Lausanne Omics Days 2024

22-23 February 2024

Prof. Tanja Schwander, UNIL Department of Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Sven Bergmann, UNIL Department of Computational Biology
Prof. Philipp Engel, UNIL Department of Fundamental Microbiology
Dr. Julien Marquis, UNIL Genomic Technologies Facility
Prof. Sebastian Soyk, UNIL Department of Plant Molecular Biology

Prof. Alexander Meissner (Max Planck Molecular Genetics, Berlin)

Dr Giulia Zancolli (University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution)

Prof Knut Drescher (University of Basel, Biozentrum)

Prof. Peter Krawitz (Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)

Prof. Janna Hastings (University of St. Gallen)

Prof. Marianna Rapsomaniki (University Lausanne)

Prof. Emma Slack (ETHZ)

Prof. Itzik Mizrahi (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Prof. Adria LeBoeuf (University of Cambridge)

Prof. Gioele La Manno (EPFL)

Prof. Michael Hiller (Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany) 

Prof. Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU, Munich, Germany; MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany)

Prof. Aurora Ruiz-Herrera (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

Prof. Maria Cristina Gambetta (University Lausanne)

2 additional speakers to be determined

The Lausanne Genomics Days is a 2-days international conference meant to share advances in genomics and their impact on biological research, applied to a wide range of topics.

In 2024, omics will not only be GENomics so we decided we should rename the event Lausanne Omics Days.

See updated version: https://wp.unil.ch/gtf/lod-2024/

Single cell and spatial transcriptomics

Chair: Prof. Tanja Schwander

Prof. Alexander Meissner (Max Planck Molecular Genetics, Berlin)"Unravelling the layers of the epigenome"

Dr Giulia Zancolli (University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution)"Spatial functional specialization of a venom factory"

Prof Knut Drescher (University of Basel, Biozentrum)"Spatiotemporal transcriptomes during development of bacterial communities reveal supra-generational cooperation"

4^th speaker to be determined

Deep learning in Biology and Medicine

Chair: Prof. Sven Bergmann

Prof. Peter Krawitz (Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)"Can we deduce gene-gene interaction from image analysis?"

Prof. Janna Hastings (University of St. Gallen)"Ontology pre-training improves deep learning prediction of toxicity"

Prof. Maria Rodriguez Martinez (IBM Research – Zurich)"Interpretable deep learning to model the immune system"

Prof. Marianna Rapsomaniki (University Lausanne)"Learning transferable representations of cells with multimodal AI"

Metabolomics – Towards understanding biological interaction

Chair: Prof. Philipp Engel

Prof. Emma Slack (ETHZ)"Exhalome analysis to monitor metabolic crosstalk in the gut microbiota"

Prof. Itzik Mizrahi (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)"Trophic Network Insights into the Rumen Microbiome-Metabolomics Interplay: A Top-Down Bottom-Up Approach"

Prof. Adria LeBoeuf (University of Cambridge)"Social fluids in interorganismic interactions"

Prof. Gioele La Manno (EPFL)"Building a 4D lipidomics atlas of embryogenesis"

Variation in genome structure and organization

Chair: Prof. Sebastian Soyk

Prof. Michael Hiller (Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany)
"Linking phenotypic differences between species to differences in their genomes"

Prof. Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU, Munich, Germany; MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany)
"The genomics of a tetraploid crop"

Prof. Aurora Ruiz-Herrera (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)
"The plasticity of 3D genome architecture: implications for evolution and fertility"

Prof. Maria Cristina Gambetta (University Lausanne)
"Wiring regulatory elements to their target genes in 3D"

University of Lausanne, GEN Aud. C

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This course is organized in collaboration with the CUSO doctoral programs in Microbial Sciences and Molecular Plant Sciences.

Reimbursements for CUSO StarOmics students: Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity.

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

Registration is open: https://events.unil.ch/register/250

Deadline for registration: 18.2.2024

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