6th International HBGS Student Council Symposium, April 14-15, 2011 - Cell Cycle and Proliferation
Location: Biomedicum Helsinki, Lecture hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 8
Organizer: HBGS student council
This symposium is intended for graduate, postgraduate students and senior scientists interested in the broad field of cell cycle and proliferation. There will be two days of talks by high-impact international speakers, a poster session and a symposium dinner followed by a party. Please submit your abstract before the registration deadline.
Registration deadline is March 23, 2011.
Credits: 1,2 ECTS + 0,5 for poster
Thursday, April 14, 2011
10:00-13:00
Registration at Biomedicum Lobby
Session I: Mitosis and chromosomes
Chair: Alexandra Gylfe
13:00-13:30 Jonathan M.G. Higgins, Harvard Medical School, USA "Regulating mitosis by histone phosphorylation: the case of Haspin"
13:30-14:00 Frank Uhlman, London Research Institute, UK "Temporal ordering of mitotic progression"
14:00-14:30 Geert Kops, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands "Maintaining genomic stability: How mitotic kinases regulate chromosome segregation"
Poster session
14:30-16:00 Atrium C, with wine and snacks
Session II: Cell cycle and signaling
Chair: Boris Vassilev
16:00-16:30 Anna Castro, CRBM, CNRS, Montpellier, France "The new mitotic kinase Greatwall reveals unexpected roles of phosphatases in the control of mitosis"
16:30-17:00 Tobias Dansen, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands "Redox control of the cell cycle by FOXO transcription factors"
17:00-17:30 Angel Nebreda, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain "Cell regulation by p38 MAP kinases"
Friday, April 15, 2011
Session III: Cell proliferation and cancer
Chair: Anna-Maria Lahesmaa-Korpinen
9:00-9:30 Emmy Verschuren, FIMM, Finland "A search for novel tumour suppressors"
9:30-10:00 Michael B. Yaffe, MIT, USA "A systems biology analysis of DNA damage signaling"
10:00-10:30 Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal "Centrosome biogenesis and evolution"
10:30-11:00 Coffee break (Atrium C)
11:00-11:30 Kari Alitalo, University of Helsinki, Finland "Controlling the proliferation of tumor vasculature"
11:30-12:00 Christopher Proud, University of Southampton, UK "mTOR signalling in the control of cell growth and proliferation"
12:00-13:30 Lunch and student mentoring sessions (Atrium B) A: International postdoc in the USA, with Jonathan M.G. Higgins B: Finding the "right" postdoc position, with Mónica Bettencourt-Dias
Session IV: DNA damage and checkpoints
Chair: Boris Vassilev
13:30-14:00 Jonathon Pines, Gurdon Institute, UK "Who regulates the regulator? The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint and the APC/C"
14:00-14:30 Rene Medema, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands "Checkpoint recovery and cytokinesis-induced DNA damage"
14:30-15:00 Hironori Funabiki, The Rockefeller Institute, USA "Coupling kinetochore attachment to spindle checkpoint silencing"
15:00-15:30 Coffee break (Atrium C) Student talks Chair: Elina Hakonen
15:30-15:45 Johanna Partanen, University of Helsinki, Finland "Tumor suppressor function of Lkb1 is linked to regulation of epithelial integrity"
15:45-16:00 Kari Vaahtomeri, University of Helsinki, Finland "An association between NUAK2 and MRIP reveals a novel mechanism for regulation of actin stress fibers"
Session V: Apoptosis and senescence
Chair: Yizhou Hu
16:00-16.30 Lars-Gunnar Larsson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden "Function, regulation and targeting of the Myc oncoprotein"
16:30-17:00 Xin Lu, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, UK "ASPP2 dictates Ras induced autophagy and senescence"
17:00-17:30 Klas Wiman, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden "p53, Wig-1, and novel cancer therapy"
17:30-18:30 Happy hour
18:30 Dinner (Atrium B)
20:30 Faculty Club Party (Biomedicum)
Location: Biomedicum Helsinki, Lecture hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 8
Organizer: HBGS student council
This symposium is intended for graduate, postgraduate students and senior scientists interested in the broad field of cell cycle and proliferation. There will be two days of talks by high-impact international speakers, a poster session and a symposium dinner followed by a party. Please submit your abstract before the registration deadline.
