Summer school
DIKU Summer School in Fibrosis 2021
Fibroblasts in fibrosis research
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DIKU summer school in Fibrosis research
Bergen, Norway
Venue: June 9-11, 2021
Organizer: Donald Gullberg
All the sessions will be held live as Zoom webinar, and will be recorded and placed on a private YouTube channel. A link to the videos on YouTube will be sent to all the participants of the Summer School.
Wednesday | - Fibroblasts | |
Local time Bergen, Norway (CEST*, UTC+2) | Speakers Title | |
8.30-9.15 | Donald Gullberg, University of Bergen Fibroblasts in fibrosis research | |
9.30-10.15 10.30-11.15 | Ritva Heljasvaara Collagens and cell-collagen interactions | |
11.30-12.15 | Lunch | |
12.15-13.00 | Sergey Plotnikov, UoT, Canada Fibroblast cell migration | |
13.15-14.00 | Sergey Plotnikov, UoT, Canada Traction Force microscopy | |
14.15-15.00 | Ronen Schuster, UoT, Canada Myofibroblasts | |
15.00-17.00 | Demonstration lab work Student group work | |
Thursday | - Tissue fibrosis | |
9.15- 10.00 | Madeleine Durbeej-Hjalt, Lund Univ., Sweden Laminin-muscular dystrophy | |
10.15-11.00 | Andreas Romaine, UiO, Norway Heart Fibrosis 1 | |
11.15-12.00 | Lunch | |
12.00-13.00 | Chris McCulloch, UoT, Canada Methods for discovery of new proteins that mediate remodeling of the extracellular matrix | |
13.15-14.00 | Wayne Carver, USC, USA Heart Fibrosis 2 | |
14.30-15.15 | Andrew Leask, USask, Canada The multifaceted role of CCN proteins in fibrotic stroma | |
15.15-17.00 | Demonstrations/Lab work Student group work | |
Friday | - Tumor fibrosis | |
9.15-10.00 | Daniela E. Costea, UiB CAF heterogeneity 1 | |
10.15-12.00 | Presentation of group work | |
12.00-13.15 | Lunch | |
13.15-14.00 | Roya Navab, UoT, Canada CAF heterogeneity 2 | |
14.15-15.00 | Roger Oria-Fernandez, UCSF, USA Mechanostransduction in cancer | |
15.00-16.00 | Martin Decaris, Pliant Therapeutics, USA Integrins in fibrosis |
*) CEST = Central European Summer Time
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