Seminar by: Professor Cedric Feschotte "Fighting fire with fire: endogenous retroviruses coopted to orchestrate the immune response"
Event details
| Date | 15.04.2016 |
| Hour | 10:00 › 11:00 |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Prof. Feschotte research focuses on mobile DNA, genetic elements able to integrate and often propagate within the genome. Found in nearly all organisms, these elements often account for a sizeable fraction of the genetic material and contribute to the genetic diversity of the species. Recently, Prof. Feschotte’s group has described how transposons are co-opted as regulatory elements in the human innate immune system. More generally, his group addresses three fundamental questions at a genome-wide scale: (1) What are the mechanisms allowing for the persistence of transposons? (2) What is the biological significance of endogenous viruses and what do they tell us about host-virus evolution? (3) What is the contribution of mobile DNA to the advent of new biological functions, and in particular regulatory evolution?
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Tronolab
Contact
- http://feschotte.genetics.utah.edu/