - Belgium Increased lipogenesis in cancer cells: mechanisms and clinical implications.
90. Thursday November 29, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Paul EVANS The Babraham Institute, Molecular Immunology Programme, Cambridge - U.K. The role of A20 and related genes in the regulation of NFκB.
91. Thursday December 6, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Pierre COULIE UCL – GECE Unit, Brussels – Belgium Vaccination against cancer: decipherment of rare successes.
92. Thursday December 13, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Matthias W. HENTZE EMBL, Gene Expression Programme, Heidelberg - Germany Regulation of mRNA fate in the cytoplasm.
93. Thursday December 13, 2001 14h00-15h30 Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Gerald DE HAAN Dept. of Stem Cell Biology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Genetic and genomic analysis of mouse hematopoietic stem cells.
94. Friday December 14, 2001 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Berx (09)264.53.18
Dr. Chris TSELEPIS Institute for Cancer Studies & Dept. of Medicine, University of Birmingham, U.K. A modulation of adhesion in cancer.
95. Monday January 14, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Raymond KAEMPFER Dr. Ph. Marcus Professor of Molecular Biology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel A new role for the RNA-activated protein kinase PKR in TNF mRNA splicing.
96. Wednesday February 20, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Martin HUELSMEYER University of Berlin, Dept. for Crystallography, Berlin - Germany CD30, the largest TNFR family member associated with Hodgkin disease (expression & purification aspects).
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97. Friday March 1, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: K. Vleminckx (09)264.87.19
Dr. Wim ANNAERT VIB4 - University of Leuven, Center for Human Genetics, Laboratory for Neuronal Cell Biology, Leuven - Belgium Interaction with telencephalin and the amyloid precursor protein predicts a ring structure for presenilins.
98. Friday March 15, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Gioacchino NATOLI Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona - Switzerland The impact of Chromatin dynamics on NF-kB-dependent transcription.
99. Friday March 29, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Lionel LARUE Institut Curie, CNRS/IC, Orsay – France Role of the cadherin/catenin/IGF1R complex in the transition from an epithelium to a mesenchyme.
100. Friday April 19, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Gerald THIEL University of Saarland Medical Center, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Homburg - Germany Regulation of neuronal gene transcription by RE-1 silencing factor (REST).
101. Friday April 26, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. A. Francis STEWART Technical University of Dresden, Dept. Genomics, Dresden - Germany Fluent DNA engineering using phage homologous recombination mechanisms.
102. Friday May 3, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: N. Mertens (09)264.51.34
Dr. Arya BIRAGYN National Cancer Institute, Frederick - USA Genetic fusion of chemokines to a self tumor antigen induces protective, T-cell dependent antitumor immunity.
103. Friday May 17, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert/F. Van Roy (09)264.87.10/~50.17
Dr. Agnès NOEL ULG, Laboratoire de Biologie des Tumeurs et du Développement, Liège - Belgium The role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in angiogenesis.
104. Friday May 24, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. David R. GARROD University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences, Manchester -UK The function and regulation of desmosomal adhesion in epithelial morphogenesis.
105. Friday May 31, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Contreras (09)264.51.36
Dr. Philip REEVES Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dept. of Biology, Cambridge - USA Tetracycline-inducible stable mammalian cell line expression systems for high-level expression of toxic rhodopsin mutants, non-glycosylated rhodopsin, and rhodopsin containing defined N-glycans.
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106. Friday June 14, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.87.
Dr. Jan Paul MEDEMA Dept. of Immunohematology and Bloodtransfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Immune escape artists.
107. Friday June 28, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Drs. Murielle GLONDU Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology of Cancers INSERM U540, Montpellier, France Mitogenic activity of cathepsin in breast cancer
108. Monday July 1, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: W. Declercq (09)264.51.44
Dr. Geertrui DENECKER Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switserland Molecular mechanism of Yersinia enterocolitica-induced cell death: to Yop or not to Yop ?
109. Thursday October 3, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert (09) 264.87.10
Dr. Carole WILSON
Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA Proteolytic processing of antimicrobial peptides by the metalloproteinase matrilysin (MMP-7)
110. Thursday October 10, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09) 264.51.66
Dr. Anna BIGAS
Molecular Oncology, Institut de Recerca Oncologica, Barcelona, Spain IκBα and p65 regulate the cytoplasmic shuttling of nuclear corepressors: cross-talk between Notch and NFκB pathways
111. Thursday October 17, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: K. Vleminckx (09) 264.87.19
Dr. Gerhart RYFFEL
Institut für Zellbiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany Cell lineage labelling in Xenopus using Cre and FLP recombinases
112. Thursday October 24, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: W. Min Jou (09) 264.51.40
Dr. Hilde CHEROUTRE
La Jolla Institute of Allergy & Immunology, San Diego, USA The receptor/ligand pair, CD8αα-TL, mediates survival of mature and immature TCR activated T cells
113. Thursday October 31, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09) 264.50.17
Dr. Jonathan SLEEMAN
Institut für Toxikologie und Genetik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany Identification of molecular targets for the inhibition of tumor metastasis formation
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 13 of 46
114. Thursday November 7, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Peter PAUWELS
Centre d'Immunologie Pierre Fabre, St-Julien-en-Genvois, France Do we have pharmacological evidence for diverse signalling via G protein-coupled receptors ?
115. Thursday November 14, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert (09)264.87.11
Dr. Bart VANHAESEBROECK
Cell Signalling Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK The role of PI3-kinase signalling enzymes in cancer and inflammation
116. Thursday November 21, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-264.50.17
Dr. Thierry VANDENDRIESSCHE & Dr. Marinee CHUAH
Dept. of Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, V.I.B. - K.U.L., Leuven, Belgium State-of-the-art gene transfer technologies: implications for functional genomics and gene therapy
117. Thursday November 28, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman (09)264.51.66
Dr. Richard CASWELL
Cardiff School of Biosciences, UK Dysregulation of IL-6 expression by human cytomegalovirus
118. Thursday December 5, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy (09)264.50.17
Dr. Hélène FERACCI
Institut Curie, Paris, France
Kinetics of the E-cadherin trans-interaction studied at the unimolecular level
119. Tuesday December 10, 2002 13h00-14h30 !!! Host: C. Libert (09)264.87.10
Dr. Aernout LUTTUN
Dept. of Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, V.I.B. - K.U.L., Leuven, Belgium Chronic inflammation: The role of proteolysis and angiogenesis revisited. Therapeutic implications
120. Thursday
December 12, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert (09)264.51.43
Dr. Leo A.B. JOOSTEN
Rheumatology Research Laboratory, UMC Nijmegen, The Netherlands The role of IL-1/Toll-like receptor superfamily signaling in experimental arthritis
121. Thursday December 19, 2002 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Vandenabeele (09)264.50.17
Dr. Marc KOCKX
Department of Medicine, U.I.A., Antwerp, Belgium Apoptosis versus autophagic cell death in heart failure
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 14 of 46
122. Thursday January 9, 2003 11h30-13h00 Host: J. Grooten 09-264.53.10
Dr. Hans DOOMS
Department of Pathology, UCSF, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Regulation of memory T cell development and survival
123. Tuesday January 21, 2003 11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-264.87.11
Dr. Ken BLOCH
Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, U.S.A.
