WG1 session

Biophysics of cell and tissue structure - Dr Diana TOIVOLA

February 9th, 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 [CET]

15.00: Welcome by WG1 leader Diana Toivola (WG1 member Joel Nyström as co-host)

15.05:  Cecilia Sahlgren, Åbo Akademi University, Finland and Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

Title: “Vimentin and tissue mechanostasis in the vasculature”

15.45: Anna Schepers, University of Göttingen, Germany

Title: Multiscale mechanics of reconstituted vimentin networks”

16.00: Ana Jakovljević, University of Belegrade, Serbia

Title: “Perineuronal nets topography in the hippocampus of tenascin-C deficient mice"

16.15: Dolores Pérez-Sala, Biological Research Center Margarita Salas, CSIC, Spain

Title: "Exploring vimentin interaction with zinc"

 WG2 session

Structural analysis of biomolecules involved in mechanobiology - Prof Ohad MEDALIA

February 10th, 2021, 16:00 – 17:00 [CET] 

16.00: John Eriksson, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Title: "Intermediate Filaments - the threads between cell signaling and cell architecture".

Presentation is a part of the seminar series “Connecting Intermediate Filaments” by the University of Zurich.

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WG3 session

New methodologies to study mechanobiology of cells and tissues - Prof Klara WEIPOLTSHAMMER

February 16th, 2021, 14:00 – 15:40 [CET]

14.00: Christian Mühlfeld, Medical University Hannover, Germany:

Title: „3D visualization of the pulmonary vasculature“

14.30: Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, Technical University Vienna, Austria

 - member of Euro BioImaging and COST-Action „Correlated Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences (COMULIS)“:

Title: „Integration of Imaging Mass Spectrometry with Other Imaging Modalities – Potentials & Challenges”;

- Brief introduction of EuroBioImaging and COMULIS

15.10: Vlada Filimonenko, Institute of molecular genetics Prague, Czech Republic

Title: “Evaluation of immunolabeling at electron microscopic level – introduction of a new online software tool”

15.25: Christian Schöfer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Title: “CLEM - imaging nuclear structures in both worlds”

WG4 session

Mechanobiological principles of rare and common diseases - Prof Milos PEKNY

February 17th, 2021, 15:00 – 16:00 [CET]

15.00: Kristian Franze, University of Cambridge, UK

Title: “The mechanical regulation of nervous system development and disorder”