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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Michele Garfinkel: Research Ethics &\; Integrity:
Science &\; Society Discussion Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Science and Society\nSpeaker: Michele Garfinkel\nInstitution: E
MBO\, NOT SPECIFIED\nHost: Michele Garfinkel\nAbstract: Research integrit
y (or responsible conduct of research) describes a broad set of practices
around how research is carried out. In the best case\, these practices are
embedded in day-to-day work\, not separate from it. Depending on the setti
ng\, these practices can address everything from selection and design of a
research project to decisions about how\, where\, and what to publish\; an
d to promulgating results in policy and public settings. I will give a bri
ef overview of the landscape of research integrity. In that context I will
then focus my remarks on responsible data handling\, from project concepti
on to terminal storage and assuring access in perpetuity. I will describe
current institutional and political views on the value of record-keeping t
ools such as electronic notebooks and data management plans. I will also d
iscuss researcher\, institutional\, and funder responsibilities in helping
to assure that good practices regarding data handling are made clear and e
asy to implement.\n\nPlease note that Hamburg-based staff will be prioriti
sed (as this has been arranged by the Hamburg Science & Society Committee)
. Places are limited\, and will be allocated on a first-come\, first-serve
d basis. If you would like to participate\, please email Lucia von Bredow
(lucia.von.bredow@embl.de) to reserve a place. The discussion meeting will
take the form of an interactive workshop\, and is open to anyone intereste
d in learning more about research ethics\, integrity\, and responsible dat
a handling.\n
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LOCATION:Virtual\, EMBL Heidelberg
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69117 Heidelber
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Ewan Birney: Harnessing Big Data to Monitor and Tack
le Pandemics
DESCRIPTION:Science and Society\nSpeaker: Ewan Birney\nInstitution: EMBL-EB
I\, United Kingdom\nAdditional speakers: \n Rolf Apweiler\n Ilaria Capua\n
Enrico Bucci\nHost: Ewan Birney\nAbstract: Ewan Birney will chair a round-
table discussion will three expert panellists - Rolf Apweiler\, Ilaria Cap
ua and Enrico Bucci.\nLink: https://www.embl.de/aboutus/science_society/in
fectious-disease-and-society/harnessing-big-data/index.html\nStream link:
https://embl-de.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eRFqERZVRhieSQGpYX4RCA\n
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LOCATION:Virtual seminar\, EMBL Grenoble\, 71 avenue des Martyrs\, CS 90181
\, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9\, France
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula: Knowing when to stop transcr
iption
DESCRIPTION:External Faculty Speaker\nSpeaker: Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula\nInst
itution: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan\, Poland\nHost: Wojtek Galej
\nAbstract: Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://embl-org.zoom.us/j/95583873439\n\nM
eeting ID: 955 8387 3439\nPasscode: 672833 \n\n\nIt is well established th
at early termination / transcription attenuation can serve as an important
mechanism for transcriptional control. It is highly studied in bacteria an
d yeast\, and employed by viruses infecting mammalian cells. Even so\, its
role in metazoan gene expression is underappreciated. A key player in tran
scription termination is the cleavage and polyadenylation (CPA) factor PCF
11\, which directly binds to the Pol II CTD and can dismantle elongating P
ol II from DNA in vitro. However\, PCF11 has hardly been studied in the ma
mmalian system. We therefore employed various transcriptomic methods to sh
ed light on genome-wide actions of PCF11. Our results indicate that PCF11
enhances both CPA as well as transcription termination in human cells\, pa
rtially independent of each other. Surprisingly\, we found that PCF11 acts
selectively\, preferentially targeting closely spaced coding and non-codin
g transcription units that require efficient termination to avoid transcri
ptional interference. Notably\, we show that PCF11 is sub-stoichiometric t
o the CPA complex and acts as a regulatory factor. Low levels of PCF11 are
maintained by an auto-regulatory mechanism involving premature termination
of its own transcript\, and are important for normal development. Both in
human cell culture and during zebrafish development\, PCF11 selectively at
tenuates also the expression of other genes by premature CPA and terminati
on. Strikingly\, this PCF11-dependent attenuation targets preferentially t
ranscriptional regulators\, with the same genes prematurely terminated by
PCF11 in human and zebrafish. The phenomenon of negative gene regulation b
y premature termination is well described in S. cerevisiae\, where it play
s a physiological role in response to changing growth conditions. We propo
se that premature termination is a fundamental gene regulatory mechanism o
perating also in vertebrates.\nLink: http://ibmib.amu.edu.pl/en/department
-of-molecular-and-cellular-biology/genomic-regulation-lab/\n
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LOCATION:Virtual\, EMBL Heidelberg
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Nicci Smith: Industry Postdoc Positions
DESCRIPTION:Career Event\nSpeaker: Nicci Smith\nInstitution: GSK\, United K
ingdom\nAdditional speakers: \n Sebastian Brosig\n Institution: Novartis\
, Switzerland\n Nadine Biesemann\n Institution: Sanofi\, Germany\nHost:
EMBL Fellows' Career Service\nLink: https://embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regis
ter/WN_0FfhfYP0T8ObCSdh9FJH7A\nStream link: https://embl-org.zoom.us/webin
ar/register/WN_0FfhfYP0T8ObCSdh9FJH7A\n
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LOCATION:Virtual\, EMBL Heidelberg
Meyerhofstraße 1
69117 Heidelber
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Germany
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Kai Kupferschmidt: Nerd Immunity: Journalism in the
Time of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:Science and Society\nSpeaker: Kai Kupferschmidt\nInstitution: \
, Germany\nHost: Lucia von Bredow\nAbstract: We live in an ecosystem that
allows viruses to cross from wildlife to humans more often and spread fart
her and faster than ever before—that has led to many emerging diseases\, i
ncluding probably SARS-CoV-2. But this new coronavirus also emerged in an
information ecosystem that helps misinformation and lies spread faster tha
n scientific evidence\, weakening our ability to respond to new threats. H
ow has journalism handled these twin challenges? How does good information
triumph over bad information? What are the lessons we need to take from th
is pandemic?\nLink: https://embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GlGXQSjIQ
JafbK86MVsswA\nStream link: https://embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G
lGXQSjIQJafbK86MVsswA\n
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