Thursday, 26^th of November 1998:

MORNING LECTURES:

 
 

9.00-9.10

E. Holler: Welcome address

 

 

9.10-9.50

J. Dee: Introduction and movie:  The life history of true slime molds by G. Higuchi

 

 

9.50-10.30	E. Holler: The biochemistry of plasmodia and amoebal cells
10.30-10.50	Coffee
10.50-11.30	W. Sachsenmaier: Cell cycle regulation in Physarum polycephalum
11.30-12.10	D.-P. Häder: Phototaxis in Physarum polycephalum as investigated by image analysis
12.10-12.50	W. Marwan: Photoinduction of sporulation in Physarum polycephalum
12.50-14.00	LUNCH

 

 

14.00-16.00	DEMONSTRATIONS / EXPERIMENTS BY THE PARTICIPANTS:
	E. Holler: Culturing of plasmodia (incl. spherule germination)  E. Holler: Looking at microplasmodia & macroplasmodia  S. Dörhöfer: Microinjection
16.00-18.00	DEMONSTRATION OF SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES:
	D.-P. Häder: Computer-assisted image of plasmodial phototaxis  W. Marwan: Induction of sporulation  W. Marwan: Cell fusion and somatic complementation

 

MORNING LECTURES:
 
B. SELECTED TOPICS (CONTINUED):

 

9.00-9.50	J. Dee: Genetics and Microbiology
9.50-10.40	R. Anderson: Plasmodium development
10.40-11.00	Coffee
11.00-11.50	J. Bailey: Transformation
11.50-14.00	LUNCH

 

 

14.00-17.00	DEMONSTRATIONS ON SELECTED TOPICS:
	R. Anderson  J. Bailey  J. Dee:  Growth of amoebae on bacteria and axenic medium  Plasmodium formation by crossing and selfing  Developmental mutants  Flagellate formation  Encystment and excystment  Drug resistance tests and screening for transformants
17.00-18.00	DISCUSSION
19.00-	DINNER

 

Scientists, students and biology-teachers are invited. The number of participants to the experimental demonstrations is limited to 40. Attendance is free of charge. Participants to the experimental demonstrations are requested to register before November 20, 1998 at the address of the organisator.

Location:

The workshop will take place at the University of Regensburg, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät III.
The lectures will be held in H41, the experimental demonstrations in Kursraum V (Biologie 1.0.22).

R. Anderson (Sheffield UK), J. Bailey (Leicester, UK), J. Dee (Leicester, UK), D.-P. Häder (Erlangen), E. Holler (Regensburg), W. Marwan (Martinsried), W. Sachsenmaier (Innsbruck)

Eggehard Holler, Institut für Biophysik und Physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg. Tel 49(0)941 943 3030, Fax 49(0)941 943 2813, e-mail: Eggehard.Holler@biologie.uni-regensburg.de,
Wolfgang Marwan, Max Planck Institut für Biochemie, D-82152 Martinsried

11/98 - Der Arbeitsgruppen-Webman - B. Gaßlmaier