Symposium held in celebration of Professor Béla Novák's life
Symposium held in celebration of Professor Béla Novák's life
On the 9th May 2025 the Department of Biochemistry organised a one-day symposium to serve as a celebration of Professor Béla Novák’s life, his remarkable contributions, and the legacy he leaves behind. This was originally planned as a retirement symposium but following the very sad news of Béla’s passing, in consultation with Béla’s family, we decided to continue with the Symposium as planned as we believe this is a fitting way to honour his memory and bring together those who shared in his work and friendship.
Programme of Events
09:00 – 09:20
Welcome Address Francis Barr and Madhusudhan Srinivasan
09:20 – 09:50
30+ Years of Cell-Cycling with Bela John Tyson
09:50 – 10:20
Control of the Fission Yeast Cell Cycle Paul Nurse
10:20 – 10:50
Béla’s Irreversible Impact on (my) Science Frank Uhlmann
11:10 – 11:40
Switches, Latches and Béla Tim Hunt
11:40 – 12:10
Modelling Cell Cycle Entry in Human Cells: It’s Bloody Complicated Alexis Barr
12:10 – 12:40
Uncovering the Cellular Effects of Acute Greatwall Kinase Inhibition Helfrid Hochegger
14:00 – 14:30
How are sister DNAs entrapped by individual cohesin rings during replication? Kim Nasmyth
14:30 – 15:00
Evolving Feedback-Deficient Cells: My Journey into Bela’s Kingdom Damien Coudreuse
15:00 – 15:30
Integration of error correction and spindle checkpoint signalling at kinetochores Ulrike Gruneberg
15:30 – 16:00
Silencing Chromosomes During Mitosis Raquel Oliveira
16:20 – 16:50
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy: How to make two divisions in meiosis Wolfgang Zachariae
16:50 – 17:20
Spatial and temporal control of human cell division Francis Barr
Followed by closing remarks
If you would like a copy of the memoriam book created to accompany this event, please contact events@bioch.ox.ac.uk
Photos from the symposium event - click any picture to view slideshow:
Photos from the post-event dinner at Merton College - click any picture to view slideshow:
