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

Prof. Yegor Vassetzky

CNRS research director, Head of the Laboratory of Chromatin, Development and Cancer, Institut Gustave Roussy, Paris

Nuclear organization in lymphoid cells: implications for translocations and gene regulation

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Prof. Maria Siemionow

Cleveland Clinic

Terapie komórkowe w medycynie regeneracyjnej i transplantologii

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Prof. Robert Hołyst

Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Protein mobility and cytoplasmatic viscosity in HeLa, Swiss 3T3 and E.coli cells and its influence on protein association and gene expression

Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Prof. Rafał Płoski, MD, PhD

Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Biostructure, Medical University of Warsaw

Next Generation Sequencing on Illumina HiSeq: Application in Clinical Genetics and in Analysis of DNA Methylation in Humans

Host: Prof. Matthias Bochtler

Dr. Magdalena Dziembowska

Laboratory of Neurobiology, The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology & Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

Local translation at the synapse

Host: Jacek Jaworski

Prof. Joanna Hoffmann

Prof of the University of Arts in Poznan; Leader of the Studio for Transdisciplinary Projects and Research, FAE/UAP; co-founder of CodersDojo Poznan, Leader of the Art & Science Node in Berlin

Art in the Society of Knowledge

Host: Prof. Janusz Bujnicki

Maciej Olszewski, PhD

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Department of Molecular Biology

Beyond vesicles: clathrin, centrosome overduplication and senescence

Host:

Michał Korostyński, PhD

Dept. of Molecular Neuropharmacology Institute of Pharmacology PAS, Krakow

Regulation of inducible transcriptional networks in the brain

Host: Jacek Jaworski

Witold Konopka, PhD

Head of the Laboratory of Animal Models Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

miR-103 protects against obesity

Host: Jacek Jaworski

Dr. Piotr Wardęga

NanoTemper Technologies GmbH, Munich, Germany

Some like it hot – Biomolecule Analytics using Microscale Thermophoresis (MST)

Host:

Daniela Panakova, PhD

Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Wnt non-canonical signaling patterns cardiac form and function

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Prof. Bernd Bukau

Zentrum fuer Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH) Germany

Cellular strategies for coping with protein aggregation

Host: Prof. Maciej Żylicz

Jochen C. Rink, PhD

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

Regeneration in Planaria: Why some can while others can't

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Justyna Jezierska, PhD

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

Elevated Dyn A levels cause Purkinje cells degeneration. Mechanisms underlying SCA23

Host: Jacek Jaworski

Prof. Mariusz Jaskólski

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Faculty of Chemistry, A.Mickiewicz University (UAM), Poznan

New frontiers of macromolecular crystallography: ultrahigh resolution and superstructure modulation

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Piotr Szwedziak

Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Architecture of the FtsZ-ring in vivo and in vitro suggests a sliding filament constriction mechanism during bacterial cell division

Host: Prof. Matthias Bochtler

Ulrike Topf, PhD

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

Do mitochondria regulate cellular protein homeostasis and aging?

Host:

Prof. Wieslaw I. Gruszecki

Department of Biophysics, Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin

Do plants measure light intensity?

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Dr. Marcin Nowotny

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

Reverse transcriptases - structure and mechanism

Host:

Prof. Kamil R. Kranc

University of Edinburgh, UK

The quest for regulatory pathways of haematopoietic stem cell fate decisions

Host: Agnieszka Chacińska

Prof. Charles R. Cantor

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

Towards Predictive Medicine

Host: Prof. Marta Miączyńska

Katarzyna Radwanska, PhD

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology

The mechanisms for long-term memory formation when synaptic strengthening is impaired

Host: Jacek Jaworski

Małgorzata Figiel, PhD

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

Crystal structure of RNase H3 substrate complex - the complete family picture of RNases H

Host:

Prof. Jarema Malicki

Biomedical Genetics Department of Biomedical Science, the University of Sheffield, UK

Ciliogenesis and cell polarity in the vertebrate embryo

Host: Jacek Jaworski

Prof. Michał Witt

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw

Genetic testing - a source of ethical and legal dilemmas

Host:

Prof. Nils Axelsen

Ombudsman for Research Integrity at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen

Scientific Integrity and Responsible Conduct of Research - hot topics in the turbulent global scientific world

Host: Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

Cecilia Lanny Winata, PhD

Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

Studying early developmental mechanisms using genomics in zebrafish

Host: Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki

M. Isabel Dominguez, PhD

Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA, USA

Role of CK2 in Wnt/beta-catenin signaling

Host: Host: Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki & Marta Wiśniewska

Prof. Aleksei Sazanow

Chair of Natural Sciences and Geography, Leningrad State University named after A.S. Pushkin, St Petersburg, Russia

Evolutionary and functional genomics of animals

Host: Host: Prof. Michał Witt

Dr. Christian Koenig

Pacific Biosciences

Single-Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT™) DNA Sequencing: Technology Overview and Recent Applications

Host: Host: Prof. Michał Witt

Prof. Ryszard Maleszka

Research School of Biology The Australian National University Canberra, Australia

The rise of the epigenomes: bullet-train biology or a step forward in bridging the gap between genotype and phenotype?

Host: Matthias Bochtler

Dr. Paul Hurd

The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

ChIPing away at the epigenome

Host: Matthias Bochlter

Maga Rowicka, Ph.D.

Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch

The high-resolution genomic landscape of DNA double-strand breaks in human cells revealed by next-generation sequencing

Host: Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki

Dr. Irinka Castanon

Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Orientation of cell divisions: the physiological role of Anthrax Toxin Receptors

Host: Marta Miączyńska

Prof. Andrei Lupas

Director, Department of Protein Evolution, Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany

On the origin of folded proteins

Host: Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki

Bennett Van Houten, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

Watching DNA repair: one molecule at a time

Host: Marcin Nowotny

Anna Ajduk, PhD

Department of Embryology, Institute of Zoology Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

Cytoplasmic quality determines developmental potential of mammalian oocytes

Host: Marta Miączyńska

Jan de Sonneville, PhD

From Life Science Methods BV, Leiden, TheNetherlnds

Automated microinjection of cell-polymer suspensions in 3D ECM scaffolds for high-throughput quantitative cancer invasion screens

Host: Małgorzata Wiweger

Jan de Sonneville, PhD

From Life Science Methods BV, Leiden, TheNetherlnds

Automating microinjection in animal models

Host: Małgorzata Wiweger

Prof. Branko Latinkić

Cardiff University

Functional anatomy of cardiogenic transcription factor GATA4

Host: Prof. Matthias Bochtler

Wojciech Wiszniewski M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA

Personal Genome Sequencing and Genomic Medicine

Host: Marta Miączyńska