Research Report 2010 - MDC

Speaker Institute TitleKiyoshi Mori Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Biology of a siderophore-binding protein –ADepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, common molecular mechanism underlyingKyoto, Japanmesenchymal-epithelial transition, kidneyprotection, innate immunity and anemiaRichard I. Morimoto Northwestern University, USA Regulating Proteostasis in Aging andNeurodegenerative DiseaseTobias Moser University of Goettingen, Molecular physiology of the hair cellGoettingen, Germanyribbon synapsePierluigi Nicotera University of Leicester, Leicester, Subcellular programmes forUnited KingdomneurodegenerationStephen Nutt WEHI Institute of Medcial Research, The transcriptional regulation ofAustralialymphocyte differentiationRaz Palty Department of Physiology, Zlotowski Center NCLX is an essential component offor Neuroscience, Beer-Sheva, Israelmitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchangeLeena Peltonen National Public Health Institute Helsinki, Genes behind rare and common neurologicalFinlanddiseases: Lessons from a genetic isolateAlexandre Prat Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada Leukocyte adhesion to and trafficking acrossbrain ECsBernd Pulverer United Kingdom Scientific PublishingMaike Sander University of California, Temporal Control of Progenitor CellCalifornia, United StatesPluripotency in the PancreasMartin Schmelz Universität Heidelberg, Modulation of axonal excitability andHeidelberg, Germanypain – single fiber recordings inhuman and pigRalf Schneggen- Swiss Institute of Technology, Switzerland Calcium regulation of transmitter release at aburger larger CNS synapseGunnar Schütz Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany Molecular MRI: Magnetic Resonance AnimalImaging in Basic ResearchBarbara Seliger Marthin Luther Universität Halle, Many ways lead to MHC class I abnormalitiesHalle ,GermanyStephan Sigrist University of Wuerzburg, Germany Shedding light on synapse assembly andplasticityPeter Sonderegger University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Local proteolysis at CNS synapses – a key forcognitive functions ?Theresia Stradal Signaling and Motility Group Helmholtz Regulation of different actin basedCentre for Infection Research (HZI),protrusions at the cell peripheryBraunschweig, GermanyUrsula Strobl German Research Center for Environmental The Epstein-Barr viral proteins LMP1 andHealth, Helmholtz Zentrum München,EBNA2 and their cellular homologues CD40Neuherberg, Germanyand Notch in B cell proliferation anddifferentiation248 Academics