First CECAD Graduate Symposium 2012
Date: November 19th, 2012
Venue: Lecture Hall, Biozentrum, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Köln
Invited Speakers:
David Gems, London, UK
Ivan Dikic, Frankfurt am Main, German
Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara, Helsinki, Finnland
Session I:
1:00 p.m. Welcome and Introduction
1:15 p.m. Melek Emine Uçar: "Elucidation of CHN-1 function in lifespan and stress regulation."
1:45 p.m. Safiya Khurshid: "AATF-apoptosis antagonizing transcription factor links DNA damage signaling to epidermal development and maintenance of skin barrier function."
2:15 p.m. Invited Speaker - David Gems (UK): "Alternative Perspectives on Ageing in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Reactive Oxygen Species or Hyperfunction"
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
Session II:
3:30 p.m. Martin Heß: "The role of Fto in energy homeostasis."
4:00 p.m. Merly Carlotta Vogt: "Metabolic imprinting of hypothalamic neurocircuits by maternal obesity."
4:30 p.m. Invited Speaker - Ivan Dikić (Germany): "Decoding ubiquitin networks."
5:15 p.m. Coffee Break
Session III:
5:45 p.m. Şükrü Anıl Doğan: "Mitochondrial aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (DARS2) deficiency in mice."
6:15 p.m. Invited Speaker - Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara (Finland): "Mitochondrial metabolism modifies stem cell function."
7:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Participation is free of charge. We are looking forward to welcoming you.
For inquiries, please contact Dr. Doris Birker.