Activities

Activities in StarOmics are divided in three basic categories:

Scientific knowledge (K): scientific seminar series, workshops for improvement of scientific knowledge, topic groups, national and international congresses.
Methodological improvement (M): workshops and courses on specific methods, scientific exchanges to learn new methods.
Acquisition and reinforcement of skills (S): courses/workshops for reinforcement of expertise (scientific writing, scientific presentation, developing a grant proposal,..).

Activities are primarily for PhD students belonging to StarOmics. If there are places available, master students, PhD students, postdocs and academics can attend for free but traveling/accommodation expenses cannot be reimbursed.

Cat.	Title	Location	Speakers	Dates	Places
K	Lausanne Omics Days 2024	University of Lausanne, GEN Aud. C	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	1708556400 22-23 February 2024	32 / 170
M	Introduction to R	University of Geneva, room 4-419	Dr. José Manuel Nunes, UNIGE Dr. Nicolas Hulo, UNIGE +4 assistants	1709593200 5-6 & 19-20 March 2024	4 / 20
M	Introductory Biostatistics for Biologists	University of Lausanne, Room 319 Amphipôle	Dr. Romain-Daniel Gosselin, CHUV	1710370800 14-15 March 2024	7 / 15
M	Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Biology and Chemistry	University of Bern, Kuppelraum main building, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern	Dr. Umberto Lupo, EPFL Dr. Cyril Malbranke, EPFL Prof. Philippe Schwaller, EPFL Dr. Marco Stenta, Syngenta	1710716400 18 March 2024	8 / 40
M	Data Visualization With R	UNIL, room Amphimax 414	Dr. Frédéric Schütz, UNIL & SIB	1713132000 15-16 April 2024	9 / 24
M	Data Analysis and Graphing Using GraphPad Prism: An Introduction	University of Lausanne, Room 340 Amphipôle	Dr. Romain-Daniel Gosselin, CHUV	1713996000 25-26 April 2024	3 / 15
M	Machine Learning in Biology Summer School	UNIBE, UniS in room A-122 (Schanzeneckstrasse 1)	Dr. Alessandro Blasimme, ETHZ Prof. Catherine Jutzeler, ETHZ Dr. Aparna Pandey, UNIFR Prof. Marianna Rapsomaniki, CHUV/UNIL Prof. Daniele Silvestro, UNIFR Dr. Stefan Strütt, UNIBE	1718575200 17-20 June 2024	25 / 30
K	BEFRI Genomics Day	UNIBE, Unitobler, room F 021, Lerchenweg 36	PhD student: Michael Ammeter, DBMR, UNIBE PhD student: Jan Franzen, VetSuisse, UNIBE PhD student: Benjamin Grädel, ICB, UNIBE PhD student: Daniel Hanhart, DBMR, UNIBE PhD student: Dominique Vuarambon, IPS, UNIBE Dr. Judith Bergadà, University Hospital Zürich Dr. Hira Imeri, UNIZH Dr. Tim Ogi, Data & Software Engineer, OLZ AG Prof. Hugues Abriel, IBMM, UNIBE Dr. Florian Aeschimann, CSL Behring, UNIBE Dr. Anne Gregor, DBMR, UNIBE Dr. Pamela Nicholson, NGSP, UNIBE/UNIFR Prof. Anna Oevermann, VetSuisse, UNIBE Prof. Catherine Peichel, IEE, UNIBE Prof. Carsten Riether, DBMR, UNIBE Dr. Geert van Geest, IBU, UNIBE	1718920800 21 June 2024	10 / 80
K	Ancient DNA	Gemmi, Leukerbad VS	Prof. Eline Lorenzen, Natural History Museum of Denmark (DK) Prof. John Novembre, University of Chigaco (USA) Dr. Janet Kelso, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (DE) Prof. Martin Sikora, University of Copenhagen (DK) Dr. Christine Grossen, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (CH) Prof. Joachim Burger, University of Mainz (DE)	1725141600 1-5 September 2024	0 / 30
K	Gene Regulation Workshop	University of Lausanne, Biophore	Axel Innis European Institute of Chemistry and Biology (IECB), Pessac, France Claudia Keller Valsecchi Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany Jop Kind Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands Marie Kmita Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Montréal, Canada Kikuë Tachibana Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany Nicolas Thomä Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland	1725228000 2 September 2024	27 / 120
S	Teaching and Learning Science	UNIL, room Cubotron 233 (Auditoire III)	Dr. Kostas Kampourakis, UNIGE	1726178400 13, 20 & 27 September 2024	2 / 20
M	First Steps with Python in Life Sciences	UNIBE	Dr. Wandrille Duchemin, UNIBAS & SIB Dr. Robin Engler, Vital-IT & SIB	1727215200 25-27 September 2024	11 / 24
K/M	Students’ Retreat 2024	Leysin (Hôtel Alpine Classic)	Dr. Sandra Goetze, ETH, Zurich Dr. Marie-Claude Blatter, SIB Lausanne Dr. Julien Boccard, University of Geneva	1727906400 3-4 October 2024	9 / 20
K	RNA in Plants, Animals, and Bacteria	University of Lausanne, Amphipole 202	Prof. Andres Jäschke, University of Heidelberg (Germany) Dr. Claudia Keller, IMB Mainz (Germany) Prof. Evelina Tutucci, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Prof. Matthew Disney, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Florida (US)	1728856800 14 October 2024	4 / 25
	[ANNULÉ] CANCELLED Electron Microscopy (EM) and Cryo-EM - Practical Course	University of Lausanne, Amphimax Rooms 338/340/340a	Dr. Christel Genoud, head of EM Platform, University of Lausanne Jean Daraspe, EMF, University of Lausanne Benjamin Boury-Jamot, University of Lausanne Dr. Amanda Lewis, EPFL Dr. Alexander Myasnikov, head of Dubochet Center for Imaging (DCI), Lausanne Cristina Martin Olmos, head Cryo-SEM, EPFL Bertrand Beckert, DCI, UNIL & EPFL Emiko Uchikawa, DCI, UNIL & EPFL Sergei Nazarov, DCI, UNIL & EPFL Inay Mohammed, DCI, UNIL & EPFL	1730070000 28-29 October & 4-5 November 2024	0 / 12
S	Genomics and Society	UNIL (GEN 4026)	Dr. Kostas Kampourakis, UNIGE	1730415600 1, 8 & 15 November 2024	2 / 15
M	Introduction to R (second edition 2024)	University of Geneva, Sciences II, 4-404	Dr. José Manuel Nunes, UNIGE; Dr. Nicolas Hulo, UNIGE	1732143600 21-22 November & 5-6 December 2024 COMPLET/FULL	5
M	Advanced Programming with R	UNIL, Amphithéâtre du Biophore	Dr. Frédéric Schütz, UNIL & SIB	1733094000 2-3 December 2024	7 / 24

