Matrix Biology Course BMED904 - 12-16 June 2017
What is the role of the extracellular matrix in disease development? How do cells interact with the extracellular matrix? Answers to these questions and several other aspects of matrix biology will be presented at the Matrix Biology Course BMED904.
Main content
The Matrix Biology Course BMED904 is jointly organized by the Bergen Biomedical Reserach School and the CCBIO Research School 12-16 June 2017. Further down on this page you can see the full program for the course.
Graduate Course in Extracellular MatrixJune 12-16 2017BB-Building Jonas Lies vei 91 | |||
| Day | Time | Title | Speaker |
| Monday June 12 | 9.15-11.00 | Introduction to extracellular matrix | Donald Gullberg, UiB |
| Auditorium 4 | 11.15-12.00 | Imaging in biomedical research | Frits Alan Thorsen, UiB |
| 12.00-13.15 | Lunch | ||
| 13.15-15.00 | Integrins: role in ECM | Donald Gullberg | |
| 15.15-16.00 | Presentation student group work | Marion Kusche-Gullberg, UiB | |
| Tuesday June 13 | 9.15-10.00 | Proteoglycans, cell-matrix receptors | Marion Kusche-Gullberg |
| Auditorium 4 | 10.15-12.00 | Matrix metalloproteinases | Jan-Olof Winberg, Tromsø, Norway |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch | ||
| 13.00-15.00 | Demonstrations/Lab work | Ning Lu Cell culture room | |
| 15.00- | Group-work | ||
| Wednesday June 14 | 9.15-11.00 | Artificial matrices for stem cell culture | Cathy Merry, Manchester, UK |
| Auditorium 4 | 11.15-12.00 | Focal adhesions and syndecan proteoglycans: why do we need them? | John Couchman, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 12.00-13.15 | Lunch | ||
| 13.15-14.00 | Syndecans and disease – breast cancer as a test case | John Couchman | |
| 14:15-15.00 | Continue demonstrations/Labwork | Cell culture room | |
| 15.00- | Group-work | ||
| Thursday June 15 | 9.15-10.00 | Collagens: from structural backbones to therapeutic targets | Ritva Heljasvaara, Oulo, Finland |
| Auditorium 4 | 10.15-11.00 | Integrative genomic and functional analysis of human primary oral SCC cells | Kalle Sipilä London, UK |
| 11.15-12.00 | Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis and development of treatment | Madeleine Durbeej | |
| 12.00-13.15 | Lunch | ||
| 13.15-14.00 | Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis and development of treatment | Madeleine Durbeej | |
| 14.30-15.30 | BBB seminar | Kalle Sipilä | |
| Friday June 16 | 9.15-11.00 | Transgene techniques | Donald Gullberg |
| Conference room 3rd floor | 11.15-12.00 | Proteoglycans – genetic disorders | Marion Kusche- Gullberg |
| 12.00-13.15 | Lunch, Pizza | ||
| 13.15-15.00 | Presentations group work | Marion Kusche-Gullberg | |