Seminars 2018

Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building

Unbiased B cell receptor repertoire analysis to determine the likelihood of developing broadly neutralizing antibodies targeting HIV-1
Christoph Kreer - Member of Florian Klein’s Group, Institute for Virology and assoc. CMMC-RG

hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) and Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. – Lecture Hall, CECAD Research Building
Che-1/AATF-induced transcriptionally active chromatin promotes cell growth in Multiple Myeloma
Maurizio Fanciulli
Department of Research - Diagnosis and Innovative Technologies - Translational Research Area - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - Rome - IT
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Role of the different LSD1 isoforms in regulation of transcription and alternative splicing of cancer elated genes
Maria Anokhina
Member of Margarete Odenthals’ Group Institute for Pathology and CMMC - A1 – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Polarity proteins in melanocyte homeostasis and malignant transformation
Sina Knapp
Member of Sandra Idens' Group, CECAD Research Center and CMMC - A6 - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Basement membrane ligands determine focal adhesion composition and drive podocyte morphology - implications for glomerular disease
Rachel Lennon
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health University of Manchester - Manchester - UK
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Mutations in NUP37 and NUP107 encoding components of the nuclear pore complex cause microcephaly associated nephrotic syndrome
Maria Asif
Member of Angelika Noegel’s Group Institute for Biochemistry I and CCG – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. – Seminar room, CMMC Research Building
FSGS and the role of parietal epithelial cells
Marcus J. Moeller
Heisenberg Chair for Preventive and Translational Nephrology Department of Internal Medicine -  Nephrology and Clinical Immunology University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen University - Aachen – DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
A lncRNA mediated regulatory layer that facilitates embryonic cell-fate transitions
Gaurav Ahuja
Member of Leo Kurian’s Group Institute for Neurophysiology and assoc. CMMC-JRG – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Disease Tolerance as a Defence Strategy against Glomerular Disease
Pierre-Louis Tharaux
Paris Cardiovascular Centre – PARCC INSERM & Université Paris-Descartes – FR
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Muscle-Secreted CTRP3 Regulates Motor Neuron Physiology via ERK/PI3K Pathway in
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Wiebke Rehorst
Member of Min Jeong Kye’s Group Dept. I of Internal Medicine and CMMC - Project A 3 – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Novel role of Lyn kinase in the tumor microenvironment of B cell malignancies
Hien Nguyen
Member of Michael Hallek’s Group Dept. I of Internal Medicine and CMMC - Project A 3 – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
The proto-oncogene TCL1A controls mitotic checkpoint transition by targeting CDC20
Johanna Stachelscheid
Member of Marco Herling’s Group Dept. I of Internal Medicine and CMMC - Project A 5 – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)

KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
1.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Podocyte processes: morphology and motility
Karlhans Endlich
Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology – University of Greifswald – DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
1.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Imaging the glomerular filtration barrier using super-resolution fluorescence light microscopy
David Unnersjö-Jess
KTH Royal Institute of Technology – Stockholm – SE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
3.00 p.m. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Role of mononuclear phagocytes in renal Infection and inflammation
Christian Kurts
Inst. of Experimental Immunology – Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms – University of Bonn - DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
A new type of transient disease: MAGED2 and the kidney
Björn Reusch
Member of Bodo Beck’s Group Institute for Human Genetics and CMMC - Project C 1 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Role of microRNAs in the regulation of DNA damage-induced apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans
Markus Doll
Member of Björn Schumacher’s and Ashley Williams’ Group Institute for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease and CMMC - Project B 5
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Inhibition of Lysine Demethylase, LSD1, in non-small-cell-lung cancer: a novel therapeutical option?
Iris F Macheleidt
Member of Reinhard Büttner’s Group Institute for Pathology and CMMC - Project A 1 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. s.t. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Clinical trial of free radical imaging with the novel-field cycling DNP-MRI
Hideo Utsumi
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka - JP
hosted by Wilhelm Stoffel – Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute for Biochemistry
and CMMC - SRG 1

