Course programme

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Seminar room A1.1004 Domus Odontologica

I. Receptors, intracellular second messengers and signalling proteins

10.15-11.00: Overview. Finn Olav Levy, UiO
11.15-12.00: Overview, continued. Finn Olav Levy
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-13.45: G proteins and G protein-coupled receptors. Finn Olav Levy
14.00-14.45: Ion channels: Regulation and role in signalling. Tor Skomedal, UiO
15.00-15.30: Ligand-gated ion channels. Tor Skomedal
15.45-16.30: Receptor tyrosine kinases. Thoralf Christoffersen, UiO
 

Thursday October 15, 2009.

Seminar room B2.U002, Rikshospitalet

I. Receptors, intracelluar second messengers and signalling proteins (continued)
 

  9.15-9.45: Adenylyl cyclase. Thoralf Christoffersen
  9.45-10.15: NO and cGMP-mediated signal transduction. Jan-Bjørn Osnes, UiO
10.30-11.00: Receptors signalling by regulated proteolysis: Hedgehog signalling. Jens Henrik Norum, Karolinska Institutet
11.15-11.45: Small G proteins. Jens Henrik Norum
11.45-12.30: Lunch break.
12.30-13.15: Intracellular receptors. Elin Holter Anthonisen, UiO.
13.30-14.15: Phospholipases and role of phospholipids in signaling. Dagny Sandnes, UiO
14.30-15.00: Regulation of intracellular calcium. Vigdis Aas, Høgskolen i Oslo.
15.00-15.30: Effects of intracellular calcium. Jan-Bjørn Osnes.
15.30-16.00: FRET technology in cellular signaling. Kjetil Wessel Andressen, UiO
 

Friday October 16, 2009.

Seminar room B2.U002, Rikshospitalet.

II. Protein phosphorylation and intracellular signalling cascades

  9.15-9.45: Cyclic nucleotide-dependent phosphodiesterases. Kurt Krobert, UiO.
10.00-10.45: Protein kinase C. Michael Leitges, UiO.
11.00-11.30: Protein kinases activated by cyclic nucleotides. Bjørn Skålhegg, UiO.
11.30-12.15: Protein phosphatases. Stein Ove Døskeland, UiB.
12.15-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-13.30: Phosphorylation cascades. Hege Thoresen, UiO.
13.45-14.30: Phospholipase A2, eicosanoids and inflammation. Berit Johansen, NTNU.
 

Thursday October 29, 2009.

Auditorium A3.3067, Rikshospitalet

III. Cellular signal transduction: Integrated views and examples

  9.15-9.45: Intracellular protein tyrosine kinases. Kjetil Tasken, UiO.
10.00-10.45: Regulation of the cell cycle. Heidi Kiil Blomhoff, UiO
11.00-11.45: Apoptosis. Heidi Kiil Blomhoff.
11.45-12.30: Lunch break
12.30-13.15: Regulation of gene transcription. Petra Isobel Lorenzo, UiO.
13.30-14.15: Cytokine and chemokine signalling in patophysiology. Arne Yndestad, Rikshospitalet.
14.30-15.15: Toll-like receptor signalling in innate and adaptive immunity. Terje Espevik, NTNU.
15.30-16.15: Role of receptor internalization in cellular signalling. Inger Helene Madshus, UiO.
 

Friday October 30, 2009.

Auditorium A3.3067, Rikshospitalet

III. Cellular signal transduction: Integrated views and examples (continued)

  9.15-10.00: Regulation of target cell responsiveness. Håvard Attramadal, UiO
10.15-11.00: Signalling in cell proliferation and malignancy. Thoralf Christoffersen
11.15-12.00: Signalling mechanisms in the activation of immune cells. Kjetil Tasken.
12.00-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-13.45: Signalling mechanisms in learning and memory. Ole Paulsen, Oxford.
14.00-14.45: Signalling mechanisms in cardiac muscle. Kurt Krobert, UiO.