FROM GENE TO GENIUS: first annual symposium of the Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cell Biology

Molecular and cell biology is a wide-ranging area that connects us by the common goal of contributing to the improvement of knowledge on life and health. Even though we are often bound to a small part, together we puzzle a comprehensive understanding of biological interactions that require a cross-talk between different fields and pave the way to innovation.

“From gene to genius” marks the first annual symposium of the Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cell Biology. We would like to celebrate this occasion by taking you on a journey throughout the cellular machinery and its extraordinary intertwining in creating life and disease. We will focus on the mechanisms of genomic imprinting and the maintenance of the integrity of genetic information in determining cellular fate as we lead you to the unravelling of the genetic basis for resistance to dengue infection. Along the path of gene transcription and translation, we will then explore the molecular and chemical biology of protein misfolding in nervous system pathologies and look further into the complex metabolic pathways that regulate the production of valuable bioactive compounds.

We are pleased to invite you all to join us in this exciting event as we uncover key cellular bases that enlighten disease and therapeutics.

MORE INFORMATION: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/genetogenius

PROGRAMME 

17th NOVEMBER  2014 | IBMC MAIN AUDITORIUM, PORTO

09:30 – 10:00 Opening

Cláudio Sunkel, IBMC

10:00 – 10:45 Genomic Imprinting: the battle of the sexes begins in the zygote

Miguel Constância, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Chair: José Bessa

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:00 The influence of ancestry in complex diseases – the case study of dengue infection in Cuba

Luísa Pereira, IPATIMUP, Portugal

Chair: Jorge Vieira

12:00 – 12:45 How to preserve the integrity of the genetic information?

Sérgio Almeida, IMM, Portugal

Chair: Alexandra Moreira

12:45 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:15 When proteins misfold in the brain: the molecular and chemical biology of neurodegeneration

Cláudio Gomes, ITQB, Portugal

Chair: Sandra Macedo-Ribeiro

15:15 – 16:00 Proteomic approach to nervous system pathology

Hauke Werner, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Germany

Chair: João Relvas

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:15 Deciphering metabolite induction in fungal co-cultures by MS-based metabolomics

Samuel Bertrand, University of Nantes, France

Chair: Marta Mendes

17:15 – 17:45 Closing

Alexandre Quintanilha, IBMC

Registration is free but mandatory: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/eventos/registrationnew.php?eid=56