Seminars archive

The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

prof. Marek Cieplak

Head of Laboratory of Biological Physics, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title: „Interbasin traffic and emergence of knots in intrinsically disordered proteins”

Date: November 15th, 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: prof. Joanna Trylska and prof. Dariusz Plewczyński

Abstract:

The equilibrium dynamics of the intrinsically disordered  proteins is thought to consist of transitions between many basins in the free energy landscape whereas structured proteins stay in the vicinity of one native basin. We demonstrate this picture explicitly by studying networks defined on the discretized plane: conformational end-to-end distances vs. radii of gyration. The bin sizes are defined by time scales that span orders of magnitude. The networks, derived from all-atom and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, are nearly scale invariant. The bin representation also provides insights into the folding proces of the structured proteins and identifies regions of hindrance to folding. Transient knotted structures are expected to arise during the volatile evolution of  intrinsically disordered  peptide chains. We show that this is indeed the case for sufficiently long polyglutamine tracts and α-synuclein.  The polyglutamine tracts are fused within huntingtin protein that is associated with the Huntington neurodegenerative disease. We show that the presence of  knots in the tracts hinders and sometimes  even jams translocation,  especially when the knots are deep.  The knots in polyglutamine may form in tracts exceeding about 40 residues. This fact explains the existence of a similarly sized length treshold above which there is an experimentally observed toxicity at the monomeric level. We also discuss emergence of knots in α-synuclein. We show that these knots are either shallow or deep and last for about 3 – 5 µs, as inferred from  an all-atom explicit-solvent 20 and 30 µs trajectories. We discuss conformational biasses  that take place in α-synuclein and contact formation during association of two chains of this protein.

In collaboration with: M. Chwastyk, Ł. Mioduszewski,  B. de Aquino, A. Gomez-Sicilia, M. Carrion-Vazquez, P. Robustelli.


The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Dr. Sarah Knowles
Research Fellow at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford,
United Kingdom

What makes a microbiome? Ecological and evolutionary forces shaping the gut microbiota in wild mammals

Date: September, 25th (Wednesday), 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Prof. Marta Szulkin

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Dima Kozakov, PhD

Stony Brook University, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Efficient sampling and optimization on manifolds for macromolecular docking

Date: July, 17th (Wednesday), 2019 at 12.30 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: dr. hab Joanna Sułkowska

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Jung-Shin Lee Ph.D.

Department of Molecular Bioscience, College of Biomedical Sciences, Kangwon National University, Kangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, 24341 Republic of Korea

Transcriptional regulation by methylation of the fourth lysine on histone H3 in yeasts

Date: July, 15th (Monday), 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Prof. Magda Konarska

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Prof. Alfredo Ferro

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania

Computational pathway analysis and simulation in cancer

Date: June, 28th (Friday), 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Dr. Marta Dudek

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ReMedy International Research Agenda invites to a special lecture:

Liquid-type condensates in transcription and RNA splicing”

by

Prof. Phillip A. Sharp

Institute Professor and Professor of Biology, Member,
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

June 7th, 2019, 12:00 pm
CeNT UW, Banacha 2C, Lecture Hall 0142
Host: Magda Konarska

Abstract


The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Prof. Stefan Dziembowski

Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw

Crypto in Crypto

Date: May, 31st (Friday), 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Prof. Marta B. Wiśniewska

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Dawid Walerych, PhD

How mutant p53 and the proteasome machinery reshape transcriptomes and proteomes of cancer cells

Date: March 1st, 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Marta B. Wiśniewska

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Dr. Sebastian Glatt

Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB), Jagiellonian University

Charging the Code – Insights into tRNA Modification Enzymes

Date: February, 22nd (Friday), 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

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The Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw
invites to a seminar by

 Prof. Gianluca Tell
University of Udine
„Non canonical roles of BER enzymes in RNA processing: novel perspectives in cancer biology through the study of APE1 protein – and RNA –interactomes. ”
January, 25th (Friday), 2019 at 12 p.m.
Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C
Lecture Hall 0.142 (Ground floor)
Host:  Dr. Carlo Vascotto

