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Title

Gene Regulation Workshop 2023

Dates

4 September 2023

Lang EN Workshop language is English
Organizer(s)

Prof. Martine Collart, UNIGE

Prof. Maria C. Gambetta, UNIL

Prof. David Gatfield, UNIL

Prof. Florian Steiner, UNIGE

Prof. Nadine Vastenhouw, UNIL

Prof. Pei-Hsuan Wu, UNIGE

Speakers

Prof. Valérie Hilgers, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany

Prof. Julius Brennecke, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria

Prof. Luca Giorgetti , Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Prof. Tineke Lenstra, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Prof. Marieke Oudelaar, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany

Prof. Peter Scheiffele, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Description

The workshop on gene regulation is a one-day long, yearly event with two main goals: we wish to give the opportunity to researchers in Switerland to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of gene regulation, and we wish to give the occasion to young researchers, specifically master and doctoral students, as well as post-doctoral fellows, to hear and meet world reknowned scientists, and to experience the excitement of scientific discussions. The meeting is organized accordingly. Thus: - the short length of the meeting (just one day) tailors it to reasearchers in Switzerland, who can travel in the morning, attend the entire meeting, and be back home in the evening. This format has the huge advantage of tremendously reducing the cost of attending the meeting, since there is no need for hotel stays. Moreover, registration is free. -We ask that the talks be 30 to 35 minutes long, leaving 10 to 15 minutes for questions. This allows the speakers to give a comprehensive introduction to the specific problem they are studying, and to then describe their latest results at a comfortable pace, much different from the situation at many international meetings on gene expression where talks can be as short as 8 minutes! This format makes it easier not only for students, but also for experienced researchers who are not in the exact field of the speaker, to follow the talks. There is then ample time for discussion. Indeed, a characteristic of this meeting is the long question and answer period, which has on several occasions in the past years been quite memorable. To allow students to have time with the speakers, they will be able to register to have lunch with them. This will allow PhD students to interact with world-renowned scientists in the absence of any other professors, which is often intimidating for them

Program

 

09:30-10:00

Welcome Coffee

10:00-10:45

 Valérie Hilgers

 

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany

 

Presentation topic: Regulation and function of neuronal gene expression signatures

10:45-11:30

Julius Brennecke

 

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria

 

Presentation topic: Co-evolution of eukaryotic genomes with transposons

11:30-12:15

Marieke Oudelaar

 

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany

 

Presentation topic: Three-dimensional chromatin structures to control gene expression

12:15-14:15

Lunch (StarOmics PhD students are invited - upon registration - to share the meal with the speakers)

14:15-15:00

Peter Scheiffele

 

University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

 

Presentation topic: Neuronal circuit assembly in development and disease

15:00-15:45

Luca Giorgetti 

 

Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland

 

Presentation topic: Chromosome structure and transcriptional regulation

15:45-16:30

Tineke Lenstra

 

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

Presentation topic: Mechanisms of transcription variation and dynamics in single cells

16:30

Apéro

Location

University of Lausanne, Biophore Amphitheater

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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

120

Deadline for registration 27.08.2023
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