Kuželove semináre / Kužela Lectures
Organized by the Departments of Biochemistry and Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Comenius University in Bratislava in close collaboration with Natura, o.z.
Upcoming lectures:
85. Lecture [9/3/2012]
A key step in land plant evolution and function: Genetic control of the development of 3D body plan in higher plants
Odd-Arne Olsen - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås & Hedmark University College, Hamar, Norway.
84. Lecture [24/2/2012]
Molecular phylogeny and evolution of autotrophic euglenoids - one of the most ancient lines of eukaryotes
Anna Karnkowska-Ishikawa - Department of Plants Systematics and Geography, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Previous lectures:
2011
83. Lecture [25/11/2011]
Autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2/Neuropilin-1 signaling promotes glioma stem-like cell viability and tumor growth
Petra Hamerlik - Institute of Cancer Biology and Centre for Genotoxic Stress Research, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
82. Lecture [21/10/2011]
Srovnávací genomika a evoluce protistů: Revoluce v představách o evoluci eukaryot
Marek Eliáš - Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ostrava, Czech republic.
81. Lecture [14/10/2011]
RNA quality control: the tales of two 3’-end tails
Štepánka Vanačová - National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Central European Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech republic.
80. Lecture [20/5/2011]
RNA editing and mitochondrial translation in trypanosomes
Dmitri Maslov - University of California, Riverside,USA
79. Lecture [28/4/2011]
eIF3 rocks: From initiation to termination and back to reinitiation
Leoš Shivaya Valášek - Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
78. Lecture [9/3/2011]
Bayesian inference of ancient human demography from individual genome sequences
Adam Siepel, Cornell University, USA
77. Lecture [21/1/2011]
Cell division and metabolism of fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2010
76. Lecture [1/12/2010]
Architektúra buněčného jádra a nemoc
Ivan Raška, Ústav buněčné biologie a patologie, Univerzita Karlova, Praha
75. Lecture [19/11/2010]
Schistosoma japonicum genome project – the gap between genomics and biology
Yan Zhou, Fudan University and Chinese National Human Genome Center, Shanghai, China
74. Lecture [18/05/2010]
Skákající geny - parazité nebo pomocníci?
Eduard Kejnovský, Laboratoř vývojové genetiky rostlin, Biofyzikální ústav AVČR Brno, ČR
73. Lecture [11/03/2010]
Vznik eukaryotické buňky
Vladimír Hampl, Katedra parazitológie a hydrobiológie, Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Praha, ČR
2009
72. Lecture [27/11/2009]
Detecting natural selection with empirical codon models
Carolin Kosiol, Institute of Population Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
71. Lecture [25/11/2009]
Genome wide analysis of environmental stress response in yeast and close relatives
Christoph Schüller, University of Vienna / Max F.Perutz Laboratories, Vienna, Austria
70. Lecture [15/4/2009]
Reverse origami: Discovery of new genomic ribozymes and aptamers
Andrej Lupták, University of California Irvine, USA
2008
69. Lecture [9/12/2008]
Hedvábí, kutikula a juvenilní hormon
František Sehnal, Biologické centrum, Entomologický ústav AV ČR, České Budějovice, Česká republika.
68. Lecture [17/4/2008]
Mitochondrial electron redox chain as a new target for anti-cancer drugs
Jiří Neužil, Apoptosis Research Group, School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Southport, Qld, Australia & Molecular Therapy Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
67. Lecture [30/1/2008]
Od ADP/ATP translokátora k bunkovej smrti
Peter Polčic, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
66. Lecture [15/1/2008]
Ako sa mozog učí: úloha génov
Ľubica Beňušková, Department of Computer Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand & Department of Applied Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2007
65. Lecture [20/11/2007]
Molekulární a fenotypové hodnocení diverzity cyanobakterií: Moderní kombinované aspekty klasifikace
Jiří Komárek, Jihočeská univerzita, České Budějovice, Česká republika.
64. Lecture [31/10/2007]
Sex and reproduction: ready for divorce?
Carl Djerassi, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, USA.
