SSC - Prof. Robert Roeder
Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms in Animal Cells
9th of December 2009, 4pm
FMI, seminar room 5.30
Robert Roeder’s career as a pioneer in the field of transcription began with his discovery of three forms of eukaryotic RNA polymerase in 1969, and led to some of the most fundamental findings within the field. He further showed that individual polymerases are specific for different classes of genes and require distinct sets of general initiation factors for promoter recognition and transcription. These findings were extended by identification of the first gene-specific transcription factor in eukaryotes and, more recently, a variety of transcriptional co-activators. These are currently studied, in conjunction with histone modifying cofactors, in defined cell-free systems reconstituted with recombinant chromatin templates.
The Power Hour
Join us for a special workout at
The Power Hour
The Lüthi Lab
SSC - Judith Kimble
Professor Judith Kimble [University of Wisconsin-Madison]
14th of September 2009, 4pm
FMI, seminar room 5.30
Stem cell controls: lessons from the C. elegans germline.
SSC - Eran Segal
“Reading the genome - from DNA sequence to expression”
Student Science Colloquium
Talk at 10:30 am in room 5.30
Are complex transcriptional behaviors encoded in the DNA sequences of gene regulatory regions? Eran Segal claims ‘yes’ and he will present a quantitative computational framework to prove it. Based on the hypothesis of competitive binding equilibrium, he shows that this model explains many experimental observations regarding binding patterns of factors and nucleosomes, and dynamics of transcriptional activation.
Soccer: FMI vs Biozentrum
Do you remember last year? …When we played against Biozentrum and WON!!!
Let’s do it again!
The glorious FMI vs Biozentrum Soccer match will take place this weekend:
Saturday 4th July
The Team is ready to go, so come and cheer at 3pm in ‘Gruene 80′ St Jakob and join in for a BBQ and celbration afterwards!
