Preliminary plan
Summer University course on Mitochondria in Disease and Aging - July 8-19 2013
Week 1
Monday July 8
9-10
10-11
Welcome and introduction
by P.Bross & T.Stevnsner
Tuesday July 9
Wednesday July 10
Thursday July 11
12 min (personal) project
presentations by 4 students
12 min (personal) project
presentations by 4 students
12 min (personal) project
presentations by 4
students
Seminar by K. Kristiansen
Title TBA
Seminar by P. Bross
“Deficient protein quality
control in the
mitochondrial matrix and
neurodegneration”
Introduction to course elements
Short presentation of course
participants
Groups A,B,C, and D to be formed
for Jounal club presentations
Seminar by S. Venø
“The origin of mitochondria,
mtDNA metabolism
11-12
Seminar by P. Bross
“Introduction to the field of
mitochondria in aging and disease”
Seminar M. Akbari
“Pathogenesis of defects in
mitochondrial DNA
maintenance pathways”
12-13
13-14
Lunch break
Lunch break
Seminar by V. Bohr
“Mitochondrial DNA repair and
aging”
Seminar by S. Maynard
“The search for mitochondrial
biomarkers of Alzheimers
Disease”
14-15
15-16
Seminar by T. Stevnsner
“Mitochondrial dysfunction in a
premature aging syndrome, CSB”
Groups A,B,C and D prepare their
presentation
Groups A,B,C and D prepare
their presentation
Seminar by R. Gredilla
“Brain aging and
neurodegeneration: Role of
mitochondrial DNA damage
and repair”
Lunch break
Seminar by I.M. Møller
Title TBA
Introduction to Seahorse
technology by C. Garm
Work on Seahorse data-sets
Seminar by R. Hovarth
“Defects of mitochondrial
translation”
Lunch break
Seminar by L.J. Rasmussen
“The role of microbial
pathogenesis in genome
instability of nuclear and
mitochondrial DNA”
Friday July 12
Seminar by N. Gregersen
“Mechanisms in mitochondria stress initiation
and development of
chronic stress”
Seminar by R. Olsen
“Mechanisms of
metabolic
reprogramming in
monogenic
mitochondrial diseases”
Seminar by J.Palmfeldt
“Mitochondrial
proteomics – a tool for
the study of metabolic
disorders”
Lunch break
Presentation by group A
Presentation by group B
Danish Mitochondrial
Society
Week 2
9-10
Monday July 15
Tuesday July 16 (Skejby)
Wednesday July 17
Selection of topic for
exam-essay
Research at Research Unit
for Molecular Medicine by
Niels Gregersen
Presentation by
two ph.d.-stud. from
Aarhus Univ.Hospital,
Skejby
Presentation by group C
10-11
Thursday July 18
Friday July 19
Experimental work w.
nucleocounter
Work on exam-essay
Lunch break
Lunch break
Introduction to work on mtproteomics by J. Palmfeldt
Handing in examessay by e-mail
Evaluation and
Goodbye
Presentation by group D
Work on exam-essay
Presentation by
two ph.d.-stud. from
Aarhus Univ.Hospital,
Skejby
11-12
12-13
13-14
14-15
15-16
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Lunch break
Lunch break
Work on exam-essay
Lunch break
“Skejby campus tour”
“Skejby campus tour”
Work on exam-essay
Seminar by K. Kyng
“Mitochondrial failure in
neonatal brain injury”
Introduction to nucleocounter by P.FernandezGuerra
Work on exam-essay
Work on proteome data-sets
The whole program is mandatory
All students who are involved in a project (or about to be involved) should prepare a 12 min presentation about their project
Course material will soon be available on AULA.au.dk
It is important that all participants have read the 4 “Journal Club presentation papers” before the start of the course
For each seminar there will be at least one review and a research paper available. All students are advised to read the relevant papers before each seminar
All students should, if at all possible, bring their own lab-top computer (Please, notify us before the start of the course (tvs@mb.au.dk) if that is not possible)