Previous Seminars

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Lounes Chikhi Tue 07/09/10	Is DNA mytho-chondrial ? (some results on the Neolithic transition in Europe)
John Kearney Fri 03/09/10	Modulation of Allergy and Autoimmunity by Perinatal Exposure to Specific Microorganisms
Neil Perkins Fri 03/09/10	Regulation of cancer cell proliferation and survival by NF-kappaB
Adam Peltan Thu 12/08/10	Drosophila RNAi screen to identify host factors regulating phagocytosis of Leishmania parasites
Keith Gull Tue 10/08/10	Centrioles and basal bodies: conservation and diversity in evolution and biological functions.
Arnim Jenett Mon 09/08/10	Not yet supplied
Andrew Seeds Mon 09/08/10	Neurons affecting innate grooming behavior in Drosophila
Juan Lafaille Wed 04/08/10	Natural and Adaptive Regulatory T Cells
António Jacinto Fri 30/07/10	The Actin Wave
Luis Rosário Tue 27/07/10	Regulation of Cardiac Progenitor Cells Proliferation and Differentiation by microRNAs
Ivo Chelo Tue 27/07/10	Dynamics of adaptation from standing genetic variation in Drosophila melanogaster experimental populations
Antonella Viola Mon 26/07/10	Signaling amplification at the T cell immunological synapse
Arp Schnittger Fri 23/07/10	Plant reproductive biology
Stefan Thor Fri 23/07/10	From Progenitor to Unique Neuron: Cell Specification by the Integration of Temporal and Positional Cues
Samuel Aparicio Wed 21/07/10	Genetic heterogeneity in cancer revealed by next generation genome sequencing
Miguel Seabra Tue 20/07/10	Membrane Traffic and Disease
Luisa Figueiredo Fri 16/07/10	The role of chromatin in antigenic variation of African Trypanosomes
Kohtaro Tanaka Thu 15/07/10	Molecular and morphogenetic mechanisms underlying evolution of sex combs in Drosophila species
Vincenzo Bronte Wed 14/07/10	Tumor-induced tolerance and immune suppression depend on C/EBPb transcription factor
Carlos Ribeiro Tue 13/07/10	The neuronal and molecular control of food choice in Drosophila
Pavle Itskov Mon 12/07/10	Texture coding in rat brain: From the neuronal code for roughness in the barrel cortex to persistent and independent traces of stimulus and reward location in hippocampus
Ekaterina Vinnik Mon 12/07/10	Hippocampal representation of sound-guided behavior
Francesco Colucci Fri 09/07/10	New views on natural killer cells in reproduction and cancer
Nic Tapon Fri 02/07/10	Developmental control of tissue size by the Hippo signalling pathway
Sandrinne Etienne-Manneville Mon 28/06/10	Mechanisms of centrosome positioning in migrating cells
Monica Gotta Mon 28/06/10	Asymmetric cell division in C. elegans
Patrick Meraldi Mon 28/06/10	Finding the middle ground: achieving the perfect metaphase plate
Catarina Carmo Mon 28/06/10	The Janus kinase TYK2 mediates FGF-2-induced chemoresistance
Carsten Janke Fri 25/06/10	Tubulin modifying enzymes as regulators of microtubule functions
Andrew Murray Thu 24/06/10	How budding yeast cells find a mate
Karina Xavier Tue 22/06/10	Interference with inter-species bacterial cell-cell communication
Andrew Bowie Fri 18/06/10	Virus-host interactions and pattern recognition receptor signalling
Catia Laranjeira Thu 17/06/10	In vivo identification of neural stem cells in the enteric nervous system
Ulrich von Andrian Thu 17/06/10	In vivo visualization of T cell priming in lymph nodes
Laura Johnston Wed 16/06/10	Mechanisms of growth regulation in the Drosophila wing
Michael Dustin Wed 16/06/10	Top down and bottom up approaches to T cell activation
Matthias Gunzer Tue 15/06/10	Neutrophils at work: in vivo, full color, and real time
Michael Parkhouse Tue 15/06/10	Pathogen Host Evasion Mechanisms: Ready made tools for the control of infectious and non-infectious diseases
Sebastian Amigorena Mon 14/06/10	T cell-Dendritic Cell dynamics during priming and tolerance
Kamal Sen Fri 11/06/10	Neural discrimination of complex natural sounds in songbirds
Marie Louise Bergman Tue 08/06/10	TEC it for granted: New mechanism used by Thymic Epithelial Cells to promote tolerance
Tamara Caspary Tue 08/06/10	Normal neural tube patterning without maintained graded Shh activity
Jeremy Reiter Tue 08/06/10	Primary cilia regulate Hedgehog signaling in development and cancer
Sílvia Castro Tue 08/06/10	Science communication through the media (the old and the new)
Gohta Goshima Mon 07/06/10	Mechanisms of microtubule nucleation and growth in cells
Guido Barbujani Fri 04/06/10	Human genome diversity: frequently asked questions
Don Cleveland Fri 28/05/10	Guarding the genome: centromeres, aneuploidy and tumorigenesis
Sheila Vidal Thu 27/05/10	How to apply to 2010 FCT Call for individual fellowship
Gabriela Gomes Tue 25/05/10	Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases: The case of influenza
Antony Carr Fri 21/05/10	Mechanisms of genome stability
Constantin Fesel Tue 18/05/10	Lupus, autoantibodies and T-cell regulation
Gerald Schatten Tue 18/05/10	Centrosome Challenges During Fertilization and In Pluripotent Stem Cells
Eurico Sa Fri 14/05/10	Molecular mechanisms for organization of cell polarity and axis formation in Drosophila
Manuel A. S. Santos Fri 14/05/10	The engineering of a genetic code alteration
Manuel Rebelo and Moisés Mallo Tue 11/05/10	The Animal House Facility at IGC
Christian Peeters Fri 07/05/10	Social buffering and the repeated evolution of wingless reproductives in ants
Rainer Friedrich Thu 06/05/10	Neuronal circuits and computations in the olfactory system
Cristina Marquez Wed 05/05/10	Mad, Bad or Sad? Neural correlates of abnormal aggression following peripubertal stress in rats
Rui Martinho Tue 04/05/10	Constraints on gene expression during early embryonic development
Enrique Blanco Tue 04/05/10	Wing imaginal disc regeneration
Dave Lovinger Mon 03/05/10	Synaptic Plasticity in Striatum: Substrates for Action Learning?