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The Centre of New Technologies 

invites to a seminar by

 Dr. Łukasz Szatkowski,
University of Cincinnati

„Mechanical stability of microtubule lattices – molecular dynamic indentation studies”

Date: January 14th, 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor

Host: dr hab. Joanna Sułkowska

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by
 

Prof. Anna Ciemerych-Litwinienko,

University of Warsaw (Biology Department)

From Pluripotency to Myogenesis”

Date: January 11th, 2019 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Marta B. Wiśniewska

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Abstract

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Prof. Pavel Jungwirth

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of Chech Academy of Sciences

Biological Water or Rather Water in Biology?

 4th of December 2018 at 2 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Dr. Piotr Setny

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A kind reminder about the upcoming seminar by Dr Remigiusz Serwa, on „Proteomics Core Facility @CeNT”.
The event is scheduled for November 30th, 2018 at 12 p.m. in room 00.142.

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Abstract

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The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by

Magdalena Winiarska, PhD

Medical University of Warsaw

Tumor microenvironment – a key barrier to effective anti-tumor immune response.

23rd of November 2018 at 12 p.m.

Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)

Host: Marta B. Wiśniewska

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A kind reminder about the upcoming seminar by Dr. Alexander Schug, on „Simulating the molecular machinery of life”.
The event is scheduled for November 15th, 2018 at 12 p.m. in room 00.142.

Please note that this week the seminar will be held on Thursday, that is tomorrow.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Dr. Peter Virnau, on „Knots in DNA, Chromosomes and Polymer Melts”.
The event is scheduled for November 9th, 2018 at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Prof. Ian Collinson, „Mechanism of protein translocation through the bacterial Sec machinery”.
The event is scheduled for October 24th, 2018 (Wednesday) at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Prof. Marek Tchórzewski, on „The ribosomal GTPase-associated center as regulatory element modulating ribosomal modus operandi”.
The event is scheduled for October 18th, 2018 at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Prof. Jose Luis Ferran, on „Brain induced changes in motor responses and fat tissue content during a forced exercise program in rodents”.
The event is scheduled for October 12th, 2018 at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Prof. Jacek A. Majewski, on „New opportunities in the flat world”.
The event is scheduled for October 5th, 2018 at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Prof. Tomasz J. Nowakowski, (University of California, San Francisco) on „Area-Specific Excitatory Neuron Development in the Human Cerebral Cortex”.
The event is scheduled for September 28th, 2018 at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Kamil Tokár, PhD (Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences; Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology) on „2D Phosporene: modelling of complexity”.
The event is scheduled for 22nd of August at 12.30 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to the seminar by Prof. Yoshihisa Yamamoto (Japan Science and Technology Agency/Stanford University) on „Physics of quantum-to-classical crossover and coherent Isingmachines”.
The event is scheduled for 5th July at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Prof. Matthias Bochtler (International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw; The Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics) on „The vocabulary of protein-DNA interactions: Symmetry, degeneracy, modifications”.
The event is scheduled for 14th of June at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by prof. Jose’ Lorenzana (Italian National Research Council, Sapienza University of Rome) on „Optical properties of quantum antiferromagnets”.
The event is scheduled for 15th of June at 12.30 pm.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Ewa K. Stachowiak (State University of New York at Buffalo) on „Neurodevelopment origins of schizophrenia – new lessons from induced Pluripotent Stem Cells”.
The event is scheduled for 7th June at 12 p.m.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Edward H. Egelman (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia) on „Cryo-EM of Helical Protein and Nucleoprotein Polymers at Near-Atomic Resolution”.
The event is scheduled for 28th of May(Monday) at 12pm.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Bartosz Wilczyński (Institute of Informatics, University of Warsaw) on „Looking at chromosomal contacts at different scales”.
The event is scheduled for 17th of May at 12pm.

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We would like to invite you to an upcoming seminar by Victor Tybulewicz (The Francis Crick Institute, UK) on „Novel signalling pathways controlling T cell adhesion and migration”.
The event is scheduled for 10th of May at 12pm.

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