UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Life Sciences Research Seminar Programme
Timetable (Semester 2, 2012-13)
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Date
Title and presenter
Monday
11 February 2013
Deregulation of the phosphatase, pp2a in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia models
Monday
25 February 2013
TBA
Monday
18 March 2013
Investigation of Heat shock proteins as Regulators of Hematopoetic Stem Cell (HSC)
Expansion.
Mareh Dalal, MSc student
Seham Eljali, MSc student
CANCELLED
4.
Monday
25 March 2013
Amina Abdul-Aziz, PhD student
Does summation of alleles account for genetic risk and genotype-phenotype association in
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?
Nikolai Pace, PhD student
5.
Monday
08 April 2013
Population and molecular genetics of rare autosomal recessive disorders using
consanguinity
Prof Giovanni Romeo
6.
Monday
15 April 2013
Anomalous metabolism of heroin and its effects on testing for drugs of abuse
Monday
22 April 2013
Genetic analysis of Olive (Olea europaea L.) varieties in the Maltese islands using DNA
markers: method development and technique evaluation
7.
James Agius, MSc student
Oriana Mazzitelli, MSc student
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9.
10.
Monday
06 May 2013
CANCELLED
Heat Shock Proteins and Chaperonopathies: The role of Hsp60 in tissue homeostasis and
in the pathogenesis of human diseases
Monday
13 May 2013
C. elegans MnSOD gateway mutants - from gene to protein structure
Monday
20 May 2013
The importance of the implementation of MIQE guidelines for attaining reliable RT-qPCR
study data.
Professor Francesco Cappello
Rosalin Bonetta, PhD student
Professor Jo Vandesompele
11.
12.
Monday
01 July 2013
Monday
08 July 2013
Metal selectivity and specificity of Iron Superoxide Dismutase from Escherichia coli.
Diane Farrugia, MSc student
TBA
Mariam Rageh, MSc student
Venue:
Physiology Computer Lab
Biomedical Sciences Building,
University of Malta
Time:
4.00 – 5.00 pm unless otherwise indicated
Website: http://www.um.edu.mt/events/scisem/
Email: scisem@um.edu.mt