The role of nitric oxide synthase in ventricular remodeling: insights gained from genetically-modified mice
124. Monday February 3, 2003 11h30-13h00 Host: W. Declercq 09-264.51.44
Dr. Arun DHARMARAJAN
School of Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Factors involved in tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced corpus luteum apoptosis
125. Friday February 21, 2003 14h00-15h00 !!!
Host: R. Beyaert 09-264.51.43
Dr. Jurg TSCHOPP
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
The inflammasome: a novel complex implicated in the maturation of pro-inflammatory cytokines
126. Tuesday March 18, 2003 11h00-12h30 Meeting room 10th floor !! Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-264.87.64
Prof. Walther VAN VENROOIJ
Dept. of Biochemistry, Catholic University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Citrullination and rheumatoid arthritis: two sides of one coin
127. Friday April 4, 2003 11h30-13h00
Host: N. Mertens 09-264.51.34
Dr. Paula HENDERICKX
Dyax SA, Liège, Belgium
Development of an antibody against the tumor associated antigen MUC1 obtained by phage display
128. Friday April 11, 2003 11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-264.50.17
Dr. Jacqueline JOUANNEAU
Institut Curie, Paris, France
Impact of FGF-1, FGF-2 and cell signaling in angiogenesis and tumor progression
129. Friday May 9, 2003 11h30-13h00
Host: R. Contreras 09-264.51.36
Dr. Myron SZEWCZUK
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
TrkA receptor activation and neuronal cell differentiation and survival responses induced by Trypanosome trans-sialidase
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 15 of 46
130. Friday May 16, 2003 11h30-13h00 Host: G. Haegeman 09-264.51.66
Dr. François FUKS
Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB - Free University of Brussels
DNA methylation and chromatin: an intimate affair
131. Monday 25-08-2003
Dr. NORGA Koenraad
Dept. of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Houston TX, USA
Identifying pleiotropic neurodevelopmental genes through quantitative trait analysis
132. Wednesday 27-08-2003
Dr. VAN OOSTERHOUT Antoon
Department of Pharmacology & Pathophysiology, Universiteit Utrecht, Nederland
Novel immunotherapeutic strategies for allergic asthma
133. Friday 29-08-2003
Dr. REEVES Philip
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
Tetracycline-inducible mammalian cell line expression systems for high-level regulated expression of rhodopsin and rhodopsin mutants
134. Monday 01-09-2003
Dr. HAIGH Jody
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
The role of VEGF-A in organogenesis and disease progression
135. Wednesday 03-09-2003
Dr. POULIN Gino
Wellcome Trust Institute, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge University, UK
Genome-wide RNAi screens for transcription regulators in C.elegans
136. Friday 05-09-2003
Dr. MONTAGNE Jacques
Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland
The TOR/S6 kinase pathway controls drosophila growth
137. Friday 19-09-2003
Dr. TUCKERMANN Jan
Div. Molecular Biology of the Cell, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
The tissue specific function of the glucocorticoid receptor in disease and therapy
138. Monday 22-09-2003
Dr. WOLFRAIM Lawrence
NIH-NCI Cell Regulation & Carcinogenesis, Bethesda MD, USA
Roles for Transforming Growth Factor-beta-1 and its downstream signaling intermediates (Smad3, p21Cip1 and p27Kip1) in the regulation of T-lymphocyte homeostasis
139. Tuesday 23-09-2003
Dr. DELHASE Mireille
Lab. Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, UCSD, La Jolla CA, USA
IKK and NAK, two major players in the TNF signaling pathways
140. Wednesday 24-09-2003
Dr. MÜLLER Jürgen
NIH-NCI Metabolism Branch, Bethesda MD, USA
Part 1: Signaling to NF-kB RelB ; Part 2: Mediation of IL-2/15-induced signaling to proliferation and apoptosis via the FKBPs 38, 12 and 12.6
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 16 of 46
141. Friday 26-09-2003
Dr. NEF Serge
Département de Morphologie, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Requirement of the insulin receptor family function in male sexual determination
142. Wednesday October 29, 2003
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Guy SALVESEN
The Burnham Institute, Program of Apoptosis and Cell Death Research, La Jolla, USA
Caspase activation pathways: conservation and variation
143. Wednesday January 7, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Stijn DE LANGHE
Dept. Hematology/Oncology, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, USA
Mesenchymal differentiation during lung organogenesis
144. Friday January 16, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Jayanta DEBNATH
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
The effect of oncogenes on the hollow architecture of mammary acini
145. Friday January 30, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Rottiers 09-33.13.660
Dr. Sylvia BLEUMING
Dept. Experimental Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Indian Hedgehod is an antagonist of Wnt signaling in colonic epithelial differentiation
146. Friday February 13, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Jan DE MEY
Microtubules et Morphogenèse, Université Louis Pasteur, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
The interactions of microtubules with cortical capture sites during spindle positioning in polarized epithelial cells
147. Monday March 1, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Marie-Emmanuelle LEGRIER
Institut Curie, Paris, France
Hormonal escape of prostate cancer: Mechanisms and experimental therapeutics
148. Thursday April 1, 2004
11h30-13h00
Hosts: F. Van Roy & G. Berx 09-33.13.601 / 740
Dr. Ingrid ZWAENEPOEL
Unité de Génétique des Déficits Sensoriels, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Molecular approach of hereditary deafness and of the auditory function
149. Monday April 5, 2004
11h30-13h00
Hosts: F. Van Roy & G. Berx 09-33.13.601 / 740
Dr. Katleen BRAET
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology , University Hospital, Ghent University, Belgium
Calcium talk at the blood brain barrier
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 17 of 46
150. Thursday April 8, 2004
11h30-13h00
Hosts: F. Van Roy & G. Berx 09-33.13.601 / 740
Dr. Zerihun ASSEFA
Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Stress-induced apoptosis: various pathways
151. Friday April 9, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Eugene TULCHINSKY
Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, University of Leicester, UK
Reciprocal regulation of Fos proteins and E-cadherin in cellular models of epithelial-mesenchymal transition
152. Friday April 23, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Gerhard CHRISTOFORI
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland
Distinct mechanisms of tumor metastasis
153. Wednesday May 5, 2004 11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy & Geert Berx 09-33.13.601
Dr. Karine HELLEMANS
Gene Expression Unit, Afdeling Biochemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Expression of PPARs and RAR/RXRs during hepatic stellate cell transdifferentiation - Implications for liver fibrogenesis
154. Friday May 7, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Martin KRÖNKE
Inst. Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
TNF and sphyngomyelinases in signalling and apoptosis
155. Monday May 10, 2004 11h30-13h00
Host: N. Mertens 09-33.13.610
Dr. Arie GEERLOF EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Optimizing protein production at the EMBL
156. Tuesday May 11, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Benoît DESNUES
Unité des Rickettsies UMR CNRS 6020, Faculté de Médecine de la Timone, Marseille, France
Whipple's disease: transcriptional approach of pathophysiology
157. Thursday May 13, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Gerard J.M. MARTENS
Department of Molecular Animal Physiology Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences (NCMLS) Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
A cell-specific transgenic approach in Xenopus for functional exploration of neuronal proteins
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 18 of 46
158. Wednesday May 19, 2004 14h00-15h30 Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.70
Dr. Stefanie ZERETZKE
GSF, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Neuherberg-Munich, Germany
The European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA)
159. Monday May 24, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Keith JOHNSON
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
A role for cadherins in tumorigenesis
160. Friday May 28, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Walter BIRCHMEIER
Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Armadillo proteins in cell adhesion and signalling
161. Friday June 4, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Jean-Paul THIERY
Institut Curie, Paris, France
Molecular mechanisms controling human bladder carcinoma initiation and progression
162. Friday June 11, 2004 11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Decio L. EIZIRIK
Lab. of Experimental Medicine and JDRF Center for Prevention of Beta Cell Destruction in Europe, ULB, Brussels
Inferring cytokine-induced gene networks contributing to pancreatic beta cell death
163. Tuesday June 22, 2004
14h30-16h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. David UCKER
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
Phagocytosis of apoptitic cells is more than just "eat me signals"
164. Friday June 25, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Boris TURK
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jozef Stefan Institute, Univeristy of Ljublijana, Slovenia
Lysosomal proteases and apoptosis
165. Wednesday July 7, 2004
11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Wolf-Dietrich HARDT
