Events 2012
Upcoming events
Announced 4 December 2012
Yngve Sejersted will give his trial lecture with the title
DNA strand break repair defects and neurologic disease
on Wednesday 5 December 2012 at 1015, in the Rotunda, Domus Medica, University of Oslo.
He will defend his PhD thesis with the title
Neil3 DNA Glycosylase in Maintenance and Repair of the Mammalian Brain
on Wednesday 5 December 2012 at 1315, in the Rotunda, Domus Medica, University of Oslo.
Utstillingen Mind gap handler om hjernen og hjerneforskning. Den åpnet 16. april, og skal stå på Teknisk museum ut 2012. Universitetet i Oslo er hovedsamarbeidspartneren, og utstillingen inngår som en hovedattraksjon i universitetets 200-årsjubileum. Mind gap's forskere finnes her |
Announced 23 November 2012
The Norwegian Biochemical Society (NBS) Contact Meeting 2013 will he held at Lillehammer, Norway, 31 January to 3 February 2013. The meeting gathers scientists within the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, biotechnology and related fields in Norway. Twelve invited plenary speakers have already confirmed that they will participate at the meeting: Steven A. Benner, Eric C. Greene, Adrian Hayday, Leroy Hood, Kristian Helin, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Gregory A. Petsko, Anne Simonsen, Ludvig M. Sollid, Dan S. Tawfik, Kevin P. White and Reidunn B. Aalen. A biotechnology session with emphasis on innovation will be held on Saturday with invited speakers Øystein Rekdal from Lytix Biopharma AS, Berit Johansen from Avexxin AS, and Pål Kristian Selbo from PCI Biotech AS. The meeting is organized by NBS members at Oslo University Hospital. The registration and abstract deadline is 1 December 2012. For more information, please visit the NBS Contact Meeting 2013 website. |
Past events 2012
Announced 26 November 2012
Kari Furu will give her trial lecture with the title
Establishment and maintenance of genomic imprinting - potential impact of environmental factors
on Thursday 29 November 2012 at 1015, in the Rotunda, Domus Medica, University of Oslo.
She will defend her PhD thesis with the title
Genetic and epigenetic regulation in spermatogenesis in mice; lessons from Alkbh1 and Tzfp mutants
on Thursday 29 November 2012 at 1315, in the Rotunda, Domus Medica, University of Oslo.
Announced 16 October 2012
On 18 October 2012, CMBN will celebrate its 10 years with a presentation of highlights from its research achievements. The event will take place from 1000 in the Rotunda of the new Domus Medica II (DMII) annex. All are welcome!
Please see the programme (PDF) for details.
Announced 26 September 2012
When: Wednesday 10 October 2012, 12:15 – 14:00
Where: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters – DNVA, Drammensv 78, 0271 Oslo
Why: The Nansen Neuroscience Lectures (NNL) are organized on Fridtjof Nansen’s birthday to commemorate Nansen’s fundamental contribution to neuroscience. The NNL are given by speakers selected from the top tier of international neuroscience research.
Admission: Open to public, no charge
A. David Smith: Slowing progression in Alzheimer's disease by lowering homocysteine – evidence from neuroimaging
Semir Zeki: The neurobiology of beauty
Announced 27 August 2012
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CMBN is hosting the conference "The Fourth Genome Dynamics in Neuroscience Meeting" at Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica September 19-22 2012. Discounts are available for employees and students at the CMBN, for more info contact your group leader or the CMBN administration. We encourage students to submit abstracts for the posters sessions, deadline is August 31. Poster awards available! For more information, please visit the GDN4 website. |
Announced 3 September 2012
Toril Ranneberg-Nilsen will give her trial lecture with the title
Kliniske utfall av HCMV infeksjon - spesielt årsaker og mekanismer til reaktivering av viruset
on Tuesday 4 September 2012 at 1015, in Seminar room 3 B1.1017, Rikshospitalet.
She will defend her PhD thesis with the title
The impact of DNA base excision and chromatin remodeling on cytomegalovirus DNA-replication
on Tuesday 4 September 2012 at 1315, in the Large auditorium, Rikshospitalet.
We are pleased to announce a seminar on dopamine on 30 August 2012 in Store auditorium, Rikshospitalet, OUS, Oslo. Organizers: Linda H. Bergersen & Vidar Gundersen, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences & CMBN, University of Oslo Program:
Click here for more information (background, abstracts, updates). |
Announced 23 April 2012
The Third Erling Seeberg Symposium on DNA Repair is held in Trondheim and Ørland on 19-24 June 2012.
