Universität zu Köln 

Monday, June 1, 2015, 11.00 a.m.
Kenneth Pryde
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University College London, UK
website
"Unravelling the mechanisms of fission and presumed mitochondrial toxicity during defective mitophagy"
Host: Thomas Langer, CECAD Research Center/Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Monday, May 4, 2015, 11.15 a.m.
Thomas Simmen
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
website
"The Mitochondria-Associated Membrane (MAM): A Cellular Structure where Redox and Rabs decide on Cancer and Neurodegeneration"
Host: Stefan Höning, Institute for Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 12.15 p.m.
Stefan Müller
Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main
website
"The ubiquitin-related SUMO pathway: from mechanisms to functions"
Host: Jürgen Dohmen, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: Institute for Genetics, Zülpicher Straße 47a, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Thursday, April 16, 2015, 11.00 a.m.
Pavel Ivanov
BWH Brigham Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston
website
"Angiogenin-mediated RNA cleavage in the regulation of gene expression"
Host: Niels Gehring, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Joseph-Stelmann-Straße 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Monday, April 13, 2015, 1.00 p.m.
Randi Rawson
Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT/USA
website
"The role of mitochondria in axon degeneration"
Host: Thomas Langer, CECAD/Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Joseph-Stelmann-Straße 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 2.00 p.m.
Tom Bender
Department of Cell Biology Université de Genève
website
"The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier as a metabolic regulator at the pyruvate branch point"
Host: Aleksandra Trifunovic, CECAD Research Center, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 26, lecture hall, ground floor

Wednesday, March 17, 2015, 1.00 p.m.
XVIII. Minisymposium on Plant Biology: "Development"
Host: Swen Schellmann, Aurélien Boisson-Dernier, Christian Breuer, Frank Ludewig, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne
Venue: Cologne Biocenter, Zülpicher Straße 47 b, lecture hall (0.024), ground floor
Program & Poster

Wednesday, Februar 10, 2015, 05.00 p.m.
Alfred Vertegaal
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
website
"Uncovering small ubiquitin-like modifier signalling networks"
Host: Jürgen Dohmen, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: Institute for Genetics, Zülpicher Straße 47a, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Wednesday, October 22, 01.00 p.m.
Maria Patron
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua
website
"New insights into the regulation of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue:CECAD Forschungscenter, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor

Wednesday, September 24, 11.15 p.m.
Heinz Neumann
Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Universität Göttingen
website
"Why do chromosomes condense in mitosis?"
Host: Michael Lammers, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue:CECAD Forschungscenter, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor

Monday, September 8, 01.00 p.m.
Tom Bender
Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva
website
"The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier as a metabolic regulator at the pyruvate branch point"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Forschungsgebäude, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor

Tuesday, August 5, 5.00 p.m.
Philip Coffino
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA/USA
website
"ATP-powered degradation: From a bizarre special case to general conclusions"
Host: Jürgen Dohmen, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Straße 47 a, lecture hall, ground floor

Monday, July 7, 2.00 p.m.
Clemens Stegborn
Department of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth
website
"Metabolic sensing by Sirtuins and soluble adenylyl cyclases – Function, molecular mechanisms, and drug development"
Host: Michael Lammers, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Forschungsgebäude, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Thursday, June 24, 13.00 p.m.
Victoria Hewitt
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Melbourne/Australia
website
"Evolutionary rewiring of mitochondrial protein import and membrane protein complex assembly in Candida albicans"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Forschungsgebäude, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor

Monday, May 27
Luís R. Saraiva
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK & European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
website
"Deconstructing smell: from single cell transcriptomics to behavior"
Host: Karin Schnetz, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture Hall, 4th floor
Flyer

*Joint seminar with the ZMMK*:
Monday, May 19 
Muniswamy Madesh
Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Center & Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA/USA
website
"Are oxidative and calcium signaling determinants of mitochondrial longevity?"
Host: Bernhard Schermer, Department II of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne
Venue: ZMMK Forschungsgebäude, Robert-Koch-Straße 21, seminar room, ground floor
Flyer