63. Lecture [19/4/2007]
Lipid biogenesis in yeasts
Günther Daum, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
62. Lecture [30/3/2007]
Two novel pathways of signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis cannibalism system
Richard M. Losick, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
61. Lecture [16/3/2007]
Ups and downs of homologous recombination
Lumír Krejčí, National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
60. Lecture [9/3/2007]
Chromatin structures dynamics - functions of SMC proteins
Jan Paleček, Department of Functional Genomics and Proteomics Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
59. Lecture [22/2/2007]
Methods of molecular modeling in drug design
Igor Tvaroška, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2006
58. Lecture [24/10/2006]
Visualizing the ends of chromosomes and the proteins that reside there
Jack D. Griffith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
57. Lecture [6/10/2006]
Plant Neurobiology
František Baluška, Institute of Cellular & Molecular Botany University of Bonn, Germany.
56. Lecture [5/5/2006]
Chromosome segregation in meiosis
Juraj Gregáň, Department of Chromosome Biology, University of Vienna, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna, Austria.
55. Lecture [21/4/2006]
Nucleo-mitochondrial interactions: central player in yeast retrograde signaling
Mário Špírek, Department of Chromosome Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria.
54. Lecture [7/4/2006]
Initiation of DNA replication in Archaea, the third domain of life: How eukaryotic-like machinery functions in these prokaryotic organisms
Alan Majerník, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
53. Lecture [17/3/2006]
Time within us: Biological rhythms - mechanisms of their generation and consequences on physiological functions
Michal Zeman, Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2005
52. Lecture [11/11/2005]
Who is the father? (Mating strategies and reproductive success in broiler breeders)
Boris Bilčík, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
51. Lecture [7/10/2005]
The role of nucleoid-associated proteins in the organization and compaction of bacterial chromatin
Remus Thei Dame, Physics of Complex Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
50. Lecture [17/5/2005]
The steroid deficiency gene ecdysoneless
Marek Jindra, Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
49. Lecture [22/4/2005]
Cellular and mouse models of deregulated signaling pathways in hematopoiesis
Vladimír Divoký, Department of Biology and Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
48. Lecture [7/4/2005]
Development of high throughput technologies for selections of antibodies from phage display libraries
Peter Pavlík, Bioscience Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
47. Lecture [31/3/2005]
Epigenetic inheritance and the role of sex
Boris Vyskot, Laboratory of Plant Developmental Genetics Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech republic.
46. Lecture [4/3/2005]
Recognition of DNA damage by bacterial nucleotide excision repair
Milan Škorvaga, Institute of Experimental Oncology Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2004
45. Lecture [12/11/2004]
Meiosis & Telomeres: Unexpected connections
Karel Říha, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology Austrian Academy of Sciences Wienna, Austria.
44. Lecture [19/10/2004]
Surprising genetic heterogeneity of X-chromosome linked mental retardation
Jozef Gecz, Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women´s and Children´s Hospital North Adelaide, Australia.
43. Lecture [04/05/2004]
Searching for Christmas trees in nucleolus
Ivan Raška, Charles University and Experimental Medicine Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
42. Lecture [23/04/2004]
Secret life of qubits
Vladimír Bužek, Research Center for Quantum Information, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
41. Lecture [18/03/2004]
Multi drug resistance in yeast
André Goffeau, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
2003
40. Lecture [27/11/2003]
Calcium signaling during excitation - contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes
Alexandra Zahradníková, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
39. Lecture [30/10/2003]
New insights into the Lon protease and DnaJ-like chaperone of human mitochondria: Roles in mtDNA metabolism and cell signaling
Carolyn Suzuki, Department of Biochemistry and Mol. Biology, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
38. Lecture [25/09/2003]
The role of cardiolipin in mitochondrial function: Implications for Barth syndrome
Miriam L. Greenberg, Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
37. Lecture [24/06/2003]
Functional analysis of proteins involved in RNA editing in Trypanosoma brucei using RNA interference
Julius Lukeš, Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, České Budějovice, Czech republic.
36. Lecture [22/04/2003]
Adenylate cyclase toxin of Bordetella: A model protein penetrating cellular membranes and a novel antigen delivery tool for induction of cellular immunity against viruses and tumors
Peter Šebo, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
35. Lecture [13/02/2003]
Excretion of organic acids by filamentous fungi
Wolfgang Burgstaller, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
2002
34. Lecture [6/11/2002]
Plasticity of prokaryotic genome
Jiří Doškař, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech republic.
33. Lecture [17/10/2002]
Perspectives for the functional analysis of Chlamydomonas DIP13, a new potential microtubule associated protein
Wolfgang Mages, Universität Regensburg, Germany.
32. Lecture [28/05/2002]
Apoptosis in yeast
Frank Madeo, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany.
