Programme - MBG Annual Meeting – 26 May 2023
08:30-09:00 | Breakfast and coffee |
09:00-09:10 | Opening remarks by Erik Østergaard Jensen |
09:10-10:10 | Session 1 – New group leaders – Chair: Christian Damgaard Xavier Bofill De Ros: MicroRNA metabolism in tumours: Biology and Therapeutic opportunities Aleksandr Gavrin: Enhancing nitrogen fixation of Rhizobium-legume symbiosis for sustainable agricultural production Rasmus Kock Flygaard: Cardiolipin biosynthetic pathways in bacteria and mitochondria |
10:10-10:20 | Coffee break |
10:20-11:20 | Session 2 – Science at MBG #1 - Chair: Magnus Kjærgaard Three Short talks by PhD students and postdocs - part 1 Henriette Rübsam: Nanobody-driven signaling reveals the core receptor complex in root nodule symbiosis Johanna Luige: Identification and prediction of G-quadruplex RNA-binding proteins with roles in transcription and phase separation Sara Dam Kobberø: Structural aspects of the proteolytic inhibition of PAPP-A |
11:20-11:45 | Session 3 – Flash talks for posters - Chair: Yuya Hayashi Selected flash talks: 2 minutes each. |
11:45-12:00 | Group photo |
12:00-13:30 | Poster session, lunch and company exhibition |
13:30-14:30 | Session 4 – Science at MBG #2 - Chair: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen Three Short talks by PhD students and postdocs – part 2 Jerome Rouviere: ARS2 instructs early transcription termination-coupled RNA decay by recruiting ZC3H4 to nascent transcripts Mads Eskesen Christensen: Cryo-EM structures of ATP activated human Na,K-ATPases Macarena Gomez De Salazar: Reverse engineering of the synaptic tagging and capture mechanisms |
14:30-15:10 | Session 5 - Prize ceremony - Chair: Lisbeth Heilesen Exhibitors' prizes Teaching awards for: Best Lecturer of the Year and The Best Student Teacher of the Year Kjeld Marcker PhD Prize Poster/flash talk prize |
15:10-15:20 | Coffee break |
15:20-16:00 | Session 6 – Keynote lecture - Chair: Bjørn Panyella Pedersen Keynote speaker: Professor Signe Normand, Department of Biology, Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University Cross-scale integration for improved understanding of biodiversity dynamics in a changing world |
16:45-18:00 | Pre-party (Studenternes Hus – Stakladen, building 1423) |
18:00-1:00 | Dinner and party in Studenternes Hus (Stakladen) - building 1423. |