Please visit the symposium website for more information.
Announced 1 June 2012
Hanne Korvald will give her trial lecture with the title
Coordination of DNA repair pathway usage in eukaryotic cells with the cell cycle
on Wednesday 13 June 2012 at 1015, in Auditorium 2 (Red), Rikshospitalet.
She will defend her PhD thesis with the title
Repair of alkylation induced DNA damage in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
on Wednesday 13 June 2012 at 1315, in Auditorium 2 (Red), Rikshospitalet.
Announced 1 June 2012
Line Nilsen will give her trial lecture with the title
DNA damage and repair in telomeres - and the consequences for health
on Tuesday 5 June 2012 at 1015, in Seminar room 2, B2.U002, at Rikshospitalet.
She will defend her PhD thesis with the title
Repair of AP sites in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
on Tuesday 5 June 2012 at 1315, in the Large Auditorium, Rikshospitalet.
CMBN is pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by Professor Jeremy P Derrick, University of Manchester, UK, with the title: Structural studies on type IV pilus biogenesis proteins Monday June 4th, 2012 at 11 am in auditorium A3.3067 at Rikshospitalet Welcome! |
CMBN is pleased to announce a seminar on iron metabolism on 24 May 2012 in Store auditorium, Rikshospitalet, OUS. Program:
About the speakers: ROBERT R. CRICHTON Robert R. Crichton graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1963/66. After carrying out postdoctoral research at the Max Plank Institut für Biochimie, Munich, Germany, he moved to the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium in 1973, where he has been a professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Chemistry. His main research interests are in the inorganic biochemistry of iron and related metals. Books by Robert R. Crichton:
ROBERTA J. WARD Visiting Professor She has in the latest year published extensively in the field of iron end neurodegenerative disorder. Organized by Department of Medical Biochemistry and CMBN, Oslo University Hospital. |
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CMBN is pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by Tore Eid, Director, Human Brain Microdialysis Program, Assistant Director, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine - New Haven Hospital, with the title: Astrocytic Regulation of Glutamate Homeostasis in Epilepsy on Friday 27 April 2012 at 12:00 in the Anatomy lunch room, Domus medica. Tore Eid is a Guest Professor at the CMBN. Welcome! |
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Announced 25 April 2012
Fredrik Lauritzen will give his trial lecture with the title The influence of physical activity on brain function. Metabolic and health-related aspects on Thursday 26 April 2012 at 1030, in Auditorium A1.1001, Domus odontologica. He will defend his PhD thesis with the title Monocarboxylate transporters in temporal lobe epilepsy on Thursday 26 April 2012 at 1330, in Auditorium A1.1001, Domus odontologica. |
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CMBN is pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by Françoise Dantzer, Senior Scientist, Département Intégrité du Génome UMR7175-ESBS, Illkirch, France, with the title: Diverse cellular functions and therapeutic implications of Poly(ADP-ribose) family members : promising targets in cancer therapy on Friday 30 March 2012 at 11:00 in Auditorium A3.3067 at Rikshospitalet. Françoise Dantzer obtained her Ph.D. at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, in 1998, where she defined the functional role of PARP-1 in base-excision repair and replication in the group of Gilbert de Murcia. She then worked three year as a postdoctoral researcher with Erling Seeberg in Oslo, Norway, where she focused on the biochemical and cellular characterization of DNA glycosylase enzymes. She received a position as Chargée de Recherche CNRS in 2001 in the Département Intégrité du Génome (UMR7175-ESBS, Illkirch, France) directed by Gilbert de Murcia to study the function of PARP-2 in the maintenance of genome integrity. Her current research interests focus on the development and characterization of mouse models that are deficient in PARP proteins and on the study of epigenetic modifications that are controlled by PARPs. |
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Announced 28 March 2012
Rune Ougland will give his trial lecture with the title
Targeting epigenetic mechanisms for cancer therapy
on Thursday 29 March 2012 at 0915, in the Auditorium, Øyeavdelingen, Bygg 36, Ullevål, Oslo Universitetssykehus.
He will defend his PhD thesis with the title
on Thursday 29 March 2012 at 1215, in the Auditorium, Øyeavdelingen, Bygg 36, Ullevål, Oslo Universitetssykehus.
Announced 2 March 2012
Cecilie Morland will give her trial lecture with the title
The roles of D-amino acids in brain physiology and disease
on Friday 9 March 2012 at 1115, in Auditorium A1.1001, Domus Odontologica.
