Lectures on phenotyping in Olomouc

We would like to cordially invite you for a series of lectures on phenotyping and transgenic technologies from the members of our Phenogenomics team that will take place in Olomouc on Tuesday May 13 and Thursday May 14 2014. The event is supported from OP EC project reg. no. CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0102 “Founding of an expert team for the Centre for Phenogenomics”.

The venue for the event is the lecture room of the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine (IMTM) (Room No. 1.09), Hnevotinska 5, Olomouc.

The program of the talks

Section I. Generation of mouse models, resources & new technologies
Tuesday 13 May 2014

15.45 Opening the meeting
Trevor Epp, Ph.D.

16.00 Mouse phenotyping at the CCP – international cooperation to national support
Trevor Epp

16.30 Mouse biochemistry phenotyping and methods for detection of free radicals via electron spin resonance
Karel Chalupsky

17.00 Advanced methods for targeted genome engineering
Björn Schuster

17.30 Design, Generation, and Archiving of your Mutant Mouse Strain – work at the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics (CCP)
Inken Beck/ Radislav Seldacek

18.00 Discussion on cooperation possibilities – mouse models meet translation medicine
R. Sedlacek & Phenogenomics team (T. Epp, B. Schuster, I. Beck, K. Chalupsky)

Section II. Phenotyping – characterization of gene’s function in physiological systems
Wednesday 14 May 2014

9.00 Secondary screens: inflammation in colitis and colorectal cancer”
Jolana Tureckova and Monika Cervinkova

9.30 Neurogenesis and neural development: Protein isomerization in neural development, aging and degeneration.
Martin Balastik

10.00 Approaches to studying mouse embryonic development
Kallayanee Chawenhsaksophak

10.30 Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping: Models for Diabetes Research
Martin Gregor

11.00 Discussion and closing remarks
R. Sedlacek & Phenogenomics team (M.Gregor, J.Tureckova, M.Cervinkova, M.Balastik, K.Chawengsaksophak)

Refreshment will be served.