Cat.	Title	Location	Speakers	Dates	Places
K	Genomics and Society	Geneva	Dr Kostas Kampourakis, UNIGE	1767222000 TBC	0 / 15
M	Introduction to R	UNIGE, Sciences II, room 4-404	Dr José Manuel Nunes, UNIGE Dr Nicolas Hulo, UNIGE	1767222000 March 5-6 & 19-20, 2026	0 / 20
	Single-Cell Omics Workshop - Single-Cell Omic Methods	UNIFR	6 speakers: 2-3 Swiss, 2 Europe and one US/Asia.	1767222000 TBC	0 / 25
M	Teaching and Learning Science	Geneva	Dr Kostas Kampourakis, UNIGE	1767222000 TBC	0 / 15
K	Lausanne (Gen)Omics Days 2026	University of Lausanne, Génopode C	Confirmed Speakers Jumana AlHaj Abed, University of Freiburg, Germany Peter Meister, University of Bern, Switzerland Albert Tsai, CRBM, Montperlier, France Hugues Roest Crollius, ENS, Paris, France Gabriel Marais, CIBIO, Porto, Portugal Mike Ritchie, University of St Andrews, UK Francisca Martinez Real, CABD, Sevilla, Spain Tobias Jores, CEPLAS, Düsseldorf, Germany Idan Efroni, University of Jerusalem, Israel Jan Baumbach, Universität Hamburg, Germany Lara Urban, University of Zurich, Switzerland Craig Glustonbury, Human Technopole, Milan, Italia	1769986800 2-3 February 2026	0 / 150
	Flow Cytometry Workshop	UNIL, Campus Biopôle, Building SE-C (2nd floor)	Dr Jean-François Mayol, UNIL M. Romain Bedel, UNIL M. Francisco Sala de Oyanguren, UNIL M. Kevin Blackney, UNIL	1771887600 24 February 2026	0 / 12
M	Data Visualization With R	University of Lausanne, room TBA	Dr Frédéric Schütz, UNIL & SIB	1772319600 Spring 2026	0 / 24
	Introductory Biostatistics for Biologists	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Dr Romain-Daniel Gosselin, DataBio	1772665200 5-6 March 2026	0 / 15
	Data Analysis and Graphing Using GraphPad Prism: An Introduction	UNIL	Dr Romain-Daniel Gosselin, CHUV	1773270000 12-13 March 2026	0 / 12
M	AI for Article Writing: A Soft Toolbox	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Dr Romain-Daniel Gosselin, DataBio	1774994400 1-2 April 2026	0 / 20
M	NGS - Genome Variant Analysis	University of Basel	Dr Geert van Geest, UNIBE and SIB	1781128800 11-12 June 2026	0 / 14
K	BEFRI Omics Day	UNIBE	2 speakers TBC Selected PhD student presentations Alumni Talks	1781820000 19 June 2026	0 / 20
K	Gene Regulation Workshop 2026	University of Lausanne, Génopode C	6 speakers TBC	1788732000 7 September 2026	0 / 120
M	Advanced Programming With R	UNIL, room TBC	Dr Frédéric Schütz, UNIL & SIB	1789423200 Fall 2026	0 / 24