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3rd Annual Retreat of the Department of the Molecular Biology and Genetics

Friday 19th October – Sunday 21nd October 2018, Penzion Mauritz, Bela, Nova Pec

Organizer: Tomáš Doležal 
Academics: Tomáš Doležal, Hassan Hashimi, Adam Bajgar, Petr Nguyen, Magda Zrzavá, Iva Mozgová, Miroslav Oborník, Alena Ziková, Alena Krejčí, Alex Bruce, Aleš Horák

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PROGRAM OF EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Friday 19.10.

15:00 ARRIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION 
16:50 WELCOME NOTE by Tomáš Doležal

17:00-18:00 PRESENTATIONS
17:00  Gergana TALEVA  - Bioenergetics of bloodstream from T. brucei - searching for the source of mitochondrial ATP
17:20  Minal JAIN -  Identifying the F0F1-ATPase alpha subunit protease in T. brucei
17:40  Michaela KUNZOVÁ - Signalling molecules involved in the RBP6 induced in vitro differentiation of T. brucei 
18:00  Shaghayegh SHEIKH - Factors involved in T. brucei mitochondrial morphology  

18:20-19:20 DINNER – “GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER”

19:20-20:40 PRESENTATIONS
19:20  Vendula Rašková  - A novel bacterial cell division protein ZapE and its role in the mitochondrion of Trypanosoma brucei
19:40  Sneha KULKARNI - Exploring the physiological role of queuosine tRNA modification in parasitic protist T. brucei
20:00  Binnypreet KAUR - The mitochondrial genome structure and arrangement across diplonemids
20:20  Ambar KACHALE - Non-stop Blastocrithidia

20:40 - ?  FREE TIME “GET TO REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER”

Saturday 20.10. 

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 - 10:30 PRESENTATIONS
9:30  Invited postdoctoral speaker: Michalina KAZEK - Trehalose and selfish immune system
(project „Rozvoj JU – Mezinárodní mobility“ reg. č. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_027/0008364)

9:50  Pavla NEDBALOVÁ - “Ado system” in activated immune cells in Drosophila
10:10 Gabriela KREJČOVÁ - Adipose tissue remodeling in Drosophila as a model for obesity-induced insulin resistance studies in mammals 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 PRESENTATIONS
11:00  Valentina MAGNIN - Mitochondrial dysfunction in Drosophila eye
11:20  Nirav THAKKAR - Functional analysis of circadian genes in Pyrrhocoris apterus and Drosophila melanogaster 
11:40  Magdalena KANIEWSKA - Neuropeptides in the seasonal clock of the linden bug 

12:00-13:30 Lunch – student discussion 
13:30 -15:30 free afternoon

15:30-16:30 PRESENTATIONS 
15:30  Justína VALCHÁŘOVÁ  - Telomere compensation mechanism in social insects
15:50  Laura Ávila ROBLEDILLO  -  Centromeres: one feature to rule them all (?) 
16:10  Deepika KALE -  Overexpression studies of S. cerevisae K+ translocating membrane protein TRK1 in Pichia pastoris 

16:30-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-18:00 PRESENTATIONS
17:00  Pablo BORA - Beyond the inner cell mass; a p38-MAP kinase story
17:20  Giorgio VIRNICCHI - Wwc2 in oocyte development
17:40  Rebecca COLLIER - Molecular dissection of blastomere positioning and cell fate in the preimplantation moms embryo

18:10-19:30  Dinner

19:30-21:00 WORKSHOP with Tomáš Mozga - Life after PhD

21:00 - ?  FREE TIME 

Sunday 21.10.

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:40-10:40 PRESENTATIONS
 9:40  Tomáš KONEČNÝ - Role of PRC2 in developmental and non-developmental processes in Arabidopsis thaliana 
10:00  Helena MONDEKOVÁ - Epigenetic regulation of photoautotrophy - role of PRC2 in development and metabolism in green eukaryotes
10:20  Petra SKOTNICOVÁ - The cyanobacterial protoporphyrinogen oxidase HemJ is a new b-type heme protein functionally coupled with coproporphyrinogen oxidase 

10:40-11:10 Coffee break 

11:10-11:50 PRESENTATIONS
11:10  Jan HÁJEK - How does the length of the fatty acid moiety affect the lipopeptide cytotoxicity and its entry into the cell membrane
11:30 Marek PAZDERNÍK - Function of the C-terminal transmembrane domain of the plastid-type ferrochelatase

11:50-12:30 CONCLUDING REMARKS, voting for the best presentation
 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

12:30-13:30 LUNCH
14:00 THE END

Winners of the best presentation:

1st Valentina Magnin

2nd Ambar Kachale

3rd Pavla Nedbalová

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