IPS Webinars
Stay up to date with the latest research findings by attending upcoming webinars. These informative sessions are led by top experts in the field, covering a range of topics related to proteolysis. Don't miss out on the opportunity to expand your knowledge and network with other professionals.
Participation is free of charge and open to all. Registration is required.
Upcoming IPS Webinars
Being a scientific mentor - Lessons I learned from my mentees
Guy Salvesen
This webinar is for students and PIs
Wednesday 25th September 2024
8:00 am PDT
5:00 pm CEST
Prof. Guy Salvesen is a South African-born biochemist, best known for his work in the field of apoptosis. His research focuses on proteases and their inhibitors in humans, with particular emphasis on the caspases of the apoptotic cell death pathway. His PhD in biochemistry is from the University of Cambridge, studying under Alan Barrett (1981). His first posts were at the Strangeways Research Laboratory and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. In 1985, Salvesen moved to the USA, taking up a position at the University of Georgia. He joined the faculty of Duke University in 1987, and moved his laboratory to the Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California in 1996. For his work, he received several academic prizes. Guy Salvesen was a mentor to many Ph.D. students and Post-docs. He is also a co-founder of International Proteolysis Society.
Past Webinars
Organisers:
Marcin Drag (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology) & Ruth Geiss-Friedlander (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)
November 2023
Many Roads to Inflammation
Vishva M. Dixit, M.D,
Vice President of Early Discovery Research at Genentech Inc.
April
2022
Imaging in Cancer and Inflammation
Keynote talks: Irit Sagi (Weizmann Institute) and Matt Bogyo (Stanford University)
Additional speakers: Maren Stillger (University of Freiburg), Craig Jenne
(University of Calgary) and Hartland Jackson (University of Toronto)
Organisers: Barbara Grunwald (University of Toronto) and Antoine Dufour (University of Calgary)
January
2022
Proteases in SARS-CoV2 Infections
Keynote talk: Rolf Hilgenfeld (University of Lübeck)
Additional speakers: Wioletta Rut (the Wrocław University of Technology), Joanne Lemieux (University of Alberta), Isabel Pablos (University of British Columbia), James W. Janetka (Washington University, Medical Campus) and Georg Jocher (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Munich).
Organisers: Anthony O’Donoghue (University of California, San Diego) and Ruth Geiss-Friedlander (Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg) in cooperation with the DFG Research Training Group ProtPath in Freiburg.
February 2024
Exploring "ECM remodeling memory" as a mechanism for damage accumulation in acute and chronic inflammatory diseases.
Irit Sagi, Ph.D
Vice President, Innovation and Technology Transfer
Weizmann Institute of Science