The Center for Human and Molecular Biology links the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology and the Faculty of Medicine at Saarland University and supports and coordinates research and interfaculty study programmes in the biosciences.

 

Events calendar and announcements

04/17/2024

Biology Symposium: Proteins, metabolism and (epi)genetics

17 th April 2024

Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Campus A4.3 Seminar Room

Online attendance: tinyurl.com/4vv8d5wd

09:00-09:45 – Kathrin Ulrich, University of Cologne
Maintaining a healthy proteome – The role of redox-regulated chaperones during stress and age-associated proteostasis decline

09:45-10:30 – Hamed Alborzinia, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
Ferroptosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential

10:30-11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 – Christina Ising, CECAD, University of Cologne
Live and let die - microglia cell death and senescence in tauopathies

11:45-12:30 – Ina Huppertz, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging, Cologne:
RNA-Binding Proteins in Metabolic Control: Bridging the Gap

12:30-13:30 – Lunch

13:30-14:15 – Janin Lautenschläger, CIMR, University of Cambridge
Phase-Separation at the Pre-synapse – Alpha-synuclein in health and disease

14:15-15:00 – Mauro Corrado, CECAD, University of Cologne
Trick or treat: twisting T cell immunity with metabolism