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Matrix Biology Course BMED904 - 12-16 June 2017

What is the role of the extracellular matrix in disease development? How do cells interact with the extracellular matrix? Answers to these questions and several other aspects of matrix biology will be presented at the Matrix Biology Course BMED904.

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The Matrix Biology Course BMED904 is jointly organized by the Bergen Biomedical Reserach School and the CCBIO Research School 12-16 June 2017. Further down on this page you can see the full program for the course.

 

Graduate Course in Extracellular Matrix

June 12-16 2017

BB-Building Jonas Lies vei 91
DayTimeTitleSpeaker
Monday
June 12
9.15-11.00Introduction to extracellular matrixDonald Gullberg, UiB
Auditorium 411.15-12.00Imaging in biomedical researchFrits Alan Thorsen, UiB
 12.00-13.15Lunch 
13.15-15.00Integrins: role in ECMDonald Gullberg
15.15-16.00Presentation student group workMarion Kusche-Gullberg, UiB
Tuesday
June 13
9.15-10.00Proteoglycans, cell-matrix receptorsMarion Kusche-Gullberg
Auditorium 410.15-12.00Matrix metalloproteinasesJan-Olof Winberg, Tromsø, Norway
 12.00-13.00Lunch 
13.00-15.00Demonstrations/Lab workNing Lu
Cell culture room
15.00-Group-work 
Wednesday
June 14
9.15-11.00Artificial matrices for stem cell cultureCathy Merry, Manchester, UK
Auditorium 411.15-12.00

Focal adhesions and syndecan proteoglycans: why do we need them?

John Couchman, Copenhagen, Denmark

 12.00-13.15Lunch 
13.15-14.00Syndecans and disease – breast cancer as a test caseJohn Couchman
14:15-15.00

Continue demonstrations/Labwork

Cell culture room
15.00-Group-work 
Thursday
June 15
9.15-10.00

Collagens: from structural backbones to therapeutic targets

Ritva Heljasvaara, Oulo, Finland

Auditorium 410.15-11.00Integrative genomic and functional analysis of human primary oral SCC cellsKalle Sipilä
London, UK
 11.15-12.00Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis and development of treatment

Madeleine Durbeej
Lund, Sweden

12.00-13.15Lunch 
13.15-14.00

Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis and development of treatment

Madeleine Durbeej
14.30-15.30BBB seminarKalle Sipilä
Friday
June 16
9.15-11.00Transgene techniquesDonald Gullberg
Conference room
3rd floor
11.15-12.00

Proteoglycans – genetic disorders

Marion Kusche- Gullberg
 12.00-13.15Lunch, Pizza 
13.15-15.00Presentations group workMarion Kusche-Gullberg