Guest lectures and seminars - Page 2

We are welcoming Simon Henriet from EMBL partner, the Michael Sars Centre in Bergen. He will present his work: "Reprogramming intron recognition at the base of the vertebrate phylum".

Tero Aittokallio, group leader in computational systems medicine at Oslo University Hospital, will present his work "From single-cell profiling to effective drug combinations".

Dr. Gross is currently Senior Scientist and Interim Head of the Epigenetics & Neurobiology Unit of EMBL in Rome, Italy. The title of his talk is: "How does context and experience shape social fear circuits?".

Helene Knævelsrud, Associate Professor in the Division of Biochemistry at UiO, will present her work on "When should you stop eating yourself? Or how is autophagy terminated?"

The invited speaker is Ian Mills, John Black Professor of Prostate Cancer at the University of Oxford and NCMM group leader alumni. The title of his talk is: "Reflections on prostate cancer research".

The invited speaker is Samuli Ripatti, Director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), HiLIFE, Professor of Biometry at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. The title of his talk is: "Strategies for turning genetic discoveries into clinical and societal action".

The invited speaker is Juha Kere, professor and senior physician, at the Department of Medicine at the Karolinska Institute. The title of his talk is "How the embryo gets started".

This week, NCMM welcomes two international speakers to present their research work: Carlos Conde and Marin Barisic.

Johan Henriksson, Associate Professor at the University of Umeå, will present his work on "Mapping of gene regulatory networks using CRISPR screening and single-cell analysis".

Denes Hnisz, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, will come to present his research at NCMM. The title of his talk is "Transcriptional condensates in health and disease".

The invited speaker is Megha Padi, Assistant Professor in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona Cancer Centre. The title of her talk is "Translating network biology into new therapies for rare cancers".

This event aims to bring together professionals working with single-cell/nucleus and spatial sequencing technologies, to build a community within the field in the greater Oslo area.

Where are you going, structural biology? This mini-symposium will focus on the modern use of NMR, CryoEM/ET and AlphaFold in the elucidation of protein structure and function.

Invited speaker Elinor Ben-Menachem from Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden, will present on using clinical insights to drive epilepsy drug development.

Dr. Clifford George Kentros from the Kavli Institute of Systems Neuroscience, NTNU, will present on “Using Molecular Genetics to Investigate the Neural Circuitry of Memory and its Disorders”

Once a month, NCMM invites international guest speakers to present on topics within molecular life science and medicine.

Mikhail Spivakov from MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences London will present on the topic of probing the functional effects of genetic variation at enhancers with 3D genomics.

Invited speaker Sakari Vanharanta will present on the topic of "Deconstructing tissue-specific mechanisms of carcinogenesis".

Once a month, NCMM invites international guest speakers to present on topics within molecular life science and medicine.

Invited speaker Ben Black will present on the topic “Learning About Natural Chromosomes to Make New Ones”.

Invited speaker Professor Jussi Taipale will present at the NCMM Tuesday Seminar on the topic “Towards predicting gene expression from sequence”.

Dr. David Adams, Senior Group Leader & Head of Experimental Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, will present his research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.

Jérôme Epsztein from Inmed will present his research on neuronal determinants of spatial cognition as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.

Martin Enge from the Karolinska Institutet will present his research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.