ÖGMBT

ÖGMBT Jahrestagung 2010 / ÖGMBT Annual Meeting 2010
together with the Austrian Biophysical Society

Molecular and Applied Biosciences Austria 2010
27. - 29. September 2010, BOKU, Muthgasse 18
1190 Wien

Satellite Programme

- Site visit Univ Vienna (Althanstrasse) Metabolomics and proteomics
The genome-scale analysis of metabolites and proteins of a cell or a biological system – have developed within the last decade into indispensable technologies of applied biosciences in plant biotechnology, biomedical approaches, ecology and systems biology projects. During the visit of the Department of Molecular Systems Biology (MOSYS) mass spectrometric techniques and instruments will be introduced that are crucial for state-of-the-art metabolomics and proteomics analysis. Applications of these research fields will be presented, comprising data integration, statistics and systems biology approaches.

- Site visit - Department of NanoBiotechnology (BOKU) AFM microscopes
Nanoscale surface analysis of living cells represents a challenge of current microbiology and biophysics critical for developing new biotechnological and biomedical applications. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for imaging cell surfaces under physiological conditions and at nanometer resolution. It allows observing biological surfaces in their native environment. Chemical force microscopy (CFM) and single-molecule force spectroscopy allow mapping chemical groups and receptors on cell surfaces. It is also possible to examine the energy landscape of biomolecular reactions, as well as reaction pathways, associated lifetimes, and free energy. The single-cell assay should be expandable for screening and quantification of the crosstalk between cell adhesion molecules and other cell surface receptors.

- Site visit - Department of Biotechnology (BOKU)
Large-scale production of recombinant proteins for clinical application is one of the key areas in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. During the visit of the “Technikum” of the Department of Biotechnology, a glance is given to the biotechnological production plant where anti-HIV antibodies for clinical applications have been produced.

Annual Meeting

Young Group Leader Session

Thomas Flatt (Vet. Univ. Vienna): “Pleiotropic Hormonal Regulation of Lifespan, Reproduction, and Innate Immunity in Drosophila”

Richard Strasser (BOKU): “Mannose trimming reactions in the early stages for plant development and cell wall biosynthesis”

Monika Schmoll (Vienna Univ. of Technology): “Signaling in the industrial workhorse Trichoderma reesei”

Alexander Loy (Univ. Vienna) “Molecular biology of sulphate reduction in peatlands – a rare microorganism is involved in a process that mitigates global warming”

Glycosylation (P. Messner / L. Mach)

Alfred Weber (Baxter) “Glycosylation – an important feature of therapeutically used proteins”

Rita Gerardy-Schahn (MH Hannover) “(Poly)Sialic acid: from bacteria to brain” (sponsored by Baxter)

Talks to be selected

Cell signalling (E. Müllner)

Mathias Müller (Vet. Univ. Vienna) "The other side of Tyk2 kinase"

Wolfgang Mikulits (Med. Univ. Vienna) "A role of Axl in EMT and hepatocellular carcinoma progression"

Talks to be selected

Environmental genomics (A. Sessitsch)

Kornelia Smalla (Julius-Kühn Institut, Braunschweig): "Effects of veterinary medicines introduced via manure on the abundance and diversity of transferable antibiotic resistance genes"

Christa Schleper (Univ. Vienna): „Genomics and metagenomics of ammonia oxidizing archaea“

Talks to be selected

FEBS Keynote lecture - Leo Eberl (Univ. Zürich)

"Cell-to-cell communication in Burkholderia: friends and foes speaking the same language"