Dear Students and Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to the lecture of MU Life Sciences Seminar:

"Rewiring DNA Repair for Genome Stability or Genome Haploidization" by Prof. Joao Matos (University of Vienna)

WHEN: Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion B11, University Campus Bohunice

Remember to bring your ISIC card to the lecture.

The announcement is also published here.

PhD students who would like to attend a sponsored lunch with Prof. Matos (Thursday, at 13:00 at Campus River), please register by Wednesday March 29, 2023, using the form at the website above.

With best regards,
Linda Nosková
MU LSS administrator
noskova@sci.muni.cz

About the lecture

Homologous recombination fulfils fundamental DNA repair roles during mitotic proliferation as well as during meiosis. Crucially, however, context-specific modifications tailor the recombination machinery to avoid, or enforce, formation of reciprocal exchanges – crossovers – between maternal and paternal chromosomes. I will discuss how cells rewire the function of various DNA repair enzymes to regulate crossing-over and either safeguard genome stability (mitosis) or promote genetic diversity (meiosis).