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. s.t. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
New perspectives for CTC-based liquid biopsies
Nikolas H Stoecklein
Dept. of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery - Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf - Duesseldorf – DE
hosted by Christiane Bruns – Dept. of General, Visceral and Tumor Surgery
and CMMC – Project assoc. RG - Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Endothelin-1 and Vimentin3 axis in prostate cancer
Tobias Kohl
Member of Axel Heidenreich’s Group Dept. of Urology and CMMC - assoc. RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Targeting translocator protein (18kDa) (TSPO) prevents microglia reactivity in a murine model of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Anne Wolf
Member of Thomas Langmann’s Group Dept. of Ophthalmology and CMMC - assoc. RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. s.t. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Uncovering new factors required for DNA end resection over atypical DNA structures
Pablo Huertas
Dept. of Genetics – University of Sevilla - Sevilla – ES
hosted by Christian Reinhardt / Ron Jachimowicz – Dept. I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG) and CMMC Univ. of Cologne, CECAD Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
CHIP mediates K63-linked ubiquitination and lysosomal degradation of Noxa
Marie-Christine Albert
Member of Hamid Kashkar’s  Group Institute for Med. Microbiology, Immunology & Hygiene and CMMC - Project B 4 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

CMMC Seminar Series
4.30 p.m. s.t. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Structural variation of mammalian genomes: Implications for disease and evolution
Darío G Lupiáñez
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics – MOLGEN – Berlin – DE
hosted by Alvaro Rada-Iglesias – CMMC Univ. of Cologne, CECAD Cologne

CMMC Seminar Series
12.00 p.m. s.t. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Nephrolithiasis – neue Etiologien für eine alte Erkrankung
Matthias Wolf
Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas – US
hosted by Bodo Beck – Institute for Human Genetics, CMMC Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing to study kidney diseases
Linus Butt
Member of Thomas Benzing’s – Dept. II of Internal Medicine and CMMC - Project C 2 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. s.t. – CECAD Cologne, Lecture Hall, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Köln
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in kidney diseases – Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Peter Boor
Inst. of Pathology & Dept. of Nephrology – UK RWTH Aachen - Aachen – DE
hosted by Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, CMMC Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
The impact of the TCL1 oncogene on the proficiency of ATM/p53-mediated DNA damage responses in CLL
Elena Vasyutina
Member of Marco Herling’s – Dept. I of Internal Medicine and CMMC - Project A 5 – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

CMMC Seminar Series
1.00 p.m. s.t. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
New Directions in CAR-T Cell Therapy
Gideon Gross
Immunology Lab. - MIGAL Galilee Research Institute - Kiryat Shmona - ISR
hosted by Hinrich Abken – Dept. I of Internal Medicine, CMMC Univ. of Cologne 

CMMC Seminar Series
2.00 p.m. s.t. – Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Clinical Role of Autoantibodies in Membranous Nephropathy
Elion Hoxha
UKE Hamburg – Dept. III of Internal Medicine – Hamburg – DE
hosted by Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, CMMC
KFO329 in cooperation with the CMMC

CMMC Seminar Series
3.00 p.m. s.t. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Targeted therapies for medulloblastoma – going beyond Hedgehog inhibitors
Daniel Merk
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - DFCI Boston – US
hosted by Thomas Benzing – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Functional characterization of wild-type and N471D strumpellin
Lin Song
Member of Ludwig Eichinger’s – CMMC assoc. RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

RESI Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Insights into the genetics of spontaneous regression and fatal progression in neuroblastoma
Sandra Ackermann
Member of Matthias Fischer’s – CMMC RG – Cologne
hosted by Argyris Papantonis (CMMC) – Alvaro Rada-Iglesias (CMMC)

CMMC Seminar Series
4.00 p.m. – Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Globalization and digitalization of medicine: From clinical Networks to artificial intelligence
Franz Schaefer
Heidelberg University Hospital – Pediatric Nephrology – Heidelberg – DE
hosted by Roman-Ulrich Müller – Dept. II of Internal Medicine – assoc. CMMC Research Group – Univ. of Cologne
and Max Liebau – Dept. of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine – Univ. Hospital Cologne