Seminars 2019
Dec. 18, 2019 – 2.00 p.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Multicolor Immunofluorescence Imaging Masterclass
Dr. Karolina Szczesna - Proteintech
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
Dec. 17, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
(Pre)clinical development of cardiovascular non-coding RNA therapeutics
Thomas Thum – Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, Hannover Medical School, Hannover - DE
hosted by Monika Schlosser Dept. of Cardiology, Coordinator CCRC GRK 2407
Dec. 13, 2019 – 12.00 p.m. – Epi Club
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Epigenetic Clocks for Senescence and Aging
Prof. Wolfgang Wagner - Faculty of Medicine of Aachen University, Head of division of Stem Cell Biology and Cellular Engineering - Aachen - DE
hosted by M.-R. Schweiger / R. Büttner / S. Pöpsel / R. Hänsel-Hertsch / Y. Kargapolova / T. Bleckwehl / T. Pachano (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
Dec. 13, 2019 – 9.30 a.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Late endosomes act as mRNA translation platforms and sustain mitochondria in axons
Jean-Michel Cioni - San Raffaele Institute, Milan - IT
hosted by Brunhilde Wirth (Institute for Human Genetics and CMMC)
Dec. 12, 2019 – 4.00 p.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Cell death and Inflammation in health and disease
Dr. Nieves Peltzer - Cologne Center for Translational Genomics
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher - Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne
December 09, 2019 at 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Unravelling the role of PD-L1 and PD-L2 in the tumor microenvironment of B cell malignancies
Sebastian Reinartz - Member of Michael Hallek’s Group - Dept. I of Internal Medicine and CMMC – A 3 - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC) - Simon Pöpsel (CMMC)
Dec. 05, 2019 – 9.30 a.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Real-Time PCR gene expression and microarray transcriptome analysis training course
ThermoFisher Scientific
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
Dec. 05, 2019 – 9.00 a.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
The dark and bright side of epigenetics: interrogating chromatin modifiers and non-coding elements
Davide Seruggia - Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston - US
hosted by Brunhilde Wirth (Institute for Human Genetics and CMMC)
Nov. 18, 2019 - 04:00 p.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Dissecting cell polarity with chemical genetics
Dr. Jens Januschke - School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee - Scotland, UK
hosted by Prof. Dr. Andreas Wodarz (Institute I for Anatomy)
Nov. 15, 2019 – 12.00 p.m. - Epi Club
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Impaired CHD6 function links autophagy and DNA damage response misregulation to premature ageing / Disruption of neural crest enhancer landscapes as etiological mechanism for human neurocristopathies
Yulia Kargapolova - AG Baldus, Dept. of Cardiology / Michaela Bartusel - AG Rada-Iglesias, CMMC - Cologne - DE
hosted by M.-R. Schweiger / R. Büttner / S. Pöpsel / R. Hänsel-Hertsch / Y. Kargapolova / T. Bleckwehl / T. Pachano (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
Nov. 12, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Resolution of Inflammation: a new Opportunity for the Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Mauro Perretti – William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London SMD, Queen Mary University of London - GB
hosted by Monika Schlosser Dept. of Cardiology, Coordinator CCRC GRK 2407
Nov. 04, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Targeted analysis of structural rearrangements in the CFH gene cluster from patients with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Nikolai Tschernoster - Member of Bodo Beck’s Group - Institute for Human Genetics and CMMC - C 1 - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
Oct. 25, 2019 – 12.00 p.m. - Epi Club
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
H3K4me2 regulates the recovery of protein synthesis from UV-induced DNA damage during development and aging
Siyao Wang – AG Schumacher, CECAD - Cologne - DE
hosted by M.-R. Schweiger / R. Büttner / S. Pöpsel / R. Hänsel-Hertsch / Y. Kargapolova / T. Bleckwehl / T. Pachano (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
Oct. 24, 2019 - 11.30 a.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Focus on Gene Regulation – Studying Transcription Factors & Epigenetics
