Room: B04.2222 and Zoom

Speaker: Karina LINDNER, Prof. Anne-Claude GAVIN laboratory

Summary: Astrocytes are involved in various neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. If the importance of lipids in their dysfunction is recognized, the exact molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Karina LINDNER in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Anne-Claude GAVIN’s laboratory is exploring the role of a lipid transport protein, Apolipoprotein E, in the lipid metabolism of astrocytes.

Room: B04.2222 and Zoom

Speaker: Camille RABESAHALA DE MERITENS, Prof. Nicolas DEMAUREX laboratory

Summary: NETosis, the formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps NET, helps the body stop microbial infections. As NETosis is calcium dependent, it is essential to better understand the implication of the store operated calcium entry (SOCE) pathway and its associated proteins. Camille RABESAHALA DE MERITENS in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Nicolas DEMAUREX’s laboratory is investigating the role that STIM proteins involved in SOCE play in neutrophil functioning and NET formation.

Room: auditorium Renold and Zoom

Speaker: Devashish DWIVEDI, Prof. Patrick MERALDI laboratory

Summary: Cell division is a very tightly coordinated process both in space and time. DNA replication stress alters the timing of cell division and is a hallmark of many types of cancers. Devashish DWIVEDI in collaboration with other researchers from Patrick MERALDI’s laboratory conducts several cell experiments to determine the role of delayed DNA replication in regulating the centrosome structure and function during the different cell cycle phases.

Room: auditorium Renold and Zoom

Speaker: Cecilia JIMENEZ-SANCHEZ, Prof. Valérie SCHWITZGEBEL laboratory

Summary: Monogenic diabetes is a rare condition resulting from mutations in a single gene. Understanding the role of one of these genes, DACH1, might allow to offer more tailored treatments to patients. Cecilia JIMENEZ-SANCHEZ from Prof. Valérie SCHWITZGEBEL’s laboratory and in collaboration with other researchers, is investigating the role of DACH1 in the functioning of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells.

Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Ilaria COCCHIARARO, Prof. Perrine CASTETS laboratory

Summary: A better understanding of degradation processes, such as autophagy, may open new avenues for the treatment of several muscle diseases. Ilaria COCCHIARARO from Prof. Perrine CASTETS’s laboratory investigates the role of the chaperone VMA21, involved in X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy, in order to better understand the mechanisms leading to muscle weakness and muscle atrophy in patients.

Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Kevin TITECA, Prof. Anne-Claude GAVIN laboratory

Summary: The maintenance of a balanced lipid composition in membranes is important for many cell functions, and lipid transfer proteins play an essential role in this process. Kevin TITECA in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Anne-Claude GAVIN’s laboratory is investigating the mechanisms of action of lipid transfer proteins, by in silico analysis combined with results of screens for lipid transfer proteins both in cell lines and in vitro.

Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Prof. Tommy Andersson, Experimental Pathology, Lund University

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Room: B04.2222 and via Zoom

Speaker: Joseph ODDY, Prof. Pierre COSSON laboratory

Summary: Understanding better the mechanisms of bacterial killing by hosts might help to fight infectious diseases. Joseph ODDY in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Pierre COSSON’s laboratory is investigating how a unicellular model called Dictyostelium discoideum kills different bacteria. By screening killing-deficient mutants, researchers were able to highlight two new genes implicated in killing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Room: B04.2222 and via Zoom

Speaker: Jing XUE, Prof. Mirko TRAJKOVSKI laboratory

Summary: Adipose tissue browning is a rising therapeutic strategy in the context of obesity. Jing XUE in collaboration with other researchers from Prof. Mirko TRAJKOVSKI’s laboratory is exploring the opportunity to target visceral white fat to reduce adiposity and induce browning. Their recent experiments revealed the role of both cold exposure and gut microbiota, highlighting new pathways involved in adipose tissue browning.

Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Yan ZHOU, Prof. Pierre MAECHLER laboratory

Summary: In diabetes, the regulation of blood sugar through insulin secretion is often impaired and the role played by the glutamate dehydrogenase GDH enzyme remains poorly understood. Yan ZHOU in collaboration with other researchers from Prof. Pierre MAECHLER’s laboratory has established a new method to visualize GHD activity in situ. Using this method, they have highlighted some of the mechanisms by which dietary intake has an impact on GDH activity.

Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Sofia BARBIERI, laboratoire de la Prof. Monica GOTTA

Summary: Molecular gradients are crucial to transmit spatial information within cells, but their formation is a complex process still poorly understood. Sofia BARBIERI in collaboration with other researchers from Monica GOTTA’s laboratory studies the formation of gradients in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Using innovative mathematical modelling tools, they were able to shed light on the interactions between different proteins in gradient formation.

Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Monika GJORGJIEVA, Prof. Michelangelo FOTI laboratory

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Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Amit KUMAR, Prof. Miriam STOEBER laboratory

Summary: Opioid receptors are a common target for pain relief. Drugs targeting these receptors can, however, cause serious side-effects and a better understanding of opioid drug action may enable the development of safer therapeutics. Amit KUMAR, in collaboration with other researchers from Miriam STOEBER’s laboratory, is using new nanobodies that modulate opioid receptor function and engineers them to block receptor signalling at defined cellular locations with the aim to reveal the precise signalling effects of opioids.

Room: auditorium Boymond and via Zoom

Speaker: Volodymyr PETRENKO, Prof. Charna DIBNER laboratory

Summary: The day and night alternation influences many physiological processes via internal clocks allowing to anticipate these alternations. When dysregulated, these internal clocks can promote metabolic diseases such as diabetes. Volodymyr PETRENKO in collaboration with other researchers from Charna DIBNER laboratory is exploring the interplay between internal clocks, physiological glucose homeostasis and development of metabolic disorders.

Room: auditorium A250 and via Zoom

Speaker: Prof. Orsolya BARABAS, Department of Molecular Biology UNIGE, invited by Prof. Anne-Claude GAVIN

Summary: Prof. Orsolya BARABAS presented her recent findings on DNA transposons and their potential applications as genetic tools and therapeutic options.

Room: auditorium Renold and via Zoom

Speaker: Ennio SILVESTRI, Prof. Patrick MERALDI laboratory

Summary: Cell division is a tightly synchronized machinery that allows the faithful segregation of chromosomes in two daughter cells. The protein Aurora-A is a key coordinator of cell division, but its exact roles remain not fully understood. Ennio SILVESTRI in collaboration with other researchers from Patrick MERALDI’s laboratory is exploring in living cells how the localization of this protein affects cell division.

Room: auditorium Renold and via Zoom

Spekaer: Pryscilla SOUSA TEIXEIRA, Prof. Roberto COPPARI laboratory

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Room: B04.2222 and Zoom

Speaker: Emmanuel SOMM, Prof. François JORNAYVAZ laboratory

Summary: Diabetes is a pandemic disease with whole-body consequences, including fatty liver disease. If the importance of inflammation and fibrosis in the progression of fatty liver disease is recognized, some of the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Emmanuel SOMM in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. François JORNAYAVAZ’s laboratory is exploring the role of proteins from interleukin-1 family on the balance between inflammation and fibrosis.

Room: B04.2222 and Zoom

Speaker: Gonzalo SOLIS, Prof. Vladimir KATANAEV laboratory

Summary: G protein-coupled receptors are membrane receptors regulating an incredible range of body functions. For signalling, they utilize signal transducers called G proteins. The mechanism of action of one G protein subunit, Gαo, remains unclear. Gonzalo SOLIS in collaboration with other researchers from Vladimir KATANAEV’s laboratory explores what drives Gαo localization within cells and how this subunit associates with membranes.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: David LEGOUIS, Pr Sophie DE SEIGNEUX laboratory

Summary: Acute kidney injury is a sudden drop in renal function that affects more than 20% of intensive care patients. As kidneys play a major role in glucose metabolism, David LEGOUIS in collaboration with other researchers from Sophie DE SEIGNEUX laboratory is investigating how gluconeogenesis, the generation of new glucose molecules, is modified in acute kidney injury and how it influences the course of the disease.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Jana VALNOHOVA, Pr. Vladimir KATANAEV laboratory

Summary: The Wnt-planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling pathway is involved in key processes such as cell polarization.  proliferation. As deregulation of this pathway leads to serious diseases including cancer, by promoting the metastatic potential of the cancer calls, it is essential to understand what activates it. Jana VALNOHOVA in collaboration with the other researchers from Vladimir KATANAEV laboratory aims to determine which ligand can activate this pathway during development by using the fruit fly as a model.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Gloria URSINO, Pr. Roberto COPPARI laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Stéphane KOENIG, Pr Maud FRIEDEN laboratory

Summary: Skeletal muscle regeneration is an essential process where calcium signaling plays a crucial role. Stéphane KOENIG in collaboration with the other researchers from Maud FRIEDEN laboratory has developed a new mouse line to study the role of calcium signaling in the process of muscle physiology and in particular the involvement of the STIM1L protein.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Imen AYADI, Pr. Pierre COSSON laboratory

