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GCB Students’ Symposium 2013: <strong>Program</strong>me<br />
Group “Biomedical Sciences & Biomedical Engineering”: Room U113 (basement)<br />
09.00 – 10.30 Student Presentations, Part I (T-001 to T-006)<br />
Chair: Prof. Dr. Frank Stüber, DCR & Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy,<br />
Inselspital, Bern University Hospital<br />
09.00 Sébastien Barré, Institute of Anatomy<br />
T-001 Estimation of the number of acini during postnatal rat lung development<br />
09.15 Sigrid Marie Blom, Dept. of Physiology<br />
T-002 Plasticity in the anterior cingulate cortex of mice with neuropathic pain<br />
09.30 Andreas Haeberlin, ARTORG Cardiovascular Engineering<br />
T-003 Validation of esophageal long-term electrocardiography as an alternative technique for long-term<br />
heart rhythm monitoring<br />
09.45 Michael Jäger, ARTORG Center, Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation<br />
T-004 Methods to increase user comfort in a driving simulator<br />
10.00 Marcel Felder, ARTORG Center, Lung Regeneration Technologies<br />
T-005 Epithelial regeneration – on chip<br />
10.15 Jérémie Guignard, ARTORG Center, Artificial Hearing Research<br />
T-006 A surgical guide for implantation surgery in the temporal bone using a bone-thickness map<br />
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break (Foyer to Room U113)<br />
11.00 – 12.30 Student Presentations, Part II (T-007 to T-012)<br />
Chair: Prof. Dr. Philippe Zysset, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics<br />
11.00 Victor Jeger, Dept. of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Inselspital<br />
T-007 Organ-specific alterations in mitochondrial respiration in a porcine model of sepsis-induced<br />
multiple organ failure<br />
11.15 Nina Waldern, Equine Department, Vetsuisse Zurich<br />
T-008 Kinetics and kinematics of the tölt: Effects of rider interaction and shoeing manipulations<br />
11.30 Adel Tekari, Dept. of Clinical Research, Bone Biology & Orthopaedic Research<br />
T-009 Intracellular collagen levels in monolayer cultures of bovine articular chondrocytes<br />
11.45 Aniña Pescatore, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine<br />
T-010 How do patterns of wheeze change over the first 14 years of life?<br />
12.00 Ghislain Maquer, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics<br />
T-011 MRI-based finite element models of degenerated intervertebral discs<br />
12.15 Michael Kistler, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics<br />
T-012 Method to accelerate finite element calculation in biomechanics using a statistical database of<br />
pre-calculated simulations<br />
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GCB Students’ Symposium 2013: <strong>Program</strong>me<br />
Group “Biological Systems”: Room S379 (3 rd floor, South)<br />
09.00 – 10.30 Student Presentations, Part I (T-013 to T-018)<br />
Chair: Prof. Dr. Petra Roosje, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Dermatology,<br />
Vetsuisse Bern<br />
09.00 Jasmin Balmer, Dept. of Clinical Research, Ophthalmology<br />
T-013 Tg21, a mouse model of night blindness<br />
09.15 Anjan Bongoni, Dept. of Clinical Research, Plastic & Hand Surgery<br />
T-014 ASGR1 expressed by porcine aortic endothelial cells mediates human platelet phagocytosis in<br />
in vitro as well as during ex vivo xenoperfusion<br />
09.30 Simone Portmann, Dept. of Clinical Research, Visceral & Transplantation Surgery<br />
T-015 Inhibition of SIRT1 impairs the growth of HCC tumours<br />
09.45 Helene Rohrbach, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Anaesthesiology, Vetsuisse Bern<br />
T-016 Quantitative assessment of the facilitation of the nociceptive withdrawal reflex by repeated<br />
electrical stimulations in healthy, non-medicated experimental sheep<br />
10.00 Andrea R. Sieber, Dept. of Physiology<br />
T-017 Non-Hebbian long-term potentiation of inhibitory synapses in the thalamus<br />
10.15 Sheida Moghadamrad, Dept. of Clinical Research, Hepatology<br />
T-018 Hemodynamic effects of bacterial intestinal colonization in normal and portal hypertensive mice<br />