Dr. rer. nat. Sarantis Chlamydas / Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Spiller-Becker - Active Motif Inc., Frankfurt a.M. - DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
Oct. 17, 2019 - 12.00 p.m. – CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
A hepatocyte differentiation model reveals two subtypes of liver cancer with different oncofetal properties and therapeutic targets
Ming Liu - Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou - CN
hosted by Christiane Bruns and Yue Zhao (Dept. of General, Visceral and Tumor Surgery and CMMC assoc. RG)
Oct. 10, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Early changes of vascular endothelial glycocalyx in critical illness
Jeroen Essers – Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Cancer Genomics Centre Erasmus MC, Rotterdam - NL
hosted by Transregio Collaborative Research Center 259
Oct. 08, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Inflammation in Cardiovascular Diseases
Stephan Baldus – Dept. of Cardiology, Univ. Hospital Cologne - DE
hosted by Prof. Rosenkranz, Dept. of Cardiology
Oct. 07, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Epigenetic mechanisms of percentromeric satellite RNA expression in lung cancer
Julian Kanne - Member of Michal-Ruth Schweiger’s Group, Laboratory for Epigenetics and Tumorgenetics and CMMC – A 10 - Cologne - DE
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
Sept. 30, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
aPKC dependent mechanisms of epithelial stratification
Matthias Rübsam - Member of Carien Niessen’s Group - Dept. of Dermatology, CECAD Cologne and CMMC - C 10 - Cologne - DE
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
Sept. 23, 2019 - 9.30 a.m. – KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
KFO329, CMMC and CECAD Mini symposium on glomerular biology in health and disease
M. Saleem / R. Coward - University of Bristol - Bristol - UK
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter (Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne)
Sep. 20, 2019 – 2.00 p.m. - Epi Club
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
DNA G-quadruplexes in the human genome: detection, functions and therapeutic potential for cancer and ageing
Robert Hänsel-Hertsch – JRG X CMMC - Cologne - DE
hosted by M.-R. Schweiger / R. Büttner / S. Pöpsel / R. Hänsel-Hertsch / Y. Kargapolova / T. Bleckwehl / T. Pachano (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
Sept. 19, 2019 – 01:00 p.m. - FOR2722 / CMMC Seminar
Small Lecture Hall – MTI Hörsaaltrakt / Building 44b
Collagens V and XI in the coordinate regulation of tendon structure and function
Prof. David E. Birk - Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Florida - FL - USA
hosted by Prof. Mats Paulsson / Prof. Manuel Koch (Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty - Cologne - DE / Inst. for Experimental Dentistry and Oral Musculoskeletal Biology /
Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty - Cologne - DE)
August 27, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Early changes of vascular endothelial glycocalyx in critical illness
Thorsten Annecke – Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Univ. Hospital Cologne - DE
hosted by Prof. Baldus / Prof. Rosenkranz Dept. of Cardiology
August 06, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
DNA damage responses in ageing and disease
Björn Schumacher – CECAD Research Center, Cologne - DE
hosted by Prof. Baldus / Prof. Rosenkranz Dept. of Cardiology
July 10, 2019 - 2.00 p.m. – KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
New Aspects of Renal Regeneration Unraveled by Intravital Multiphoton Microscopy
Hayo Castrop - Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg - DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter (Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne)
July 09, 2019 - 1.00 p.m. – KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
Lecture hall, CECAD Research Center
Deciphering podocyte-ECM interaction for a deeper understanding of glomerular disease
Christoph Schell - University Hospital Freiburg - Department of Pathology - Freiburg - DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter (Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne)
July 02, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Chromatin as an ageing platform: insights from a rare disease
Argyris Papantonis – University Medical Center Göttingen, Institute of Pathology - Göttingen - DE
hosted by Prof. Baldus / Prof. Rosenkranz Dept. of Cardiology
June 26, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. – CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Novel roles of ciliary signaling proteins in cell death mechanisms
