Prof. Barry Stoddard

Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

Engineering proteins and genomes for research and medicine

Host: Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki

Andrzej Kudlicki, Ph. D.

Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX, USA

Can cells count? - transcriptional regulation in development and beyond

Host: Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki

Dr. Karolina Szczepanowska

CECAD Research Center, University of Cologne, Germany

CLPP protease - an intriguing player in biogenesis of ribosomes in mammalian mitochondria

Host: Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

Dr. Maciej Maciejczyk

Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw

SimDNA: A computational method for DNA folding simulation and DNA 3D structure prediction

Host:

Prof. Gong Zhiyuan

Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore

Inducible Transgenic Zebrafish for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: an excellent model for investigation of tumor initiation and microenvironment

Host: Cecilia Lanny Winata

Krzysztof Pyrć, PhD

1) Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology and 2) Laboratory of Virology and ABSL3 Animal Facility, The Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology Jagiellonian University, Krakow

Early steps of viral infection

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Prof. Jerzy Paszkowski

The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK

Genetic determinants of epigenetic switches

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Paulina Sakowska, MSc

Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biogenesis, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw

Mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) – biogenesis and regulation

Host:

Dr. Tatjana Sauka-Spengler

Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford

Assembling gene regulatory circuits controlling specific embryonic cell populations in vivo using systems level strategies

Host: Cecilia L. Winata

Prof. Margot Thome

Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Malt1 signaling in the immune response and lymphomagenesis

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Thomas Fricke, PhD

Laboratory of Structural Biology - International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and Department of Microbiology and Immunology - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City

Characterizing the Role of CPSF6 in HIV-1 Infection

Host:

Honorata Czapińska, PhD

Laboratory of Structural Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Structural studies of restriction - modification systems

Host:

Kelvin Lau, PhD

Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Binding and Structural Studies of the Ryanodine Receptor

Host: Prof. Matthias Bochtler

M. Madan Babu, PhD

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

The contribution of intrinsically disordered regions to protein function, cellular complexity and human diseases

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Dorota Niedziałek, PhD

Department of Physics, Imperial College London

Modelling Fundamental Processes in Organic Photovoltaic Devices - S. Lem and S. Ulam reunited

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Grzegorz Chojnowski, PhD

Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw

RNA Masonry. Developing new methods for RNA structure determination and analysis

Host:

Bharat Madan, PhD

Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw

Modulation of Green Fluorescent Protein Folding Kinetics through Beta-turn Design

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Łukasz Jan Kiełpiński

Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Novel methods for massive parallel sequencing based RNA structure determination

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Maria Sundvik, PhD

Neuroscience Center, Institute of Biomedicine, Anatomy University of Helsinki

Regulation of wake active neurons in zebrafish, Danio rerio

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Prof. Jacek Jaworski

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology

Exploring new options for tuberous sclerosis treatment

Host:

Prof. Przemysław Juszczyński

Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw

B-cell receptor signaling and thioredoxin-dependent, p300-mediated acetylation modulate proapoptotic FOXO1 activity in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: biological underpinnings for targeted therapeutic intervention

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Christopher Antos, PhD

DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD)

The calcium-regulated phosphatase calcineurin controls proportional growth of regenerating zebrafish appendages

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Prof. Robert Szoszkiewicz

Physics Dept., Kansas State University

Using single molecule AFM methods to find and characterize folding intermediates of a simple model protein

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Dr. Izabela Szczerbal

Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, University of Life Sciences in Poznan

Nuclear architecture and its role in gene regulation in mammalian cells

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Dr. Magdalena Król

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiological Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

IIMCB Special Series "Frontiers of Polish Biosciences": Tumor associated macrophages - the light side or the dark side of the Force?

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Prof. Jerzy Dobrucki

Division of Cell Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Super-resolution (sub-diffraction) optical microscopy and its applications in studies of structure of the cell nucleus, and DNA damage and repair

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Grzegorz Sienski, PhD

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology - IMBA, Vienna, Austria

Nuclear small RNAs orchestrate transcriptional silencing of transposons

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Kvido Strisovsky, PhD

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Intramembrane proteolytic systems - mechanisms and biological roles

Host: Dr hab. Marcin Nowotny

Anna Marusiak, PhD

Cancer Research UK, Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester

Mixed Lineages Kinases (MLKs): novel mediators of resistance to targeted therapies in melanoma

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Paweł Zawadzki, PhD

David Sherratt's Lab, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford

Super-resolution microscopy and single-molecule FRET perspective on chromosome segregation in Escherichia coli

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Prof. Jean Gruenberg

Biochemistry Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Endosomal lipids in trafficking and signalling

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Izabela Sumara, PhD

Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) Illkirch, France

Mitotic ubiquitination pathways

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Dr. Franck Perez

Department of Cell Biology, Institut Curie / CNRS Paris, France

Systematic analysis of Golgi-dependent secretion in mammalian cells

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Professor Paul Wyatt

Head of Drug Discovery Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK

The discovery of therapeutics for neglected diseases and the translation of novel biology through small molecule drug discovery

Host: Katarzyna Kamińska

Prof. Peter Rehling

University Medical Centre Goettingen, Germany

Biogenesis of mitochondrial membrane protein complexes

Host: Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

Dr. Darren Gilmour

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg, Germany

Novel Signaling Mechanisms Controlling Collective Cell Migration

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Dominika Borek Ph.D.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Biophysics

Challenges in molecular structure determination across different levels of cellular organization

Host: Elzbieta Nowak

Marina Mione, M.D., Ph.D.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Zebrafish as a model for cancer

Host: Cecilia L. Winata

Stuart F.J. Le Grice, PhD

RT Biochemistry Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute - Frederick

HIV Regulatory RNAs and their Therapeutic Targeting

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Prof. Charles Cantor

Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, and Sequenome Inc., USA

NONINVASIVE PERSONALIZED GENOMICS part II

Host: IIMCB PhD students headed by Dawid Głów

Dr. Yiliang Ding

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Decipher the RNA structural code: A Transformative Platform Reveals Novel Regulatory Features

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Heidi McBride, PhD

Canada Research Chair and Killam Scholar Associate Professor, McGill University Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mitochondrial derived vesicles provide new insights into quality control and peroxisomal biology

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska & Agnieszka Chacińska

Dr. Carlo Vascotto

University of Udine, Department of Medical and Biological Sciences Italy

Molecular journey to unveil the secrets of a DNA repair protein

Host: Agnieszka Chacińska

Professor Ji-Joon Song, Ph.D.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Department of Biological Sciences

Mechanistic understanding on neurodegenerative disease proteins

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Dr. Stefano De Renzis

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

Building cells and tissues during development

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Dr. Joanna Trylska

Biomolecular Machines Laboratory, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

Bacterial ribosome inhibitors

Host:

Dr. Christophe Lamaze

Institute Curie, Paris, France

Membrane dynamics and endosomal sorting in JAK/STAT signaling

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Prof. Andrzej M. Kierzek

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK

Computer simulation of molecular cell biology

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Dr. Maximilian Fürthauer

Valrose Institute of Biology, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis Nice, France

A dual role of ESCRT proteins in the formation and function of ciliated organs

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Rafal Ciosk, PhD

Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research Basel, Switzerland

Regulation of pluripotency in animal development

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska