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)