The Impromptu «Origins of life»

17-18 novembre 2016

Stephan Gruber, Prof., Associate Professor, Faculté de Biologie et Médecine, Department of Fundamental Microbiology, UNIL Jan-Willem Veening, Prof., Professor, Faculté de Biologie et Médecine, Department of Fundamental Microbiology, UNIL

Pre-Symposium PhD students' meeting: 17 November, 16:00, Bâtiment Biophore, DMF seminar room 2917.2 with the participation of: Jörg Stülke, Göttingen, Germany Siv Anderson, Uppsala University, Sweden

Symposium: 18 November, 9:00, Bâtiment Biophore, Auditoire Amphithéâtre, room 2914
- Pre‐biotic era: Cornelia Meinert, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, France - RNA world: Hannes Mutschler, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany - Bottom‐up approaches – Towards primitive cells: Dieter Braun, Ludwig‐Maximilians‐University Munich, Germany and Sebastian Maerkl, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland - Top‐down approach – Minimal bacterial cells: Romain Mercier, Universite Aix‐Marseille, France and Jörg Stülke, Göttingen, Germany - Archaeal and Eukaryotic evolution – symbiosis: Siv Andersson, Uppsala University, Sweden

The DMF Impromptu 2016 will be comprised of two parts: PART I: 17 November 2016 excusively for PhD students
- Informal chalk talks with PhD students and external speakers. The students will discuss the concepts behind their research project, while the speakers will give advice on career planning in science. PART II: 18 November 2016 - Invited speakers will present their own research in the area of 'Origins of life' in a more formal setting. The talks will cover a broad range of scientific approaches from the pre-biotic chemical era to synthetic biology and will provide a unique opportunity for thought-provoking and stimulating discussions on past and future origins of life. See the flyer: here

UNIL, Biophore building

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A Pre- Symposium meeting has been organized excusively for PhD students on the: 17 November from 16:00 to 19:00,
Biophore building, DMF seminar room 2917.2 In this presymposium meeting, the students will discuss the concepts behind their research project, with informal chalk talks, while the invited speakers will give advice on career planning in science. The symposium will take place on the: 18 November from 9:00 to 17:30, 
Biophore building, Auditoire Amphithéâtre, room 2914

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