Monday, May 12, 2.00 p.m.
Stefan Taubert
Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver/Canada
website
"Studies on the Mediator complex of C. elegans: unexpected insights into ER stress and the unfolded protein response"
Host: Thorsten Hoppe, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Forschungsgebäude, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Thursday, April 17, 12.15 p.m.
Philipp Wild
Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main
website
"The regulation of autophagy receptors by phosphorylation"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Forschungsgebäude, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Tuesday, April 1, 12.15 p.m.
Huib Ovaa
Chemical Biology - Division of Cell Biology II, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
website
"Chemical ubiquitination"
Host: Kay Hofmann, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: Institute for Genetics, Zülpicher Straße 47 a, lecture hall, 4th floor
Flyer

Tuesday, March 25, 10.00 a.m.
Drazen Papic
Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen
website
"Biogenesis of helical multispan proteins of mitochondrial outer membrane and their key import factor Mim1"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: CECAD Forschungsgebäude, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Thursday, February 13, 11.00 a.m.
Yohsuke Ohba
Department of Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
website
"Intracellular lysophosphatidic acid regulates mitochondrial dynamics"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Venue: Institute for Genetics, Zülpicher Straße 47a, lecture hall, 4th floor
Flyer

Tuesday, January 28, 12.00 p.m.
Matthias Schwab
Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart
& Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital, Tübingen
website
"Pharmacogenetics: Current status & future prospectives"
Host: Günter Schwarz, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne
Venue: Institute for Genetics, Zülpicher Straße 47a, lecture hall, 4th floor

Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Germana Meroni
Cluster in Biomedicine - AREA Science Park, Trieste
website
"The Tripartite Motif (TRIM) family of ubiquitin ligases in health and disease"
Host: Elena Rugarli, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, lecture hall, 4th floor, 12.00 p.m.
Flyer

Monday, October 14, 2013
Joaquín Madrenas
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec/CAN
website
"On the role of SLP-2: Mitochondrial membrane compartmentalization and optimal respiratory chain assembly"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, lecture hall, 4th floor, 11.30 a.m.
Flyer

Monday, October 7, 2013
Mark Hochstrasser 
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT/USA
website
"The ubiquitin-proteasome system: tales from the beginning and end"
Host: Jürgen Dohmen, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, lecture hall, 4th floor, 12.00 p.m.
Flyer

Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Nils Johnsson
Institut für Molekulare Genetik und Zellbiologie, Universität Ulm
website
"Towards a dynamic and functional presentation of the protein interaction network underlying polar growth and cytokinesis in yeast"
Host: Jürgen Dohmen, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, lecture hall, ground floor, 1.00 p.m.
Flyer

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tom MacVicar
School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol/UK
website
"Mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy: essential protection against misbehaving mitochondria"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, lecture hall, 4th floor, 11.00 a.m.
Flyer

Thursday, May 2, 2013
Sofia Ahola-Erkkilä
Research Program of Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum-Helsinki
website
"Modified Atkins diet in late-onset mitochondrial myopathy"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, lecture hall, 4th floor, 11.00 a.m.
Flyer

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Erika Isono
Systembiologie der Pflanzen, Technische Universität München
website
"Role of Arabidopsis AMSH proteins in intracellular trafficking"
Host: Swen Schellmann (A2), Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Botanisches Institut, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, Lecture hall, ground floor

Tuesday, 19. Feb. 2013
Jorma Palvimo
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
website
"SUMOylation-regulated gene programs and stress responses of steroid receptors"
Host: Gerrit Praefcke, Institut für Genetik/ZMMK, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor , 05.00 p.m.
Flyer

Tuesday, 11. Dec. 2012
John S. O'Neill
Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge
website
"PEROXIREDOXINS ARE CONSERVED MARKERS OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS"
Host: Gerrit Praefcke, Institut für Genetik/ZMMK, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor , 05.00 p.m.
Flyer

Tuesday, 20. Nov. 2012
Henning Mootz
Institut für Biochemie, Universität Münster
website
"CHEMICAL CONJUGATION OF PROTEINS WITH UBIQUITIN-LIKE PROTEIN MODIFIERS"
Host: Gerrit Praefcke, Institut für Genetik/ZMMK, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor , 05.00 p.m.
Flyer

