Universität Wien

560017 SE Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Phenomena in Biology (2022W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 56 - Doktoratsstudium Molekulare Biologie
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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Course dates: 05.10; 12.10; 19.10; 09.11; 16.11; 23.11; 30:11; 07.12; 14.12.2022; 11.01.2023; 18.01.2023; 25.01.2023
at 1 -2.30 pm

venue: VBC5 Lecture Hall B, Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien (note the change of venue as compared to above)

The course is held in person with mandatory on-site attendance, but will be recorded in case you have to miss it due to justified reasons.

  • Wednesday 05.10. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 12.10. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 19.10. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 09.11. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 16.11. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 23.11. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 30.11. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 07.12. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 14.12. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 11.01. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 18.01. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien
  • Wednesday 25.01. 13:00 - 14:30 STB/Seminarraum Strukturchemie Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Our understanding of how cells are organized is currently undergoing a major transformation and central to this is the concept of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). It has become clear that many key cellular compartments, such as nucleoli, p-bodies or stress granules, assemble spontaneously when proteins, nucleic acids and other biomolecules condense together via LLPS. Taught by the faculty involved in the FWF doctoral program ELIPSE, the course will provide a unified perspective on LLPS phenomena in biology. Specifically, the relevant concepts and approaches from cell biology, biochemistry and structural biology will be integrated with those from soft-matter physics and computational modelling, and illustrated with examples from recent scientific literature. The LLPS field demands a close integration of different approaches and a significant extension outside one’s comfort zone, even for the most experienced practitioners. Open to students with different backgrounds such as biology, chemistry and physics, the course aims to contribute directly to such integration. After completing the course, the students will be able to read and assess primary literature on LLPS and creatively and critically approach open problems in the field.

Assessment and permitted materials

no aids allowed

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

written, closed-book exam; students’ presentations of LLPS-related papers

Examination topics

TBA

Reading list

Association in the course directory

PhD, WZB

Last modified: We 19.10.2022 13:50