Michal Pawlak, PhD

Laboratory of Zebrafish Developmental Genomics, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland

The emerging use of zebrafish to model liver injury and repair

Host:

Alicja Koscielny

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

Role of adaptor complex AP2 in formation of dendritic arbors of hippocampal neurons

Host:

Dr Malgorzata Figiel

Laboratory of Protein Structure, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland

HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: substrate configuration and generation of the polypurine tract

Host:

Jan Zylicz, PhD

Curie Institute, Research Center, Paris, France

Chromatin dynamics and its role in regulating early mouse development

Host: Prof. Marcin Nowotny & Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Dr. Sebastian Glatt

Max Planck Research Group Leader, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB), Jagiellonian University

Lost in translation - Revisiting the tRNA wobble base position

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Dr. Elizabeth Patton

MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Chemical-Genetics of the Melanocyte Lineage in Development and Melanoma in Zebrafish

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki & Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

Rita Drumond Mateus, PhD

Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva

Understanding the physics and cell biology of zebrafish reflectors

Host: Lidia Wolińska-Nizioł

Prof. Ian Collinson

Professor of Biochemistry and Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, University of Bristol, UK

An ATP-driven Brownian ratchet mechanism for protein translocation

Host: Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

Prof. Nana Voitenko & Prof. Pavel Belan

Head of Laboratory of Sensory Signaling, Deputy Director of Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology NASU, Kiev, Ukraine & Head of Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology NASU, Kiev, Ukraine

'AMPA receptor trafficking in persistent pain' & 'New approaches in studies of molecular mechanisms of cellular signaling'

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Leszek Pryszcz

Laboratory of Zebrafish Developmental Genomics, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw

Hybrid nature of pathogenic fungi

Host:

Paweł Dobrzański

Cephalon, Inc.

The Many Faces of JAK2 Inhibitors

Host: Filip Stefaniak

Dr. Pirta Hotulainen

University of Helsinki, Finland

Actin in neurons: connecting dynamics to function

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Prof. Dr. András Dinnyés

General Director, BioTalentum Ltd., Gödöllo, Hungary, Szent István University, Gödöllo, Hungary, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Patient specific induced pluripotent stem cells: expectations and potential pitfalls

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Dr Ewa Paluch

MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, UK

Cell surface mechanics across scales, from molecular processes to cell-scale morphogenesis

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Stefan Feske, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology New York University School of Medicine New York, USA

CRAC channels in immune regulation of infection and autoimmunity

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Dr. Haley Wyatt

The Crick Institute, UK

Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of SLX4-nuclease complexes in DNA repair

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Dr. Grzegorz Kudla

Human Genetics Unit MRC, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine The University of Edinburgh

Surveying genotype-phenotype landscapes within genes

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Dr Vicki Gold

Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany

In situ analysis of protein transport supercomplexes

Host: Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

Lidia Wróbel

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

Traffic jam at the mitochondrial gate

Host:

Dr Martin Reijns

Human Genetics Unit MRC, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine The University of Edinburgh

Ribonucleotides in DNA: the good, the bad and the ugly

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Prof. Carla Koehler

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, USA

Modeling mitochondrial diseases in zebrafish

Host: Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

Dr. Laurentius Holtzer

Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva

The role of Bmp signaling in controlling outgrowth of the zebrafish pectoral fin

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Prof. Desirazu Narasimha Rao

Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Helicobacter pylori Restriction Modification systems: Role(s) beyond genome protection

Host: Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki

Prof. Xiaodong Cheng

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

On the Mechanisms of Generation, Recognition, and Erasure (GRE) of DNA 5mC and Thymine Oxidations

Host: Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki

Dr. Valakunja Nagaraja

Department Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Topoisomerases and topology modulation: structural and functional insights

Host: Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki

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