Summary: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium known for its antibiotic resistance and responsible of severe infections. Understanding by which exact mechanisms it can be killed might help to develop new therapeutic strategies. Imen AYADI in collaboration with other researchers from Pierre COSSON laboratory has been able to highlight with Dictyostelium discoideum as a model some of the mechanisms involved in both intracellular and extracellular killing.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Jennifer WANG, Pr. Nicolas DEMAUREX laboratory

Summary: Cellular calcium entry, specifically store-operated calcium entry, is important for many cellular processes and responses, including immune cell signaling. Calcium signal is mediated by the activation of the protein STIM1 and modulated by interaction with the UNC93B1 protein chaperone. Jennifer Wen-An WANG, in collaboration with other researchers from the laboratory of Nicolas DEMAUREX, investigates the mechanism behind the UNC93B1-STIM1 interaction and explores its role in non-immunogenic cells.

Room: via Zoom, registration required for non-PHYM members

Speaker: Prof. Christine Peinelt, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Marta CORREIA DE SOUSA, Pr. Michelangelo FOTI laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Adama SIDIBE, Pr. Bernhard WEHRLE-HALLER laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Olivia CATTANEO, Pr Perrine CASTETS laboratory

Summary: Muscles are affected in many pathological conditions, such as aging. However, the mechanisms leading to muscle decline remain often unknown. Olivia CATTANEO, from Prof. Perrine CASTETS laboratory, is investigating the role of specific factors in the maintenance of the synapse connecting motoneurons to muscles, and their contribution to muscle deterioration in pathological conditions.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Otmane LAMRABET, Pr. Pierre COSSON laboratory

Summary: Understanding better the mechanisms of bacterial killing by hosts might help to fight infectious diseases. Otmane LAMRABET in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Pierre COSSON laboratory is investigating how a unicellular model called Dictyostelium discoideum kills different bacteria. Their experiments highlighted two types of proteins implicated in bacterial destruction, a phospholipase D belonging to the phospholipase superfamily and three Bad (Bacteriolytic dictyostelium) proteins belonging to the new family of bacteriolytic proteins in D. discoideum.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Tahir IDRIS, Pr. Marc CHANSON laboratory

Summary: Cystic fibrosis is a severe genetic disease affecting airway epithelium. Understanding better airway epithelium repair process might provide new therapeutic issues. Tahir IDRIS together with the other researchers from Marc CHANSON’s laboratory explores the contribution of several signaling pathways in the proliferation and differentiation of the airway epithelium.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Haiping WANG, Pr. Mirko TRAJKOVSKI laboratory

Summary: Temperature might play a role in the development of some cancers, such as melanoma and lung cancer. Understanding better how temperature influences tumor growth can provide new therapeutic applications to restrain cancer progression. Haiping WANG together with the other researchers from Mirko TRAJKOVSKI’s laboratory explores the role played by both gut microbiota and fat in the response of tumors to warm exposure.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Jessica BRUNETTI, Pr. Maud FRIEDEN laboratory

Summary: Calcium is a key element involved in the regulation of many cellular processes. Thestore operated calcium entry (SOCE) pathway is of particular importance for muscles. Jessica BRUNETTI together with the other researchers from Maud FRIEDEN’s laboratory is exploring the role of different isoforms of a protein called STIM1 in SOCE pathway, at the beginning of muscle formation and during their maturation.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Thierry BRUN, Pr. Pierre MAECHLER laboratory

Summary: Fructose is a widely used artificial sweetener, associated with the increase of obesity and metabolic disorders. Thierry BRUN and researchers from Pierre MAECHLER’s laboratory are exploring the effect of chronic fructose on beta-cells from the pancreas. Their experiments revealed an extracellular ATP signalling pathway involved in the response of beta-cells to fructose. They discovered also the key role of two components of this pathway, ectonucleotidases and purinergic receptors, components that could represent future therapeutic targets.

