5th Meeting Final Program, 2nd October 2009

Dear alumni,

Please find above the Final Program for our Next Meeting to be held at Porto next Friday, October 2nd, 2009. Further details in the text below.

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sebastião and Paula Sampaio, September 28th, 2009]

Dear all,

It will be already next Friday, 2nd October, the 5th EMBL Alumni Association Iberian local chapter that this year will be in Porto at IBMC.

You are still in time to make the to attend the meeting, just send an e-mail with your registration to emblalumniportugal@gmail.com

Program:

9:30 Welcome

9:40 Kinetochore-microtubule interactions, mitotic checkpoint and chromosome segregation fidelity

Elsa Logarinho Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

10:20 Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration: from cells to drugs

Tiago Outeiro Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal

11:00 Coffee break

11:20 Towards an evolutionary cell biology

José Pereira Leal Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal

12:00 Biochemical approaches to biomolecular networks

Anne-Claude Gavin European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

13:00 Lunch

14:40 RNAi-based dissection of Innate Immune Responses

Luis Ferreira Moita – Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal

15:20 Crystallographic structure of a porcine adenovirus fibre containing unique galectin-like carbohydrate recognition domains

Mark J. van Raaij Universidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

16:00 Coffee break

15:20 Alumni meeting

Venue:

IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal

IBMC on Google Maps

Accommodation:

Special rates are available for the meeting in the following hotels close to IBMC:

HF TUELA PORTO *** (€60 single/double)

HF FÉNIX PORTO **** (€67 single/double)

HF IPANEMA PORTO **** (€67 single/double)

HF IPANEMA PARK ***** (€75 single/double)

Quality Inn Portus Cale **** (€63 single - €71 double)

To get the specials rates you should indicate the reference "EMBL Alumini Portugal-Spain meeting" in the booking.

HF - Hoteis Fenix:

Tel.....: + 351 226 194 100

Fax....: + 351 226 194 160

E-mail: porto@hfhotels.com

Quality Inn Portus Cale:

Tel.....: + 351 22 608 3900

Fax....: + 351 22 608 3906

E-mail: quality.portuscale@grupo-continental.com

Other suggested hotels:

Porto Youth Hostel
Hotel BoaVista

Support:

EMBL Alumni Association (www.embl.de/aboutus/alumni/index.html)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria - IPL (www.ipleiria.pt)
IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (www.ibmc.up.pt)

Registration and contact:

E-mail to: EMBLAlumniPortugal@gmail.com

We are looking forward to see you here.

Best regards,

Paula Sebastião
Paula Sampaio

Remember - Friday 2nd October Meeting in Porto

Dear alumni,

A reminder from our Next Meeting hosts at Porto; Friday, October 2nd, 2009; participants are encouraged to confirm their assistance as soon as possible. Please find the details below.

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sebastião and Paula Sampaio, September 20th, 2009]

Dear all,

The next EMBL Alumni Association Iberian local chapter meeting will take place Friday October 2^nd at IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular in Porto, Portugal.

The EMBL group leader Anne-Claude Gavin will honour us with her presence and a seminar.

The meeting will include several open scientific talks. Speakers already confirmed are:

Tiago Fleming Outeiro (Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal)

José Pereira Leal (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal)

Luis Ferreira Moita (Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal)

Mark J. van Raaij (Dpto de Bioquímica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Elsa Logarinho (IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal)

If you are also interested in give a talk about your current work, please send an abstract together with the registration. Posters are also welcome.

We also would like to listen you about issues to be focused in the meeting. We need your feedback to organize a nice meeting, please participate with your comments and suggestions.

Please let us know if you will attend to the meeting as soon as possible.

Preliminary program:

9:30 Welcome

9:45 Elsa Logarinho - "Kinetochore-microtubule interactions, mitotic checkpoint and chromosome segregation fidelity"

10:15 Talk to be announced

10:45 Tiago Outeiro – “Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration: from cells to drugs”

11:15 Coffee break

11:25 José Pereira Leal – “Towards an evolutionary cell biology”

12:00 Anne-Claude Gavin (IBMC-INEB Friday Noon Seminar)

13:00 Lunch

14:30 Luis Ferreira Moita – “RNAi-based dissection of Innate Immune Responses”

15:00 Mark J. van Raaij – “Crystallographic structure of a porcine adenovirus fibre containing unique galectin-like carbohydrate recognition domains”

15:30 Talk to be announced

16:00 Coffee break

16:10 Alumni meeting

17:30 Port wine taste

20:00 Dinner

Venue:

IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal

IBMC on Google Maps

Accommodation:

Special rates are available for the meeting in the following hotels close to IBMC:

HF TUELA PORTO *** (€60 single/double)

HF FÉNIX PORTO **** (€67 single/double)

HF IPANEMA PORTO **** (€67 single/double)

HF IPANEMA PARK ***** (€75 single/double)

Quality Inn Portus Cale **** (€63 single - €71 double)

To get the specials rates you should indicate the reference "EMBL Alumni Portugal-Spain meeting" in the booking.