Catherine Nguyen Mon 03/05/10	Integrative analyses of transcriptional regulatory networks involved in diseases and immune responses
Mónica Dias Fri 30/04/10	Centriole and Cilia Biogenesis and Evolution
Robert Malinow Tue 27/04/10	Synapses in normal and diseased brain function
Michael Goldberg Fri 23/04/10	Hering and Helmholtz were both right: two mechanisms for spatial accuracy in the parietal cortex
Alekos Athanasiadis Tue 20/04/10	Principles of Protein Nucleic Acids Interactions: Unmasking the Biological Function of Z-DNA
Service Seminar Tue 13/04/10	Genomics and Gene Expression units
David Glover Mon 12/04/10	Centrosome Assembly and Function
Ji He Fri 09/04/10	Novel Machine Learning Architectures for Knowledge Discovery from Heterogeneous Data Domains and Their Applications to Functional Genomics
Andrew Poulos Wed 07/04/10	Pathways to Fear, Memory & Trauma
Jorg Becker Tue 30/03/10	When boy meets girl… beyond DNA and diamonds
Tom Silhavy Fri 26/03/10	Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Gram-Negative Bacteria
Dinu Florin Albeanu Thu 25/03/10	Understanding neuronal circuits in the mammalian olfactory bulb
João Sousa Tue 23/03/10	ITI - Past, present and future
Rosalina Fonseca Tue 23/03/10	Shaping the system: rules of heterosynaptic plasticity
Jose Leal Tue 16/03/10	The bacteria within
EU Project Fri 12/03/10	Management
John F. X. Diffley Fri 12/03/10	Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Replication during the Cell Cycle and in Response to DNA Damage
Leon Avery Thu 11/03/10	Behavioral Strategies in C elegans
Miguel Soares Tue 09/03/10	Towards a molecular basis of host tolerance to infection
Richard Morris Fri 05/03/10	Memory Consolidation: Synaptic Tagging and Schemas
Moises Mallo Tue 02/03/10	Body building... beyond muscles
Jocelyne Demengeot Fri 26/02/10	Thymic Tricks and Treats
Ana Confraria Fri 26/02/10	A role for brassinosteroids and auxin in the vascular patterning of the Arabidopsis stem
Robert Horvitz Tue 23/02/10	The Genetic Control of Programmed Cell Death in C. elegans
Angela Gallo Fri 19/02/10	RNA editing A-to-I: from RNA modification to human pathology
Alexander Friedman Mon 15/02/10	Behavioral “re-programming” through pattern stimulation of the neuronal tissue
Mark Travis Fri 12/02/10	Keeping the immune system in check: the role of dendritic cells, integrins and TGF-beta in preventing autoimmunity and fighting infection
Rob Kesseler Tue 09/02/10	Morphogenesis: hybrid fusions of art & science.
Octavio Mateus Fri 05/02/10	Paleontology of Jurassic dinosaurs of Portugal: evolutionary perspective
Jorge Carneiro Tue 02/02/10	Getting there by running round in circles: the sensorimotor system of a single (sperm) cell
Andres Alcover Fri 29/01/10	Immunological synapses and their subversion by HIV-1 and HTLV-1 retroviruses
Bill Hansson Wed 27/01/10	Evolution of Olfaction
Elisabetta Padovan Tue 26/01/10	Blood monocytes: desguised regulators of T cell responses
Charles Zuker Fri 22/01/10	From the Tongue to the Brain: The Biology of Mammalian Taste
Rui Costa Tue 19/01/10	Generating and Sequencing Actions
Karel Svoboda Fri 15/01/10	The neural circuits underlying somatosensation
Miguel Godinho Ferreira Tue 12/01/10	Telomeres and chromosome-end protection
Domingos Henrique Fri 08/01/10	Welcome to Notchland
Carlos Penha-Gonçalves Tue 05/01/10	Pregnancy-associated malaria in the mouse