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Rigi Workshop 2024: Exploring Epigenetics (28 – 30 January 2024)

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Interdisciplinary insights beyond DNA sequence
The Rigi Workshop 2024 on epigenetics will invite its participants to dive into the intricate mechanisms and implications of epigenetic phenomena. By fostering cross-disciplinary dialogue, the event aims to bridge gaps between different disciplines of epigenetic research. Participants will explore how epigenetics impacts plant breeding, behavioral traits, brain development, evolution, synaptic plasticity, cognition, and neurological disorders. The workshop will offer interdisciplinary approaches to investigating and analyzing societal and technological impacts of epigenetics and will feature lectures delivered by leading experts, group discussions, and sharing of group and individual work in the form of poster and oral presentations.

  • When ?  28 – 30 January 2024
  • Where ?  Hotel Rigi Kulm (Schwytz), one of the most scenic place in Switzerland!
  • For who ?  The workshop is aimed at PhD students and Post-docs in Biology or Medicine, from Swiss research institutions.
  • ECTS credits? The participants must contact their doctoral schools for the accreditation of ECTS which we estimate at 2 ECTS.
  • Costs ? The participants pay a 150.- registration fee that covers workshop, housing and meals.
  • Deadline ? The deadline to apply is 30 September 2023, with an abstract and a letter of motivation. The places are limited and the jury will select up to 30 outstanding applicants.
  • Speakers ? Dr. Etienne Bucher, Dr. Med Semira Gonseth Nusslé, Dr. Ivana Jaric, Prof. Dr. Luis Lopez-Molina, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Mansuy
  • Organisers ? Prof. Dr. Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser, PD Dr. Paolo Cinelli, Prof. Dr. Florian Steiner, Caroline Reymond
  • Sponsors?  SCNAT, SGV, LS2, SAMW/ASSM, SGPW, SPSW

All the information, the preliminary programme as well as the registration form are available on: biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop24 
Kind regards, 
Caroline Reymond 

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Plattform Biologie
Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT)
Haus der Akademien
Laupenstrasse 7
Postfach
3001 Bern
SCHWEIZ

Tel.: +41 31 306 93 38
e-Mail: biologie@scnat.ch
Internet: www.biologie.scnat.ch

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LIMNA Symposium “Lipids as mediators of cellular and organismal function” – Sep. 26, 2023 @ Olympic Museum in Lausanne-Ouchy.

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A great line-up of talks is awaiting you, i.e. 

  • Giovanni d’Angelo (Laboratory of Lipid Cell Biology, EPFL): The Lipotype hypothesis
  • Anne-Claude Gavin (Department of cell physiology and metabolism, UNIGE): Isoform- and cell-state-specific lipidation of ApoE
  • Laura Goracci (H-EcoTox Laboratory, University of Perugia, Italy): Epilipidomics – current challenges and recent achievements
  • Matthijs Hesselink (Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands): Myocellular lipids and mitochondria in human insulin resistance; does it take two to tango?
  • Marlen Knobloch (Department of Biomedical Sciences, UNIL): Lipid droplets in the brain – more important than previously thought?
  • Thomas Langer (Max-Planck-Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany): Programming of Mitochondria by Proteolysis
  • Kristy Spalding (Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden): Adipocyte and lipid turnover in human adipose tissue
  • Tobias Walther (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, USA): The Phase of Fat: Mechanisms and Physiology of Lipid Storage
  • Plus, several short talk and poster presenters selected from submitted abstracts. 

Program details and registration information are available on the LIMNA website. The meeting is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

The UNIL-FBM doctoral school attributes max. 1 ECTS (0.25 ECTS for participation in the talk sessions only, and additional ECTS points for talk/poster presentation and/or participation in the paper discussion workshops with symposium speakers in the morning of September 27).

The event will be submitted for accreditation as 1 day of continuing education in animal experimentation by the Society of Swiss Veterinaries GSTSVS.

Swiss Young Immunology Society Symposium 2023, on Aug. 23, in Bern (CH)

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The SYIS is thrilled to open the registration to the SYIS Annual Symposium! This year, the event will take place on August 23, 2023 in the Auditorium Ettore Rossi at Inselspital (Bern).
Attendees will have the chance to join excellent immunological talks, present their posters in interactive sessions and network with immunologists from all over Switzerland. 
This event is open to both SYIS and non-SYIS members, and we encourage scientists from all career stages to attend. Registration is possible until August 1, 2023, while abstract submission will close on June 30, 2023 at 23.59.
You can register and find more information here.

Pint of science, May 22-24, 2023 from 7pm

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Linh HO, Hann NG and Martino UGOLINI and other scientists, among which several DBC members, are organising 3-talk seminars in 3 different pubs for 3 evenings in a row!

For instance, on Thursday 22nd of May, you can attend 3 talks on “Faster, better, stronger: robotics and AI” at the Side walk café from 7pm – only the beverage are charged.

Further information on the 3-day event here: https://pintofscience.ch/events/lausanne