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
