< Research  Seminars

Past seminars (2010-2009)

Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Pierre Fabre

Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montreal

Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance by Sonic Hedgehog

4059, Sciences III

Host: Denis Duboule

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Prof. Fujita Jun

Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

A physiological function of the first mammalian cold shock protein Cirp

3079, Sciences III

Host: Ueli Schibler

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Rod Wing

Arizona Genomics Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Sequencing the Collective Oryza Genome - Status and Prospects

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Eugene Berezikov

Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht

Experimental potential of the regenerating flatworm Macrostomum lignano

4059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Robbie Loewith

Dpt of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva

From barn to bench: my TOuR de Suisse

3079, Sciences III

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Patrick Emery

University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

Plastic clocks: How light and temperature inputs shape Drosophila circadian behavior

4059, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Brian Oliver

NIH, USA

Transcriptional response to altered gene dose in Drosophila

4059, Sciences III

Host: Daniel Pauli

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Shin Takeda

Nagoya University, Japan

Stability of gene regulation and of cell division cycle in plants

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Geneva Biology Club

Michel Milinkovitch

Sciences III/Dp Zoologie & Biologie Animale

From patterns to processes: or a phylogeneticist going (develop) mental

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Estelle Brioudes

Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, University of Montpellier

Rsk2 and Greatwall: two protein kinases involved in the regulation of mitosis

4059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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BioPhD

Mme. Tran Thang Nhu Nam

Unknown

"Domination of Immunosuppressive over Effector Components in Glioma Immunity: Dynamics of the Local Immune Balance in Spontaneous Mouse Astrocytomas"

Seminar room 4-5, CMU

Host: Didier Picard

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Prof. Oliver Ebenhoeh

Institute for Xomlpex Systems and Mathematical Biology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Modelling approaches to the photosynthetic apparatus in Arabidopsis

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jean-David Rochaix

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Anna Jazwinska

Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

How do Zebrafish regenerate their organs?

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Néstor J. Oviedo

University of California, Merced

Modulating stem cell behavior in cancer and tissue regeneration

4059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Vincent Colot

Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS Paris

Inheritance patterns of DNA methylation in Arabidopsis: mechanisms and impact

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Patrick Eichenberger

Department of Biology, New York University

A systems-level analysis of spore coat assembly in Bacillus subtilis

3079, Sciences III

Host: Jean-David Rochaix

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Nicolas Navarro

Michel Milinkovitch laboratory

Quantitative genetics of shape

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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BioPhD

Monsieur Rami Lissilaa

Unknown

"Dissecting IL-6 Responses in inflammation"

A250, CMU

Host: Jean-Claude Martinou

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Geneva Biology Club

Luca Scorrano

CMU/Dp de Physiologie Cellulaire & Métabolisme

Keeping mitochondria and ER in shape: a matter of life or death

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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BioPhD

M. Stratmann Markus

Unknown

"Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Circadian Transcription of Dbp, a Clock-controlled Gene"

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Ueli Schibler

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Catherine Dreiza

Arizona State University

Heat Shock Protein 20 Phosphopeptides alter Actin Cytoskeletal Dynamics

4059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Dimitris Thanos

Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens

Mechanisms of stochastic gene expression

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Prof. Yuichiro Takahashi

Okayama University

"Assembly and remodeling of photosystem I complex"

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Alexandre Widmer

IMP Vienna

From olfaction to behavior: How a pheromone controls Drosophila mating

4059, Sciences III

Host: Ivan Rodriguez

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Peter Schürmann

Université de Neûchatel

How does light regulate chloroplast enzyme activities ? Structural and functional insights into the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system.

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Theresa Fitzpatrick

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Ana Paula Catunda

Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllö, Hungary

Characterization of rabbit embryonic stem cells and early immunity transfer

4059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Phil Wigge

John Innes Centre, Norwich

Getting warmer? Trying to understand temperature sensing in Arabidopsis

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Niels Ulrik Frigaard

Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

DNA, mRNA, and protein sequencing studies of the ecophysiology of phototrophic sulfur bacteria

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Xavier Perret

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BioPhD

Amael Paillex

Unknown

"Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity along the Lateral Dimension of a Large River Floodplain. Application th the Rhône River Restoration"

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Emmanuel Castella

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BioPhD

Amael Paillex

Unknown

"Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity along the Lateral Dimension of a Large River Floodplain. Application to the Rhône River Restoration"

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Emmanuel Castella

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Pierre Goloubinoff

Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, UNIL

The initial sensing of mild temperature variations in plants is controlled by specific calcium-channels in the plasma membrane

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Geneva Biology Club

Katharina Strub

Sciences III/Dp de Biologie Cellulaire

Translation regulation and protein transport into the endoplasmic reticulum

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Moises Mallo

Gulbenkian Institute for Science, Portugal

HOXing through the vertebrate axial skeleton

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Denis Duboule

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Changchuan Xie

School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Fujian, China

Roles of H-ferritin in TNF-Induced Death in L929 Cells

4059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Zhiyong Wang

Department of Plant Biology Carnegie Institution, Stanford University, CA

Brassinosteroid signaling and plant development

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Sarah Hake

Plant Gene Expression Center, Berkeley University, California, USA

Patterning the maize leaf

3079, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Madame Liora Katz

Unknown

"The Role of the Transcription Factor Pax6 in the Development and Function of Pancreatic a-and b-Cells"

