Detailed information about the course
Title | Villars Symposium I «Microbiome» |
Dates | 10-13 September 2018 |
Organizer(s) | Junier Pilar, Prof., University of Neuchâtel |
Speakers | Dr. Geoffrey House, Los Alamos National Laboratory (microbiome bioinformatic analysis and fungal microbiome), US Prof. Shinichi Sunagawa, Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ, CH Dr. Klaus Schläppi, UniBe, CH Dr. Robb Finn, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK Prof. Gilbert Greub, Institute of Microbiology, CHUV, CH Dr. Laurent Falquet, Biochemistry, UNIFR, CH Dr. Vladimir Lazarevic, Genomic Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, UNIGE, CH Prof. Corné Pieterse, Utrecht University, NL
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Description | The symposium is targeted to participants of all four CUSO programs in biology, namely Staromics, Plant Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Ecology and Evolution and is co-oganized with the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics.
Invited speakers will present their work around the subject "Microbiome". The symposium will include both lectures by invited experts in the fields and discussions in smaller groups (journal club format) in order to promote dynamic exchanges between students and experts of different disciplines and close contacts with the invited speakers.
This year the Symposium will last 5.5 days. Registrations to the first and second part have to be done separately.
- Registration to the first part: Villars Symposium I "Microbiome" on the CUSO Microbiology page (From sept. 10th to 13th, morning.) - Please follow this link if you'd like to suscribe to the second part: Villars Symposium II: "Bioinformatics" (SIB) (From sept 13th, afternoon, to 15th.). Places for the second part are limited to 25.
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Location |
Eurotel Victoria Villars, 1884 Villars-sur-Ollon |
Information | Detailed Program and informations will follow |
Expenses | Reimbursements for CUSO MPS Students Accomodation and meal expenses are covered by the CUSO. You will be reimbursed for your train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity. |
Registration | DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 09.06.2018 |
Places | 50 |
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