BMED904 - Graduate Course in Extracellular Matrix (2021)
The course will cover various aspects of extracellular matrix (ECM) biology. A recurring theme will be the roles of the various ECM molecules and their functions in health and disease. Online event. The lectures are open to all interested.
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The PhD course听Matrix Biology (BMED904)听course will run June 07-11, 2021.
Place: We hoped for a combination听of on location at the University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, and听a live Zoom streaming听online, but with current corona measures, it will be performed online only. Practical lab听methods will be shown on video. Zoom links will be sent to the registered participants.
This year, the BMED904 course will be joint with the DIKU Summer School in Fibrosis.
Subjects:
- Extracellular matrix
- Imaging in biomedical research
- Proteoglycans, cell-matrix receptors
- Laminin- muscular dystrophy
- The brain matrix and its potential role in disease
- Fibroblast heterogeneity
- Artificial matrices for stem cell culture听
- Fibroblasts in fibrosis research
- Fibroblast cell migration
- Traction Force microscopy
- Myofibroblasts
- Collagens and cell-collagen interactions
- Methods for discovery of new proteins that mediate remodeling of the extracellular matrix
- Heart Fibrosis听
- The multifaceted role of CCN proteins in fibrotic stroma
- Integrins in fibrosis
- Mechanotransduction in cancer
- CAF heterogeneity听
Speakers:
- Wayne Carver,听USC, USA听
- Daniela E. Costea,听幸运飞艇计划, Norway
- Martin Decaris, Pliant听Therapeutics, USA
- Madeleine听Durbeej- Hjalt,听Lund univ. Sweden
- Donald Gullberg,听幸运飞艇计划, Norway
- Ritva Heljasvaara, Univ. Oulu, Finland
- Marion Kusche-Gullberg, 幸运飞艇计划, Norway
- Andrew Leask, USask, Canada
- Chris McCulloch,听UoT, Canada
- Cathy Merry, Nottingham UK
- Roya Navab, UoT, Canada
- Roger Oria-Fernandez, UCSF, USA听
- Joanna Phillips,听UCSF, USA 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听
- Sergey Plotnikov,听UoT, Canada
- Andreas Romaine, UiO, Norway
- Ronen Schuster,听UoT, Canada
- Kalle Sipil盲,听London, UK
- Frits Thorsen,听幸运飞艇计划, Norway
Scientific program: See the updated听program .
ECTS: This is a 3听ECTS course at the University of Bergen.听NOTE:听If you need to register ECTS, you need to either be a registered student at the 幸运飞艇计划, or听register as a guest student.
Registration:
- Candidates/students enrolled at the 幸运飞艇计划听register through听. Deadline is听February 1st. The system opens for applications December 7th.
- External candidates/students听(enrolled in other organizations than 幸运飞艇计划) who would like to have the ECTS added, register听through听, where they simultaneously apply for 幸运飞艇计划 guest student status. Deadline is听February 1st.听The system opens for applications December 1st.
- If you only want to follow the lectures of this course for professional updates and don鈥檛 need the ECTS, please to get access.
Contact:听Administrative coordinator is Margarethe Bittins.听Academic responsible are Marion Kusche-Gullberg and听Donald Gullberg.
