Thursday 6 Feb.
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Welcome breakfast
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Breakthrough technologies in Biology and Medicine (chair: Prof. Sven Bergmann)
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Prof. Johanna Joyce (UNIL/CHUV)
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Opening Keynote
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Prof. Maria Brbic (EPFL)
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Decoding Life's Complexity with AI
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Prof. Jan Baumbach (Universität Hamburg)
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Network-wide epistasis detection with quantum computing
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UNIL PLATFORM TALKS
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Lunch - Walk through sponsors
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Single cell genomics in evolution and development (chair: Prof. Sebastian Soyk)
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Prof. Marja Timmermans (Universität Tübingen)
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Mapping the Progression from Stem Cell to Differentiation Through Single-Cell Analyses
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Prof. Rüdiger Simon (Universität Düsseldorf)
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Combining single cell RNAseq with spatially resolved gene expression data to explore plant development
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Prof. Lauren Saunders (Universität Heidelberg)
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Developmental genomics from single cells to organisms
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Coffee break - Walk through sponsors
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Biological interactions across scales (chair: Prof. Philipp Engel)
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Prof. Sonja Lehtinen (University of Lausanne)
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Why are antibiotic resistance genes on plasmids?
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Prof. Edze Westra (University Exeter)
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TBA
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Dr. Maite Saura Sanchez (VIB Ghent)
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Profiling the early events during root-knot nematode gall development using single cell RNA sequencing
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Apero
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Friday 7 Feb.
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Welcome breakfast
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The role of structural variation for adaptation and species divergence (chair: Prof. Tanja Schwander)
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Prof. Rui Faria (University of Porto)
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Understanding the evolutionary significance of chromosomal inversions: insights from Littorina marine snails
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Prof. Tanja Slotte (Stockholm University)
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Genomic architecture and parallel evolution of heterostyly in plants
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Prof. Nicolas Salamin (University of Lausanne)
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Genomic underpinnings of the clown fish species radiation
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UNIL PLATFORM TALKS
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Lunch - Walk through sponsors
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Epigenomics & 3D genome folding in organoids and organisms (chair: Prof. Maria Cristina Gambetta)
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Prof. Boyan Bonev (Helmholtz Munich)
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Context-dependent epigenome rewiring during neuronal differentiation
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Prof. Fides Zenk (EPFL)
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Epigenomic reconstruction of early human brain organoid development from single cells
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Prof. Peter Meister (University of Bern)
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Folding the genome: how micromachines compact DNA inside the nucleus
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Closing Apero
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