PHARMA : Departments : Drug Research Academy : Mini-symposia and lectures : Green Fluorescent Protein
Mini-symposium: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) applications in cell biology
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 13:00 - 17:00 hrs in Auditorium 4
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen
Programme
| 13:00-13:10 | Introduction Ole Thastrup, 2cureX |
| 13:10-14:00 | Nobel lecture: Discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP Martin Chalfie, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 1012 Fairchild Center, New York, USA |
| 14:00-14:30 | Visualization of the DNA damage response in living cells Claudia Lukas, Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 14:30-15:00 | Mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum choreography: calcium signaling dynamics in regulation of cell life and death Tullio Pozzan, Department of Biomedical Sciences and CNR Institute of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy |
| 15:00-15:30 | Refreshments |
| 15:30-16:00 | GFP-like proteins illuminate general principles of diversity and complexity evolution Mikhail V. Matz, Integrative Biology Section, University of Texas, Austin TX, USA |
| 16:00-16:30 | Dynamic imaging of tumor progression and elimination in live mice Mikala Egeblad, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA |
| 16:30-17:00 | Fluorescence that sparkles - bioluminescence in evolution Anthony Campbell, Darwin Centre Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology Wales College of Medicine Cardiff University, UK |
This symposium is organised on behalf of Drug Research Academy by Kristian Strømgaard, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, (krst(at)farma.ku.dk), Ole Thastrup, 2cureX ApS, Tuula Kallunki, Danish Cancer Society, and Steen Gammeltoft, Glostrup Hospital.
The symposium is co-sponsored by Novozymes, Novo Nordisk and Drug Research Academy.
Everybody is welcome and admission is free of charge. Please note that registration is required. Registration on-line: www.biokemi.org or www.ida.dk
Secretariat and vendor contact
Vivian Juhl, Danish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Glostrup Hospital, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark, Tel: 43 23 24 58. vijb(at)glo.regionh.dk
