Program
Day 1 – Wednesday, October 23, 2013
| 08:50 | Distribution of tickets (Platform 6, Gare Cornavin, Geneva) |
| 09:18 | Departure from Geneva |
| 10:41 | Arrival in Biel/Bienne |
| 10:45 - 11:10 | Welcome coffee |
| 11:10 - 11:15 | Opening session |
| 11:15 - 11:40 | Damien Douchi (BIVEG) Mac1, a novel regulator of Photosystem I Biogenesis |
| 11:40 - 12:05 | Adriana Beatriz Arongaus (BIVEG) Identifying new interaction partners for RUP1 and RUP2, two negative regulators of UV-B signaling |
| 12:05 - 12:15 | Eurofins (Sponsor) Gene synthesis and codon optimization-Applications in plant genomics |
| 12:15 - 13:45 | Lunch and check-in |
| 13:45 - 14:10 | Massimo Caine (BIVEG) Control of seed germination under the canopy |
| 14:10 - 14:35 | Tai Wang (BICEL) Rational design of selective inhibitor against Hsp90 of Plasmodium falciparum |
| 14:35 - 15:00 | Etienne Raemy (BICEL) The role of cardiolipin in apoptosis |
| 15:00 - 15:25 | Angela Crisci (BICEL) Analysis of the interaction of splicing factor SF1 with U2 snRNP components |
| 15:25 - 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 - 16:10 | Andrea Maffioletti (BICEL) Molecular mechanisms involved in antisense RNA-mediated transcriptional gene silencing at the PHO84 locus |
| 16:10 - 16:35 | Pauline Bonvin (NovImmune) Finding the binding site of Evasin-4, a CC chemokine-binding protein |
| 16:35 - 17:35 | Invited speaker - Peter Scheiffele (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland) Neuronal Synapses: From Cell Biology to Therapeutic Approaches in Autism |
| 17:35 - 17:55 | Coffee break eventually picture (weather dependant) |
| 17:55 - 18:20 | Carlos Rivera-Rivera (GEN-EVO) Single-gene signal filtering for multi-gene phylogenetics: Elucidating the higher-level phylogeny of Siluriformes |
| 18:20 - 18:45 | Isabel Guerreiro (GEN-EVO) The evolution of Hox gene regulation in snakes |
| 18:45 - 19:10 | Sandrine Galetti (GEN-EVO) Characterization of early non coding RNA from the BX-C |
| 19:10 - 19:35 | Quentin Dietschi (GEN-EVO) Convergence of FPR-rs3-expressing neurons in the mouse accessory olfactory bulb |
| 19:45 - 21:00 | Dinner |
| 21:00 - 23:00 | Poster session (Even numbers) – Free drink |
Day 2 – Thursday, October 24, 2013
| 07:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00 - 09:25 | Dorde Grbic (GEN-EVO) MetaPIGA, functionalities and perspectives |
| 09:25 - 09:50 | Szymon Tomczyk (GEN-EVO) Aging or no aging in Hydra, a matter of stem cells? |
| 09:50 - 10:15 | Ka Yi Hui (MOLBIO) Identification of immediate early transcription factors (IETFs) by Synthetic Tandem Repeat Promoter (STAR-PROM) screening |
| 10:15 - 10:40 | Credit Suisse (Sponsor) |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:25 | Fabiana Arieti (MOLBIO) A SHARP (SMRT/HDAC1 Associated Repressor Protein) look into RNA recognition |
| 11:25 - 12:25 | Invited speaker - Bertrand Séraphin (University of Strasbourg, IGBMC-CNRS, Strasbourg, France) Starting from the end: mechanisms and regulation of RNA decay |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch / PIs meeting |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Social afternoon |
| 17:00 - 17:25 | Christiane Brugger (MOLBIO) Purification and Crystallization of the HDAC Clr3 |
| 17:25 - 17:50 | Christl Gaubitz (MOLBIO) First insights into the architecture of TORC2 |
| 17:50 - 18:15 | Maria Jessica Bruzzone (MOLBIO) Hierarchy of Transcription Factors at Ribosomal Protein Genes and their Mechanism of Transcriptional Activation |
| 18:15 - 18:40 | Remco Crefcoeur (MOLBIO) Ultraviolet-B-mediated induction of protein-protein interactions in mammalian cells |
| 18:40 - 18:50 | LS2 - Life Sciences Switzerland (Sponsor) |
| 18:50 - 20:50 | Poster session (Odd numbers) – Free drink |
| 20:50 - 22:00 | Dinner |
| 22:30 - 02:00 | Party – Free drink |
Day 3 – Friday, October 25, 2013
| 08:00 - 09:30 | Breakfast and checkout |
| 09:30 - 09:55 | Annika Hohendahl (BIOCHEM) Role of Dynamin partners in controlling membrane fission during endocytosis |
| 09:55 - 10:20 | Valentin Trofimov (BIOCHEM) Identification and characterization of novel antitubercular compounds |
| 10:20 - 10:45 | Maria Romanova (BIOCHEM) Mechanism of Dpp Gradient Scaling in Drosophila Wing Imaginal Discs |
| 10:45 - 11:10 | Shem Johnson (BIOCHEM) Probing intra-endosomal dynamics |
| 11:10 - 12:00 | Awards and Discussion |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 15:19 | Departure from Biel/Bienne |
| 16:42 | Arrival in Geneva |