Sarita R. Patnaik - Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz -DE
hosted by Bernhard Schermer (Dept. II of Internal Medicine and CMMC - C12)
June 21, 2019 - 2.00 p.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Reversal of ageing- and injury-induced vision loss by epigenetic reprogramming
Bruce Ksander - Dept. of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston - US
hosted by Claus Cursiefen / Maria Notara - Dept. of Ophthalmology and CMMC
June 18, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Vascular Disease
Aleksandra Trifunovic -CECAD Cologne, Germany - DE
hosted by Monika Schlosser Dept. of Cardiology, Coordinator CCRC GRK 2407
June 17, 2019 - 10.00 a.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Hausmesse im ZMMK
New England Biolabs GmbH, Frankfurt a.M. - DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
June 17, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. – RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Molecular mechanisms driving normal and aberrant late lung development – the functional role of Klf4 in alveolar progenitor cells
Jasmine Mohr - Member of Miguel Alejandre Alcazar’s Group - CMMC - CAP10
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
June 14, 2019 - 11.00 a.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Manuelle und automatisierte Nukleinsäureextraktion
Analytik Jena AG, Jena – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
June 06, 2019 - 3.00 p.m. – CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Spatial regulation of coordinated excitatory and inhibitory synaptic plasticity
Andrea Barberis - Italian Institute of Technology, Dept of Neuroscience and Brain Technology, Genova - IT
hosted by Guenter Schwarz (Inst. for Biochemistry and CMMC - C13, Dean - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
May 21, 2019 - 05:00 p.m. - CCRC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Inflammation and growth factor signaling in pulmonary hypertension
Stephan Rosenkranz - Dept. of Cardiology, University Hospital of Cologne - DE
hosted by Monika Schlosser Dept. of Cardiology, Coordinator CCRC GRK 2407
May 17, 2019 - 9.00 a.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Amniotic fluid proteome analysis for management and better understanding of developmental renal disease
Joost-Peter Schanstra - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Toulouse - FR
hosted by Brunhilde Wirth - Institute for Human Genetics and CMMC - C16, Univ. of Cologne
May 14, 2019 - 09.00 a.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Foyer, CMMC Research Building
Products & Technologies Info Day
Steinbrenner Laborsysteme GmbH, Wiesenbach – DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
May 13, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
The role of the lysine-specific histone demethylase KDM1A in the pathogenesis of lymphatic leukemias
Qu Jiang - Member of Marco Herling’s Group - Dept. I of Internal Medicine and CMMC - A 5 - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
April 29, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Unbiased B cell receptor repertoire analysis to determine the likelihood of developing HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies
Christoph Kreer - Member of Florian Klein’s Group - Institute for Virology and assoc. CMMC RG - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
April 08, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
CHP1 reduction ameliorates spinal muscular atrophy pathology and has therapeutic potential
Eva Janzen - Member of Brunhilde Wirths’ Group - Institute for Human Genetics and CMMC - C16 - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
April 02, 2019 - 2.00 p.m. – KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
Lecture hall HS V, LFI-Building (Building 13), Kerpener Str. 62
The Role of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Glomerular Proteostasis in Health and Disease
Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger - University Hospital of Hamburg, UKE, Hamburg - DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter (Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne)
March 27, 2019 - 1.00 p.m. - IPMM Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Introduction to Healthcare Consulting
Dr. Kashish Manchanda - Alcimed GmbH, Cologne - DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
March 26, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Lecture Hall - CECAD Research Center
TNFR2 -a novel switch to promote tissue regeneration
Roman Fischer - Drexel University - Philadelphia - US
hosted by Martin Krönke - Institute for Med. Microbiology, Immunology