Seminar room 4-5, CMU

Host: Didier Picard

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Stéphane Marcand

CEA, Fontenay, France

Dicentric breakage at telomere fusions

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Evelyne Coudrier

Curie Institute, Paris

Myosin 1b and Myosin 6 regulate membrane traffic by organizing actin structures

352, Sciences II

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Dr André Gerber

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences -ETH Zurich

"Global analysis of protein-RNA interactions"

3079, Sciences III

Host: Françoise Stutz

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Beat Friez

Tom Muir, Rockefeller

Controlling Chromatin Conformation By Reversible Histone Ubiquitylation

3079, Sciences III

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Nicolas Di Poi

Michel Milinkovitch's laboratory

Structural and functional evolution of Squamata Hox genes

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Sonja Baumli

Jane Endicott, Oxford

Structure and regulation of P-TEFb: a kinase in transcription

3079, Sciences III

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Geneva Biology Club

Daniel Pinschewer

CMU/Dp Pathologie & Immunologie

Immunity and immunopathogenesis in viral infection

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Werner Arber

Biozentrum, University of Basel, Division of Molecular Biology

From microbial genetics to molecular Darwinism

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Yann Surget Groba

Juan Montoya's laboratory

The study of speciation and adaptation: from population genetics to ecological genomics

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Hélène Mayeur

Center for Therapeutic Research in Ophtalmology, Necker Medical School, Paris

Genetic Aspects of Three Eye Developmental Abnormalities

4059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Jorg Grandl

Scripps Research Institute - San Diego - California - USA

Temperature-activation of thermoTRP Ion Channels

3079, Sciences III

Host: Thanos Halazonetis; Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Mathieu Marino

Jean-Louis Bény's lab

ND

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Geneva Biology Club

Brigitte Galliot

Dpt de Zoologie & Biologie Animale

Cell death as a driving force for regeneration

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Benoit Kornmann

UCSF

The molecular hug between the ER and mitochondria

2024, Sciences III

Host: Jean-Claude Martinou

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Wanda Buzgariu

Brigitte Galliot's lab

How to investigate cell cycle behaviors in a whole organism?

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Doug Hanahan

EPFL

Functions and targeting of cell types constituting the tumor microenvironment

A100, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Tiphaine Huet

IGBMC, Illkirch, France

Structure-function study of a Vitamin D Receptor mutant that responds selectively to Gemini ligands

3079, Sciences III

Host: Stephane Thore

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Sven Bergmann

Department of Medical Genetics & Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics University of Lausanne, Switzerland

A modular approach for integrative analysis of large-scale gene-expression and drug-response data

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Brigitte Galliot

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Yvan Wenger

Brigitte Galliot's laboratory

Transcriptome analysis of early regeneration in Hydra

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Dominique Lambert

Dpt. of Mathematics, Namur University, Belgium

A mathematical approach to biological robustness

4059, Sciences III

Host: Michel Milinkovitch

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Geneva Biology Club

Vincent Piguet

(CMU/Dpt de Microbiologie et Médecine Moléculaire

HIV-1 inhibition of autophagy and immunoamphisomes in dendritic cells impairs early innate and adaptive immune responses

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Domenico Libri

Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Gif sur Yvette, France

Metabolism and function of Cryptic Unstable transcripts in yeast : Stop Making (anti)sense

3079, Sciences III

Host: Françoise Stutz

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Romain Cartoni

Unknown

"Expression of MFN2r94Q in a Transgenic Mouse Leads to Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Type 2A"

A100, Sciences II

Host: Jean-Claude Martinou

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Etienne Meylan / Candidate For Prof. Boursier Position In Department Of Molecular Biology

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NF-kappaB signaling in a mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma

3079, Sciences III

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Patricia Simpson

Zoology Department of Cambridge (UK)

Evolution of cis-regulatory sequence at the achaete-scute gene complex underlies changes in bristle patterns in Diptera

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Nicolas Antih

Unknown

"Analysis of in vivo RNA Targets of Human Splicing Factor SF1"

A100, Sciences II

Host: Angela Kraemer

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Ivo Sbalzarini

Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Swiss Bioinformatics Institute, ETH, Zurich

Nanometer-precision reconstruction and characterization of the shapes and dynamics of endosomes in live cells

352, Sciences II

Host: Jean Gruenberg

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Geneva Biology Club

Monica Gotta

Unknown

ND

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Valérie Leroy

Unknown

"Etude de nouvelles voies de signalisation contrôlant le transport ionique dans les cellules principales du tube collecteur rénal"

