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2004 Summer Program in Cell Processes
This year the program will focus on Cell Processes. The program
leader is Professor James Sneyd. After an introductory tutorial
and discussion in the first 2 days, the participants will be divided
into teams of five, with each team being led by an MBI postdoc.
Teams will work on one project for the first 2 1/2 weeks, and there
will be a miniconference in the final 2 days.
During the 3-week period there will also be several general talks
on cell cycle and proliferation by active researchers and visits
to bioscience labs.
The following projects will be assigned:
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8/19 Thursday 12:30pm - 5:00pm
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Project 1
Calcium and Heart Failure: Pranay Goel |
Construct a model for a calcium transient in a
normal ventricular myocyte, and in heart failure cells that
explain the differences in the calcium transients. How does
your model cope with calcium overload? |
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Project 2
Synaptic Plasticity:
Alla Borisyuk
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Synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity.
PPT |
Project 3
Cell Cycle and Apoptosis:
Gheorghe Craciun |
Construct a model that couples cell cycle and
apoptosis.
PPT |
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8/20 Friday 9:00pm - 12:00pm
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Project 4
Olfaction:
Daniel Dougherty |
Construct a model of a signal transduction and
adaptation in odoreceptors. |
Project 5
Calcium Oscillations: Martin Wechselberger |
Design a realistic experimental protocol that
will determine the role of [IP3] in Ca2+
oscillations in pancreatic acinar cells. |
Introductory material on these projects will be provided to all
participants during the program.
Schedule
Week 1
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Monday 8/2
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| 9:00-9:05am |
Welcome (Avner Friedman) |
| 9:05-10:05am |
Tutorial 1
James Sneyd: Enzyme kinetics - PPT |
| 10:05-10:30am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:30am |
Tutorial 2
James Sneyd: How cells control their volume - PPT |
| 11:30-2:00pm |
Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00pm |
Martin Wechselberger: Introduction to Dynamical
Systems: Phase analysis and bifurcation |
| 3:00-4:00pm |
Pranay Goel: Introduction to XPP |
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Tuesday 8/3
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| 9:00-10:00am |
Tutorial 3:
James Sneyd: Calcium physiology - PPT |
| 10:00-10:30am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:30am |
Tutorial 4
James Sneyd: Cardiac electrical physiology - PPT |
| 11:30-1:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30-2:00pm |
Martin Wechselberger: Introduction to Dynamical
Systems (continued) |
| 2:00-3:00pm |
Pranay Goel: XPP (continued) |
| 3:00-3:30pm |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30-5:30pm |
Project leaders describe their projects |
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Wednesday 8/4
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| 9:00am |
Participants write their preferred projects |
| 10:00am |
Teams are selected and begin work, guided by their
project leaders |
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Thursday 8/5
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| 9:00-10:00am |
Gustavo Leone: Cellular Differentiation and Cancer:
PPT1 |
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Friday 8/6
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| 9:00-10:00am |
Gustavo Leone: Cellular Differentiation and Cancer:
PPT2 |
Week 2
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Tuesday 8/10
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| 1:00-2:00pm |
Andrea Doseff: Apoptosis I |
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Wednesday 8/11
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| 1:00-2:00pm |
Andrea Doseff: Apoptosis II |
| 2:00-4:00pm |
Andrea Doseff: Lab |
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Thursday 8/12
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| 1:00-2:00pm |
Berl Oakley: Gamma-tubulin functions
in microtubule nucleation and cell cycle regulation |
| 2:00pm |
Berl Oakley: Lab |
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Friday 8/13
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| 4:00pm |
Gustavo Leone: Lab |
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