PhD Annual Seminar series

Seminars A.Y. 2021-2022

October 27, 2022 17:00: Dr Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti, University of Cambridge
"Metabolic control of myeloid cell function in chronic central nervous system inflammation" flyer TBD

December 9, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Eija Pirinen, Univeristy of Helsinki, Finland, Nicotinamide riboside improves muscle mitochondrial biogenesis, satellite cell differentiation and gut microbiota composition in BMI-discordant twins Download

December 16, 2021, 17:00: Dott. Maya Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Sciences, "Staying in touch: Systematic identification of contact site tethers and residents uncovers molecular machinery for a contact between mitochondria and the nucleus in yeast" Download

February 24, 2022 17:00: Dott.ssa Nicoletta Pedemonte, U.O.C. Genetica Medica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini "The hunt for new therapies for Cystic Fibrosis" Download

March 10, 2022 17:00 Dr. Michal Minczuk, MRC-MBU, UK,Mitochondrial genome engineering in vivo" Download

March 17, 2022 17:00: Prof. Julien Prudent, University of Cambridge MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Mitochondrial membrane remodelling and mtDNA dynamics Download

April 1, 2022 13:30: Prof. Antonio Zorzano, IRB barcellona, Mitochondrial dynamics: a key influencer of cell inflammation Download

May 5, 2022 17:00: Dr. Paolo Gallipoli, Cancer Research UK Barts Centre, "Mannose metabolism links sugar and fatty acid metabolism in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and is a novel therapeutic vulnerability" Download

May 19, 2022 17:00: Giampietro Schiavo, UCL Department of Neuromuscular Disease "Therapeutic approaches for hereditary peripheral neuropathy and motor neuron disease" Download

May 25, 2022 11:30am James Sleigh, University College of London, "Restoring axonal transport as a therapeutic strategy in genetic peripheral neuropathy" Download

May 26, 2022 17:00: Dr. Marten Szibor, Jena University Hospital, Germany "Oxygen availability modulates respiratory plasticity in the heart through assembly and disassembly of mitochondrial F1Fo ATPase" Download

June 16, 2022 17:00: Prof. Anthony Moore, University of Sussex, UK , "The role of the alternative oxidase in human health security and the restoration of mitochondrial function." Download

June 20, 2022 16:30: Prof. Douglas Wallace, University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "A Mitochondrial Etiology of Common Diseases" Download

June 30, 2022 17:00: Prof. Alexis Jourdain, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, "Functional Genomics Approaches to Mitochondrial Function" Download

July 19, 2022 17:00: Dr. Laura Gasparini Scientific Director - Tau Pathobiology Area Leader @ AbbVie, "Unravelling Tau pathobiology to inform drug discovery of disease modifying approaches for Alzheimer disease" Download

July 25, 2022 16:00 Prof. Michael S. Cohen,Department of Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry-Oregon Health & Science University, "Chemistry-based strategies for investigating NAD+ signaling and protein ADP-ribosylation" Download

September 29, 2022 17:00: Dr. Paolo Gallipoli, Cancer Research UK Barts Centre, "Mannose metabolism links sugar and fatty acid metabolism in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and is a novel therapeutic vulnerability" Download

October 4, 2022 17:00: Dott.ssa Cristina Ugalde, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid-Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), "Structural heterogeneity of the human respiratory chain" Download

Seminars A.Y. 2020-2021

October 16, 2020, 12:00 pm: Dania Vecchia, IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, "Temporal Sharpening of Sensory Responses by Layer 5 in the Mouse Primary Somatosensory Cortex" Download

October 21, 2020, 16:00: Wieland B. Huttner, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden, Germany, "Neural stem cells, human-specific genes, and neocortex expansion in development and human evolution" Download

December 9, 2020, 17:00: Letizia Mariotti, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,"A genetically identified class of premotor neurons coding for head movements in the Superior Colliculus" Download

February 3, 2021, 17:00: L. Federico Rossi, PhD, Research Associate, CortexLab, University College London, UK, "Spatial connectivity matches direction selectivity in visual cortex" Download

February 24, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Thomas Simmen, University of Alberta, Canada,"ROS Control of ER-Mitochondria Tethering and Ca2+ Flux" Download

March 18, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Abigail Mackey, University of Copenhagen, "Key Components of Human Myofibre Denervation and Neuromuscular Junction Stability are Modulated by Age and Exercise" Download

