| Title |
BEFRI Genomics Day 2023
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| Dates |
27 April 2023 |
| Lang |
Workshop language is English |
| Responsible |
Laurent Falquet |
| Organizer(s) |
Dr. Laurent Falquet, UNIFR |
| Speakers |
Dr. Gregory Resch, CHUV-UNIL
Dr. Shawna McCallin, Balgrist University Hospital, UniZH
Dr. Matthew Dunne, ETHZ
Dr. Fabien Labroussaa, VetSuisse, UniBe
Dr. Alise Ponsero, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Carlos Peña-Reyes, HEIG-VD, SIB, Yverdon-Les-Bains
Dr. Mirjam Zünd, UC Irvine, USA (online) |
| Description |
The field of Genomics continues to grow in importance and new techniques emerge regularly both to produce data and to analyze data. We will invite several local and foreign speakers to present their methods and results. Selected PhD students will present shortly their projects. All CUSO PhD students will be invited to have lunch with the speakers. |
| Program |
Program (PDF)
10:15 Welcome address
10:20 Dr. Gregory Resch, CHUV-UNIL
« Phage therapy: recent advances in Lausanne (and elsewhere) »
10:55 Dr. Shawna McCallin, Balgrist University Hospital, UniZH
« Clinical applications of phage therapy and support from genomic analysis »
11:30 Coffee Break
11:45 Dr. Matthew Dunne, ETHZ
« Genetically engineered bacteriophages as future therapeutic and diagnostic agents »
12:20 Selected PhD talks (3-4x 10min)
If interested to be selected to give a talk, please contact Laurent Falquet ASAP
12:50 Lunch break
14:00 Dr. Fabien Labroussaa, VetSuisse, UniBe
« Awakening the sleeping beauties in multidrug-resistant bacterial genomes: lytic conversion of
prophages in Staphylococcaceae »
14:35 Dr. Alise Ponsero, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
« Computational phage detection tools for metagenomic dataset : a reproducible benchmark »
15:10 Coffee Break
15:30 Prof. Carlos Peña-Reyes, HEIG-VD, SIB, Yverdon-Les-Bains
« Hey Phage, give me your genome! Predicting phage-bacteria interactions from genomics data
with deep and machine learning »
16:05 Dr. Mirjam Zünd, UC Irvine, USA (online)
« Localization and quantification of inducible prophages in microbial genomes using NGS data »
16:45 Open-ended Poster session for Msc Bioinfo |
| Location |
UNIFR, Biology Building, Auditorium O.110
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| Information |
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| Expenses |
Reimbursements:
Reimbursements for CUSO StarOmics students: - Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity.
NEW from 2021: Reimbursement of your travel tickets can be asked online through your MyCUSO.
See HERE for the procedure.
For any question concerning reimbursement please contact the CUSO StarOmics coordinator Corinne Dentan
Other CUSO Students: Please contact the coordinator of your Program. |
| Places |
80 |
| Deadline for registration |
24.04.2023 |
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