HF - Hoteis Fenix:

Tel.....: + 351 226 194 100

Fax....: + 351 226 194 160

E-mail: porto@hfhotels.com

Quality Inn Portus Cale:

Tel.....: + 351 22 608 3900

Fax....: + 351 22 608 3906

E-mail: quality.portuscale@grupo-continental.com

Other suggested hotels:

Porto Youth Hostel

Hotel BoaVista

Support:

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria - IPL (http://www.ipleiria.pt)

IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (www.ibmc.up.pt)

Registration and contact:

E-mail to: EMBLAlumniPortugal@gmail.com

We are looking forward to see you in Porto.

Best regards,

Paula Sebastião and Paula Sampaio

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Paula Sampaio, PhD.
IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular
Universidade do Porto
Rua Campo Alegre 823
P4150-180 PORTO
PORTUGAL

Tel: +351 226074900  Ext: 1606
Fax: +351 226099157
email: sampaio@ibmc.up.pt

Web: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/

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5th Meeting Preliminary Program

Dear alumni,

A preliminary program has been prepared for our 5th Meeting to be held in Porto; Friday, October 2nd, 2009; participants are encouraged to confirm their assistance before September 20th. Please find the details below.

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sebastião and Paula Sampaio, September 7th, 2009]

Dear all,

We are waiting for you in Porto for the EMBL Alumni Association Iberian local chapter meeting, which will take place October 2^nd at IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular in Porto, Portugal.

The EMBL group leader Anne-Claude Gavin will honour us with her presence and a seminar.

The meeting will include several open scientific talks. Speakers already confirmed are:

Tiago Fleming Outeiro (Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal)

José Pereira Leal (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal)

Luis Ferreira Moita (Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal)

Mark J. van Raaij (Dpto de Bioquímica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Elsa Logarinho (IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal)

If you are also interested in give a talk about your current work, please send an abstract together with the registration. Posters are also welcome.

We also would like to listen you about issues to be focused in the meeting. We need your feedback to organize a nice meeting, please participate with your comments and suggestions.

Please let us know if you will attend to the meeting until September 20^th

Preliminary program:

9:30 Welcome

9:45 Elsa Logarinho - "Kinetochore-microtubule interactions, mitotic checkpoint and chromosome segregation fidelity"

10:15 Talk to be announced

10:45 Tiago Outeiro – “Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration: from cells to drugs”

11:15 Coffee break

11:25 José Pereira Leal – “Towards an evolutionary cell biology”

12:00 Anne-Claude Gavin (IBMC-INEB Friday Noon Seminar)

13:00 Lunch

14:30 Luis Ferreira Moita – “RNAi-based dissection of Innate Immune Responses”

15:00 Mark J. van Raaij – “Crystallographic structure of a porcine adenovirus fibre containing unique galectin-like carbohydrate recognition domains”

15:30 Talk to be announced

16:00 Coffee break

16:10 Alumni meeting

17:30 Port wine taste

20:00 Dinner

Venue:

IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal

IBMC on Google Maps

Accommodation:

Special rates are available for the meeting in the following hotels close to IBMC:

HF TUELA PORTO *** (€60 single/double)

HF FÉNIX PORTO **** (€67 single/double)

HF IPANEMA PORTO **** (€67 single/double)

HF IPANEMA PARK ***** (€75 single/double)

Quality Inn Portus Cale **** (€63 single - €71 double)

To get the specials rates you should indicate the reference "EMBL Alumni Portugal-Spain meeting" in the booking.

HF - Hoteis Fenix:

Tel.....: + 351 226 194 100

Fax....: + 351 226 194 160

E-mail: porto@hfhotels.com

Quality Inn Portus Cale:

Tel.....: + 351 22 608 3900

Fax....: + 351 22 608 3906

E-mail: quality.portuscale@grupo-continental.com

Other suggested hotels:

Porto Youth Hostel

Hotel BoaVista

Support:

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria - IPL (http://www.ipleiria.pt)

IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (www.ibmc.up.pt)

Registration and contact:

E-mail to: EMBLAlumniPortugal@gmail.com

We are looking forward to see you in Porto.