Room: via Zoom only, registration required

Speaker: Kenji MAEDA, Cell death and Metabolism unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center (Danemark)

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Xènia CRESPO, Pr. Pierre COSSON laboratory

Summary: Understanding how immune cells kill bacteria is a key issue to develop new strategies for the prevention and treatment of many diseases. Xènia CRESPO in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Pierre COSSON laboratory is developing a new live imaging method based on a unicellular model called Dictyostelium discoideum. This so-called growth test open perspectives to build more accurate models of intracellular bacterial killing and degradation.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Félix RENAUDIN, Pr. Didier HANNOUCHE laboratory

Summary: Osteoarthritis is a very frequent inflammatory disease which affects joint cartilage. Oxidative stress might play a role in the progression of the disease, enhancing inflammation and cartilage degradation. Félix RENAUDIN in collaboration with other researchers from Didier HANNOUCHE’s laboratory is investigating the role that NADPH oxidase 4,a particular enzyme involved in oxidative stress, plays in osteoarthritis.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Melis COLAKOGLU, Pr. Mirko TRAJKOVSKI laboratory

Summary: Obesity is a rising health problem leading to severe complications. For severely overweight patients, bariatric surgery is often proposed. Liquid high protein diet is often applied before the surgical procedure, however, its exact metabolic effects remain unexplored. Melis COLAKOGLU from Mirko TRAJKOVSKI’s laboratory in close collaboration with scientists from HUG is investigating the effect of this diet on different organs in both mice and humans.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Kevin ASSOUMOU, Pr. Miriam STOEBER laboratory

Summary: G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of receptors, transducing extracellular stimuli into cellular responses. They are targeted by many approved drugs, such as opioid drugs. Kevin ASSOUMOU in collaboration with other researchers from Miriam STOEBER’s laboratory is investigating the importance of the location of GPCRs in the cell for signal transduction.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Raquel FIRNKES, Pr. Roberto COPPARI laboratory

Summary: The protein FKBP10 has been recently highlighted as a promising therapeutic target against lung cancer by the laboratory of Roberto COPPARI. Raquel FIRNKES in collaboration with the other researchers from this team is now establishing the relevance of this protein in the fight against another cancer, colorectal cancer.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Jiabin XU, Pr. Vladimir KATANAEV laboratory

Summary: Aberrant activation of Wnt signaling pathway leads to many cancers. In the case of a highly morbid cancer, the triple-negative breast cancer, drug repurposing may allow to discover new therapeutic options based on existing drugs. Jiabin XU in collaboration with other researchers from Vladimir KATANAEV’s laboratory explores the potential of a promising drug, clofazimine. Researchers have confirmed anti-Wnt and anti-cancer properties of clofazimine for triple negative breast cancer and demonstrated its potential effect against other Wnt-dependent cancers. They are now probing for the target(s) of clofazimine in Wnt signaling pathway.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Dobrochna DOLICKA, Pr. Michelangelo FOTI laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Michael BACHMANN, Pr. Bernhard WEHRLE-HALLER laboratory

Summary: Understanding better the activation of TGFβ by integrins might help to fight severe diseases such as cancers and autoimmune diseases. Michaël BACHMANN in collaboration with the other researchers from Bernhard WEHRLE-HALLER’s laboratory is investigating how different isoforms of TGFβ are activated. With in vitro experiments, they are exploring the interactions between different combinations of integrins and TGFβ.

Room: via Zoom, inscription obligatoire pour les personnes externes au département

Speaker: Pr Jakob NILSSON, Center for Protein Research, University Copenhagen (Danemark)

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Tania JAUSLIN, Pr. Pierre COSSON laboratory

Summary: Understanding how immune cells kill bacteria is a key issue to develop new strategies for the prevention and treatment of infectious and immune-mediated diseases. Tania JAUSLIN in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Pierre COSSON laboratory is exploring the contribution of different bacterial killing mechanisms. These experiments revealed a high specificity in killing mechanisms with large qualitative and quantitative differences between bacteria.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Lucie OBERHAUSER, Pr Miriam STOEBER laboratory

Summary: Opioids are highly efficient in relieving pain. However, they are highly addictive and prolonged exposure can lead to severe health issues and death. Understanding better the signaling pathways of G protein-coupled receptors targeted by opioids might help developing safer medications for pain management. Lucie OBERHAUSER in collaboration with other researchers from Prof. Miriam STOEBER’s laboratory is studying the impact of receptors’ localization on their response, with a particular emphasis on signaling occurring at the Golgi system.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Christopher HENRY, Pr. Nicolas DEMAUREX laboratory

Summary: Calcium is an essential element that is involved in many cell signaling pathways. The store operated calcium entry (SOCE) pathway controls important functions ranging from gene expression to regulation of proliferation. Christopher HENRY in collaboration with other researchers from Pr. Nicolas DEMAUREX laboratory investigates in vitro the regulation of calcium fluxes, with a particular emphasis on the role of the distance between cell membrane and endoplasmic reticulum in SOCE pathway modulation.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Vincent BERWEILER, Pr. Mirko TRAJKOVSKI laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Yonika LARASATI, Pr. Vladimir KATANAEV laboratory