Registration deadline is March 23, 2011.
Credits: 1,2 ECTS + 0,5 for poster
Thursday, April 14, 2011
10:00-13:00
Registration at Biomedicum Lobby
Session I: Mitosis and chromosomes
Chair: Alexandra Gylfe
13:00-13:30 Jonathan M.G. Higgins, Harvard Medical School, USA "Regulating mitosis by histone phosphorylation: the case of Haspin"
13:30-14:00 Frank Uhlman, London Research Institute, UK "Temporal ordering of mitotic progression"
14:00-14:30 Geert Kops, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands "Maintaining genomic stability: How mitotic kinases regulate chromosome segregation"
Poster session
14:30-16:00 Atrium C, with wine and snacks
Session II: Cell cycle and signaling
Chair: Boris Vassilev
16:00-16:30 Anna Castro, CRBM, CNRS, Montpellier, France "The new mitotic kinase Greatwall reveals unexpected roles of phosphatases in the control of mitosis"
16:30-17:00 Tobias Dansen, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands "Redox control of the cell cycle by FOXO transcription factors"
17:00-17:30 Angel Nebreda, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain "Cell regulation by p38 MAP kinases"
Friday, April 15, 2011
Session III: Cell proliferation and cancer
Chair: Anna-Maria Lahesmaa-Korpinen
9:00-9:30 Emmy Verschuren, FIMM, Finland "A search for novel tumour suppressors"
9:30-10:00 Michael B. Yaffe, MIT, USA "A systems biology analysis of DNA damage signaling"
10:00-10:30 Mónica Bettencourt-Dias, Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal "Centrosome biogenesis and evolution"
10:30-11:00 Coffee break (Atrium C)
11:00-11:30 Kari Alitalo, University of Helsinki, Finland "Controlling the proliferation of tumor vasculature"
11:30-12:00 Christopher Proud, University of Southampton, UK "mTOR signalling in the control of cell growth and proliferation"
12:00-13:30 Lunch and student mentoring sessions (Atrium B) A: International postdoc in the USA, with Jonathan M.G. Higgins B: Finding the "right" postdoc position, with Mónica Bettencourt-Dias
Session IV: DNA damage and checkpoints
Chair: Boris Vassilev
13:30-14:00 Jonathon Pines, Gurdon Institute, UK "Who regulates the regulator? The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint and the APC/C"
14:00-14:30 Rene Medema, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands "Checkpoint recovery and cytokinesis-induced DNA damage"
14:30-15:00 Hironori Funabiki, The Rockefeller Institute, USA "Coupling kinetochore attachment to spindle checkpoint silencing"
15:00-15:30 Coffee break (Atrium C) Student talks Chair: Elina Hakonen
15:30-15:45 Johanna Partanen, University of Helsinki, Finland "Tumor suppressor function of Lkb1 is linked to regulation of epithelial integrity"
15:45-16:00 Kari Vaahtomeri, University of Helsinki, Finland "An association between NUAK2 and MRIP reveals a novel mechanism for regulation of actin stress fibers"
Session V: Apoptosis and senescence
Chair: Yizhou Hu
16:00-16.30 Lars-Gunnar Larsson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden "Function, regulation and targeting of the Myc oncoprotein"
16:30-17:00 Xin Lu, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, UK "ASPP2 dictates Ras induced autophagy and senescence"
17:00-17:30 Klas Wiman, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden "p53, Wig-1, and novel cancer therapy"
17:30-18:30 Happy hour
18:30 Dinner (Atrium B)
20:30 Faculty Club Party (Biomedicum)