Institut für Mikrobiologie, Departement Biologie, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Molecular mechanism of Salmonella typhimurium enterocolitis
166. Friday August 20, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Olexandr VOYTYUK
Dept. of Experimental Clinical Chemistry, Lund University, Wallenberg Laboratory, University Hospital Malmö, Sweden
Stem cell factor induced signal transduction
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 19 of 46
167. Friday September 3, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Dieter HARTMANN
Neuronal Cell Biology and Gene Transfer, VIB Dept. of Human Genetics, KU Leuven
Shedding and being shed: the two faces of ADAM10
168. Monday September 6, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Carlos A. CASIANO
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Center for Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda CA, USA
Mechanisms of autoantigen cleavage during caspase-independent cell death
169. Friday October 1, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: JC. Marine 09-33.13.640
Dr. Thomas FLOSS
GSF Institute, Institute of Developmental Genetics and The German Gene Trap Consortium, Neuherberg Munich, Germany
17.000 pre-fabricated knockouts: Functional analysis of the mouse genome by gene trap mutagenesis
170. Friday October 8, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Axel BEHRENS
Mammalian Genetics Lab, the London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London, UK
Transcriptional control by JNK MAP kinases in neurons and T cells
171. Friday October 15, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Jo VAN GINDERACHTER
Dept. of Biotechnology, Inst. of Molecular Biology, VUB, Brussels
Functional and molecular characterization of the macrophage : Activation state in murine parasite infection and cancer models
172. Wednesday October 20, 2004
11h00-12h30
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Ruslan MEDZHITOV
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA
Toll pathway of host defense
173. Friday October 22, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Alain CHARIOT
Laboratory of Medical Chemistry, CTCM/CBIG, Université de Liège, Sart-Tilman, Belgium
Critical roles of scaffold proteins in TNF-mediated NF-kB activation
174. Friday October 29, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Robert FEIL
Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Technische Universität München, Germany
Conditional mutagenesis reveals new roles of cGMP signalling in cellular plasticity
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 20 of 46
175. Friday November 5, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Chris REUTELINGSPERGER
Department Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Maastricht University
Annexin A5: a molecular imaging agent of apoptotic cells with apoptosis modulating properties?
176. Friday November 5, 2004
14h30-16h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Marion McFARLANE
Centre for Mechanisms of Human Toxicology, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, UK
Caspase activation impedes proteasome function during apoptosis
177. Friday November 26, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Rottiers 09-33.13.660
Dr. Martien KAPSENBERG
Dept. Cell Biology and Histology & Dept. Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dendritic cells and functional polarisation of immunity
178. Friday December 3, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Minou ADIB-CONQUY
UP Cytokines & Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Reprogramming of monocytes reactivity in sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome
179. Friday December 10, 2004
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Steve LEY
Division of Immune Cell Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK
Activation of the ERK MAP kinase pathway in innate immune responses
180. Friday January 14, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: P. Rottiers 09-33.13.660
Dr. Fiona POWRI
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK
Control of immune pathology by regulatory T cells
181. Friday January 28, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Eric CHASTRE
Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France
Implication of the MAGI-1/PTEN signalisome in stabilization of adherens junction and suppression of invasiveness
182. Friday February 4, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Otmar HUBER
Institut für Klinsiche Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
Identification of new modulators of LEF-1/TCF/beta-catenin signaling activity
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 21 of 46
183. Friday February 18, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Jos JONKERS
the Netherlands Cancer Institute NKI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Conditional mouse models of breast cancer
184. Friday March 11, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.650
Dr. Frank van KUPPEVELD
Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Molecular Life Sciences Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Cell biology of picornavirus infection
185. Friday March 25, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: J. Grooten 09-33.13.650
Dr. Hans DOOMS
Dept. of Pathology, Medical Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
Regulation of IL-2 and IL-7 receptors in the life of a T cell
186. Friday April 29, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Stefan ROSE-JOHN
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Medical Faculty, Kiel, Germany
The role of Toll-like receptors in immunity: lessons from knockout mice
187. Friday May 13, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Lena ALEXOPOULOU
Lab. of TLRs and Innate Immunity, CNRS-INSERM Luminy, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France
The role of Toll-like receptors in immunity: lessons from knockout mice
188. Tuesday May 17, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Juliet DANIEL
Biology Department, McMaster Unicersity, Hamilton, Canada
The transcriptional repressor Kaiso: roles in signaling and development
189. Friday May 20, 2005 11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Emilio HIRSCH
Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, Italy
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase: kinase functions and beyond
190. Friday June 3, 2005
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Jannie BORST
Division of Immunology, the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Connections in apoptosis signaling by death receptors and DNA damaging anti-cancer regimens
191. Friday June 10, 2005 11h30-13h00 Host: P. Rottiers 09-33.13.660
Dr. Bart LAMBRECHT
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Dendritic cells subsets and control of airway mucosal inflammation
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 22 of 46
192. Thursday June 16, 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Ben JANSSEN
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
Mechanisms of blood pressure control. Focus on hemodynamic phenotyping in mouse and rat disease models
193. Wednesday June 22, 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Saverio BELLUSCI
Department of Surgery, Developmental Biology Program, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA
Role of FGF10 in organogenesis andrepair: lessons from studies on lung and gut
194. Friday 24 June, 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr.Genadij RAIVICH
Perinatal Brain Repair Group, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Department of Anatomy, University College London, UK
Molecular mechanisms of CNS inflammation
195. Friday 13 September, 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Frances BALKWILL
Institute of Cancer at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London,UK
Inflammation and cancer, the TNF connection
196. Friday 21 October 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: DMBR & PSB 09-33.13.600
Dr. Katja CONRATH
The VIB Nanobody Service Facility, VIB Department of Cellular and Molecular Interactions, Brussels, Belgium
Nanobody Service Facility: From fortuitous discovery to biotechnological opportunities
197. Friday 28 October, 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Cord BRAKEBUSCH
Junior Group "Regulation of Cytoskeletal Organization", Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
The role of Cdc42 in the differentiation of skin stem cells
198. Friday 4 November 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Nils LYCKE
Department of Clinical Immunology, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Exploiting bacterial enterotoxins for engineering cell targeted vaccine adjuvants
199. Friday 25 November 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.620
Dr. Eric RUBIN
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Mycobacterial genetics: talkin' TraSH
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 23 of 46
200. Friday 25 November 2005
Extra seminar 16h00-17h30 !! Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Dusan TURK
Structural Biology Group, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Structural biology of cathepsins
201. Friday 2 December 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Sophie JANSSENS
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland (and DMBR)
DNA damage-induced NF-kB activation
202. Friday 2 December, 2005
14h00-15h00 Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Muriel PERRON
Université Paris XI, Orsay , France
Hedgehog signaling controls the cell cycle kinetics of stem cells/precursors in Xenopus retina
203. Friday 9 December 2005
11h30-13h00 Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.620
Dr. Ari HELENIUS
Institute of Biochemistry, Zurich, Switzerland
