CIG minisymposium: SNSF Starting grant candidates

Dec. 13 & 14, GENOPODE & AMPHIMAX

December 13

GENOPODE Auditorium A

8:30 Babatunde Ekundayo Accessing DNA in condensed chromatin: Fundamental mechanisms and implications for gene therapy

9:10 Akanksha Jain TBD

AMPHIMAX 414

10:20 Ehsan Habibi Deciphering the Principles of Embryo Development Across Space and Time  

11:00 Yoav Voichek Transcriptional Regulation in Plants – Unique Properties and Principles

December 14

GENOPODE Auditorium B

8:00 Ricardo Bocchi Molecular mechanisms underlying astrocyte origins and diversity

8:40 Irene Beusch Exploring functions of spliceosomal proteins through CRISPR-Cas9 base editing screens

9:20 Alessandra Brambati DNA Double-Strand Breaks: Drivers of Disease and Evolution

Nat Metab. co-auth.: group Thorens

The glucose transporter 2 regulates CD8+ T cell function via environment sensing. 

Fu H, Vuononvirta J, Fanti S, Bonacina F, D’Amati A, Wang G, Poobalasingam T, Fankhaenel M, Lucchesi D, Coleby R, Tarussio D, Thorens B, Hearnden RJ, Longhi MP, Grevitt P, Sheikh MH, Solito E, Godinho SA, Bombardieri M, Smith DM, Cooper D, Iqbal AJ, Rathmell JC, Schaefer S, Morales V, Bianchi K, Norata GD, Marelli-Berg FM.

Nat Metab. 2023 Nov;5(11):1969-1985. doi: 10.1038/s42255-023-00913-9. Epub 2023 Oct 26.

PMID: 37884694 Free PMC article.

Genome biol. Auth.: group Reymond

Dissecting the autism-associated 16p11.2 locus identifies multiple drivers in neuroanatomical phenotypes and unveils a male-specific role for the major vault protein. 

Kretz PF, Wagner C, Mikhaleva A, Montillot C, Hugel S, Morella I, Kannan M, Fischer MC, Milhau M, Yalcin I, Brambilla R, Selloum M, Herault Y, Reymond A, Collins SC, Yalcin B.

Genome Biol. 2023 Nov 15;24(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-03092-8.

PMID: 37968726 Free PMC article.