Cell News 02/2018
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LEIPZIG 2018: SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Monday, September 17, 2018
10:00 – 12:00 Science funding, publishing and career advice by senior DGZ members (for young investigators)
10:00 – 10:40
Dr. Britta Mädge, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG):
How to build a career in science management
Dr. Britta Mädge is program director at the DFG, section Life Sciences 1 (Molecular and Organismal Biology)
10:40 – 11:20
Dr. Petra Gross, Journal of Cell Science: Career opportunities in publishing and science communication
Dr. Petra Gross is review editor for the Journal of Cell Science
11:20 – 12:00
Dr. Michael Hannus, siTOOLs Biotech GmbH
Dr. Michael Hannus is CEO of siTools Biotech and was trained at the EMBL Heidelberg
12:00 - 12:50 Lunch break
12:50
Opening address
13:30 – 16:30 Session 1: Cell cycle control
Chair: Gislene Pereira (Heidelberg, Germany)
13:30 – 14:00
Ulrike Gruneberg (Oxford, UK): Dynamic control of the spindle assembly checkpoint
by distinct kinase-phosphatase modules acting on MPS1
14:00 – 14:30
Jonathan Pines (London, UK): The spindle assembly checkpoint: With great power comes
great responsiveness
14:30 – 14:45
Marina Leone (Erlangen, Germany): Cardiomyocyte binucleation is associated with aberrant mitotic
microtubule distribution, mislocalization of RhoA and IQGAP3, as well as defective actomyosin ring
anchorage and cleavage furrow ingression
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 15:45
Gislene Pereira (Heidelberg, Germany): How the spindle position checkpoint controls genome stability
in budding yeast
15:45 – 16:00 Gerd Müller (Leipzig, Germany): Cell cycle arrest: I have a DREAM
16:00 – 16:15
Julien Guizetti (Heidelberg, Germany): Elucidating atypical centrosome and nuclear microtubule
organization in malaria parasites
16:15 – 16:30
Ingrid Hoffmann (Heidelberg, Germany): FBXO45/MYCBP2 reduces the sensitivity to anti-tubulin
chemotherapeutics by destabilizing the tumor suppressor FBXW7
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:15 DGZ Awards Session
Nikon Young Scientist Award of the DGZ:
17:00 – 17:15
Agata Zielinska (Goettingen, Germany): New insights into age-related causes of aneuploidy in mouse
and human eggs
Walther Flemming Award:
17:15 – 17:30
Ruben Fernandez-Busnadiego (Martinsried, Germany): Unravelling the structure of toxic protein
aggregates in situ