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break (Foyer to Room U113)<br />
11.00 – 12.30 Student Presentations, Part II (T-019 to T-024)<br />
Chair: PD Dr. Deborah Stroka, DCR & Dept. of Visceral Surgery and Medicine,<br />
Inselspital, Bern University Hospital<br />
11.00 Tiziana Patrizia Cremona, Theodor Kocher Institute<br />
T-019 Impact of cigarette smoke exposure on Pseudomonas aeruginosa clearance in wild-type and<br />
serpinB1-/- mice<br />
11.15 Faik Imeri, Institute of Pharmacology<br />
T-020 Effects of two novel FTY-720-derivatives on endothelial cells in vitro and in EAE mice<br />
11.30 Sara El-Gebali, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine<br />
T-021 Role of SLC7A5 in colon cancer<br />
11.45 Anuja Neve, Institute of Cell Biology<br />
T-022 Functional consequences of Spinal Muscular Atrophy at the neuromuscular junction<br />
12.00 Natalie Jeannet, Institute of Anatomy<br />
T-023 Effects of inhaled nanoparticles on the susceptible population – in vitro evolution<br />
12.15 Martina Heidemann, Dept. of Physiology<br />
T-024 Investigating functional regeneration in vitro in a spinal cord microenvironment<br />
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GCB Students’ Symposium 2013: <strong>Program</strong>me<br />
Group “Cell Biology”: Room EG16 (ground floor, North)<br />
09.00 – 10.30 Student Presentations, Part I (T-025 to T-030)<br />
Chair: PD Dr. Mario Tschan, Institute of Pathology, DCR, & Dept. of Medical<br />
Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital<br />
09.00 Christoph Zürcher, Institute of Veterinary Virology, Vetsuisse Bern<br />
T-025 Cellular uptake of pestiviral protein E rns<br />
09.15 Eliane Küng, Institute for Infectious Diseases<br />
T-026 Intra- and interspecies competition of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule types and commensal<br />
streptococci in the human nasopharynx<br />
09.30 Nina Eickel, Institute of Cell Biology<br />
T-027 Plasmodium berghei infection induces tubulovesicular LC3 structures in the host hepatocyte<br />
09.45 Valentina Carta, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine<br />
T-028 A novel open channel blocker of GABAA receptors<br />
10.00 Paulina Cwiek, Dept. of Clinical Research, Haematology/Oncology (Paediatrics)<br />
T-029 Identification and validation of novel drug targets in medulloblastoma<br />
10.15 Maria Consolata Miletta, Dept. of Clinical Research, Endocrinology/Diabetology/<br />
Metabolism (Paediatrics)<br />
T-030 Sodium Butyrate helps to rescue the aberrant splicing in the autosomal dominant form of isolated<br />
growth hormone deficiency type II<br />
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break (Foyer to Room U113)<br />
11.00 – 12.30 Student Presentations, Part II (T-031 to T-036)<br />
Chair: Prof. Dr. Andrew Hemphill, Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Bern<br />
11.00 Daniel Brigger, Dept. of Clinical Research, Oncology/Haematology (Adults), & Institute of<br />
Pathology<br />
T-031 A WIPI-dependent autophagy pathway operating in neutrophil differentiation of acute myeloid<br />
leukemia cells<br />
11.15 Min Ma, Experimental Infectious Diseases & Cancer Research, University Children’s<br />
Hospital Zurich, and Div. of Molecular Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Bern<br />
T-032 Reversible host cell transformation by Theileria annulata uncovers crosstalk between<br />
inflammatory cytokine signalling and actin cytoskeleton dynamics<br />
11.30 Olga Wiens, Div. of Molecular Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Bern<br />
T-033 Searching for Plk1 interaction partner on the surface of Theileria annulata<br />
11.45 Marie-Luise Humpert, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona<br />
T-034 Molecular mechanisms of CXCR7 sorting and potential signaling properties<br />
12.00 Arnaud Baumann, Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis, Mittelhäusern<br />
T-035 Porcine cathelicidins complex nucleic acids to promote their rapid and efficient uptake by<br />
plasmacytoid dendritic cells resulting in potent IFN-α production<br />
