Joint Kickoff-Meeting of the RTG “Molecular Basis of Sensory Biology" and of the HWK Focus Group “Optical Imaging in Neurosensory Science”

November 2 - 4, 2016

Venue:

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst

Organizers:

The RTG meeting will be organized by
Prof. Dr. Karl-Wilhelm Koch and Dr. Petra Hülper
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

The Focus Group meeting will be organized by
PD Dr. Petra Groß and her colleagues
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Program Kickoff Meeting of the Research Training Group

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

14:10 – 14:25   Arrival and Welcome address
                            Karl W. Koch (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
14:25 – 14:40   The GRK Sensorybio - an overview
                            Karl W. Koch (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
14:40 – 15:50   Members of the RTG present their work
14:40 – 15:00   Diaminoterephthalates - new fluorescent dyes for life sciences
                            Melanie Wallisch
14:50 – 15:15   Diaminoterephthalates - beyond methylesters
                            Anka Schubert
15:15 – 15:30   Degradation of aromatic compounds by Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1
                            Jannes Vagts
15:30 – 15:50   Research Highlights: Synaptic contacts in the outer vertebrate retina
                            Jasmin Segelken

15:50 – 16:15   Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00   Postersession I
                           
Members of the GRK present their work
17:00 – 18:00   Members of the RTG present their work
17:00 – 17:20   Switching mechanisms in the retinal GCAP-Guanylate Cyclase complex
                            Stefan Sulmann
17:20 – 17:40   The RD3 protein: path toward a better understanding of a
                            new player in photoreceptor cells
                            Hanna Wimberg
17:40 – 18:00   HDAC6 as a novel target in retinal degeneration?
                            Janina Leyk
18:00 – 19:00   Keynote Lecture:
                            Signaling in photoreceptors and sperm - variations of a common motif
                            U. B. Kaupp (Forschungszentrum Caesar, Bonn)
19:15                  Dinner 
 

Thursday, November 3

09:00 – 09:10   Arrival
09:10 – 10:45   Members of the RTG present their work
09:10 – 09:30   miR-96 is required for normal development of the auditory hindbrain
                            Tina Schlüter
09:30 – 09:45   Functional analysis of miR-96 in the mouse auditory brainstem
                            - future prospects
                            Constanze Funke
09:45 – 10:05   Magnetic compass orientation in coral reef fish larvae
                            Michael Bottesch
10:05 – 10:25   Optoelectronic solid-liquid interfaces as potential artificial photoreceptors
                            Olyia Abdullaeva
10:25 – 10:45   Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of the calcium sensor
                            protein GCAP1
                            Jörg Robin
10:45 – 11:00   Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45   Lecture: Signaling via the non-canonical cyclic nucleotides cCMP
                           and cUMP
                            R. Seifert (Medizinische Hochschule Hannover)
11:45 – 12:30   Lecture: How the nose detects volatiles - molecular mechanisms of
                            odorant sensing
                            E. M. Neuhaus (Universitätsklinikum Jena)
12:30 – 13:00   Lunch
13:00 – 13:40   Postersession II
                           
Members of the RTG present their work
13:40 – 14:30   General Assembly of the GRK
 

Joint Meeting of the Research Training Group and of the Focus Group

November 3, 2016

14:30 – 14:45   Welcome Address
                            Petra Groß (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
14:45 – 15:30   Keynote lecture: Hyperspectral coherent anti-stokes raman
                            scattering microscopy
                            H. L. Offerhaus (University of Twente)
15:30 – 16:00   Coffee break
16:00 – 16:25   Protein and signaling networks in vertebrate photoreceptor cells
                            Karl-Wilhelm Koch (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
16:25 – 16:50   Diaminoterephthalates - New Tools for Life Sciences
                            Jens Christoffers (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
16:50 – 17:15   Light-dependent magnetoreception
                            Henrik Mouritsen (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
17:15 – 18:15   Structure-function analysis of inner hair cell ribbon synapses
                            Carolin Wichmann (University Medical Center Göttingen)
18:15 – 18:30   Closing remarks for the RTG meeting
                            “Molecular Basis of Sensory Biology”

                            Karl-Wilhelm Koch (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
18:30                  Dinner

November 4, 2016

09:00 – 09:15   Welcome
                            Petra Groß (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
09:15 – 09:40   Quantitative analysis of the innervation pattern of
                            cochlear sensory hair cells
                            Christine Köppl (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
09:40 – 10:05   Studying synaptic connections between neurons of the vertebrate retina
                            Karin Dedek (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
10:05 – 10:30   Shining light on the inner ear: probing the auditory periphery
                             in novel ways
                            Sonja Pyott (University Medical Center Groningen)
10:30 – 11:15   Coffee break
11:15 – 11:40   Nanospectroscopy: Towards optical spectroscopy on the nanoscale
                            Petra Groß (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
11:40 – 12:05   Spatially resolved magnetic resonance spectroscopy
                            Michael Winklhofer (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
12:05 – 12:30   New avenues for Raman microscopy
                            Carsten Fallnich (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)
12:30 – 13:30   Lunch
13:30 – 14:30   Synapses on a chip for single vesicle recording and nanoscopy of
                            presynaptic structure and function
                            Jürgen Klingauf (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)
14:30 – 15:30   Coffee and discussion round
15:30                  Closing remarks
                            Petra Groß (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)