Seminar room 4-5, CMU

Host: Jean-Claude Martinou

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Giovanni Finazzi

CEA, Grenoble

Using biophysical approaches to understand the physiology of photosynthesis

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jean-David Rochaix

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Dragan Gligorov

François Karch's laboratory

Studying late Abd-B expression with BACs

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Mauro Ceol

Unknown

"Regulation of Chlorophyll Synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: the Role of FLP and GUN4"

A150, Sciences II

Host: Jean-David Rochaix

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Alexis Gautreau

Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et de Biologie Structurale, Gif-sur-Yvette - France

Generation of branched actin networks: Assembly and regulation of WAVE and WASH multiprotein complexes

352, Sciences II

Host: Thomas Falguieres

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Jean Marc Matter

Department of Biochemistry and the Dept of Ophthalmology here in Geneva

Chick and mouse retinogenesis: making the difference

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Claudine Kraft

Institute of Biochemistry, ETH, Zurich

Selectivity and regulation of autophagy in yeast

2024, Sciences III

Host: Jean-Claude Martinou

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Emmanuel Derivery

Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette (F)

A novel actin polymerizing machine controls the fission of endosomes

352, Sciences II

Host: Marcos Gonzalez Gaitan

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Professor Kim Nasmyth

Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK

How do mitotic and meiotic cells establish, maintain, and destroy sister chromatid cohesion ?

A150, Sciences II

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Cell Biology

José Maria Rincon Garriz

Unknown

Study of Transcription Factors Involved in Expression Control of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein in Adrenal Glomerulosa Cells

7001, CMU

Host: Didier Picard

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Geneva Plant Seminars

Prof. Dr. Claus Schwechheimer

Department of Plant Systems Biology Technische Universität München - Weihenstephan

ND

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Jerzy Paszkowski

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Geneva Biology Club

Teresa Fitzpatrick

Dp Botanique & Biologie végétale

Plants need their vitamins too

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Zhen Cao

Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Muelheim

Blue Light Inducible Functions of Bacterial LOV Proteins

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Adil Jamai

Unknown

Chromatin dynamics: Deciphering histone chaperone Spt16 function during RNA Polymerase II elongation

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Ludovic Pineau

University of Poitiers

Impacts of cellular perturbations in lipid homeostasis on the functionality of the yeast secretory pathway

352, Sciences II

Host: Howard Riezman

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Dpt of Plant Sciences

Andreas Winkler

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg

Structural and functional investigations on the light and oxygen responsive AppA/PspR regulatory system from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

3079, Sciences III

Host: Jean-David Rochaix

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Alessandro Cascioferro

Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies of the University of Padua, Italy

PE-PGRS: Peculiar mycobacterial proteins involved in host-pathogen interactions

352, Sciences II

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Gerry Cohen

MRC Toxicology unit, Leicester, UK

Bcl-2 inhibitors and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

2024, Sciences III

Host: Jean-Claude Martinou

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Maria Gorna

Ben Luigi's lab in Cambridge

ND

3079, Sciences III

Host: Stephane Thore

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Dpt of Plant Sciences

Geoff Fucile

University of Toronto

ND

3079, Sciences III

Host: Jean-David Rochaix

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Anne Burtey

Université de la Méditerrannée, Marseille

ND

352, Sciences II

Host: Jean Gruenberg

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Geneva Biology Club

Karl-Heinz Krause

Département de Pathologie et Immunologie, CMU

ND

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Manuele Castelnuovo

Aldo Pagano's lab in Genova (I)

ND

2024, Sciences III

Host: Françoise Stutz

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Dpt of Plant Sciences

Chris Town

The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA

ND

1S081, Sciences III

Host: William Broughton

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Natalia Soshnikova

Denis Duboule's lab

Epigenetic temporal control of mouse Hox genes

1S081, Sciences III

Host: Francois Karch

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Dpt of Cell Biology

Karla Neugebauer

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

ND

3079, Sciences III

Host: Angela Kraemer

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Geneva Biology Club

Stéphane Thore

Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Sciences III

ND

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thierry Soldati

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Toshihide Kobayashi

Riken Institute, Japan

ND

352, Sciences II

Host: Jean Gruenberg

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Franck Perez

Institut Curie, Paris, France

ND

352, Sciences II

Host: Thomas Falguieres

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Charalambos Kyriacou

Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, UK

ND

3079, Sciences III

Host: Ueli Schibler

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Mike Tyers

Wellcome Trust Center for Cell Biology University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

ND

3079, Sciences III

Host: David Shore

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Dpt of Molecular Biology

Vivek Rangnekar

University of Kentucky, department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Lexington, USA

Par-4 intracellular and extracellular functions: a paradigm for cancer-selective apoptosis

1S059, Sciences III

Host: Thanos Halazonetis

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Dpt of Genetics & Evolution

Sarah Payne

Broad Center, CalTech, USA

ND

4059, Sciences III

Host: Michel Milinkovitch

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Dpt of Biochemistry

Robert B. Rawson

Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas, Dallas, US

ND

352, Sciences II

Host: Marcos Gonzalez Gaitan

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