SYNMarburg Summer School 2013

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SYNMarburg -  Summer School for Microbial Sciences

August 19^th until August 30^th  2013

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Location: The Summer School takes place both, at the Philipps-Universität Marburg as well as at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology (MPI). SYNMarburg is organized by the LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, SYNMIKRO, a joint scientific center between the Philipps-Univerisität and the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology.

Aims: It is the long-term aim of the SYNMarburg to educate a new generation of young scientists who identify with the versatile approaches in synthetic microbiology. SYNMarburg is applicable for students at the end of their studies of natural sciences (MSc) and for PhD-students, who will participate in the manifold and interdisciplinary research activities in the center and will gain access to the new area of synthetic microbiology/biology. SYNMarburg is an important building block to promote young academics in the area of microbiology and molecular cell biology.

 

Program 2013

Various aspects of the new area of synthetic microbiology:

• the three-dimensional organization of the bacterial cell
• signaling systems and synthetic circuits
• modeling of circuits and protein dynamics
• classical elements (as a basis for synthetic microbiology): crystallography, biochemistry, microscopy & bioinformatics

Techniques and methods:

• Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS)
• Super resolution microscopy (STED and STORM)
• Protein interaction studies via thermophoresis
• Protein crystallization techniques
• In vivo analysis of protein dynamics by fluorescence-recovery-after-photobleaching (FRAP) and fluorescence-resonance-energy-transfer (FRET) analysis
• In vitro analysis of protein-protein interactions using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and microscale thermophoresis (MST)

 The kick-off for the Summer School is a SYNMIKRO-Symposium on August 19th, and the concluding symposium takes place on August 30th. In between are four practical blocks. Three of these blocks are subdivided into theoretical introductions and practical methodological units given by external experts. The fourth block provides time for experiments in an elective area of interest within one of the research groups of SYNMIKRO.

SYNMIKRO-Symposium (Mon, Aug. 19):
Introduction of SYNMIKRO – LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology
Introduction to the topics of SYNMarburg and presentation of the center by the SYNMIKRO teachers.

 

Block 1 (Tue – Wed, Aug. 20 - 21):
Signaling
Victor Sourjik, Heidelberg, Germany
Analysis of signal-induced protein interaction in living cells and in real time (example: chemotaxis); study of robustness of signaling systems; analysis of a synthetic signaling path; mathematical modeling of dynamics in signaling paths.


Block 2 (Thu – Fri, Aug. 22 - 23):
Bacterial Cell Biology and Synthetic Cells
Frederico Gueiros-Filho, São Paulo, Brasil
Fluorescence microscopy, localization of receptor proteins and diffusion of signal-transducing proteins, advanced genetic screens; genome-wide transcription analysis; generation of synthetic cells.


Block 3 (Mo – Tue, Aug. 26 - 27):
Structural Biology and Modeling
Andrea Dessen, Grenoble, France
Principles of crystallography; effect of inhibitors; characteristics of membrane proteins; analysis of a synthetic assembly systems; bioinformatics.


Block 4 (Wed – Thu, Aug. 28 - 29):
Elective area of interest

• Genomics Anke Becker
• Bacterial cytoskeletal elements Peter Graumann
• Spatial-temporal regulation of the bacterial cell cycle and the differentiation Martin Thanbichler
• Production of synthetic chromosomes Torsten Waldminghaus
• Assembly of the bacterial flagellum Gert Bange
• Additional topics tba

 
Evening Lecture: Ethics in Synthetic Biology
Friedemann Voigt, Department of Theology, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Evening lectures (seminars and discussions) covering actual problems in ethics dealing with synthetic biology.

Lecture: Joseph Pogliano, UC San Diego, USA
"Dynamics of bacterial actin and tubulin-like proteins"


Symposium (Fri, Aug. 30):
with international speakers, including:

Meriem El Karoui, University of Edinburgh, UK

Nynke Dekker, Institute of NanoScience, Delft, Netherlands

Didier Mazel, Institut Pasteur Paris, France

Mark van Passel, Wageningen University, Netherlands

David Dubnau, New Jersey Medical School, USA

 

Furthermore:

Cultural Weekend Program:

• Welcome Reception at the end of the SYNMIKRO-Symposium
• Tour of the university town Marburg – historical city center & landgrave castle
• Trip to Frankfurt – Senckenberg Museum of Sciences (Biodiversity) and visit of the European financial metropolis
• Farewell Party after the Concluding Symposium
  
  

Expenses:

• Registration fee per person: 250,- € (including accommodation and travelling in Marburg)
• Travel grants are available in accordance with DAAD-regulations

 

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In case you have any questions, please contact:

Julia Witsch
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This Summer School is financially supported by Auswärtiges Amt (AA):

 

 

The SYNMarburg Summer School is also supported by: