Lausanne Genomics Days 2012
February 16 & 17, 2012
University of Lausanne
Genopode Building, Auditorium C
Thursday February 16 (09h20 starting time)
9:30 - 10:15
John Moran – University of Michigan
Studies of a Human Retrotransposon
10:15 - 11:00
Nicholas Katsanis – Duke University
Modeling the morbid human genome
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:15
Julian Parkhill – Sanger Institute
Understanding transmission and evolution of bacterial pathogens through large-scale sequencing
12:15 - 13:00
Jeffrey Jensen - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
What has genomics taught us about adaptation?
13:00 LUNCH (sandwiches and drinks provided in Exhibition Hall)
14:30 - 15:15
Han Brunner - Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
How next generation sequencing changes medicine
15:15 - 16:00
Carole Charlier- University of Liège
Serial translocation via circular intermediates underlies colour sidedness in cattle
Friday February 17 (09h20 starting time)
9:30 - 10:15
Nicolas Galtier - Université Montpellier II
Species life-history traits and genome evolution
10:15 - 11:00
Chris Bowler - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
The Tara Oceans Expedition - A holistic approach for marine eco-systems biology
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:15
Chris Jiggins - University of Cambridge
A butterfly genome offers insights into adaptation and speciation
12:15 - 13:00
Maarten Koornneef – Max-Planck Institute, Köln
Exploiting natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana
13:00 LUNCH (sandwiches and drinks provided in Exhibition Hall)
14:30 - 15:15
Sophien Kamoun - The Sainsbury Laboratory
Genome evolution in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage
15:15 - 16:00
Marc Robinson-Rechavi – University of Lausanne and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Evolution and gene expression in vertebrates
