Vorträge/Seminare/ Workshops

Thea Dorn
(Buchautorin)
"Die Sehnsucht nach Unsterblichkeit"
22.02.2018, 16:00 h
Hörsaal, Abbe-Zentrum Beutenberg, Hans-Knöll-Str. 1, Jena
Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist kostenlos!

Innovationsforum DigiTrans
am Beutenberg Campus
20.-21. Februar 2018
Abbe-Zentrum Beutenberg
Hans-Knöll-Str. 1, 07745 Jena

Ateequr Rehman
(Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)
"Host-microbe interaction in health and disease"
15.02.2018, 16:00 h
Nucleus, FLI New Building
Beutenbergstraße 11, Jena

Prof. Lars M. Blank
(RWTH Aachen, Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie)
"Exploiting the biochemical potential of smut fungi for the production of chemicals"
13.02.2018, 17:15 h
Lecture hall Robert Koch/Pasteur

Dr. Hannes Link
(Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg )
"Two are better than one – Why E. coli controls activity and
abundance of biosynthetic enzymes "
25.01.2018, 14:00 h
Lecture hall Robert Koch

Adria LeBoeuf
(Department of Physics and Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
"The Superorganism’s circulatory system: Collective control of development through socially transmitted fluids"
15.01.2018, 15:00 h
Seminarraum (Schleiden/Stahl) MPI für chemische Ökologie, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

Rudi GJ Westendorp
(Professor of Medicine at Old Age at the University of Copenhagen)
"The Longevity Revolution"
11.01.2018, 17:00 h
at the lecture hall 2 in the building M (Magistrale), UKJ.

Note about the lecture series:
The lecture series aims to bring together researchers from various disciplines to focus on the topic of ageing, to introduce new treatment strategies in age and age-related diseases, and to discuss clinically relevant issues on the subject. The researchers comprise clinicians, scientists and interested research associates working at the Jena University Hospital and associated research institutes in and around Jena.
Please note that childcare is offered during the lecture. If you are interested in using the service or have any questions or comments on this issue, please email your query or comment by January 9th, 2018 to zga@med.uni-jena.de.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hermann
(Department of
Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav
Carus Dresden)
"Translational Research in Neurodegeneration:
From pathophysiology to model systems and
clinical translation"
09.11.2017, 17:00 h c.t.
Conference Room “Oval Office” in the Institute for Clinical Chemistry (building F5), UKJ

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hermann
(Department of
Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav
Carus Dresden)
"Translational Research in Neurodegeneration:
From pathophysiology to model systems and
clinical translation"
09.11.2017, 17:00 h c.t.
Conference Room “Oval Office” in the Institute for Clinical Chemistry (building F5), UKJ

Tina Romeis
(Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, FU Berlin)
"Function of CDPKs in systemic defence signalling upon microbial and herbivore attack"
30.11.2017, 11:30 h - 12:30 h
Seminarraum (Schleiden/Stahl) MPI für chemische Ökologie, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

Abstract:
Calcium-triggered intracellular signalling is prerequisite to mount plant stress responses, and increasing evidence also hints toward a role of Ca2+ -dependent regulation in the control of plant growth and development. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) combine within one molecule a calcium-sensing domain, which contains in general 4 EF-hand calcium-binding motifs, and a protein kinase effector domain. Accordingly, CDPKs function as decoders that sense and translate (induced) changes in intracellular Ca2+ into further downstream events.
In innate immune signalling, upon recognition of bacterial pathogens, CDPKs have been identified as positive as well as negative regulators for both local early and late systemic defence responses in the context of both, PAMP-triggered immunity and Effector-triggered immunity. In particular a role in defence signal propagation has been shown. Deduced from these data we have initiated analogous studies with respect to wounding and herbivory and identified members of the CDPK gene family that participate in early signal propagation and defence response activation in herbivory.

