Scientific Symposium
Program 30 - 31 May 2024
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May 30th (Thursday) | |
| 09:30 – 09:40 | Opening remarks by Max Planck Society Vice-President Asifa Akhtar |
| 09:40 – 09:50 | Opening remarks by MPIMG Director Martin Vingron |
| Session 1 | New foundations: the genome is not alone Chair: Matthew Kraushar |
| 09:50 – 10:00 | Introductory remarks |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Anthony Hyman, MPI-CBG: Phase separation in cell biology and disease |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Cigall Kadoch, DFCI, Harvard Medical School, HHMI: Structure and Function of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Human Disease |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Coffee Break |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | Alexander Marson, Gladstone-UCSF: Decoding and Reprogramming Human T Cell Circuits with CRISPR |
| 12:10 – 12:40 | Adam Antebi, MPI-BoA: Molecular genetics of ageing |
| 12.40 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| Session 2 | Mapping, mechanism, mashup Chair: Helene Kretzmer |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Introductory remarks |
| 14:10 – 14:40 | Adam Phillippy, NIH-NHGRI: Uncovering structural variation in the dark regions of the human genome |
| 14:40 – 15:10 | Petra Hajkova, MRC-LMS: Epigenetic memory : erasure and long term maintenance |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Stefanie Grosswendt, BIH/BIMSB Cell communication uncovered in single-cell-resolved microenvironments |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | Coffee break |
| Session 3 | Engineering and perturbation: levels to the game Chair: Aydan Bulut-Karslioglu |
| 16:20 – 16:30 | Introductory remarks |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Farewell talk by Bernhard Herrmann: The genetics of non-Mendelian Inheritance |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Samantha Morris, WashU: New genomic technologies to deconstruct and control cell identity |
| 18.00 | Conference Dinner |
May 31st (Friday) | |
| Session 4 | Genomic impact: bases in the clinic Chair: Denes Hnisz |
| 09:30 – 09:40 | Introductory remarks |
| 09:40 – 10:10 | Christian Rommel, Bayer Pharmaceuticals: Genomic impact: bases in the clinic, Introductory Remarks |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Susann Schweiger, LIR, IMB, Johannes Gutenberg Uni Mainz: Reasons for a higher resilience of the female developing brain |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Malte Spielmann, UKSH-Kiel: The genotype–phenotype challenge in the post-genomic era |
| 11:10 – 11:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Alicia Martin, Harvard-MGH: Genomics for the world: a comprehensive framework for genetic studies in diverse populations |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Georg Duda, BCRT: Translating cell fate decisions into clinical applications for regenerative medicine approaches |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| For the following program, please see the page Public Program and Anniversary Ceremony |