CIG Seminars Spring 2024 Program

Monday 12:15, Génopode, auditorium B

Monday January 15, 2024
Pedro Beltrao,
ETHZ, Zurich, CH
«The genetics of human trait variation – from atoms to the organism»
Host: Jolanda van Leeuwen

Monday January 22, 2024
Ana Marija Jakšić,
EPFL, Lausanne, CH
«Genetics shape chaos-like individuality in learning in Drosophila melanogaster»
Host: Richard Benton

Monday February 19, 2024
David Gatfield,
CIG, University of Lausanne, CH
«Ribosomal emancipation, from triplet code to hub for cellular sensing and decision-making»
Host: Christian Fankhauser

Monday February 26, 2024
Olivier Pertz,
University of Bern, CH
«Self-organisation of MAPK signaling dynamics in cell collectives»
Host: Aleksandar Vjestica

Monday March 18, 2024
Jason Rihel,
University College London, UK
«Sleep pressure modulates synapse dynamics in zebrafish»
Host: Paul Franken

Monday March 25, 2024
Matthieu Boulard,
EMBL, Rome, IT
«Causal roles of chromatin modifications in the mammalian embryo»
Host: Maria C. Gambetta

Monday April 15, 2024
Tina Perica,
University of Zurich, CH
«Systems Biochemistry – How do complex cellular functions emerge from biochemical properties?»
Host: Jolanda van Leeuwen

Monday April 22, 2024
Todd Streelman,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
«Cellular basis of bower building behavior in Malawi cichlid fishes»
Host: Johannes Larsch

Monday April 29, 2024
Manuel Mameli,
UNIL, DNF, Lausanne, CH
«The brain’s decoder of aversive signals»
Host: Sophie Croizier

Monday May 27, 2024
Pei-Hsuan Wu,
University of Geneva, CH
«Guardians of Male Reproduction: A Non-coding RNA Perspective»
Host: Maria C. Gambetta

FRIDAY June 21, 2024
Cassandra Extavour,
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
«Alien Invasion: chimeric genes birthed by sequence fusion across kingdoms of life»
Host: Richard Benton


Monday June 24, 2024
Dan Zhang,
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited, Singapore, SG
«ER-PM contacts: formation, function and regulation»
Host: Aleksandar Vjestica