The role of N-glycans in protein folding and quality control
204. Friday 16 December, 2005
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Grooten 09-33.13.650
Dr. François HUAUX
Industrial Toxicology and Occupational Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Alternative pathway leading to silica-induced lung fibrosis
205. Wednesday 11 Jan. 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Jean-Pierre DAVID
Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany
The Function of the Ribosomal S6 Kinase RSK2 in bone
206. Friday 13 January 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Klaus PFEFFER
Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
Biology of core TNF cytokines
207. Friday 20 January 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Pietro GHEZZI
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy
Erythropoietin in neuroprotection
208. Wednesday 1 Febr. 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: J. Grooten 09-33.13.760
Dr. Regina BRIGELIUS-FLOHE
Department of Biochemistry of Micronutrients, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany
New insights into vitamin E metabolism and function
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 24 of 46
209. Friday 24 February 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Christoph REDIES
Institute of Anatomy, Friedrich Schilller University, Jena, Germany
Cadherins: An adhesive code for brain development
210. Wednesday 1 March 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.617
Dr. Filip VAN PETEGEM
Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF, San Francisco, USA
Structural insights into inactivation mechanisms of voltage-gated calcium channel
211. Friday 3 March 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Pierre-Antoine DEFOSSEZ
CNRS Institut Curie, Paris, France
Characterization of ZBTB4 and ZBTB38 : two new human transcription factors related to Kaiso
212. Friday 17 March 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.760
Dr. Thomas BRABLETZ
Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen, Germany
Malignant progression in colorectal cancer: EMT, stem cells and beta-catenin
213. Tuesday 21 March 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: J.C. Marine 09-33.13.640
Dr. François FUKS
Hopital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
DNA Methylation: Facts, Clues, Mysteries
214. Friday 28 April 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: R. Contreras 09-33.13.631
Dr. Daniel PEEPER
Division of Molecular Genetics, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Exploiting senescence and anoikis: functional cloning of tumor and metastasis genes
215. Joint DMBR-PSB seminar Tuesday 2 May 2006
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert & M. Holsters
Dr. Herman SPAINK
Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biology Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
Zebrafish as a model for studying microbial infections
216. Friday 5 May 2006
14h00-15h00 Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Manolis PASPARAKIS
EMBL Mouse Biology Programme, Monterotondo, Italy
The role of IkappaB kinase (IKK) subunits in physiology and disease
217. Friday 19 May 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Carien NIESSEN
Center for Molecular Medicine (ZMMK), University of Cologne, Germany
Cadherins in epithelial morphogenesis polarity and barrier formation
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 25 of 46
218. Wednesday 24 May 2006
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Roeland MERKS
Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University and VIB, Ghent, Belgium
Cell-centered computational modeling in developmental biology, and its applications to vasculogenesis and angiogenesis
219. Friday 2 June 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: R. Contreras 09-33.13.631
Dr. Olivier TOUSSAINT
Research Unit on Cellular Biology (URBC), University of Namur (FUNDP), Namur, Belgium
Stress-induced premature senescence : from biomarkers of ageing to molecular mechanisms
220. Friday 9 June 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: N. Mertens 09-33.13.610
Dr. Philippe STAS
Algonomics, Ghent, Belgium
Current challenges in immunogenicity assessment of protein therapeutics
221. Monday 19 June 2006
14h30-16h00 Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Alain CHARIOT
Laboratory of Medical Chemistry/CTCM/CBIG, CHU Sart-Tilman, Université de Liège, Belgium
Linking transcriptional Elongation to a human genetic disease: insight into the Elongator/IKAP-dependent pathways
222. Friday 23 June 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Jin Mo PARK
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Charlestown MA, USA
Inflammatory signaling network in macrophages
223. Friday 30 June 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: P. Rottiers 09-33.13.660
Dr. Philippe EIGENMANN
Allergologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Switzerland
Immune modulation in food alllergy
224. Friday 14 July 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Jens STAAL
Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Genetic Center, Uppsala, Sweden
Common features in animal and plant innate immunity: conserved or converged?
225. Friday 1 September 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Antoon VAN OOSTERHOUT
Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands
Immunoregulatory mechanisms of allergen immunotherapy in a mouse model of asthma
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 26 of 46
226. Friday 8 September 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: C. Chen 09-33.13.635
Dr. Richard A. MILLER
Department of Pathology, Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor MI, USA
Size, stress, cancer and aging: Lessons from long-lived mutant mice
227. Wednesday 13 September 2006
14h00-15h30 Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Vivek MITTAL
Cancer Genome Research Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA
Bone marrow-derived progenitors are a major determinant of angiogenesis-mediated tumor growth and metastasis
228. Friday 22 September 2006
11h30-13h00
Host: J.C. Marine 09-33.13.640
Dr. Adrian BRACKEN
Biotech Research and Innovation Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Polycombs on target genes in cell fate transitions and cancer
229. Friday 29 September 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Valeria POLI
Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
The transcription factor Stat3 and its isoforms in inflammation and oncogenesis
230. Friday 6 October 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Joseph VERBEEK
Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
FcgRIV, a full-fledged member of the FcgR family?
231. Friday 20 October 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.617
Dr. Markus AEBI
Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
N-linked protein glycosylation, not only for eukaryotes
232. Friday 27 October 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Andreas LENGELING
Research Group Infection Genetics, Division of Microbiology, German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany
Genetics of host-pathogen interactions in mice
233. Friday 15 December 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Olivier FERON
Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutics University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
Caveolin plays critical roles in post-ischemic VEGF-induced angiogenesis and SDF-1-driven vasculogenesis
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 27 of 46
234. Monday 18 December 2006
10h00-11h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.710
Dr. Thirumala-Devi KANNEGANTI
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Critical role for cryopyrin in activation of caspase-1 in response to microbial RNA
235. Thursday 21 December 2006
11h30-13h00 Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Stijn DE LANGHE
Developmental Biology Program, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA
FGF and Wnt signaling at the interface of mesenchymal progenitor cell differentiation during lung development
236. Friday 19 January 2007
11h30-13h00 Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Guus RIMMELZWAAN
Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Influenza: Epidemics and Pandemics
237. Friday 9 March 2007
11h30-13h00 Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Kurt BALLMER-HOFER
Molecular Cell Biology Group, Paul Scherrer Institut, ETH Zurich, Villigen, Switzerland
Functional and structural analysis of VEGF receptor signaling: how coreceptors make a differencer
238. Monday 12 March 2007
11h30-13h00 Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Mohamed LAMKANFI
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Role of NLR proteins in Legionella infection
239. Friday 16 March 2007
11h30-13h00 Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Hans-Dieter KLENK
Institut für Virologie, Marburg, Germany
Influenza viruses between animals and man : Determinants of host range and pathogenicity
240. Thursday 29 March 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. William S.MARSHAL
Dharmacon Inc., Lafayette CO, USA
Optimization of siRNA: understanding mechanisms and developing standards
241. Friday 30 March 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Cédric BLANPAIN
Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRIBHM), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Multipotency, activation and early lineage commitment of epidermal stem cells
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 28 of 46
242. Friday 6 April 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Hans van NOORT
Division of Biomedical Research, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
A novel endogenous protein agonist for Toll-like receptor 3: A signal for repair?
