Category Archives: Seminars & Workshops

CIG Symposium June 11 and 12, 2026

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“Information transfer: From genes to behaviour”

Lausanne, Dorigny, Auditorium 1216, Synathlon

In the 2026 CIG Symposium, we aim to present the diversity of biological mechanisms that have evolved to transfer information from one generation to the next, from Mendelian inheritance to cultural transmission. The invited speakers cover a vast diversity of specific questions, model systems and techniques, which should foster novel cross-pollination of ideas and approaches both between speakers and with the audience.

Abstract submission deadline: May 1

Registration deadline: June 1

SessionSpeakerInstitution
Session 1 – Genomic Conflicts and Diversity  
 Anna-Sapfo MalaspinasUniversity of Lausanne
 Harmit MalikFred Hutchison Cancer Research Center
 Eunyoung ChaeOxford University
Session 2 – Genes on the Move  
 Jef BoekeNew York University
 Melanie BlokeschEPFL
 Martin KaltenpothMPI for Chemical Ecology
Session 3 – Epigenetics and Transgenerational Inheritance  
 Coleen MurphyPrinceton University
 Isabelle MansuyUniversity of Zurich and ETH Zurich
 Frank JohannesTechnical University of Munich
Session 4 – Communication, Cognition, and Culture  
 Rebecca KilnerUniversity of Cambridge
 Andrew WhitenSt Andrews University
 Ben de BivortHarvard University

Organisers: 

Professor Richard Benton, CIG, UNIL
Professor Johannes Larsch, CIG, UNIL

Swiss Drosophila Meeting 2026, June 29, UNIGE

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Dear Swiss Fly researchers,

We are pleased to announce that the Swiss Drosophila Meeting of this year will take place on Monday, 29 June, at the University of Geneva, Faculty of Sciences.

Please encourage all you lab members to participate and present their work!

Registration is free but required, via the following link:

https://swiss-drosophila-meeting.unige.ch

Deadline of registration is 29 May, 2026.

Feel free to share this invitation to anyone who may be interested.

We look forward to seeing you in Geneva in June!

Emi
On behalf of the Swiss fly meeting 2026 organizers

……………………..

Emi Nagoshi, PhD.
Department of Genetics and Evolution
Sciences III, University of Geneva
Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
tel: +41 22 379 6346  Emi.Nagoshi@unige.ch

Mon Feb 2 – Tues Feb 3, 2026 –Lausanne Omics Days 2026

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2-3 February 2026, GEN C

Dear all,

We are pleased to invite you to the Lausanne Genomics Days 2026, a two‑day international conference dedicated to sharing recent advances in (gen)Omics and discussing their impact on biological research across a wide range of disciplines.

The conference brings together researchers from five departments at the University of Lausanne (UNIL): CIG, DBC, DBMV, DEE, and DMF.

Dates: Monday–Tuesday, February 2–3, 2026

Location: Genopode, University of Lausanne (UNIL)

Scientific Program

The conference will be structured around five thematic sessions:

  • AI in Biology & Medicine Chair: Prof. Sven Bergmann (DBC)
  • Genes, traits and sexual systems Chair: Prof. Ian Sanders (DEE)
  • Microbial Ecology Across Scales Chair: Prof. Alan Pacheco (DMF)
  • Genome Organization Chair: Prof. Maria Cristina Gambetta (CIG)
  • Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in Evolution and Development Chair: Prof. Sebastian Soyk (DBMV)

Further details, including the full program and speakers, are available on the event webpage (https://wp.unil.ch/gtf/lgd-2026/)

Registration

Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory for organizational purposes, particularly to avoid food waste.
Coffee breaks, lunches, and an apéritif will be provided.

➡️ Register here

We very much hope you will join us for this exciting event and help make the Lausanne Genomics Days 2026 a success.

Best regards,
Julien Marquis
on behalf of the LGD2026 Organizing Committee

CIG Seminars Spring 2026 Program

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Monday 12:15, Génopode, auditorium B

Monday January 5, 2026 GEN C
Yad Ghavi-Helm,
ENS Lyon (FR)
«Regulating gene expression in 3D during embryonic development»
Host: Maria C. Gambetta

Monday January 19, 2026 GEN C
Jan Rehwinkel,
University of Oxford, Headington (UK)
«Regulation of Type I Interferon Receptor Signalling»
Host: David Gatfield

Monday January 26, 2026 Batochime 2201
Ines Anna Drinnenberg,
Institut Curie, Paris (FR)
«Evolution of centromeres and genome organisation: Insights from butterflies and moths»
Host: Maria C. Gambetta

Monday February 23, 2026
Anne Lopes,
University Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
«Emergence of microproteins and de novo genes from noncoding DNA»
Hosts: PhD Students & Postdocs

Friday February 27, 2026 Biophore 4401
CIG & DBMV External Seminar
Yunde Zhao,
UC San Diego (US)
«Improved gene editing technologies reveal how auxin controls Arabidopsis flower initiation»
Host: Christian Fankhauser

Monday March 16, 2026
Jürg Bähler,
University College London, UK
«Functional and regulatory profiling of unstudied proteins in cellular quiescence, dormancy and ageing in yeast and killifish»
Host: Aleksandar Vjestica

Monday March 23, 2026
Silke Sachse,
University of Würzburg (DE)
«Unraveling odor codes: Neural strategies and plasticity in insect olfaction»
Host: Richard Benton

Monday April 20, 2026
Bruno Hudry,
CNRS Biologie, Paris (FR)
«The importance of cellular sex in physiology and the underlying mechanisms»
Host: Richard Benton

Monday May 11, 2026
Shay Stern,
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
«Neuromodulatory organization of developmental patterns of behavior and Individuality»
Host: Johannes Larsch

Monday May 18, 2026
Nadine Vastenhouw,
UNIL, CIG, Lausanne (CH)
«The spark of life. Initiating transcription in embryos.»
Hosts: CIG PIs

Tuesday May 26, 2026 cancelled
Karla Neugebauer,
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven (USA)
«TBC»
Host: Nadine Vastenhouw

Monday June 8, 2026
Division Calcul et Soutien à la Recherche (DCSR)
Antony Carrard & Emmanuel Jeanvoine
UNIL, CI, Lausanne (CH)
«From raw data to results: HPC resources and bioimage analysis support at UNIL»
Host: Christian Fankhauser