She will defend her PhD thesis with the title
Amino Acid Neurotransmission and its Regulation by Valproate: Focus on Aspartate
on Friday 9 March 2012 at 1415, in Auditorium A1.1001, Domus Odontologica.
CMBN is pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by Mart Loog, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia, with the title:
Cdk1-dependent multisite phosphorylation cascades in cell cycle regulation
on Tuesday 28 February at 11:00 in Auditorium A3.3067 at Rikshospitalet.
The master regulators of the cell cycle are the cyclin-dependent protein kinases (Cdks). We demonstrate that the signaling specificity of Cdk1 is enhanced by phosphorylating targets on multiple sites with a well-defined order and connectivity. The routes of these multisite phosphorylation cascades are determined by precisely oriented docking interactions mediated by cyclin-specific docking motifs and by Cks1, the phospho-adaptor subunit of Cdk1. The mechanistic complexity of the cascades will be explained using the examples of crucial Cdk1 targets including Sic1, the Cdk1 target and inhibitor controlling the G1/S transition in budding yeast, and Far1, the molecule defining the decision between mating and entry into cell division. As most Cdk1 targets in the cell contain clusters of multiple sites, the regulation of cell cycle switch-points by Cdk1 might prove to be far more complex than generally anticipated, and it is possible that beneath seemingly random constellations of phosphorylation sites, an intricate signal processing logic is hidden.
References
- Kõivomägi M, Valk E, Venta R, Iofik A, Lepiku M, Balog ER, Rubin SM, Morgan DO, Loog M (2011) Cascades of multisite phosphorylation control Sic1 destruction at the onset of S phase. Nature, 480 (7375), 128-31.
- Dynamics of Cdk1 substrate specificity during the cell cycle. Kõivomägi M, Valk E, Venta R, Iofik A, Lepiku M, Morgan DO, Loog M (2011) Mol Cell 42 (5), 610-23.
- Loog M, Morgan DO (2005) Cyclin specificity in the phosphorylation of cyclin-dependent kinase substrates. Nature, 434 (7029), 104-8.
Announced 21 February 2012
Nadia Nabil Haj-Yasein will give her trial lecture with the title Cell polarity in astroglia: functional significance of distinct plasma membrane domains on Tuesday 28 February 2012 at 1015, in Auditorium A1.1001, Domus Odontologica. She will defend her PhD thesis with the title Roles of aquaporin 4 and Kir4.1 in brain water and potassium homeostasis: lessons from knockout mice on Tuesday 28 February 2012 at 1315, in Auditorium A1.1001, Domus Odontologica. |
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Announced 30 January 2012
Glio- and neurotransmitters: significance in brain disease
CMBN Symposium at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,
10 February 2012
The symposium is organized by the Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN), University of Oslo, to highlight the emerging importance of the roles of glia-neuronal interactions in brain function and disease processes.
There is no charge but due to the serving of refreshments we would like to know the number of people coming. Please register by sending an email to jonsm@medisin.uio.no
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Announced 9 January 2012
Silvia Holmseth will give her trial lecture with the title
Glutamate transporters in neurological diseases
on Monday 16 January 2012 at 1500, in Store Auditorium, Domus Medica, University of Oslo.
She will defend her PhD thesis with the title
Glutamate transporters around the tripartite synapse
on Tuesday 17 January 2012 at 1000, in Store Auditorium, Domus Medica, University of Oslo.
Professor Vilhelm A. Bohr, chief, Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, US, will give a guest lecture on Monday 16 January 2012 at 14.00 in Auditorium A3.3067, Rikshospitalet, with the title: Aging, genome stability and neurodegeneration Welcome! |
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CMBN is pleased to invite you to two guest lectures by renowned neuroscientists in connection with Silvia Holmseth's dissertation. Monday 16 January 2012 in the Anatomy lunch room, Domus Medica, University of Oslo: 12.00 Jeffrey S. Diamond (NINDS/NIH, USA): 13.00 Dimitri Kullmann (UCL Institute of Neurology, UK): We would also like to remind you that Silvia Holmseth will give her trial lecture with the title Glutamate transporters in neurological diseases on Monday 16 January 2012 at 1500, in Store Auditorium, Domus Medica, University of Oslo. She will defend her PhD thesis with the title Glutamate transporters around the tripartite synapse on Tuesday 17 January 2012 at 1000, in Store Auditorium, Domus Medica, University of Oslo. |
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