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Title

Lausanne (Gen)Omics Days 2025
Dates

6-7 February 2025
Lang EN Workshop language is English
Organizer(s)
Speakers

Prof. Jan Baumbach (Universität Hamburg)
Prof. Maria Brbic (EPFL)
Prof. Boyan Bonev (Helmholtz Munich)
Prof. Rui Faria (University of Porto)
Prof. Johanna Joyce (UNIL/CHUV)
Prof. Sonja Lehtinen (University of Lausanne)
Prof. Peter Meister (University of Bern)
Prof. Rui Faria (University of Porto)
Prof. Nicolas Salamin (University of Lausanne)
Prof. Lauren Saunders (Universität Heidelberg)
Dr. Maite Saura Sanchez (VIB Ghent)
Prof. Rüdiger Simon (Universität Düsseldorf)
Prof. Tanja Slotte (Stockholm University)
Prof. Marja Timmermans (Universität Tübingen)
Prof. Edze Westra (University Exeter)
Prof. Fides Zenk (EPFL)
Description

The Lausanne Genomics Days is a 2-day international conference meant to share advances in (Gen)Omics and their impact on biological research, applied to a wide range of topics.
Program

Program

This program is preliminary and is subject to some changes and adjustments:

Last version on: https://wp.unil.ch/gtf/lgd-2025/

 

Thursday 6 Feb.

  

Welcome breakfast

  

Breakthrough technologies in Biology and Medicine (chair: Prof. Sven Bergmann)

  

Prof. Johanna Joyce (UNIL/CHUV)

Opening Keynote

Prof. Maria Brbic (EPFL) 

Decoding Life's Complexity with AI

Prof. Jan Baumbach (Universität Hamburg)

Network-wide epistasis detection with quantum computing

UNIL PLATFORM TALKS

  

Lunch - Walk through sponsors

  

Single cell genomics in evolution and development (chair: Prof. Sebastian Soyk)

  

Prof. Marja Timmermans (Universität Tübingen)

Mapping the Progression from Stem Cell to Differentiation Through Single-Cell Analyses

Prof. Rüdiger Simon (Universität Düsseldorf)

Combining single cell RNAseq with spatially resolved gene expression data to explore plant development

Prof. Lauren Saunders (Universität Heidelberg)

Developmental genomics from single cells to organisms

Coffee break - Walk through sponsors

  

Biological interactions across scales (chair: Prof. Philipp Engel)

  

Prof. Sonja Lehtinen (University of Lausanne)

Why are antibiotic resistance genes on plasmids?

Prof. Edze Westra (University Exeter)

TBA

Dr. Maite Saura Sanchez (VIB Ghent)

Profiling the early events during root-knot nematode gall development using single cell RNA sequencing

Apero

  
   
   

Friday 7 Feb.

  

Welcome breakfast

  

The role of structural variation for adaptation and species divergence (chair: Prof. Tanja Schwander)

  

Prof. Rui Faria (University of Porto)

Understanding the evolutionary significance of chromosomal inversions: insights from Littorina marine snails

Prof. Tanja Slotte (Stockholm University)

Genomic architecture and parallel evolution of heterostyly in plants

Prof. Nicolas Salamin (University of Lausanne)

Genomic underpinnings of the clown fish species radiation

UNIL PLATFORM TALKS

  

Lunch - Walk through sponsors

  

Epigenomics & 3D genome folding in organoids and organisms (chair: Prof. Maria Cristina Gambetta)

  

Prof. Boyan Bonev (Helmholtz Munich)

Context-dependent epigenome rewiring during neuronal differentiation

Prof. Fides Zenk (EPFL)

Epigenomic reconstruction of early human brain organoid development from single cells

Prof. Peter Meister (University of Bern)

Folding the genome: how micromachines compact DNA inside the nucleus

Closing Apero

  
Location

Université of Lausanne, Génopode auditoire C
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Information

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

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
Places

150
Deadline for registration
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