and Hygiene - CECAD, Univ. of Cologne
March 25, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
The role of skeletal muscle cells-specific mitochondrial DNA deletions
in aging sarcopenia
Sammy Kimoloi - Member of Rudolf Wiesner’ Group - Institute for Vegetative Physiology
and CMMC - assoc. RG - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
March 21, 2019 - 2.30 p.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
IDT rhAmpSeq seminar
Integrated DNA Technologies Germany GmbH, Munich - DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
March 19, 2019 - 11.15 a.m. - Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
qPCR-Seminar
Steinbrenner-Laborsysteme GmbH, Wiesenbach - DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
March 18, 2019 - 2.00 p.m. - KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Mitochondrial aggregates of mutated glycine amidinotransferase (GATM) cause renal Fanconi syndrome and kidney failure
Richard Warth - Medical Cell Biology - Institute of Physiology University of Regensburg - DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter (Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne)
March 13, 2019 - 11.00 a.m. - CMMC Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
AYOXXA’s LUNARIS Protein Multiplexing Seminar
AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH - Cologne - DE
hosted by Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne)
March 11, 2019 - 4.00 p.m. - RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Role of the different LSD1 isoforms in regulation of transcription and alternative splicing of cancer related genes
Maria Anokhina - Member of Reinhard Büttners' Group - Institute for Pathology and CMMC - A1 - Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) - Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
Feb. 20, 2019 - 11.00 a.m. - CMMC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
ABCB5-positive stem cells in development and regeneration
Natasha Frank - Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Genetics - Boston - US
hosted by Maria Notara - Dept. of Ophthalmology and CMMC - CAP15, Univ. of Cologne
Feb. 18, 2019 – 4.00 p.m. – RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
A mutated CHD6 SLIDE domain links deregulation of DNA damage responses and autophagy in a rare premature ageing syndrome
Yulia Kargapolova – Member of Argyris Papantonis’ Group – assoc. RG – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
Feb. 12, 2019 - 13.00 p.m. - CMMC Seminar Series Novel Technologies
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
RNA Day
Stephan Hesse- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Darmstadt - DE
hosted by Agapios Sachinidis - Institute of Neurophysiology, CMMC - Univ. of Cologne
Feb. 04, 2019 – 4.00 p.m. – RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
B cell-specific expression of Myd88p.L252P leads to the development of diffuse large B cell lymphoma in mice
Ruth Flümann – Member of Christian Reinhardts’ Group, Dept. I of Internal Medicine / Dept. of Translational Genomics and CMMC – A9 – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
Jan. 30, 2019 – 2.00 p.m. – KFO 329 / CMMC Seminar Series
Mediathek, CMMC Research Building
Impact of genetic analysis on clinical practice in adult nephrology - a circular path from bedside to bench and back again
Jan Halbritter – Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology – University of Leipzig – Leipzig – DE
hosted by Thomas Benzing and Paul Brinkkötter – Dept. II of Internal Medicine, KFO 329, CMMC – Univ. of Cologne
Jan. 21, 2019 – 4.00 p.m. – RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Sulfite Oxidase - a vital oxidoreductase and novel nitrite reductase
Alexander Kaczmarek – Member of Guenther Schwarz’s Group, Institute for Biochemistry and CMMC – C13 – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)
Jan. 15, 2019 – 1.00 p.m. – CMMC Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Time-resolved proximity labeling and proteomics of primary cilia during Hedgehog singling
David Mick – Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS) – Saarland University Homburg – DE
hosted by Bernhard Schermer – Dept. II of Internal Medicine and CMMC – C12, Univ. of Cologne
Jan. 07, 2019 – 4.00 p.m. – RESI Seminar Series
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building
Mettl21c - a novel skeletal-muscle specific methyltransferase regulates autophagy-associated protein breakdown
Janica Wiederstein – Member of Marcus Krüger’s Group, CECAD Research Center and CMMC - Proteomics Facility – Cologne
hosted by Sebahattin Cirak (CMMC) – Elena Vasyutina (CMMC)