Feb 4 & 5, 2014 LS2 Annual Meeting 2014, Amphimax

LS2 Annual Meeting 2014

February 4 and 5, 2014 in Lausanne (AmphiMax, UNIL)

Website: www.ls2-annual-meeting.ch
Registration open from September 2013

Chairperson:
Prof. Richard Benton (Center for Integrative Genomics, UNIL)

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Plenary speakers:
Prof. Dan Tawfik (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel) :
“How do proteins evolve? “

Prof. Ulla Bonas (Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany):
“Manipulation of eukaryotic cells by TAL and other bacterial effectors“

Prof. Andrea Brand (The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom):
” Stem cells to synapses: regulation of self-renewal and differentiation in the nervous system”

Prof. Maria Leptin (EMBO director, EMBL, Germany):
“Cell shape and morphogenesis: sub cellular and supra-cellular mechanisms”

Prof. Olaf Blanke (Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland):
“Arms, phantoms limbs, and the self: Towards neuroprosthetics of the mind”

Organising Committee (OC):
Prof. Denis Duboule (ISREC, EPFL, and Genetics and Evolution, UNIGE)
Prof. Niko Geldner (Department of Plant Molecular Biology, UNIL)
Prof. Monica Gotta (Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, UNIGE)
Prof. Nouria Hernandez (Center for Integrative Genomics, UNIL)
Prof. Laurent Keller (Departement of Ecology and Evolution, UNIL)
Prof. Suliana Manley (Institute of Physics of Biological Systems, EPFL)
Prof. Sophie Martin (Department of Fundamental Microbiology, UNIL)
Prof. Simon Sprecher (Department of Biology, Zoology, UNIFR)
Prof. Ivan Stamenkovic (Institute of Pathology, UNIL)
Prof. Gisou van der Goot (Global Health Institute, EPFL)

Contact:
Dr. Julie Deuquet (Life Sciences Switzerland – LS2)
077 430 23 33 or info@ls2.ch