Program - Speakers

June 11, 2015

9:20	Organizing committee Welcoming remarks
9:30	Robert N. Eisenman "The Myc transcriptional network controls tumor metabolism and spermatogenesis" Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA
10:10	Ruth Ley "The gene-microbe link" Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
10:50	Break
11:20	Stewart Cole "Ancient and modern leprosy" EPFL, CH
12:00	Ana Marques "Expanding lncRNAs' functional repertoires" University of Lausanne, CH CIG alumni short talk
12:20	Nicole King "Choanoflagellate colonies, bacterial signals, and animal origins" University of California Berkeley, USA
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Denis Duboule "Long range gene regulation during development and evolution" University of Geneve & EPFL, CH
15:10	Valérie Mongrain "Neuroligin-1 contributes to sleep homeostasis" Universit of Montréal, CA CIG alumni short talk
15:30	Break
16:00	Gerald M. Rubin "A molecular geneticist’s approach to understanding the fly brain" Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, USA
16:40	Laurent Keller "The roles of social environment and a social chromosome on behaviour and social organisation" University of Lausanne, CH
17:20	End
18:00	Carol Greider "Telomeres and human disease: curiosity driven research brings new clinical insight" John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA Grace Lecture

9:30	Robert H. Waterston "C. elegans embryogenesis: Developing a regulatory map" University of Washington, Seattle, USA
10:10	Len A. Pennacchio "Genomic views of gene regulation in vivo" Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
10:50	Break
11:20	Susan Gasser "Heterochromatin in development: stabilizing cell fate and the repetitive genome" Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, CH
12:00	Jérôme Feige "Cross-talk between regeneration and ectopic adipogenesis during aging of skeletal muscle" Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, CH CIG alumni short talk
12:20	Poster Session
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Walter Wahli "PPAR signaling and energy homeostasis" University of Lausanne, CH & Nanyang Technological University, SG
15:10	Carol Greider "Regulation of the telomere length equilibrium" Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
15:50	Conclusion
16:00	End