March 25, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Harm Kampinga, University of Groningen, Netherlands, "Protein quality control and chaperones" Download

April 15, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Maurício Krause, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, "The role of Heat Shock proteins in disease and exercise" Download

April 22, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Erika Fernandez Vizarra, University of Glasgow, "Respiratory chain supercomplexes in human mitochondria" Download

April 29, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Alex Toker, Harvard Medical School, "Discovery, Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting of the PI3-Kinase/AKT Pathway in Cancer" Download

May 6, 2021, 16:00: Prof. Andrea Mattevi, University of Pavia, "Structure and mechanisms of ROS generation in NADPH oxidases" Download

May 6, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Karl-Heinz Krause, Faculty of Medicine University of Geneva Switzerland "NADPH oxidase NOX2 in the brain: from neuroregeneration to brain aging" Download

May 13, 2021, 12:00: Prof. Elena Rugarli, Univeristy of Cologne, "CLUH and the post-transcriptional control of mitochondrial function" Download

May 27, 2021, 13:00: Prof. Julio Cárdenas Matus, University of Chile, Title "Role of InsP3R-calcium signal in migration and invasion of cancer cells; new perspectives" Download

June 24, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Stefano Pluchino, Univeristy of Cambridge, "Regenerative Neuroimmunology: a stem cell perspective" Download

September 16, 2021, 17:00: Prof. Dr Edward Chouchani, Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Title "Mechanisms of metabolite regulation over health and disease" Download

Seminars A.Y. 2019-2020

The following seminars have been held in Complesso Vallisneri before the COVID-19 pandemic:

November 6. 2019: Pascale Cossart–InstitutPasteur, Paris, France
November 27, 2019: Fred Bradke–German NeurodegenerativeDiseases Center, Bonn, Germany
November 13, 2019: Dario Alessi–MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, University of Dundee, UK
December 18, 2019: Ana Mª Cuervo–Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
February 20, 2020: Giuseppe Filomeni- Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"; Danish Cancer Society Research Center of Copenaghen

Due to limitations imposed by the pandemic, the PhD School has organized a series of seminars via Zoom ("Webinars"), see the list below and come back often for updates!

May 15, 2020, 4:30 PM: Giampietro Schiavo, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, "The role of axonal transport in neurodegenerative diseases"
Juny 22, 2020, 5:00 PM: Enrico Zampese, Laboratory of D. James Surmeier, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, "Calcium, bioenergetics and oxidant stress in SNc DAergic neurons"
July 6, 2020, 4:30 PM: Fabiana Perocchi, Helmholtz Zentrum München, "Functional Genomics of Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathophysiology”
September, date and hour will follow: Aldebaran Hofer, Harvard Medical School, Boston, “cAMP signaling in the cilio”
September 4, 2020, 4:30 pm: Marco Sciacovelli, MRC Cancer Unit, Hutchison MRC Research Centre, University of Cambridge, "The metabolic landscape of renal cancer progression"

The following seminars have been held in Complesso Vallisneri before the COVID-19 pandemic:

November 6. 2019: Pascale Cossart–InstitutPasteur, Paris, France

November 27, 2019: Fred Bradke–German NeurodegenerativeDiseases Center, Bonn, Germany

November 13, 2019: Dario Alessi–MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, University of Dundee, UK

December 18, 2019: Ana Mª Cuervo–Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

February 20, 2020: Giuseppe Filomeni- Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"; Danish Cancer Society Research Center of Copenaghen

Due to limitations imposed by the pandemic, the PhD School has organized a series of seminars via Zoom ("Webinars"), see the list below and come back often for updates!

May 15, 2020, 4:30 PM: Giampietro Schiavo, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, "The role of axonal transport in neurodegenerative diseases"

Juny 22, 2020, 5:00 PM: Enrico Zampese, Laboratory of D. James Surmeier, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, "Calcium, bioenergetics and oxidant stress in SNc DAergic neurons"

July 6, 2020, 4:30 PM: Fabiana Perocchi, Helmholtz Zentrum München, "Functional Genomics of Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathophysiology”

September, date and hour will follow: Aldebaran Hofer, Harvard Medical School, Boston, “cAMP signaling in the cilio”

September 4, 2020, 4:30 pm: Marco Sciacovelli, MRC Cancer Unit, Hutchison MRC Research Centre, University of Cambridge, "The metabolic landscape of renal cancer progression"