243. Friday 13 April 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Sandra GARDAM
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst (NSW), Australia
TRAF-mediated regulation of gene expression and survival in B lymphocytes
244. Friday 20 April 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: J.C. Marine 09-33.13.640
Dr. Masashi NARITA
Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
Cellular senescence and chromatin architecture
245. Friday 4 May 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Herbert STEINBEISSER
Institute of Human Genetics, University Heidelberg, Germany
Regulation of morphogenesis by protocadherins: lessons from Xenopus embryos
246. Friday 11 May 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Rik DERYNCK
Program in Cranofacial and Mesenchymal Biology, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, UCSF San Fancisco, USA
Non-Smad signaling pathways complement Smad-mediated signaling by TGF-ß
247. Friday 25 May 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.630
Dr. Anant MENON
Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA
Protein glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum: a lipid perspective
248. Monday 4 June 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Ramiro MASSOL
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School and CBR Institute for Biomedical Research Inc., Boston MA, USA
Uncoating of Clathrin-coated vesicles
249. Friday 8 June 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Guy CORNELIS
Biozentrum der Universitat Basel, Switzerland
Assembly and operation of the Ysc Yersinia injectisome
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 29 of 46
250. Friday 15 June 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Johan DECRUYENAERE
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, UGent, Belgium
An epidemiological and clinical look on severe sepsis and septic shock
251. Friday 22 June 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.630
Dr. Peter SANDERS
Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Lipoprotein synthesis in mycobacteria
252. Friday 29 June 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Boris CHERNYAK
Dept. Bioenergetics, A.N. Belozersky Institute, Moscow State University, Russia
Oxidative stress and mitochondria
253. Friday 6 July 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Fumito ICHINOSE
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA, USA
NO/cGMP signal in myocardial dysfunction
254. Tuesday 21 August 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Maxime BOUCHARD
McGill Cancer Centre and Biochemistry Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Urogenital system morphogenesis by Gata3 and other key regulatory proteins
255. Friday 24 August 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Van Beeumen 09-264.51.09
with the UGent Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology
Dr. Wim HOL
dr. honoris causa of UGent; Director of the Biomolecular Structure Center, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
Structural Biology in the fight against tropical diseases
256. Friday 7 September 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Corentin SPRIET
Biophotonique Cellulaire Fonctionnelle, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Lille, France
Towards the quantification of molecular interactions in living cells
257. Friday 14 September 2007
15h00-16h30
Host: H. Favoreel 09-264.73.74
with the UGent Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology and the VIB Department of Medical Protein Research at UGent
Dr. Jonathan CHERNOFF
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Inhibitors of p21-activated kinases: thinking outside the (catalytic) box
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 30 of 46
258. Friday 28 September 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Luis Miguel MARTINS
MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, UK
The mitochondrial serine protease HtrA2 and Parkinson's disease
259. Friday 5 October 2007 11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Bart LOEYS
Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, University Hospital, Ghent
New pathologic insights leading to therapeutic strategies for Marfan syndrome and related aneurysm disorders
260. Friday 9 November 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.640
Dr. Marcus FRUTTIGER
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK
Development of the retinal vasculature
261. Friday 23 November 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.720
Dr. Dimitri SCHOLZ
Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Microscopy is the solution
262. Friday 23 November 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Laurent COEN
Laboratoire Evolution des Régulations Endocriniennes, Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Caspase-9 and XR11 regulate apoptosis/proliferation balance in the metamorphosing nervous system of Xenopus
263. Friday 30 November 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Marine 09-33.13.640
Dr. Lionel LARUE
Cellular regulations and oncogenesis, Institut Curie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
From melanocytes to melanoma
264. Friday 30 November 2007
14h00-15h00 !
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Lienhard SCHMITZ
Biochemical Institute, Medical Faculty, University of Giessen, Germany
Apical control of the hypoxic response by an inducible autoregulatory loop between SIAH2 and HIPK2
265. Friday 7 December 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Iain STEPHENSON
Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
Clinical development of pandemic vaccines
266. Friday 14 December 2007
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.640
Dr. Jan TUCKERMANN
Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Group of Tissue specific Hormone Action, Jena, Germany
Dimerization of the Glucocorticoid Receptor revisited: Dispensible for anti-inflammation?
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 31 of 46
267. Tuesday 15 January 2008 11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Christopher J. GUÉRIN
Leicester, England
Microscopy, from morphology to mechanisms
268. Friday 18 January 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Ineke BRAAKMAN
Cellular Protein Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum
269. Friday 8 February 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Huiyu TIAN
Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
Reverse genetics analysis of Wnt signaling in Pristionchus pacificus postembryogenesis
270. Friday 8 February 2008
16h00-17h30
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Malgorzata KUBICA
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Staphylococcus aureus survival in human macrophages
271. Wednesday 13 February 2008
11h00-12h30
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Gabriel NUNEZ
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Nod-like receptors in immunity and disease
272. Friday 29 February 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: N.Callewaert 09-33.13.630
Dr. Bennett COHEN
BioIndustry Strategies LLC, Tucson, USA
Bio-Business 101: A graduate student primer
273. Friday 29 February 2008
14h30-15h30
Host: N.Callewaert 09-33.13.630
Dr. Mehmet INAN
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, USA
Protein production in Pichia pastoris
274. Tuesday 18 March 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Eric VAN DYCK
Department of Immunobiolog, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA
Role of RDM1 in DNA repair, chromatin metabolism and the cell response to viral infection
275. Wednesday 26 March 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: E. Meyer 09-264.73.29
Dr. Harald CARLSEN
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
In vivo imaging of NF-κB activity
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 32 of 46
276. Friday 11 April 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: G. van Loo 09-33.13.774
Dr. Marc SCHMIDT-SUPPRIAN
Molecular Immunology & Signal Transduction Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
NF-kB signals in B cell development and lymphomagenesis
277. Friday 18 April 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: G. van Loo 09-33.13.774
Dr. Marco PRINZ
Institute of Neuropathology, Universitätsmedizin of the Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
Innate immune mechanisms in the brain during autoimmunity
278. Friday 25 April 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Valentina MARGARIA
Division of Molecular Angiogenesis, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Torino, Italy
A novel Rab5-based signalling pathway participates in centrosome cohesion
279. Wednesday 7 May 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Camille LOCHT
Institut Pasteur, Lille, France
New approaches for nasal vaccination against whooping cough and other respiratory diseases
280. Friday 9 May 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Karen VRIJENS
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Ozzy, a Jagged1 vestibular mutant, displays symptoms of Alagille syndrome
281. Friday 16 May 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.774
Dr. Xavier MONTAGUTELLI
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Interspecific recombinant congenic strains between C57BL/6 and mice of the Mus spretus species: A powerful tool to dissect genetic control of complex traits
282. Wednesday 28 May 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
with the Princess Lilliane Cardiological Foundation
Dr. Patrick O. BROWN
Stanford University School of Medicine & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Palo Alto, Stanford, USA
Searching for the dark matter of biological regulation”
283. Friday 30 May 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Menno DEWINTHER
Department of Molecular Genetics, University Maastricht, The Netherlands
Macrophage function in atherogenesis
284. Friday 13 June 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Helen SANG
Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Applications of lentiviral vector transgenesis in chickens
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 33 of 46
285. Thursday 19 June 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Alexis GAUTREAU
Laboratoire d’Enzymologie et de Biochimie Structurales, CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette cedex- France
In vivo assembly of functional Wave complexes
286. Friday 27 June 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Vishva DIXIT
Molecular Oncology, Genentech Inc., San Francisco, USA
Ubiquitin modification & Innate immunity
287. Monday 7 July 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Wolfgang DOSTMANN
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
The dynamics and differential patterning of intracellular cGMP
288. Friday 26 September 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: J.C. Marine 09-33.13.640
Dr. Lijian HUI
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