Summary: Triple-negative breast cancer is the breast cancer with the worst prognosis. In this cancer, Wnt signaling pathway is dysregulated and finding agents targeting the upper level of this pathway may improve therapeutical approaches. Yonika LARASATI in collaboration with other researchers from Prof. Vladimir KATANAEV’s group is exploring the mechanism of action of three potential compounds targeting Wnt signaling which might be able to fight triple-negative breast cancer with lower side effects than conventional treatments.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Oksana FIAMMINGO, Pr Charna DIBNER laboratory

Summary: The day and night alternation controls many physiological processes. When dysregulated, these circadian clocks can promote metabolic diseases such as diabetes. Oksana FIAMINGO in collaboration with other researchers from Pr. Charna DIBNER laboratory is exploring the impact of these clocks on skeletal myotubes, which are known to be affected by diabetes.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Cédric CASTROGIOVANNI, Pr. Patrick MERALDI laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Anna FAIVRE, Pr Sophie DE SEIGNEUX laboratory

Summary: Chronic kidney disease affects about 10% of the adult population and hypoxia might play a role in its progression. Anna FAIVRE in collaboration with other researchers from Prof. Sophie DE SEIGNEUX laboratory is exploring the role of two factors called HIF and FIH in chronic kidney disease progression, with the hope to develop new therapeutic avenues.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Ida CALVI, Pr Monica GOTTA laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Mayis KABA, Pr. Nicolas DEMAUREX laboratory

Summary: Phagocytosis is a fundamental mechanism essential for immunity and tissue functioning. During phagocytosis, membrane contact sites between phagosomes and endoplasmic reticulum take place. Mayis KABA in collaboration with other researchers from Prof. Nicolas DEMAUREX laboratory is exploring the molecular mechanisms by which phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins sustain local calcium signaling at these membrane contact sites.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Mikhail KRYUCHKOV, Pr. Vladimir KATANAEV laboratory

Summary: Insects build microscopic structures on their surface, called nanocoatings. Understanding how there are built may provide new therapeutic avenues. Mikhail KRYUCHKOV in collaboration with other researchers from Prof. Vladimir KATANAEV laboratory has developed a process to produce nanocoatings in vitro. They are now exploring their antiadhesive and bactericidal properties to develop medical applications.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Cyril SOBOLEWSKI, Pr. Michelangelo FOTI laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Juliette SIMONIN, Pr. Marc CHANSON laboratory

Summary: Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease leading to multiple symptoms. Associated respiratory infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of mortality. Juliette SIMONIN in collaboration with the other researchers from Prof. Marc CHANSON laboratory is investigating the cellular mechanisms by which airway surface liquid protects airways against P. aeruginosa.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Amado CARRERAS SUREDA, Pr. Nicolas DEMAUREX laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Victoria VON GLASENAPP, Pr Monica GOTTA laboratory

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Ali SASSI, Pr Eric FERAILLE laboratory

Summary: Sodium is required to maintain normal blood pressure. Sodium reabsorption occurs in the renal collecting duct, through two different pathways: across cells through epithelial sodium channels and between cells through tight junctions. Ali SASSI in collaboration with other researchers from Pr. Eric FERAILLE laboratory showed that tight junctions have a role to play in sodium homeostasis.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Christian TACKENBERG, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich

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Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Devashish DWIVEDI, Pr. Patrick MERALDI laboratory

Summary: Cell division is a very tightly coordinated process both in space and time. DNA replication stress alters the timing of cell division and is a hallmark of many types of cancers. Devashish DWIVEDI in collaboration with other researchers from Patrick MERALDI laboratory conducts microscopy experiments to determine the role of delayed DNA replication in regulating the centrosome structure and function during the different cell cycle phases.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Axel TOLLANCE, Pr Maud FRIEDEN laboratory

Summary: Understanding how skeletal muscle is able to regenerate is a key issue to develop new strategies for the treatment of skeletal myopathies. A key step of muscle regeneration is the activation of muscle stem cells. Axel TOLLANCE in collaboration with the other researchers from Dr. Maud FRIEDEN laboratory is exploring in vitro the role of calcium in the activation of reserve muscle stem cells.

Room: via Zoom

Speaker: Flore SINTUREL, Dr Charna DIBNER laboratory

Summary: Type 2 diabetes is a serious metabolic disorder diagnosed as an increase in blood glucose levels. However, type 2 diabetes is a very heterogenous disease and many factors contribute to the development of this disease. Flore SINTUREL in collaboration with other researchers from Dr. Charna DIBNER laboratory is exploring lipid patterns in different patient profiles to identify biomarker candidates for the characterization of type 2 diabetes.