Lit.: Romeis and Herde, Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 20: 1-10, 2014

Dietrich Ober
(AG Biochemische Ökologie und Molekulare Evolution, Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel )
"Pathway evolution in plant secondary metabolism - What we can learn of pyrrolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis"
23.11.2017, 11:30 h - 12:30 h
Seminarraum (Schleiden/Stahl) MPI für chemische Ökologie, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

Abstract:
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are toxic secondary metabolites as part of the plant’s chemical defense against herbivores. PAs occur in several unrelated lineages of the angiosperms. Studying the first specific enzyme of this pathway, homospermidine synthase (HSS), it was possible to show that the ability to produce PAs evolved several times independently during angiosperm evolution. Therefore, the system of PA biosynthesis is a promising tool to study pathway evolution, as comparisons of the evolutionary scenario in the various plant lineages are possible. Studies on the evolution of HSS allowed conclusions about the mechanisms that gave rise to a new enzymatic activity and show that common models of gene evolution have to be adapted. In addition, this data show that the characteristic diversity of secondary metabolism does not only refer to the chemical diversity of Pas, but also to regulation. Only specific cells are suggested to be involved in PA biosynthesis, often only during a restricted time window of plant development. The high specificity of expression in time and space is used to enrich transcriptomic libraries in candidate sequences for elucidation of further steps of this pathway. The most recent results on the evolution of PA biosynthesis will be presented and discussed.

Prof. Dr. Gil Westmeyer
(Technical University of Munich)
"Neurobehavioral imaging of freely swimming zebrafish"
09.11.2017, 17:00 h c.t.
Conference Room “Oval Office” in the Institute for Clinical Chemistry (building F5)

Clemens Tesch-Roemer
(German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin)
"Successful Aging: Empty Promises of a Seductive Concept?"
02.11.2017, 16:00 h
Nucleus (FLI 1)
Beutenbergstraße 11, Jena

Dr. André Krause
(Jena Bioscience)
"Click Chemistry - Expanding the Scope of Nucleic Acid Labeling"
24.10.2017, 17:00 h c.t.
Lecture hall Koch and Pasteur

After the colloquium, there will be a get-together with some wine tasting. All interested are cordially invited!

Gaby Katul
(Duke University, USA)
"Evapotranspiration: From kinetic theory to the limits of plant life"
28.09.2017, 14:00 h
MPI für Biogeochemie, Hörsaal, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena | C1 seminar room

Tom Hengl
(ISRIC, International Soil Reference and Information Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
"SoilGrids: an OpenStreetMap for soils (using the power of Machine Learning to create new added value data from legacy soil profile data)"
28.09.2017, 10:00 h
MPI für Biogeochemie, Hörsaal, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena | C1 seminar room

Thorsten Dittmar
(ICBM Universitaet Oldenburg / MPI Bremen)
"Explaining a deep-sea paradox: Starving microbes in a sea of dissolved organic substrate"
17.08.2017, 14:00 h
MPI für Biogeochemie, Hörsaal, Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena

Monica Scognamiglio
(Research Group Biosynthesis / NMR, MPI für chemische Ökologie)
"Metabolomics Studies of Allelopathic Interactions"
13.07.2017, 11:30 h
Seminarraum (Schleiden/Stahl) MPI für chemische Ökologie, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

Stephan C. Schuster
(Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
"The air microbiome: A missing ecosystem?"
10.07.2017, 11:30 h
Seminarraum (Schleiden/Stahl) MPI für chemische Ökologie, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

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Georg Petschenka
(Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Universität Gießen)
"Do predators spur the coevolutionary arms race between insects and plants?"
06.07.2017, 11:30 h
Seminarraum (Schleiden/Stahl) MPI für chemische Ökologie, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

Valter Longo
(University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
"Periodic fasting mimicking diets in aging and disease"
29.06.2017, 13:00 h
Nucleus (New Building)
Beutenbergstraße 11, Jena

Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hofbauer
(University Centre for Healthy Aging, Dresden)
"New Therapies for Old Bone"
15.06.2017, 16:00 h
Nucleus (FLI 1)
Beutenbergstraße 11, Jena

Prof. Dr. Jörn Piel
(Institut für Microbiologie, ETH Zürich, Schweiz)
"Ecology-guided metabolic discovery"
15.06.2017, 16:30 h
Seminarraum (Schleiden/Stahl) MPI für chemische Ökologie, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena

Mirko Vanetti
(Integrated DNA Technologies Germany GmbH, München)
"Improved CRISPR genome editing using chemically-modified crRNA:tracrRNA complexes and Cas9 protein"
27.04.2017, 15:15 h
Nucleus (New Building)
Beutenbergstraße 11, Jena

Prof. Dr. Clemens Tesch-Roemer
(German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin)
"Successful Aging: Empty Promises of a Seductive Concept?"
04.05.2017, 16:00 h
Nucleus (FLI 1)
Beutenbergstraße 11, Jena