The Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn is pleased to invite you to the next open OL-PAN seminar. The OL-PAN seminars are scientific meetings dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and experience. They bring together researchers representing various fields of life sciences, who present their latest findings and inspire joint discussion.
The guest of the upcoming seminar will be Prof. Raquel P. Andrade, a biochemist and a distinguished researcher focused on the molecular mechanisms controlling vertebrate development. She obtained her degree in Biochemistry from the Universidade de Lisboa and her PhD in Sciences from the Universidade do Minho in collaboration with Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. After several years of postdoctoral training at ICVS, University of Minho, she led a research team at ICVS/3Bs, and since 2014 she has been affiliated with the University of Algarve. She currently serves as an Associate Professor and Director of the Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI) at the University of Algarve. She also heads the Temporal Control of Cell Differentiation Lab and collaborates with the Champalimaud Research Program within the framework of the Algarve Biomedical Center partnership.
Prof. Andrade’s scientific achievements include publications in renowned international journals such as PNAS, Nucleic Acids Research, RNA, Development, and Clinical Cancer Research, as well as participation in numerous national and international research projects.
Prof. Andrade’s main research interest is the so-called Embryo Clock — a molecular timing mechanism responsible for the temporal control of embryonic development. Her team studies gene expression oscillations driven by negative feedback mechanisms, which underlie the rhythmic formation of vertebrate axial skeleton precursors. This mechanism also operates in embryonic and neural stem cells, contributing to the specification of cell identity. The group’s research focuses on understanding the functional relevance of these oscillations and the mechanisms regulating their periodicity across different tissues and species. An important aspect of their work also concerns the molecular parallels between embryonic development, tumorigenesis, and ageing.
Lecture title: „Decoding Biological Time: The Molecular Embryo Clock and Body Pattern Formation”
Date and time: 23 April, 9:00 a.m.
Participation in the event is open and free of charge.
Topic: OL-PAN Seminar
Join the: Zoom meeting (link)
Meeting ID: 925 5196 7871
Passcode: 088693
Language of the lecture: English
You are warmly invited!
The OL-PAN Team
