The course is hosted and organised by Prof. Varpu Marjomäki and Prof. Lotta-Riina Sundberg from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science.
Each lecture will be given by a Senior Scientist completed by a PhD student.
All talks will be available online through FORTHEM Digital Academy.
Students from all universities of the FORTHEM Alliance are welcome to join.
Participants will get a certificate for active participation after passing a final test.
Invited speakers and the topics of their speeches:
- Ralf Heermann, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz: Small talk - Bacterial communication and its application in biotechnology and drug research
- Ana-Juan Garcia & Ismael Mingarro, Universitat de Valencia: Cell membrane hydrophobicity scale andMycotoxins research advances in exploring the pro-inflammatory toxic effect
- Dirk Schneider, Tim Michel: Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
- Dirk Schneider: Structural plasticity of a membrane-interacting ESCRT-III protein
- Tim Michel: MprF: a lipid-modifying membrane protein
- Lara Manyes, Universitat de Valencia: Analytical determination and proteomic profile of rat liver after mycotoxin diet exposure with and without functional ingredients
- Viviana Barra and Serena Gargano, Universitá degli studi di Palermo: Epigenetic control of nuclear architecture: evaluating the contribution of DNA methylation
- Pietro Carollo, Universitá degli Studi di Palermo: Mechanotransduction across cellular nucleus: how forces influence cell’s behaviour
- Benoit Poinssot, Université de Bourgogne: The role of receptor kinases in grapevine immunity
- Martina Mascellino, Universitá degli studi di Palermo: First Insights into the Response Regulator Dbv6 of Nonomuraea gerenzanensis
- Valeria Alduina, Universitá degli studi di Palermo: Morphophysiological Differentiation and Signalling Pathways in Streptomycetes
- Nazzareno Dominelli: Tangled Interactions: Exploring the influence of Staphylococcus aureus in Mycosis Fungoides disease progression
- Helen May-Simera and Sara Mesic, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz ; Primary cilia in cellular signal reception and processing
- Mathieu Gayral, Université de Bourgogne; to be confirmed
Preliminary programme
(times in EET)
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Arrival day for on-site speakers/attendants
Welcome dinner at hotel Alba 19:00 onwards
Thursday 23rd January 2025
Venue: Auditorium YAA303
9:00: Welcome with coffee
• Session 1
9:25-10:10: Ralf Heermann + Fabio Platz: Small talk - Bacterial communication and its application in biotechnology and drug research
10:10-10:55: Valeria Alduina : Morphophysiological Differentiation and Signalling Pathways in Streptomycetes+ Martina Mascellino: First Insights into the Response Regulator Dbv6 of Nonomuraea gerenzanensis."
10:55-11:15: Coffee Break
11:15-12:00: Nazzareno Dominelli + Frederic Straub: Tangled Interactions: Exploring the influence of Staphylococcus aureus in Mycosis Fungoides disease progression
12:00-13:25 : Lunch break
• Session 2
-13:25-14:10: Lara Manyes : Analytical determination and proteomic profile of rat liver after mycotoxin diet exposure with and without functional ingredients+ Alessandra Cimbalo
- 14:10-14:55: Ismael Mingarro: Cell membrane hydrophobicity scale + Ana Juan Garcia: Mycotoxins research advances in exploring the pro-inflammatory toxic effect
14:55-15:15: Coffee Break
15:15-15:35: Pietro Carollo : Mechanotransduction across cellular nucleus: how forces influence cell’s behaviour
16:00: Students Quiz Day 1 in Moodle
Dinner for invited speakers at Wiilu Restaurant 18:30 – 22:00
Friday the 24th of January, 2025
Venue: Auditorium YAA303
• Session 3
9:00-9:45: Dirk Schneider : Structural plasticity of a membrane-interacting ESCRT-III protein + Tim Michel : MprF: a lipid-modifying membrane protein
9:45-10:30: Benoit Poinssot : The role of receptor kinases in grapevine immunity + Aurélien Henry: The role of receptor kinases on grapevine immunity
10:30-10:50: Coffee Break
10:50-11:35: Mathieu Gayral + Tania Marzari: The role of Unfolded Protein Response in plant immunity
Lunch break: 11:35 – 13:00
• Session 4
13:00-13:45: Viviana Barra + Serena Gargano : Epigenetic control of nuclear architecture: evaluating the contribution of DNA methylation
13:45-14:30: Helen May-Simera + Sara Mesic: Primary cilia in cellular signal reception and processing
14:30-15:15: Heikki Takala : Red light regulated histidine kinases as optogenetic tools
15:15: Students Quiz Day 1 in Moodle
Coffee & wrap-up
