Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Seminars 2017

December 18, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Marco Gottardo
Technology seminar: Electron microscopy of centriole, centrosomes, cilia and mitochondria
Member of RG Jay Gopalakrishnan – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)


December 4, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Perivascular remodeling of astrocytic ER and mitochondrial networks following brain injury.
Jana Göbel
Member of RG Matteo Bergami – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

November 23, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Molecular defects in motile ciliopathies
Heymut Omran
Dept. of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine – Exzellenzcluster "Cells in Motion" – WWU – Münster – DE
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

November 20, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Transcription factor activity across cancer lineages.
Janis Neumann

Member of RG Mathieu Clément-Ziza – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)


November 6, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
to be announced
Steffen Erkelenz

Member of RG Mirka Uhlirova – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)


October 23, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Translational regulation in embryonic development & homeostasis.
Deniz Bartsch

Member of RG Leo Kurian – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)


October 18, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Network-approaches for high-troughput data to understand disease
Julio Saez-Rodriguez

Joint Research Center for Computational Biomedicine (JRC-COMBINE) – RWTH Aachen – DE
hosted by Markus Rinschen (Nephrolab Cologne, Univ. Hospital of Cologne / CECAD Cologne, Univ. of Cologne)


October 2, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Splicing alterations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Christina Grimm

Member of RG Michal-Ruth Schweiger – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

September 18, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
The role of CDK9 inhibition in BRD4-NUT midline carcinoma.
Johannes Bragelmann
Member of RG Martin Sos – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

September 6, 2017

Seminar Series "Novel Technologies"
2.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Cutting-edge Sequencing and Bioinformatic Solutions for Clinical Research
Dr. Nan Fang (Head of R&D)
Dr. Jinbo Zhang (Head of Bioinformatics)
Novogene (HK) company limited – Hong Kong – CN
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

September 4, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Ageing-associated changes in transcription and splicing efficiency.
Cedric Deber

Member of RG Andreas Beyer – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

August 21, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
5.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
A new role for the beta-secretase of Alzheimer disease: Trimers regulate cytosolic copper compartmentalization
Gerhard Multhaup
Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics – McGill University – Montreal – CA
hosted by Guenter Schwarz (Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Chemistry & Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne)

July 25, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
2.30 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
How a neural stem cell decides to become multiciliated ependymal cell
Stavros Taraviras
Dept. of Physiology – Medical School – University of Patras – Greece
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Univ. of Cologne)

July 20, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Mechanistic and system-wide analysis of the autophagy machinery
Martin Graef
CECAD Cologne – MPI Ageing Research – Cologne

July 13, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
to be announced
Thomas Wunderlich
CECAD Cologne – MPI Metabol Research – Cologne

July 6, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Lipidomics - Introduction and applications
Susanne Brodesser
CECAD Cologne – Lipidomics Facility – Cologne

June 29, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Large-scale NGS data integration in the CECAD Bioinformatics Facility
Peter Frommolt
CECAD Cologne – Bioinformatics Facility – Cologne

June 29, 2017

Information booth "Novel Technologies"
9.00 a.m. – Foyer, CMMC Research Building
Promega GmbH – Mannheim – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

June 28, 2017

Information booth "Novel Technologies"
10.00 a.m. – Foyer, CMMC Research Building
QIAGEN GmbH – Hilden – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

June 27, 2017

Information booth "Novel Technologies"
10.00 a.m. – Foyer, CMMC Research Building
Miltenyi Biotec GmbH – Bergisch Gladbach – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

June 26, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Lessons learnt from over 400 Mendeliomes and Exomes of patients with neuromuscular and neurogenetic diseases: novel genes and pathophysiological insights.
Kerstin Becker
Member of JRG Alvaro Rada-Iglesias – CMMC JRG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

June 22, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Next generation sample preparation enables ultrasensitive proteomics
Christian Frese
CECAD Cologne – CECAD/CMMC Proteomics Facility – Cologne

June 13, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Molecular mechanisms of castration-resistant prostate cancer development: the role of AR variant 7 and TRIM24
Anna Groner
ETH Zurich, Dept. of Biosystems Science and Engineering – Zürich – CH
hosted by Michal-Ruth Schweiger (Institute for Epigenomics, Univ. of Cologne)

June 12, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Poised enhancers regulatory activity is topologically facilitated by polycomb
Sara de la Cruz Molina
Member of JRG Alvaro Rada-Iglesias – CMMC JRG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

June 1, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Flow Cytometry in bio-medical research
Christian Kukat
core facilities: facs & imaging – MPI Ageing Research – Cologne

May 30, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Evolution of regulatory landscapes
José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta
Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo – Sevilla – ES
hosted by Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Univ. of Cologne)

May 22, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Genomic reorganization in a rare premature ageing syndrome
Yulia Kargapolova
Member of JRG Argyris Papantonis – CMMC JRG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

May 18, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Introduction to NGS applications
Janine Altmüller
Cologne Center for Genomics – CMMC Research Project C 1 – Cologne

May 12, 2017

Seminar Series "Novel Technologies"
10.30 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Simplified genome editing of primary cells with optimized CRISPR ribonucleoprotein delivery
Christiane Thanisch, PhD and Brian Caudill (IDT)
Integrated DNA Technologies Germany GmbH – München – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