Functions of AP-1 (Jun/Fos) and MAPK (p38alpha/JNK) in hepatocellular carcinoma development
289. Wednesday 1 October 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Chen 09-33.13.702
Dr. Aubrey de GREY
Methuselah Foundation, Cambridge, UK
Prospects for defeating aging altogether
290. Friday 3 October 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Jeanette LEUSEN
Laboratory for Immunotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Biology of Fc receptors, consequences for antibody-therapy
291. Thursday 9 October 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Jean MARTINEZ
Institut des Biomolécules Max Mouseron, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montpellier, France
Amino acids and derivatives as attractive starting materials for the synthesis of biomolecules
292. Friday 10 October 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Carme CAELLES
Cell Signalling Research Group, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain
Negative crosstalk among nuclear receptors and the JNK signalling pathway: Mechanisms and actions
293. Monday 13 October 2008
17h00-18h00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Mathieu BERTRAND
Center for Neuronal Survival, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
cIAPs are E3 ubiquitin ligases that modulate RIP1-dependent life and death decision
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 34 of 46
294. Friday 17 October 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Erik MEULMEESTER
Department of Biochemistry I, University of Göttingen, Germany
Regulation and function of deubiquitinating enzymes
295. Friday 24 October 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Ofer MANDELBOIM
The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Virus recognition by human NK cells: attack and counter attack
296. Friday 31 October 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Salvador AZNAR BENITAH
Epithelial Homeostasis and Cancer Lab, Dpt. Differentiation and Cancer, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
Transcriptional regulation of epidermal stem cells in skin homeostasis and cancer
297. Friday 7 November 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Gabri VAN DER PLUIJM
Dept. Urology & Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Tumor-bone interactions in the pathogenesis of bone metastasis
298. Friday 14 November 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Rüdiger ARNOLD
German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
Role of NF-kB regulator HPK1 as a molecular switch between life and death in lymphocytes
299. Friday 21 November 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: G. van Loo 09-33.13.774
Dr. Diether LAMBRECHTS
VIB Vesalius Research Center, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Novel roles of VEGF and its homologues in the (peripheral) nervous system
300. Friday 12 December 2008
11h30-13h00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Karsten GÜLOW
German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
Inhibition of constitutively activated NF-kB induces ROS- and Iron-dependent cell death in Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma
301. Friday 16 January 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Steve LEY
Division of Immune Cell Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
Regulation of T cell activation by NF-kB1 p105
302. Monday 19 January 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Nozomi TAKAHASHI
Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Cytokine connection, innate immune signaling and gene expression: Defining the targets in inflammatory diseases
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 35 of 46
303. Friday 23 January 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Roosmarijn VANDENBROUCKE
DMBR – VIB – UGent (with work from the Laboratory of General Biochemistry, Fac. Pharmaceutical Sciences, UGent)
Non-viral delivery strategies to guide therapeutic nucleic acids through cellular barriers
304. Friday 30 January 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Torik AYOUBI
Genome Center, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
In silico dissection of cancer using gene expression microarrays and its application in personalized medicine
305. Friday 13 February 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Nele HILGERT
DMBR – VIB – UGent (with work from the Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp)
Identification of genes causing monogenic hearing impairment
306. Friday 20 February 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. David MUYLLAERT
DMBR – VIB – UGent (with work from the Experimental Genetics Group, Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, KULeuven)
Generation and validation of double transgenic mice as in vivo model for the synergism between amyloid and tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease
307. Tuesday 24 February 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert & P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760 & 770
Dr. Nigel KILLEEN
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Tracing T Cell fate
308. Friday 27 February 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Felix RANDOW
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
Genetics in mammalian cells to study innate immunity
309. Friday 6 March 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Roberto MAYOR
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
Contact inhibition as a new mechanism for directional migration of neural crest
310. Friday 27 March 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Margot THOME-MIAZZA
Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
Role of the protease activity of MALT1 in lymphocyte activation
311. Friday 3 April 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Marie LE MERCIER
Laboratoire de Toxicologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Galectin-1 in glioma biology
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 36 of 46
312. Friday 17 April 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: W. Declercq 09-33.13.660
Dr. Jens-Michael SCHRÖDER
Klinische Forschergruppe "Kutane Entzündung", University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Antimicrobial peptides: Effector molecules of the innate epithelial defense system
313. Friday 24 April 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Thorsten WOLFF
Pathogenicity mechanisms of influenza viruses program Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
Influenza viruses activate and inhibit the type I IFN response: From molecules to mechanism
314. Friday 8 May 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. André GERBER
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Global-scale analysis of RNA-protein interactions
315. Wednesday 13 May 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Viktor JANZEN
Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
The impact of accelerated proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells on their self renewal ability
316. Friday 15 May 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Riccardo FODDE Department of Pathology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cancer Stem Cells: are you an Anderlecht or Club Brugge supporter?
317. Friday 5 June 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Dirk ELEWAUT
Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
Natural Killer T cells, a regulatory T cell lineage, bridging innate and adaptive immunity
318. Friday 12 June 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Glenn RADICE
Center for Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia PA, USA
Turning off the switch: New insights into N-cadherin function in cancer
319. Wednesday 17 June 2009
16h00-17h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. R. Wilson POWERS III
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Intellectual Property Washington DC, USA
Starvation, scalpels, drugs and life span extension: Reduced signaling through evolutionarily-conserved nutrient-sensing pathways slows aging
320. Monday 22 June 2009
12h00-13h00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Boris TURK
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular & Structural Biology J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
What about: Lysosomes, cathepsins, cell death …
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 37 of 46
321. Thursday 20 August 2009
15h00-16h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Panos ANASTASIADIS
Cell Adhesion and Metastasis, Department of Cancer Biology Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jacksonville FL, USA
The role of p120-cadherin complexes in anchorage-independent growth
322. Friday 2 October 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Patrick DERKSEN
Dept. of Medical Oncology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Context-dependent roles for p120 in E-cadherin deficient breast cancer
323. Friday 9 October 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Paloma PEREZ
Animal Models of Skin Pathologies Unit, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, Spain
Functional analysis of the glucocorticoid receptor in cutaneous biology
324. Wednesday 14 October 2009
14h00-15h30
Host: W. Declercq 09-33.13.660
Dr. Ingo HAASE
Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Germany
Control of skin inflammation by epidermal keratinocytes
325. Wednesday 4 November 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: J. Grooten 09-33.13.650
Dr. Knut STEFFENSEN
Receptor Biology Unit, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Oxysterol receptors – LXRs - are novel targets for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases and cancer
326. Friday 16 October 2009
11h30-13h00
Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.601
Dr. Kris HUYGEN
Immunology & Vaccinology Section, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
Potential of DNA vaccines for the prophylaxis of Mycobacterial diseases
327. Friday 13 November 2009 11h30-13h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Fanny MANN
Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy (IBDML - CNRS UMR 6216), Marseille, France
Building a brain: vascular molecules in nerve growth and connectivity
328. Friday 20 November 2009 11h30-13h00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. André GOFFINET
Developmental Genetics Unit University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels
Planar cell polarity proteins Celsr1-3 and brain development
329. Thursday 26 November 2009
12h00-13h00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. David UCKER
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
Life after (cell) death
330. Friday 22 January 2010
11h30-13h00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Mieke DELVAEYE
DMBR & DMPR – VIB – UGent (with work from the Vesalius Research Center, KULeuven)
Thrombomodulin mutations predispose to the development of aHUS via impaired complement regulation
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 38 of 46
331. Friday 5 February 2010
