7th Annual PhD Retreat of the Department of the Molecular Biology and Genetics
Friday October 13th – Sunday October 15th 2023 -Penzion Mauritz, Bělá, Nová Pec
Organizers: Tomáš Doležal, Lenka Chodáková
Academics: Tomáš Doležal, Ansgar Gruber, Hassan Hashimi, Tomáš Hájek, Aleš Horák, Eva Horáková, Jindřich Chmelař, Martin Janda, Zdeněk Paris, Michael Wrzacek
Invited speaker: Ambar Kachale
Friday October 13
From 15:00 ARRIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION
17:00 WELCOME NOTE by Tomáš Doležal
17:10 Karolína Svobodová Bee-ing resilient: Bioinformatic analysis of gut microbiome assembly in Swedish Varroa-resistant vs. normal honeybees and its viral pathogen implications
17:30 Matěj Miláček Uncovering direct targets of juvenile hormone signaling in Drosophila melanogaster
17:50 Tereza Dolejšková Impact of juvenile hormone manipulation on the immune competence of Drosophila melanogaster
18:10 Nirav Thakkar Developing CRISPR base editing tool in Drosophila melanogaster
19:00-20:00 DINNER
From 20:00 Interview with students
Saturday October 14
08:00-09:00 BREAKFAST
09:00-10:40 PRESENTATIONS
9:00 Ayush Sharma Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Chromera velia
9:20 Bankatesh Kumar Impact of queuosine-tRNA modification on Leishmania mexicana infectivity
9:40 Nathalia Ballesteros Chitiva Deciphering the introduction and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Colombian Amazon Basin
10:00 Satish Chandra Reddy Nandipati Exploring the metabolism of Euglenozoa from marine sediments: A transcriptomic approach
10:20 Prashant Chauhan Biogenesis of mitoribosomal small subunit (mtSSU) in T. brucei
10:40-11:20 COFFEE BREAK
11:20-13:00 PRESENTATIONS
11:20 Martina Bohuslavová The effect of the cavity size and p38-MAPK signaling in lineage specification of mouse blastocysts
11:40 Andrea Hauserová Analyzing role of p38-MAPK signaling pathway in ICM-cell fate maturation
12:00 Nikolas Tolar Does toxic Y contribute to lifespan differences in mammals
12:20 Michala Boudová Molecular factors involved in development of mitochondria in T. brucei
12:40 Fadel Fakih Exploring the ambiguity of the genetic code: inspirations from Blastocrithidia nonstop
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:30 FREE TIME
15:30-16:15 INVITED LECTURE – AMBAR KACHALE Short tRNA anticodon stem allows stop codon reassignment
16:15-16:50 COFFEE BREAK
16:50-18:50 PRESENTATIONS
16:50 Adam Zeiner CRK2 - gateway to intercellular communication
17:10 Tahereh Sohrabi Mechanistic basis for the PA-dependent control of plasmodesma localization of RLKs
17:30 Daniel Štipl Regulation of chlorophyll biosynthesis and its relationship to the biogenesis of Photosystem II in cyanobacteria
17:50 Ondřej Nykles Chlorophyll and heme – how the tetrapyrroles are regulated in cyanobacteria
18:10 Surbi Sharma SbtB: A substrate of FtsH4?
19:00-20:00 DINNER
From 20:00 Information and discussion about the PhD program
Sunday October 15
08:00-09:00 BREAKFAST
09:00-10:40 PRESENTATIONS
09:00 Jhonny Stalyn Hernández Orozco Healthy Poppy: Immune responses in Papaver somniferum
09:20 Tereza Kalistová Effect of salicylic acid on plant cuticle composition and renewal dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana
09:40 Divya Aggarwal Chlorophyll-binding domain of the cyanobacterial ferrochelatase enzyme is indispensable under cold stress
10:00 Anna Magdalena Wysocka A small transmembrane protein involved in the biogenesis of cyanobacterial Photosystem I
10:20 Sadanand Mithailal Gupta The PsaA homodimer and proteins affecting its accumulation in Synechocystis sp. 6803
10:40-11:20 COFFEE BREAK
11:20-12:40 PRESENTATIONS – POSTDOC SESSION
11:00 Julie Kovářová Mechanisms behind the genetic code of Blastocrithidia nonstop
11:20 Julia Krasensky-Wrzaczek CRK2 regulates sugar transport in Arabidopsis
11:40 Maria Carbó Muñoz What are the molecular mechanisms behind stress acclimation in microalgae?
12:00 Francisco J. Colina Ruiz CRK2 integrates stress responses with flowering time control through interaction with the autonomous pathway
12:20 Quentin Riviere PRC2 in plants: from stabilizer of gene silencing to modulator of gene expression
12:40-13:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Voting for the best presentation
Winner announcement
Group photo
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
From 14:00 DEPARTURES
Winners of the best presentation:
Divya Aggarwal
Sadanand Mithailal Gupta
Nikolas Tolar