May 11, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Imaging in detail – frequently used methods
Astrid Schauss
Imaging Facility – CECAD – Cologne

May 10, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. – Lecture hall, CECAD Cologne
Changing type - direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to renal tubule cells
Soeren Lienkamp

Dept. of Medicine, Renal Division, Medical Center – University of Freiburg and BIOSS Centre of Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg – Freiburg – DE
hosted by Max C Liebau (Dept. of Children and Adolescent Medicine)

May 8, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Insulin signaling and Mitochondria – Metabolic regulation in the podocyte
Alexander Kuczkowski
Member of RG Paul Brinkkötter – CMMC Project C 5 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

May 4, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Epigenetic regulation during development and in disease
Michal-Ruth Schweiger
Institute of Epigenomics – CMMC Research Project A 10 – Cologne

May 4, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Natriuretic peptides in cardiometabolic crosstalk
Jens Jordan
Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical School, Hannover & Institute for Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR) – Cologne – DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter (Dept. II of Internal Medicine)

April 24, 2017

Seminar Series "Novel Technologies"
9.00 a.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Protein Electrophoresis Insides
Günter Theßeling and Dr. Marcus Mayer
SERVA Electrophoresis GmbH – Heidelberg – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

April 24, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Combined anti-VEGF and anti-PD-L1 therapy improved progression free and overall survival in small cell lung carcinoma
Lydia Meder
Member of the RG Roland Ulrich – CMMC CAP 9 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

April 20, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Imaging basics – possibilities and pitfalls
Astrid Schauss
Imaging Facility – CECAD – Cologne

April 4, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series in cooperation with the IPMM Program
11.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
In-House Liquid Handling
Barbara Siefke
Eppendorf Vertrieb Deutschland GmbH – Wesseling – DE
with accompanying information booth from 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. – Foyer at the CMMC Research Building
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

April 4, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Transcription factories: genome organization and gene regulation
Peter Cook       
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology – University of Oxford – Oxford – UK
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (Junior Group Leader in Systems Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Univ. of Cologne)

April 4, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
1.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Making T cells from hematopoietic precursors and directing them towards tumor antigens
Bart Vandekerckhove     
Lab. for Clinical Biology – Gent University Medical School – Gent – BE
hosted by Hinrich Abken (Dept. I of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Cologne)

March 27, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
pending
Pierre Close     
Laboratory of Cancer Signaling – University of Liège – Liège – BE
hosted by Michal-Ruth Schweiger (Laboratory of Epigenomics, Univ. of Cologne)

March 14, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
A new class of mammalian regulatory elements with dual promoter and enhancer functions
Salvatore Spicuglia
Technological Advances for Genomics and Clinics (TAGC) – INSERM U1090 – Aix-Marseille University – Marseille – FR
hosted by Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Univ. of Cologne)

March 13, 2017

Seminar "Novel technologies"
2.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Applications of cell-based Luciferase Reporter Assays
Promega GmbH – Mannheim – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

March 6, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Inference of Clonal evolution in cancer: The methods and a CLL case study
Nima Abedpour
Member of RG Martin Peifer – CMMC Project A 9 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

Feb. 20, 2017

Seminar Series "Novel Technologies"
10.00 a.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Next Generation Sequencing
Patrycja Beljo
QIAGEN GmbH – Hilden – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

Feb. 20, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Neurocalcin delta, a novel protective modifier for spinal muscular atrophy: A full story from gene identification to therapy
Svenja Schneider
Member of the RG Brunhilde Wirth – CMMC Research Group C 16 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

Feb. 16, 2017

Seminar Series "Novel Technologies"
1.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Modern DNA assembly and CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing
Karl von Laer
New England Biolabs GmbH – Frankfurt am Main – DE
with accompanying information booth from 10.30 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. – Foyer at the CMMC Research Building
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

Feb. 16, 2017

Information booth "Novel Technologies"
10.30 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. – Foyer at the CMMC Research Building
Macherey-Nagel GmbH & Co. KG – Düren
Sarstedt AG & Co. – Nümbrecht – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)

Feb. 16, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
The world of circular RNA
Thomas Birkballe Hansen      
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University – Aarhus – DE
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (Junior Group Leader in Systems Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Univ. of Cologne)

Feb. 06, 2017

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Mechanisms of stem cell apoptosis in skin homeostasis and disease
Anna Geueke
Member of the RG Catherin Niemann – CMMC Research Group A 7 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

Feb. 02, 2017

CMMC Seminar Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Immunotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of pediatric malignancies
Rupert Handgretinger
University Children's Hospital Tübingen – Tübingen – DE
hosted by Hinrich Abken (Dept. I of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Cologne)

Jan. 25, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Is it impossible to be smart about combination drug regimens for cancer therapy?
Christian Reinhardt
Dept. II for Internal Medicine – CMMC Research Project A 9 – Cologne

Jan. 19, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Cutting through the complexity: pre-mRNA splicing in development and disease
Mirka Uhlirova
CECAD Cologne – CMMC Project A12 – Cologne

Jan. 12, 2017

Mol-Med Lecture Series
12.00 a.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Polarity signaling at the kidney filtration barrier
Paul Brinkkötter
Dept. II for Internal Medicine – CMMC Project C 5 – Cologne