12.15 Mahbubul Morshed, Institute of Pharmacology<br />
T-036 IgE-dependent and -independent activation of basophils induce mitochondrial DNA release and<br />
leads to extracellular bacterial killing<br />
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GCB Students’ Symposium 2013: <strong>Program</strong>me<br />
Group “Molecular Biology & Biochemistry”: Room S481 (4 th floor, South)<br />
09.00 – 10.30 Student Presentations, Part I (T-037 to T-042)<br />
Chair: PD Dr. Torsten Ochsenreiter, Institute of Cell Biology<br />
09.00 Ruth Amann, Dept. of Clinical Research, Rheumatology<br />
T-037 Role of the receptor FGFRL1 during muscle development<br />
09.15 Rajendra Boggavarapu, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine<br />
T-038 Expression of human sodium-vitamin C transporter 1 (SVCT1) in Xenopus laevis oocytes for<br />
functional and structural studies<br />
09.30 Kseniia Poliakova, Dept. of Clinical Research, Dermatology<br />
T-039 Role of BPAG1-a/b, giant spectraplakin family members, in cytoskeletal organization, vesicle<br />
transport and migration of myoblasts<br />
09.45 Raphael Joncourt, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry<br />
T-040 Investigation of premature termination codon recognition in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay<br />
10.00 Ravish Rashpa, Institute of Cell Biology<br />
T-041 Elucidating the role of Cap binding proteins in BicD dependent localization processes<br />
10.15 Jessica Merulla, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona<br />
T-042 Deciphering the complexity of the mammalian ERAD pathways<br />
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break (Foyer to Room U113)<br />
11.00 – 12.30 Student Presentations, Part II (T-043 to T-048)<br />
Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter Bütikofer, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine<br />
11.00 Hansjürg Engel, Institute for Infectious Diseases<br />
T-043 Heteroresistance to fosfomycin in Streptococcus pneumoniae<br />
11.15 Ghalia Boubaker, Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Bern<br />
T-044 P-29 protein: Addressing its biological properties and applications for vaccine and therapy<br />
research in alveolar echinococcosis<br />
11.30 Olivera Cirovic, Institute of Cell Biology<br />
T-045 Developmental regulation of mitochondrial organelle biogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei<br />
11.45 Remo Schmidt, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine<br />
T-046 Involvement of Atg8 and Atg9 in autophagy in Trypanosoma brucei<br />
12.00 Edouard Jaumouillé, Institute of Cell Biology<br />
T-047 Investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying the role of unfulfilled in the Drosophila<br />
circadian rhythms and network<br />
12.15 Ismael Fernández-Hernández, Institute of Cell Biology<br />
T-048 Adult neurogenesis in Drosophila<br />
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GCB Students’ Symposium 2013: <strong>Program</strong>me<br />
AFTERNOON SESSIONS: Room U113 & Foyer (basement)<br />
12.30 – 14.00 Poster Session A (P-001 to P-069) & Lunch Break<br />
14.15 – 14.30 GCB Award for Best Thesis<br />
14.30 – 15.30 Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Walter J. Gehring<br />
Prof. em. Biozentrum, University of Basel<br />
“The Evolution of Vision”<br />
15.30 – 17.30 Poster Session B (P-070 to P-138) & Apéro<br />
Poster Sessions A & B: please see pp. 6 & 7<br />
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GCB Students’ Symposium 2013: <strong>Program</strong>me<br />
POSTER SESSIONS: Foyer to Room U113 (basement)<br />
Poster Session A: 12.30 – 14.00<br />
Group “Biomedical Sciences &<br />
Biomedical Engineering”<br />
P-001 Stefan Bauer<br />
P-002 Christine Bolliger<br />
P-003 Elena Daskalaki<br />
P-004 Pascal André Dufour<br />
P-005 Kate Gavaghan<br />
P-006 Anja Kurz<br />
P-007 Jakob Larsen<br />
P-008 Torsten Lüdge<br />
P-009 Thanks Marisa<br />
P-010 Michael Rüegsegger<br />
P-011 Mazvita Sengayi<br />
P-012 Patrick Steiner<br />
P-013 Reto A. Stucki<br />
P-014 Lyson Tenthani<br />
