The aim of the retreat is to explore our links to biology, to build connections between ISMB members and to encourage collaboration. The retreat aims to give the strongest voice to students and postdocs at UCL and Birkbeck.
The 4th ISMB retreat will take place on the 21st and 22nd of June 2011, at Robinson College in Cambridge.
The programme will include keynote talks by Jason Chin, Madan Babu and Harvey McMahon, presentations from students and postdocs on both days, as well as a poster session during which attendees will be able to present their work. There will also be a session called "The Scientific Apprentice", with the aim of increasing PhD students and postdocs awareness of the importance of presenting themselves to potential employers.
Programme
The latest version of the programme is downloadable here.
| Tuesday 21st June 2011 |
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12.00-12.30
Arrival and registration |
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12.30 - 13.25
Buffet lunch / Setting up posters |
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13.25 - 13.30
Welcome address |
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13.30 - 14.10
Keynote talk: ‘Reprogramming the code of life’
Dr Jason Chin, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge |
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14.10 - 14.50
Students and postdocs presentations, Session I
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14.10
‘Cancer vs Regeneration: tuning tumour suppressors during limb re-growth'
Dr Maximina Yun, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL
14.30
‘Sitewise Mutation-Selection Models to Estimate the Distribution of Selection Coefficients from Phylogenetic Data’
Asif Tamuri, Department of Mathematical Biology, NIMR |
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14.50 - 15.10
Tea and Coffee break |
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15.10 - 16.10
Students and postdocs presentations, Session II |
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15.10
‘Structural, Functional and Thermodynamic Analyses of Neuropilin-VEGF-Heparin Interactions’
Dr Arefeh Seyedarabi, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL
15.30
‘Functionalisation of Disulfide Bonds with Maleimides’
Felix Schumacher, Department of Chemistry, UCL
15.50
‘Electrically sensing protease activity with nanopores'
Mikiembo Kukwikila, Department of Chemistry, UCL |
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16.10 - 16.30
Break |
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16.30 - 18.30
The Scientific Apprentice |
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18.30 - 19.00
Free time before dinner |
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19.00 - 20.30
Dinner |
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20.30 - 22.30
Poster session |
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| Wednesday 22nd June 2011 |
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From 7.30
Breakfast |
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09.00 - 09.40
Keynote talk: ‘Intrinsically Unstructured proteins: Regulation and Disease?’
Dr Madan Babu, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
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09.40 - 10.40
Students and postdocs presentations, session III |
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09.40
‘Making Nanotechnologies Using Biological Components’
John Hales, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL
10.00
‘Snapshots of the human kinesin-5 motor domain at work’
Dr Adeline Goulet, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck
10.20
‘Insights into the Gating Mechanism of PapC Translocation Domain’
Irene Farabella, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck
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10.40 - 11.00
Tea and Coffee break |
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11.00 - 11.40
Students and postdocs presentations, session IV |
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11.00
‘Fluorescence based methods to study PcrA helicase in plasmid replication’
Liisa Chisty, Department of Physical Biochemistry, NIMR
11.20
‘Visualisation and Analysis of Variable Predicted Pockets Across Homologous Superfamilies’
Paul Ashford, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck |
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11.40 - 12.20
Keynote talk: ‘Sculpting Cell Membranes: Understanding pathways of endocytosis and exocytosis’
Dr Harvey McMahon, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge |
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12.20 - 12.30
Award for best poster and best oral presentation |
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12.30 - 12.40
Closing remark |
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12.40 - 14.00
Buffet lunch and departure |
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