Program 2023

The length of the talks will be : 15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes discussion

The recommended format for posters is A1, portrait orientation.

Monday 09.10.2023

09:00 – 09:45 Registration of participants (poster setup – throughout the day)

09:45 – 10:00 Opening and welcome

SESSION 1 – Gene expression and regulation

10:00 – 10:20 Fusek Karel 

Aspects of hybrid sterility: Mismatch repair as a universal checkpoint in chromosome repair

10:20 – 10:40 Thakur Prasoon Kumar

Comprehensive RNA-splicing analysis of marine diplonemids using comparative genomics approach

10:40 – 11:00 Chramostová Kamila

Novel mechanisms of regulation of gene expression in hematopoiesis

11:00 – 11:20 Zimmann Felix

Retinitis pigmentosa-linked mutations alter the RNA binding capabilities of splicing factors

COFFEE BREAK 11:20 – 11:40

KEYNOTE LECTURE I.

11:40 – 12:30 Emmanuel Derivery, Ph.D.

LUNCH 12:30 – 14:00

SESSION 2 – Cell biology and therapeutic research

14:00 – 14:20 Humhalová Tereza

Endosomal WASH complex – membrane recruitment and function

14:20 – 14:40 Zemlianski Viacheslav

Factors of mitotic fidelity in fission yeast.

14:40 – 15:00 Mašínová Eva

Molecular control of fitness and cytotoxicity of NK cells used in immunotherapies

15:00 – 15:20 Abuhajiar Salim

Characterization of growth and spontaneous regression of melanoma

15:20 – 15:40 Žaloudková Boháčová Šárka

The proteomic landscape underlying cellular and organismal roles of the intramembrane rhomboid protease RHBDL4

COFFEE BREAK 15:40 – 16:00

SESSION 3 – Neuronal development and diseases

16:00 – 16:20 Weissová Romana

CRMP2A protein and its role in neural development

16:20 – 16:40 Kamenná Eva

Alternative approach to Huntington’s disease therapy

16:40 – 17:00 Červenka Jakub

Proteomics in research of neurodegenerative diseases

17:00 – 17:20 Prakash Manjari

Regulatory mechanisms of mitochondrial transport in axons

POSTER SESSION 17:30– 19:00

DINNER + NETWORKING 19:00 – 22:00

Tuesday 10.10.2023

08:00 – 09:00 Check-out + Breakfast

SESSION 4 – Organ development

09:00 – 09:20 Brymová Anna

Cellular replacement therapy for age-related macular degeneration

09:20 – 09:40 Steklíková Klára

Tooth development and its molecular mechanism in mice

09:40 – 10:00 Kvasilová Alena

Development of the cardiac conduction system in avians

COFFEE BREAK 10:00 – 10:20

KEYNOTE LECTURE II.

10:20 – 11:10 Giovanna Collu, Ph.D.

COFFEE BREAK 11:10 – 11:30

SESSION 5 – Biomedical research and drug discovery

11:30 – 12:00 Uvizl Alena & Kalasova Ilona -DIANA BIOTECH

Career path beyond academia

12:00 – 12:20 Marcalíková Adéla

A high-throughput assay for screening of virulence factor inhibitors of Porphyromonas gingivalis

12:20 – 12:40 Křtěnová Petra

Selective cancer targeting and bacterial inactivation utilizing controlled production of singlet oxygen

LUNCH 12:40 – 13:30

General discussion Ph.D. program 13:30 – 14:10

COFFEE BREAK 14:10 – 14:30

SESSION 6 – Development and differentiation

14:30 – 14:50 Ivashchenko Olha

The role of primary cilia in the bone marrow strom

14:50 – 15:10 Zhao Qing

Juvenile X. tropicalis Sertoli Cells show potential to promote tadpole muscle regeneration

15:10 – 15:30 Nourisanami Farahdokht

Modulation of semaphorin-plexin signaling by proteoglycan

15:30 – 15:50 Turková Tereza

Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment.

CLOSING REMARKS 15:50 – 16:00

DEPARTURE OR SIGHTSEEING 16:00