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MEMBRANES Research Day Spring Edition

MEMBRANES is a professional network at Aarhus Univ. with more than 25 group leaders promoting collaboration, fund raising and career development.

Info about event

Time

Tuesday 16 April 2024,  at 10:00 - 21:00

Location

AIAS auditorium, bldg. 1632-201

Programme

Time slots include questions and discussion – please keep strictly to the allocated time.

Welcome

Refreshments will be served in the canteen of the AIAS building
10.00-10.25: Coffee, sign-in, and upload of presentations (first session speakers)

Morning session (10.25-12.25). Chairs: Rikke Nielsen (Associate Professor), Xabier Sørtvedt (PhD stu-dent)

10.25-10.30: Welcome by Robert Fenton (Research theme coordinator)
10.30-11.10: Kathrin Weyer (Associate Professor) Keynote speaker - “Molecular interactions between filtered proteins and proximal tubular cells in proteinuria”
11.10-11.25: Andreas Lodberg (Post doc) - “BioAnchor, a platform technology for localized drug delivery without systemic exposure”
11.25-11.40: Vladimir Matchkov (Professor) - “Update from the Advisory Board for the Animal Facility”
11.40-11.55: Mathias Flensted (PhD student) - “Highly Responsive Bioassay for Quantification of Glucocorticoids”
11.55-12.10: Janne Lebeck (Associate Professor) - “Glycerol channels in adipose tissue and liver”
12.10-12.25: Qi Wu (Associate Professor) - “Single-cell proteomics by mass spectrometry”

Lunch Break (12.25-13.15)

Sandwiches and soft drinks will be served in the canteen of the AIAS building

Afternoon session (13.15-15). Chairs: Sebastian Frische (Associate Professor), Prado Vargas Duarte (Post doc)

13.15-13.35: Stephan Lange (Associate Professor) - “Molecular mechanisms for heart failure development: lessons from experimental models”
13.35-13.50: Mariavittoria D'Acierno (Post doc)/Adrienne Madeleine Assmus (Post doc) - “Update on younger researchers within Membranes”
13.50-14.05: Lei Cheng (Cell-X manager) - “CellX – The danish single-cell examination platform”
14.05-14.25: Mads Vaarby Sørensen (Researcher) - “The UABA, an automated urine acid base analyzer for relevant urine acid base di-agnostics”
14.25-14.40: Peder Berg (Post doc) - “A novel urine acid/base-score and progression of chronic kidney disease”
14.40-15.00: Birgitte Mønster Christensen (Associate Professor) - “Lithium in the kidney collecting duct”

Coffee break (15.00-15.30)

Refreshments will be served in the canteen of the AIAS building

Afternoon session cont.. (15.30-17.10). Chairs: Robert Fenton (Professor), Debra Fong (Post doc)

15.30-15.50: Helle Øhrwald (Professor)- “Direct activation of renal Ghrelin-family GPR39 receptors reduces urinary concen-tration capacity”
15.50-16.05: Elizaveta Melnikova (PhD student) - “The role of Ca2+ -activated Cl- channel, TMEM16A in cerebral perfusion”
16.05-16.20: Anna Vingborg (Research year student) - “SGLT2 Inhibition in Heart Failure - How Is Cardiac Protection Established?”
16.20-16.40: Natalya Fedosova (Associate Professor) - “Cardiotonic steroids – poisons or remedies? Seeking for the structural determi-nants”
16.40-16.55: Laura Ø. Johnsen (Post doc) - “Effect of the anti-epileptic drug Levetiracetam on cerebrospinal fluid production”
16.55-17.10: Concluding remarks by Robert Fenton (Research Theme Coordinator)

Dinner (17.45-21.00)

Buffet dinner is served in the Skou canteen (bldg. 1116-042) (wine, beer, soft drinks are provided)