P-015 Laura Wengenroth<br />
P-016 Stefan Wolf<br />
P-017 Mousa Zarrin<br />
Group “Biological Systems”<br />
P-018 Michael Abadier<br />
P-019 Claudia Dührkop-Sisewitsch<br />
P-020 Audrey Filézac de L‘Etang<br />
P-021 Neha Gadhari<br />
P-022 Daniel Gutierrez<br />
P-023 Ali Hashemi Gheinani<br />
P-024 Ivana Lazarevic<br />
P-025 Fabian D. Liechti<br />
P-026 Irene Marcu<br />
P-027 Ramesh Periasamy<br />
P-028 Nicole Bernadette Porz<br />
P-029 Céline Ruegsegger<br />
P-030 Emilie Seydoux<br />
P-031 Simone Carlo Surace<br />
P-032 Marcel Wullschleger<br />
Group “Cell Biology”<br />
P-033 Mohamad Al Sayed<br />
P-034 Paola Basilico<br />
P-035 Paul-Christian Burda<br />
P-036 Chen Dai<br />
P-037 Kayluz Frias Boligan<br />
P-038 Aladin Haimovici<br />
P-039 Susanne Hoesli<br />
P-040 Isabel Hostettler<br />
P-041 Stefanie Kochinger<br />
P-042 Kei Mikami<br />
P-043 Aleksandra J. Ozga<br />
P-044 Simona Pfister<br />
P-045 Silvan Röthlisberger<br />
P-046 Carla Ruckstuhl<br />
P-047 Manuela Tham<br />
P-048 Julian Wampfler<br />
P-049 Natascha Wuillemin<br />
Group “Molecular Biology &<br />
Biochemistry”<br />
P-050 Walter Aeschimann<br />
P-051 Mislay Avila Sánchez<br />
P-052 Christin Bolze<br />
P-053 Barbara Büchel<br />
P-054 Laure Cardinaux<br />
P-055 Carolina Duart Garcia<br />
P-056 Melanie Eck<br />
P-057 Luce Farine<br />
P-058 Jennifer Gebetsberger<br />
P-059 Michael Ignarski<br />
P-060 Christopher B. Jackson<br />
P-061 Christian Kropf<br />
P-062 Simon Middendorp<br />
P-063 Philipp Odermatt<br />
P-064 Mina Rezaei<br />
P-065 Simone Carla Rufener<br />
P-066 Thierry O. Schaffner<br />
P-067 Anna Schläfli<br />
P-068 Michael Steinmann<br />
P-069 Stephan L. Watkins<br />
Poster Session B: please see p. 7<br />
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GCB Students’ Symposium 2013: <strong>Program</strong>me<br />
POSTER SESSIONS: Foyer to Room U113 (basement)<br />
Poster Session B: 15.30 – 17.30<br />
Group “Biomedical Sciences &<br />
Biomedical Engineering”<br />
P-070 Nello Blaser<br />
P-071 John Choy<br />
P-072 Sandro De Zanet<br />
P-073 Matteo Fusaglia<br />
P-074 Micah Gross<br />
P-075 Michelle Jackson<br />
P-076 Karina Klein<br />
P-077 Jan Kümmerle<br />
P-078 Thomas Niederhauser<br />
P-079 Johann Jakob Schwiedrzik<br />
P-080 Hadi Seyed Hosseini<br />
P-081 Michael Stoller<br />
P-082 Felix Theiss<br />
P-083 Grzegorz Toporek<br />
P-084 Tom Williamson<br />
P-085 Weiguo Xie<br />
Group “Biological Systems”<br />
P-086 Christine Deisl<br />
P-087 Nicole Eisele<br />
P-088 Marie-Christine Franz<br />
P-089 Stefanie Grafmüller<br />
P-090 Neda Haghayegh Jahromi<br />
P-091 Janine Hensel<br />
P-092 Zaira Leni<br />
P-093 Giulio Loforese<br />
P-094 Sarah Moyle<br />
P-095 Anna Pham<br />
P-096 Swapna Ravikumar<br />
P-097 Karthik Sathiyanadan<br />
P-098 Valentin Sottas<br />
P-099 Ninda Syam<br />
P-100 Line Zurkinden<br />
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Group “Cell Biology”<br />
P-101 Lisa Alves<br />
P-102 Peter Bou Dib<br />
P-103 Patrick Buschor<br />
P-104 Daniel Fallegger<br />
P-105 Stefan Halbherr<br />
P-106 Tamara Hilmenyuk<br />
P-107 Stefanie Hofer Reyes<br />
P-108 Daniela Impellizzieri<br />
P-109 Matteo M. Mauri<br />
P-110 Federico Mele<br />
P-111 Oleksandr Pastukhov<br />
P-112 Markus Pieczyk<br />
P-113 Saša Rožman<br />
P-114 Philip Sachse<br />
P-115 Marc Wehrli<br />
P-116 Heidi Wolfmeier<br />
P-117 James Yun<br />
Group “Molecular Biology &<br />
Biochemistry”<br />
P-118 Miroslav Arambasic<br />
P-119 Doreen Becker<br />
P-120 Regula Burkhard<br />
P-121 Sibylle Bürki<br />
P-122 Valeriya Dimitrova<br />
P-123 Nadine Ebert<br />
P-124 Matthias Eggel<br />
P-125 Tanja K. Froehlich<br />
P-126 Qing Huo<br />
P-127 Simon Imhof<br />
P-128 Mojtaba Khosravi<br />
P-129 Maria Luisa Martinez<br />
P-130 Simon Nicolussi<br />
P-131 Juan Pereira de Macêdo<br />
P-132 Valentina Romeo<br />
P-133 Manisha Saxena<br />
P-134 Felix Schnarwiler<br />
P-135 Christoph Kurt Schweingruber<br />
P-136 Sameer Udhane<br />
P-137 Xianghong Zhang<br />
P-138 David Zünd
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