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Dominique EMILIE
Cytokines, chemokines & immunopathology, UMR-S 764, INSERM/Université Paris-Sud, Clamart, France
Expression and function of the Glucocorticoid-induced leucin zipper (GILZ) in macrophages and dendritic cells
332. Friday 12 February 2010
11h30-13h00
Host: G. van Loo 09-33.13.774
Dr. David KOMANDER
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
Specificity of the 'signalling' OTU deubiquitinases
333. Thursday 18 February 2010
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Guérin 09-33.13.611
Joint seminar with VIB2-Department of Plant Systems Biology
Dr. Wim ANNAERT
VIB Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Sorting out the cell biology of Alzheimer's disease
334. Friday 19 February 2010
16h00-17h00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Christoph BORNER
Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Freiburg, Germany
Mr. Bax, Mrs. Bcl-2 and their dozen kids: A protein family on the edge of survival and death
335. Friday 26 February 2010
11h30-13h00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Vanessa MORAIS
VIB Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, K.U. Leuven
Parkinson’s disease: PINK1 affects Complex I activity and synaptic function
336. Friday 12 March 2010
12h00-13h00
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Bob VAN DE WATER
Division of Toxicology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research Leiden University, The Netherlands
Functional genomics of tumor cell migration and mechanisms of metastasis formation
337. Tuesday 16 March 2010
11h30-13h00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Holger REICHARDT
Cellular and Molecular Immunology, University of Göttingen Medical School, Göttingen, Germany
Beneficial and adverse effects of glucocorticoids
338. Thursday 18 March 2010
16h00-17h00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Jean-Pierre DAVID
Dept. of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Elevated Fra-1 expression causes severe lipodystrophy in the osteosclerotic fra-1 transgenic mice
339. Friday 26 March 2010
11h30-13h00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Hans DOOMS
T-cell regulation in tolerance and immunity, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Autoreactive memory T cells in Type 1 Diabetes
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 39 of 46
340. Monday 3 May 2010
11:30-12:30
Host: F. van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Cord BRAKEBUSCH
Dept. Biomedical Sciences, BRIC - Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Rac1 in skin cancer and skin inflammation
341. Friday 21 May 2010
11:30-13:00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Jurgen RULAND
Third Medical Department, Technical University of Munich & Laboratory of Signaling in the Immune System, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
ITAM receptor signaling in innate and adaptive immunity
342. Friday 28 May 2010
11:30-13:00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Joint seminar with the FWO Research Network “Signal transduction in Inflammation and Immunity”
Sir Philip COHEN
College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
The interplay between protein phosphorylation and protein ubiquitylation in regulating the innate immune system
343. Thursday 3 June 2010
15:30-16:30
Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.630
Dr. Douglas KERNODLE
Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN, USA
Improving BCG by targeting microbial enzymes that mediate immune evasion
344. Friday 4 June 2010
11:30-13:00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Joint seminar with the FWO Research Network “Signal transduction in Inflammation and Immunity”
Dr. Shao-Cong SUN
Department of Immunology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX, USA
Regulation of NF-kB and immune function by ubiquitination and deubiquitination
345. Thursday 10 June 2010
16:00-17:00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Jan DE MEY
Equipe "Microtubules et Morphogenèse", C.N.R.S. - U.M.R.7100, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, France
Asymmetric basal and planar cell polarities control intestinal crypt homeostasis
346. Friday 11 June 2010
11:30-12:30
Host: W. Declercq 09-33.13.660
Dr. Martin MEMPEL
Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Helmholtz Zentrum München & Technische Universität München, Germany
TLR-expression in human keratinocytes and the response to Staphylococcus aureus
347. Friday 25 June 2010
11:30-12:30
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. John SILKE
Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
The Hitchhiker's Guide to TNF signalling
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 40 of 46
348. Monday 12 July 2010
17:00
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Henning WALCZAK
Chair of Tumour Immunology, Division of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, U.K.
Cell death and inflammation: New insights on signal transduction by TNF and TRAIL
349. Tuesday 13 July 2010
11:30
Host: P.Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr.Sven HORKE
Institute of Pharmacology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
The anti-oxidative enzyme PON2: protector against atherosclerosis and bacterial infections, but traitor when it comes to cancer
350. Thursday 12 August 2010
14:00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13. 260
Dr. Annelies CRABBE
Interdepartementaal Stamcelinstituut Leuven, Belgium
Neuroectodermal differentiation of multipotent and pluripotent stem cells and their role in an animal model of stroke
351. Monday 6 September 2010
10:00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13. 760
Dr. Marie-Thérèse DIMANCHE-BOITREL
IRSET - Institut de Recherche en Santé-Environnement-Travail. Department Signaling and responses to stress. Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Rennes 1, France.
“Alterations of extracellular or intracellular pH homeostasis: potential role in cell death induction.”
352. Thursday 30 September 2010
16:00
Host: W. Declercq 09-33.13. 260
Dr. Marja MIKKOLA
Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
“Skin appendage development: insights from the Eda/NF-kappaB pathway”
353. Thursday 7 October 2010
16:00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13. 260
Dr. Mikhail MATROSOVICH
Institute of Virology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
“Molecular analysis of Influenza A virus receptor specificity”
354. Monday 18 October 2010
11:30
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13. 260
Dr. Jon Wilson YEWDELL
Laboratory of Viral Diseases, Cellular Biology and Viral Immunology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda MD, USA
“Influenza antigenic drift: New look at an old phenomenon”
355. Idem
16:00
Dr. Jon Wilson YEWDELL
Ibidem
Advice talk: “How to succeed in science?”
356. Thursday 21 October 2010
16:00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.760
Dr. Enrique AMAYA
The Healing Foundation Centre, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
“The inflammatory response during embryonic wound healing”
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 41 of 46
357. Monday 25 October 2010
11:30
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Joint seminar with the FWO Research Network “Cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions”
Dr. Masatoshi TAKEICHI
Laboratory for Cell Adhesion and Tissue Patterning, Director of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
“Interplay of cadherin and cytoskeletons to regulate cell-cell junctions”
358. Thursday 28 October 2010 16:00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Valerian KAGAN
Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA, and Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
“Redox biochemistry of apoptosis as a matter of Fa(c)t”
359. Thursday 18 November 2010 16:00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Jose Antonio MELERO
National Microbiology Institute in Madrid, Spain
“Substantial mechanistic differences between the fusion protein of respiratory syncytial virus and homologous proteins of other paramyxoviruses”
360. Monday 22 November 2010 16:00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Gerry MELINO
Apoptosis and Cancer, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, U.K. and University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
“p73 and cancer”
361. Thursday 25 November 2010 16:00
Host: B. Lambrecht
UGent Seminar @ VIB
Dr. Sofia BUONOCORE
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
"IL-23 axis in intestinal inflammation" 362. Thursday
2 December 2010 16:00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. John HISCOTT
Department of Molecular Oncology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
“RIG-like Receptors: Sensing and responding to Virus Infection”
363. Thursday 9 December 2010 16:00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Bénédicte CAUWE
Rega Instituut, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
“Proteolysis of systemic autoantigens and suppression of systemic autoimmunity by gelatinase B/MMP-9”
364. Thursday 20 January 2011 16:00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. Fabian SCHNEIDER
Institute of Neurology (Edinger-Institute), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
“Interaction of Hedgehog and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in the adult tongue epithelium”
365. Thursday 3 February 2011 16:00
Host: G. van Loo 09-33.13.645
Dr. Johan VAN ES
Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, and University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
“Wnt signaling, Lgr5 Stem Cells and Cancer: Lessons from genetically modified mice and a unique culture system”
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 42 of 46
366. Thursday 10 February 2011 16:00
Host: G. van Loo 09-33.13.645
Dr. Andy WULLAERT
Pasparakis Lab, Institute for Genetics, Cologne, Germany
“Epithelial NF-kappaB signalling in intestinal immune homeostasis”
367. Friday 11 February 2011 16:00
Host: F. Van Roy 09-33.13.601
Dr. Marc STEMMLER
Dept. Molecular Embryology, Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany
“E-cadherin and N-cadherin during development and tumor progression”
368. Thursday 24 February 2011 16:00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Carlo RICCARDI
Section of Pharmacology Toxicology and Chemotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy
“Molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoids: role of GILZ”
369. Monday 28 February 2010 16h00-17h00
Host: B. Lambrecht & H. Hammad 09-33.28.784
UGent Seminar @ VIB : MRP seminar (GROUP-ID consortium)
Dr. Hajime KARASUYAMA
Department of Immune Regulation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Japan
“Emerging roles of basophils in allergy and protective immunity: a neglected minority gains new respect”
370. Thursday 1 April 2011 11:30
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Ian ADCOCK
Cell & Molecular Biology, Airways Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, U.K.