31. Lecture [22/04/2002]
Evolutionary algorithms and modeling of cooperation
Jiří Pospíchal, Department of Mathematics, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2001
30. Lecture [14/12/2001]
Yeast as a model to characterize the role of acyl chains in membrane biogenesis
Roger Schneiter, Institute of Biochemistry, Technical University Graz, Austria.
29. Lecture [13/12/2001]
Genomika: minulost, současnost a budoucnost
Václav Pačes, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
28. Lecture [15/11/2001]
Yeast mother cell-specific aging
Michael Breitenbach, University of Salzburg, Austria.
27. Lecture [08/11/2001]
Exploring the catalytic core of mitochondrial complex I by yeast genetics
Ulrich Brandt, Gustav-Embden Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
26. Lecture [08/11/2001]
Polycythemias, cancer, erythropoietin, von Hippell-Lindau gene and hypoxia signalling
Josef T. Prchal, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
25. Lecture [28/05/2001]
X-linked bone disease - SEDL, interplay of gene and its pseudogene
Jozef Gecz, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
24. Lecture [12/03/2001]
The importance of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins for lipid metabolism
Jan Kopecký, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
23. Lecture [27/02/2001]
Proteosynthesis in kinetoplasts
Anton Horváth, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
22. Lecture [29/11/2000]
Slovenskí vysokoškolskí učitelia: Akí boli, sú a budú?
Soňa Szomolányi & Ladislav Kováč, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2000
21. Lecture [27/10/2000]
What yeast glycolysis may lead to and beyond
H. Yde Steensma, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
20. Lecture [17/10/2000]
Using the genome project to understand the development of plant cells
Liam Dolan, John Innes Center, Norwich, UK.
19. Lecture [25/09/2000]
Osmotic stress signalling: A trip from membrane to chromosome
Vladimír Reiser, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
18. Lecture [22/05/2000]
Mitochondrial genetics and metabolism of pyrimidines in Saccharomyces yeasts.
Jure Piškur, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
1999
17. Lecture [28/06/1999]
Antibody-independent killing of group B Streptococcus
Peter Butko, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA.
16. Lecture [18/06/1999]
Are mitochondrial channels the gatekeepers of cell death?
Kathleen W. Kinnaly, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, USA.
15. Lecture [18/06/1999]
Regulation of the yeast transcriptional activator Gal4
Karin D. Breunig, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany.
14. Lecture [19/05/1999]
Darwin: Philosopher of the 21th century
Werner Callebuat, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
13. Lecture [16/04/1999]
Life under anoxic conditions: Transmembrane ion current and the mechanism of ATP synthesis in methanogenic and acetogenic microorganisms
Volker Müller, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
12. Lecture [08/04/1999]
Distribution of actin and tubulin during the cell division of Endomyces magnusii
Jiří Hašek, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
1998
11. Lecture [23/11/1998]
Telomeres and subtelomeres of plant chromosomes
Jiří Fajkus, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech republic.
10. Lecture [28/09/1998]
To be or not to be? The role of IAP genes in apoptosis
Martin Holčík, University of Ottawa, Canada.
9. Lecture [30/03/1998]
The role of ABC transporters in the immune response
Gustav Russ, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
1997
8. Lecture [05/12/1997]
Darkener of apricot (Doa) - a new gene, a new evolutionary conserved protein kinase
Róbert Farkaš, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
7. Lecture [24/10/1997]
Biological roots of morality
Franz M. Wuketits, University of Vienna, Austria.
6. Lecture [02/06/1997]
Molecular genetics of mental retardation
Jozef Gecz, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
5. Lecture [09/05/1997]
The yeast genome and the genes involved in the multidrug resistance phenomenon
Claude Jacq, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France.
4. Lecture [14/04/1997]
Neuroendokrínna regulácia zvliekania hmyzu alebo brušný tanec motýľov
Dušan Žitňan, Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
3. Lecture [10/03/1997]
Function of yeast ABC transporters: From sex to pleiotropic drug resistance
Karl Kuchler, University and Biocenter Vienna, Austria.
1996
2. Lecture [28/11/1996]
Regulation and defects in biosynthesis of mitochondrial ATPase
Josef Houštěk, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech republic, Prague, Czech republic.
1. Lecture [27/09/1996]
A common denominator among CDC1, mitochondrial processing protease, sensitivity to mycobacteria and brain function
Nathan Nelson, University of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Projekt Kuželových seminárov podporila Nadácia Tatra banky. Ďakujeme.
The project of Kužela lectures is supported by Tatra banka Foundation. Thank you very much.
