9th Annual PhD Retreat of the Department of the Molecular Biology and Genetics
Friday October 10th – Sunday October 12th 2025 -Penzion Mauritz, Bělá, Nová Pec
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Friday October 10 From 15:00 ARRIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION 17:10-18:10 PRESENTATIONS 17:10 Nathalia Ballesteros Chitiva Deciphering the translation mechanism in Blasatocrithidia nonstop: a trypanosomatid with all three stop codons reassigned 17:30 Fadel Fakih An extended superwobble hypothersis: lessons from Blastocrithidia nonstop 17:50 Puranjaya Pancholi Blastocrithidia nonstop as an in vivo model to study the translation of reassigned genetic code 18:30-19:30 DINNER |
Saturday October 11
8:00-9:00 BREAKFAST
9:00-10:20 PRESENTATIONS
9:00 Matěj Miláček Searching for target genes of juvenile hormone receptor in Drosophila melanogaster
9:20 Tereza Dolejšková Impact of juvenile hormone signaling on the behavior of immune cells
9:40 Hikari Suenaga Crosstalk between JH signaling and cellular immunity
10:00 Miriama Pekľanská Revisiting the dogma about the anti-metamorphic role of juvenile hormone
10:20-10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45-11:45 PRESENTATIONS
INVITED LECTURE “My research”
Jiří Koubek Mechanisms of co-translational assembly of homomeric protein complexes
Tracy Koubková Yu Beyond the stop: Environmental response and 3'-UTR coevolution without dedicated stop codon
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-15:30 FREE TIME
15:30-16:30 PRESENTATIONS
15:30 Tereza Kalistová Effect of salicylic acid on Arabidopsis thaliana cuticle properties and metabolism
15:50 Iveta Vachová Protection of crops (especially P. somniferum) by silencing the genes of target pathogens and pests
16:10 Sakshi Chauhan The role of cyanobacterial ESCRT-III-like proteins in the biogenesis of thylakoid membrane
16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-18:20 PRESENTATIONS
17:00 Daniel Štipl Coordination of the cyanobacterial photosystem biogenesis and chlorophyll-biosynthetic pathway
17:20 Ondřej Nykles Control of the tetrapyrrole pathway via FtsH proteases in cyanobacteria
17:40 Minza Hasan Novel insights into chlorophyll degradation in microalgae
18:00 Metlem Fiçicioglu Dual phototrophy
18:30-19:30 DINNER
From 19:30 Discussion (students and PIs)
Sunday October 12
8:00-9:00 BREAKFAST
9:00-10:20 PRESENTATIONS
9:00 Jonathan Wong Biogenesis of inner mitochondrial membrane complexes in Trypanosoma brucei
9:20 Nabanita Sarkar Assembly of F1-ATPase in Trypanosoma brucei
9:40 Alina Mathew Therapeutic potential of arthropod derived bioactive molecules in wound healing
10:00 Triet Lé Minh Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of ovarian reserve in mammalian species
10:20-10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45-11:45 PRESENTATIONS
10:45 Panalee Petcharat Cold adaptation: diapause and cold remodel membranes in subarctic Drosophila lummei
11:05 Harneet Harneet Non-Drosophila insect neuropeptides: Exploring their role in reproduction and seasonality
11:25 Gabriel Bisbal Mondragon How to improve the reverse genetic tools to study the internal clocks in non-model insects?
11:45-12:30 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Voting for the best presentation
Winner announcement
Group photo
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
From 14:00 DEPARTURES
Winners of the best presentation:
Tereza Dolejšková
Matěj Miláček
Daniel Štipl
