DMMC COURSES & WORKSHOPS

MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY IN ACTION
2 Nov - 14 Dec 2005; 0930-1230 weekly (Wed)
Venue: Lecture Theatre, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin (location)

Online application is closed
(Online application period: 17 - 28 Oct 2005)

Course Coordinator: Dr John Baugh (UCD Conway Institute)

This course, running over seven Wednesday mornings, covers the molecular processes and interactions inside and between cells. Lecturers describe the experimental study of these processes, and how this impacts on knowledge and treatment of disease. The course assumes a basic knowledge of molecular biology.

The objective for postgraduate teaching is to give students an integrated view of how cells function at the molecular level in health and disease, related to current research. We recommend that postgraduate students interested in this course attend the whole course (DMMC Course Attendance Certificates are only provided for complete attendance).

Follow the links below to read an abstract of each lecture. Abstracts will appear as soon as we receive them.

Wed 2 Nov 2005; 0930-1120
0930 Overview of course and how the topics
         integrate Dr John Baugh abstract
1000 Basic molecular cell biology mechanisms
         Dr John Baugh abstract

Wed 9 Nov 2005: 0930-1230
0930 Epigenetics in normal and disease states
         Dr Amanda McCann abstract
1050 Coffee Break
1110 Genomic instability and disease progression
         Dr Jacintha O'Sullivan abstract

Wed 16 Nov 2005; 0930-1230
0930 Transcription regulation Dr Leonie Young abstract
1050 Coffee Break
1110 TGF-beta1 signalling and its role in promoting
         chronic renal damage Dr Neil Docherty abstract

Wed 23 Nov 2005; 0930-1230
0930 The cell cycle Prof Stephen Pennington abstract
1050 Coffee Break
1110 Cell division/meiosis Dr Rosemary Clyne abstract

Wed 30 Nov 2005; 0930-1230
0930 Extracellular matrix, cell adhesion and
         migration Dr John Crean abstract
1050 Coffee Break
1110 Cell-cell adhesion, tumour invasion and
         metastasis Dr Ann Hopkins abstract

Wed 7 Dec 2005; 0930-1230
0930 Apoptosis Dr William Watson abstract
1050 Coffee Break
1110 Hypoxia and epithelial cells; oxygen sensing
         Dr Cormac Taylor abstract

Wed 14 Dec 2005; 0930-1230
0930 Insulin receptor tyrosine kinase signalling:
         from molecules to mice Dr Derek Brazil abstract
1050 Coffee Break
1110 Role of small GTPases in the regulation of
         vesicle trafficking: relevance to insulin release
         and glut4-vesicle translocation in typeII
         diabetes Dr Bernard Allan abstract