The prizes for the best posters were given this year at the Génopode Retreat in Leysin (August 24 & 25, 2023) to:
1st prize:
Chiara Auwerx (Kutalik & Reymond lab)
poster #4: “Copy-number variants as modulators of common disease susceptibility”
2nd prize:
Camille Schmidt (van Leeuwen lab)
poster #53: “Characterizing the mechanisms of cisplatin resistance in cell lines impaired for interstrand crosslink repair”
Congratulations!
The Génopode Retreat in 2023 is scheduled August 24 & 25 (Thursday & Friday) in Leysin (Hotel Alpine Classic).
Hello there! I’m Andrey, a physicist from Saint Petersburg. Although my expertise lies in Semiconductor Physics with a PhD, I’ve always had a passion for Biology and found inspiration in the beauty of Nature. My PhD thesis focused on label-free DNA detection and identification with semiconductor nanoelectronic devices.
Following my doctoral studies, I became a postdoc at the Lab of Nanoscale Biology at EPFL, where I researched artificial nanopores – tiny holes in semiconductor membranes that mimic cells’ ionic channels.
Now, I’m excited to be part of GTF, using my nanopore expertise to develop new technology for DNA library qualification in NGS.
I am always happy to chat about technologies and how we can use the perks of material science in biotech. Else I am passionate about playing music.
See you around!
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.
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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Tuesday June 20, 2023 in GEN A at 14:00
Fisun Hamaratoglu,
Cardiff University, UK
«A non-neuronal role for Tau in epithelial homeostasis»
Host: Christian Fankhauser
September 4, 2023
Biophore, Amphitheater
| 09:30-10:00 | Welcome Coffee |
| 10:00-10:45 | Magda Bienko |
| Human Technopole, Milan, Italy | |
| Presentation topic: Genome organization and gene expression at single cell resolution | |
| 10:45-11:30 | Julius Brennecke |
| Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria | |
| Presentation topic: Co-evolution of eukaryotic genomes with transposons | |
| 11:30-12:15 | Luca Giorgetti |
| Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Presentation topic: Chromosome structure and transcriptional regulation | |
| 12:15-14:15 | Lunch (StarOmics PhD students are invited – upon registration – to share the meal with the speakers) |
| 14:15-15:00 | Peter Scheiffele |
| University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Presentation topic: Neuronal circuit assembly in development and disease | |
| 15:00-15:45 | Marieke Oudelaar |
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany | |
| Presentation topic: Three-dimensional chromatin structures to control gene expression | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Tineke Lenstra |
| Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |
| Presentation topic: Mechanisms of transcription variation and dynamics in single cells | |
| 16:30 | Apéro |