Seminars 2012

May 11, 2012
Anthony C. Forster, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Applications of Protein Synthesis in Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery

April 19, 2012
Felix Grun, The Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, USA
Environmental Obesogens: a link between pollutants and obesity?

April 13, 2012
Matteo Caleo, CNR Neuroscience Institute, Pisa, Italy
Botulinum neurotoxins: mechanisms of action and therapeutic applications

March 30, 2012
Daniela Zizioli, Department of Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Italy
Zebrafish as a new model system for globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe’s disease)

March 23, 2012
Enrico Tongiorgi, Department of Life Sciences, BRAIN Centre for Neuroscience, University of Trieste, Italy
The spatial code hypothesis of BDNF splice variants: functions and mechanism

March 9, 2012
James T. Robinson, Broad Institute of Massachusetts, Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The Integrative Genomics Viewer

February 10, 2012
Massimo Pizzato, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Functional roles of Nef beyond HIV

February 3, 2012
Maria Pennuto, Department of Neuroscience, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy
Polyglutamine androgen receptor: from post-translational modifications to therapeutic development for spinobulbar muscular atrophy

January 20, 2012
Zeger Debyser, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
LEDGINs potently inhibit HIV replication and block multiple functions during integration