AIO Evenings 2006

16-02-2006 Biogenesis, Translocation and Sorting

• Elena  Volokhina (Science – Dept. of Biology Molecular Microbiology):
  Structure and function of a protein essential for outer membrane protein assembly in Gram-negative bacteria.
• Joyce  Putters (Medicine – UMCU Cell Biology):
  How is the interaction between the growth hormone receptor and beta-TrCP regulated?
• Fikadu  Geta Tafesse (Science – Dept. of Chemistry Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics):
  Sphingomyelin synthases: biological roles and regulation
• Marc  Roelofs (Science – Dept. of Biology Biomolecular Imaging):
  Synergistical manipulation of the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) and ER Associated Degradation (ERAD) to improve protein secretion capacity in the filamentous fungus

 16-03-2006 Signal Transduction & Membrane Proteins

• Sandra  Hötzl (Science – Dept. of Chemistry Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics):
  Lateral organization of the plasma membrane
• Pieter  Rijken (Science – Dept. of Chemistry Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics):
  Accumulation of short acyl chains in the end products of phospholipids biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Koen van Grinsven (Veterinary Medicine Biochemistry and Cell Biology):
  Studies on the biosynthetic pathway of rhodoquinon, an essential lipid in anaerobic electron transport chains of eukaryotes

 27-04-2006 Biogenesis, Translocation and Sorting

• Robin  Ohm (Science – Dept. of Biology Molecular Microbiology):
  Master Switches of initiation of mushroom formation
• Thijs van Vlijmen (Medicine – UMCU Cell Biology):
  Identification and Characterisation of Rab Protein Effector Complex Networks
• Mijke  Vogels (Veterinary Medicine Biochemistry and Cell Biology):
  Interactions of intracellular pathogens with the Golgi
• Marc  Roelofs (Science – Dept. of Biology Biomolecular Imaging):
  Synergistical manipulation of the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) and ER Associated Degradation (ERAD) to improve protein secretion capacity in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger

 18-05-2006 Membrane Proteins & Vascular Membrane Biology

• Coen  Maas (Medicine – UMCU Clinical Chemistry and Haematology – UMCU):
  Physiology and Pathophysiology of Unfolded Proteins in haemostasis
• Evelyn  Groot (Medicine – UMCU Clinical Chemistry and Haematology – UMCU):
  Early thrombocytopenia in experimental human malaria

19-10-2006 Biogenesis, Translocation and Sorting

• Cedric De Smet (Science – Dept. of Chemistry Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics):
  Unraveling the mechanisms and motives for phoshatidylcholine acyl chain remodeling in yeast
• Misjaël  Lebbink (Science – Dept. of Biology Biomolecular Imaging):
  Investigating Membrane Heterogeneity in Three Dimensions
• Daniele  Tauriello (Medicine – UMCU Cell Biology):
  A novel ubiquitin-mediated regulatory step in Wnt signalling

 16-11-2006 Signal Transduction

• Arjan  Boerke (Veterinary Medicine Biochemistry and Cell Biology):
  Isolation of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-AP) in fertilization
• Hanneke  Bunte (Science – Dept. of Chemistry Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics):
  PI-Transfer Protein alpha and neuroprotection

 14-12-2006 Membrane Proteins & Vascular Membrane Biology

• Tania  Rutters-Meijneke (Science – Dept. of Chemistry Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics):
  Understanding membrane proteins
• Andrea  Holt (Science – Dept. of Chemistry Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics):
  Is there a preferential interaction between Trp and cholesterol?