Wednesday, 7 Nov. 2012
Andrey Kajava
Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Université Montpellier
website
"STRUCTURAL FOLDS OF AMYLOID AND PRION FIBRILS"
Host: Kay Hofmann, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor , 01.00 p.m.
Flyer

Friday, 26 Oct. 2012
Lukasz Opalinski
University of Groningen, NL
website
"MEMBRANE CURVATURE DURING PEROXISOME FISSION REQUIRES PEX11"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue:  Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor, 2.00 p.m.
Flyer

Monday, 15 Oct. 2012
Angelika Rambold
Division of Intramural Research, NIH/NICHD
website
"MITOCHONDRIA - IN CONTROL OF AUTOPHAGY"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue:  Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, ground floor, 1.00 p.m.
Flyer

Tuesday, 9 Oct. 2012
Cris Kuhlemeier
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
website
"THE GENETICS OF SPECIATION IN PETUNIA"
Host: Ute Höcker, Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Venue:  Biocentre Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, Lecture room 0.024, 4.40 p.m.
Flyer

Monday, 8 Oct. 2012
Orian Shirihai
Department of Medicine, Boston University, MA
website
"DUAL ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS IN BIOENERGETIC EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY CONTROL"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor, 05.00 p.m.
Flyer

Friday, September 28, 2012, 4.30 p.m.
Baris Tursun
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin
website
"DIRECT REPROGRAMMING OF CELL FATES IN C. ELEGANS"
Host: Thorsten Hoppe, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, ground floor
Flyer

Friday, 21 Sept. 2012
Stuart E. Dryer
University of Houston, Texas - Biology and Biochemistry
website
"PODOCYTE MECHANOSENSITIVITY: ROLE OF TRPC6 CHANNELS AND THEIR INTERACTING PROTEINS"
Hosts: Thomas Benzing, Henning Hagmann, Department II of Internal Medicine
Venue: Hörsaal Frauenklinik - Kerpener Str. 34, 10.00 a.m.
Flyer

Monday, 17 Sept. 2012
Heike Rampelt
Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg
website
"THE ROLE OF THE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR HSP110 IN HSP70 CHAPERONE FUNCTION"
Host: Thomas Langer, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor , 01.00 p.m.
Flyer

August 31, 2012, 11.00 a. m.?
Boris Görke
Department of General Microbiology, Universität Göttingen
website
"Control of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis by a hierarchically acting cascade of two small RNAs"
Host: Karin Schnetz, Institut für Genetik, University of Cologne
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor
Flyer

July 17, 2012, 5.00 p. m.?
Thomas Stamminger
Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen
website
"PML NUCLEAR BODIES - FRIENDS OR FOES DURING VIRAL INFECTION?"
Host: Gerrit Praefcke, Institut für Genetik, University of Cologne
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor

July 16, 2012, 1.00 p. m.?
Reza Ahmadian
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf,
Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie II
website
"MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS AND NETWORKS OF Ras PROTO-ONCOGENES"?
Host: Michael Lammers, Institut für Genetik, University of Cologne?
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor

March 30, 2012, 12.00 p. m.?
Andrew Grierson
Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience
website
"AXONAL TRANSPORT IN MOTOR NEURON DISORDERS: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM MICE AND FISH"
pdf
Host: Elena Rugarli, Biocenter, University of Cologne
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, 4th floor

March 20, 2012, 11.00 a. m.??
Jan Medenbach
EMBL, Heidelberg
website
"EXPLORING THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE OF PROTEIN-CONTROLLED UPSTREAM OPEN READING FRAMES"
pdf
Host: Niels Gehring, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne?
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, ground floor

March 15, 2012, 04.00 p.m.??
Petra Wendler
Gene Center Munich, Universität München
website
"SINGLE PARTICLE CRYO EM ON MOTOR PROTEINS"
pdf
Host: Jürgen Dohmen, Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln??
Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 a, Lecture hall, ground floor

March 14, 2012, 01.00 p. m.?
John Mundy, Department of Biology, University Kopenhagen
website
"GENES REQUIRED FOR PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH IN PLANT INNATE IMMUNITY"
pdf
Host: Swen Schellmann, Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Venue: Venue: Institut für Genetik, Zülpicher Str. 47 b, Lecture hall