“Overcoming corticosteroid insensitivity in airways disease”
371. Thursday 7 April 2011 16:00
Host: W. Declercq 09-33.13.660
Dr. Michael MILDNER
Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna, Austria
“Secretome of apoptotic peripheral blood cells confers cytoprotection to cardiomyocytes and inhibits tissue remodelling after acute myocardial infarction”
372. Wednesday 13 April 2011 11:00
Host: W. Declercq 09-33.13.660
Dr. David DOMBROWICZ
Université Lille - Nord de France & Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
“Role of fractalkine in atopic dermatitis and allergic asthma”
373. Thursday 14 April 2011 16:00
Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.630
Dr. Ewald PAUWELS Interfacultary Research Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) of Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
“Molecular modeling: protein folding, dynamics and reactions at the atomic scale”
374. Thursday 28 April 2011 16:00
Host: G. van Loo 09-33.13.645
Dr. Etienne MEYLAN
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
“Exploration of NF-kB signaling in lung adenocarcinoma”
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 43 of 46
375. Monday 2 May 2011 16:00
Host: K. Vleminckx 09-33.13.720
Dr. François FAGOTTO
Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
“Cell-cell contact-dependent signaling through ephrins/Eph and EpCAM controls tissue integrity/invasion during early embryonic development”
376. Thursday 5 May 2011 16:00
Host: N. Callewaert 09-33.13.620
Dr. Ben APPELMELK
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Ligands galore! Pathogenic mycobacteria express many DC-SIGN ligands”
377. Thursday 12 May 2011 16:00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Paul DIGARD
Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
“New genes in an old virus: hidden surprises in the influenza A genome”
378. Monday 30 May 2011 17:00
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Pascal MEIER
The Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, UK.
“Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of cell survival”
379. Tuesday 7June 2011 16:00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Noula SHEMBADE
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Miller School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Florida, USA
“Negative regulation of NF-kB and inflammation”
380. Thursday 9 June 2011 16:00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Axel BEHRENS
Cancer Research UK, the London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London, UK
“Transcriptional control in stem cells and cancer”
381. Thursday 16 June 2011 16:00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Max MAZZONE
Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis, Vesalius Research Center, VIB & K.U.Leuven, Belgium
“PHD2 oxygen sensor: a gateway system in angiogenenesis and arteriogenesis”
382. Wednesday 22 June 2011 16:00
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Maxime BOUCHARD
McGill Cancer Centre and Biochemistry Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
“Development and cancer of the genitourinary system”
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 44 of 46
383. Thursday 23 June 2011 16:00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Emmanuel BUYS
Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
“sGC: from hypertension to glaucoma”
384. Thursday 7 July 2011 16:00
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Roel STERKEN
Division of Nephrology, Columbia University, New York, USA
“An integrative genomics approach to HIV associated nephropathy”
385. Thursday 1 September 2011 16:00
Host: X. Saelens 09-33.13.620
Dr. Kirsty SHORT
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Australia
“A killer combination: The role of influenza virus in bacterial disease and transmission”
386. Tuesday 6 September 2011 11:30
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Helen ABUD
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
“Functional analysis of Snail proteins in the intestinal stem cell niche”
387. Thursday 8 September 2011 16:00
Host: B. Lambrecht & H. Hammad 09-33.28.784
UGent Seminar @ VIB : MRP seminar (GROUP-ID consortium)
Dr. Paul KIRKHAM
National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
“Carbonyl stress and inflammation”
388. Monday 23 September 2011 11:30
Host: G. Berx 09-33.13.740
Dr. Jonathan SLEEMAN
Microvascular Biology and Pathobiology Center for Biomedicine and Medicical Technology Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
“The contribution of the lymphatic system to metastatic spread”
389. Friday 7 October 2011 11:30
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Zoltan FEHERVARI
Associate Editor of Nature Immunology, London, U.K.
“How to get published”
390. Friday 14 October 2011 11:30
Host: P. Vandenabeele 09-33.13.760
Dr. Pietro GHEZZI
Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Trafford Centre, Falmer, Brighton, U.K.
“EPO and tissue protection/repair”
391. Friday 4 November 2011 11:30
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Elisabeth R. BARTON
Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
“Muscle production of insulin-like growth factor-I, a matter of form and function”
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 45 of 46
392. Tuesday 8 November 2011 11:00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Karine ROGET
Division of Immune Cell Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
“Identification of kinase regulators of the TPL-2 / ERK MAP kinase signalling pathway”
393. Thursday 10 November 2011 16:00
Host: B. Lambrecht 09-33.28.784
UGent Seminar @ VIB : MRP seminar (GROUP-ID consortium)
Dr. Peter ASKENASE
Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA
“Suppressor T cell antigen specific exosomes target distant effector T cells via inhibitor miRNA cargo”
394. Thursday 17 November 2011 16:00
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Amrita AHLUWALIA
William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
“A 'reductionist' approach to cardiovascular disease: nitrate to nitrite to NO”
395. Monday 21 November 2011 11:30
Host: J. Haigh 09-33.13.730
Dr. Colin D. FUNK
Canada Research Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Physiological Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
“Lipoxygenase and leukotriene pathways in health and disease” 396. Friday
25 November 2011 11:30
Host: C. Libert 09-33.13.700
Dr. Carsten CARLBERG
Department of Biosciences/Biochemistry Unit, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
“Genome-wide view on nuclear receptor signalling”
397. Monday 5 December 2011 16:00
Host: R. Beyaert 09-33.13.770
Dr. Bram van RAAM
Salvesen lab, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla CA, USA
“Caspase-8 vs. Caspase-6: Apoptosis and beyond” 398. Thursday
8 December 2011 16:00
Host: B. Lambrecht 09-33.28.784
UGent Seminar @ VIB : MRP seminar (GROUP-ID consortium)
Dr. Ebo DE MUINCK
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Sweden
“Dendritic cells regulate inflammation, angiogenesis and wound healing after myocardial infarction”
399. Friday 9 December 2011 11:30
Host: P. Brouckaert 09-33.13.710
Dr. Harald SCHMIDT
Department of Pharmacology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
“Oxidative stress at last: Sources, targets and therapeutic implications”
VIB - UGent DMBR seminars p. 46 of 46
400. Monday 12 December 2011 11:30
Host: B. Lambrecht 09-33.28.784
Dr. Andrew S. McDONALD
MRC Senior Fellow, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences,University of Edinburgh, Schotland, U.K.
“The importance of dendritic cells during parasitic helminth infection” 401. Thursday
15 December 2011 16:00
Host: B. Lambrecht 09-33.28.784
UGent Seminar @ VIB : MRP seminar (GROUP-ID consortium)
Dr. Patrizia AGOSTINIS
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
“Unfolding the role of PERK in cancer cell death”
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