Best regards,

Paula Sebastião and Paula Sampaio

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Paula Sampaio, PhD.
IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular
Universidade do Porto
Rua Campo Alegre 823
P4150-180 PORTO
PORTUGAL

Tel: +351 226074900  Ext: 1606
Fax: +351 226099157
email: sampaio@ibmc.up.pt

Web: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/

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5th EMBL Alumni Iberian Meeting

Dear alumni,

A date has been selected for our 5th Meeting to be held in Porto; Friday, October 2nd, 2009, and abstract submission is encouraged. Please find the details below.

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sampaio, July 24th 2009]

Dear colleges,

We are waiting for you in Porto at 2nd October for the EMBL Alumni Association Iberian local chapter meeting, which will take place at IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular in Porto, Portugal.

The meeting will have scientific talks open to the institute. If you are interested in present your current work, please send us an abstract until the end of August.

We also would like to listen you about issues to be focused in the meeting. We need your feedback to organize a nice meeting, please participate with your comments and suggestions. Also, let us know if you are planning to attend the meeting.

The program will be available in beginning of September.

We are looking forward to see you in Porto.

Best regards

Paula Sebastião e Paula Sampaio

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sampaio, July 9th 2009]

Olá EMBL alumni,

Please mark in your schedulers the date (2nd October) for the 5th meeting of the Iberian local chapter of the EMBL Alumni Association, which will take place at IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular in Porto, Portugal.

The meeting will have the participation of an EMBL group leader, the EMBO Installation Grantee, Tiago Outeiro, from IMM, University of Lisbon, will present his work on neurodegenerative diseases and some scientific talks open to the institute selected among the abstracts submitted by the participants. So, if you are interested in present your current work, please send us an abstract.

We also would like to listen you about issues to be focused in the meeting. We need your feedback to organize a nice meeting, please participate with your comments and suggestions.

The program will be available soon.

We are looking forward to see you in Porto.

Best regards

Paula Sebastião e Paula Sampaio

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Paula Sampaio, PhD.
IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular
Universidade do Porto
Rua Campo Alegre 823
P4150-180 PORTO
PORTUGAL

Tel: +351 226074900 Ext: 1606
Fax: +351 226099157

email: sampaio<.at.>ibmc.up.pt

Web page: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/

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Next Meeting, Porto

Dear alumni,

Preparations are under way for next meeting. Please find below several messages from our next hosts, Paula Sebastião and Paula Sampaio.

Next EMBL alumni Iberian chapter meeting in Porto

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sampaio, June 2nd 2009]

Olá EMBL alumni,

This year the 5th meeting of the Iberian local chapter of the EMBL Alumni Association will take place at IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular in Porto, Portugal.

It is appointed for September 4th. Please let us know if you intend to participate in the meeting and if this date is convenient.

The meeting will have some scientific talks open to the institute. If you are interested in present your current work, please send us an abstract. You also can bring posters.

We also would like to listen you about issues to be focused in the meeting.

Please reply as soon as possible.

We are looking forward to see you in Porto :-) .

Paula Sebastião
Paula Sampaio

Date poll for next EMBL alumni Iberian chapter meeting in Porto

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sampaio, June 5th 2009]

Dear Alumni,

Thank you very much to all that already replayed to the meeting announcement e-mail.

Attending that many of you cannot attend the meeting at September 4th, we create a Doodle poll where you could mark the days that are more convenient for you to come to Porto. The link for the the doodle is:

http://www.doodle.com/xcfbvaftbutkqw6e

Please fill the poll until 14/06, so the final date could be defined very soon.

We need your feedback to organize a nice meeting, please participate with your comments and suggestions. :-)

We are looking forward to see you here

Os melhores cumprimentos/ Saludos/ Best regards

Paula Sebastião & Paula Sampaio

Next EMBL alumni Iberian chapter meeting in Porto - Reminder

[from an e-mail written by Paula Sampaio, June 15th 2009]

Dear Alumni,

Please don't forget to choose the dates that are more convenient for you to come to Porto. Please fill the poll during this week, so the final date could be defined very soon.

The link for the the doodle is:

http://www.doodle.com/xcfbvaftbutkqw6e

We need your feedback to organize a nice meeting, please participate with your comments and suggestions. :-)

If you already fill the poll please ignore this remainder and thank you very much for your participation.

We are looking forward to see you in Porto.

Os melhores cumprimentos/ Saludos/ Best regards

Paula Sebastião & Paula Sampaio

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Paula Sampaio, PhD.
IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular
Universidade do Porto
Rua Campo Alegre 823
P4150-180 PORTO
PORTUGAL

Tel: +351 226074900 Ext: 1606
Fax: +351 226099157

email: sampaio<.at.>ibmc.up.pt

Web page: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/

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