Monday 12:15, Génopode, auditorium B (or to be announced)
Monday January 20, 2025 (Joint CIG / DBC Seminar)
Julien Gagneur,
Technical University of Munich (DE)
«DNA language models reveal functional genomic elements»
Hosts: Maria Cristina Gambetta & Giovanni Ciriello
Monday January 27, 2025
Madhav Jagannathan,
ETHZ, Zurich (CH)
«Evolution of Satellite DNA Function»
Host: Maria Cristina Gambetta
Monday February 10, 2025
Caren Norden,
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Lisbonne (PT)
«Retinal Lamination: How neurons find the place where they belong»
Host: Nadine Vastenhouw
Monday February 17, 2025 cancelled
Stefanie Jonas,
ETHZ, Zurich (CH)
«TBA»
Host: Aleksandar Vjestica
Monday February 24, 2025
Richard Merrill,
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munchen (DE)
«Evolutionary genetics of visual preferences: Beauty, brains and butterfly diversity»
Host: Johannes Larsch
Monday March 10, 2025
Venkatesan Sundaresan,
University of California, Davis (USA)
«Gametes to zygotes to self-cloning plants»
Host: Christian Fankhauser
Monday March 17, 2025
Simon Bekker-Jensen,
University of Copenhagen (DK)
«Ribosomal surveillance mechanisms dictate cellular stress responses and metabolic transitions»
Host: David Gatfield
Monday March 24, 2025
Arnaud Hubstenberger,
Université Côte-d’Azur, Nice (FR)
«RNA condensate plasticity during development and in response to the environment»
Hosts: Nadine Vastenhouw & Jean-Yves Roignant
Monday March 31, 2025
Tanja Schwander,
UNIL, DEE
«Origins and consequences of unorthodox reproductive modes: Insights from stick insects»
Host: Aleksandar Vjestica
Monday April 14, 2025
Julia Santiago Cuellar,
UNIL, DBMV
«Building the Pollen Tube Wall: structural role of a protein-peptide complex in cell wall patterning and cell expansion»
Host: Aleksandar Vjestica
Monday April 28, 2025
Catherine Peichel,
University of Bern (CH)
«The role of chromosomal rearrangements in adaptation to divergent environments»
Host: Johannes Larsch
Thursday May 1, 2025
DBMV & CIG External seminar: Biophore 4401 at 12h15
Takato Imaizumi
Washington University (USA)
“How plants know when to flower in spring: Unique characteristics of florigen-expressing cells in Arabidopsis”
Host: Christian Fankhauser
Thursday May 8, 2025
DBMV & CIG External seminar: Biophore 4401 at 12h15
Ute Hoecker
University of Cologne (DE)
“What happens in the dark? Light signaling in the control of plant growth and development”
Host: Christian Fankhauser
Monday May 12, 2025
Mathieu Rougemaille,
Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
«Long and small non-coding RNAs in fission yeast gametogenesis»
Host: Aleksandar Vjestica
Monday May 19, 2025
Maude Baldwin,
Max Planck Institute, Martinsried (DE)
«Functional evolution of the taste and digestive system in vertebrates»
Host: Johannes Larsch
Monday June 23, 2025
François Leulier,
ENS Lyon (FR)
«Microbial influence on adaptive growth»
Host: Paul Franken
Monday June 30, 2025
Maria Antonietta Tosches,
Columbia University, New York (USA)
«The changing brain: Exploring the evolution and plasticity of neural circuits in salamanders»
Host: Richard Benton