Thursday,
23rd of NovemberFriday,
24th of NovemberSaturday,
25th of November08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Official welcome
Computational Biology
09:00 – 09:45 Keynote: Fernanda Pinheiro
09:45 – 10:00 Flash talks
10:00 – 10:30 Short talks
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Keynote: Serena Nik-Zainal
11:45 – 12:00 Flash talks
12:00 – 12:30 Short talks
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
Insights into Complex Diseases
13:30 – 14:15 Keynote: Pascal Miesen
14:15 – 14:30 Flash talks
14:30 – 15:00 Short talks
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:15 Keynote: Dirk Haller
16:15 – 16:30 Flash talks
16:30 – 17:00 Short talks
17:00 – 19:00 Poster session I
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome
Novel Experimental Model Systems
09:00 – 09:45 Keynote: Maria Bernabeu
09:45 – 10:00 Flash talks
10:00 – 10:30 Short talks
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Keynote: Solenn Patalano
11:45 – 12:00 Flash talks
12:00 – 12:30 Short talks
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
Epigenetics and Exposome
13:30 – 14:15 Keynote: Martin Howard
14:15 – 14:30 Flash talks
14:30 – 15:00 Short talks
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:15 Keynote: David Aylor
16:15 – 18:15 Poster session II
19:00 – 22:00 Gala Dinner
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome
09:00 – 11:00 Workshops and Opportunity fair
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Opportunity fair and sponsors rally
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Workshops and Career Chats
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:30 Workshops and Career Chats
16:30 – 17:30 Closing Ceremony & Prizes
Wednesday, 22nd of November
16:30 - 17:30 Brewery Tour | 📍Brauwelt Cologne | Kalker Hauptstrasse 260/262, 51103, Cologne
Only for pre-registered participants
19:00 - 21:00 Lab waste quiz | 📍CMMC Foyer | Robert-Koch-Strasse 21, 50931, Cologne
This event will take place at the CMMC campus. The LOC created a fun quiz especially for the FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE conference, and the theme will be focused on research & lab waste. There will be drinks and pizza. Please create a booking for this event here. Attendees can already register and pick up their conference badge.
Thursday, 23rd of November
08:00 - 08:30 Registration | 📍Lobby
08:30 - 09:00 Official welcome | 📍Main Hall
09:00 - 10:30 Session 1A: Computational Biology | 📍Main Hall
09:00 – 09:45 Dr. Fernanda Pinheiro | Predicting antibiotic resistance evolution.
09:45 – 10:00 Flash talks
Indranil Singh | Uncovering clonal disparities in mouse hematopoietic stem cells through long-term expansion cultures and single-cell transcriptomics
Rukayat Abiola Abdulsalam | Experimental and computational validation of South African indigenous essential oils against the therapeutic targets of spoilage organisms of tomato fruits
Alba Sala | Theoretical prediction of nucleosome arrays in yeast
David Farré Gil | CGeNArate: A Sequence-Dependent Coarse-Grained model of DNA for kb-long duplexes
10:00 – 10:30 Short talks
Macarena López Sánchez | Differences in Cellular Signaling Pathways Activation by Gender Across Various Cancer Types
Carmen María Gordillo Vásquez | Natural variation and celullar morphology patterns in epithelial cysts
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break | 📍Lobby
11:00 - 12:30 Session 1B: Computational Biology | 📍Main Hall
11:00 – 11:45 Dr. Serena Nik-Zainal | DNA graffiti: Utilising mutagenesis in cancer genomes to understand what contributes to cancer.
11:45 – 12:00 Flash talks
Dewei Hu | SPACE: STRING Proteins As Complementary Embeddings
John Uhomoibhi | Identification of novel Verbascocide derivatives as promising therapeutics against druggable human host cell targets of SARS-COV-2
Stefano Roncelli | CRISPRnet: Deep learning and data-driven CRISPR design for network-based multiplexed targeting
12:00 – 12:30 Short talks
Claudia Robens | Inferring haplotype-specific chromatin contact maps in cancer with Genome Architecture Mapping
Víctor Manuel de la Oliva Roque | A machine learning model for the early prediction of ovarian cancer using real world data.
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break | 📍Lobby
13:30 - 15:00 Session 2A: Insights into Complex Diseases | 📍Main Hall
13:30 – 14:15 Dr. Pascal Miesen | Molecular determinants of virus transmission by mosquitoes.
14:15 – 14:30 Flash talks
Dora Kolic | Neurotoxic impact of organophosphate pesticides via inhibition of cholinesterase activity
María Dolores Serrano-Martín | Mog1 protein might participate in Cell Division and Brugada syndrome
Andrei-Sabin Popa | Dynamics of the physiological parameters during the prediabetic states of a murine model of diabetes
14:30 – 15:00 Short talks
Mario Cocorullo | Mycobacterium abscessus siderophores biosynthesis as target to inhibit the iron uptake mechanism
Dervis Birim | Targeting NLRP1 inflammasome activation by GSK3b inhibition for neuroprotection
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break | 📍Lobby
15:30 - 17:00 Session 2B: Insights into Complex Diseases | 📍Main Hall
15:30 – 16:15 Dr. Dirk Haller | Unraveling the functional complexity of the human gut microbiome.
16:15 – 16:30 Flash talks
Marlid García | Macrophage polarization changes and disturbed lipid metabolism induced by polystyrene nanoplastics
Hülya Irmak Aksan | Circulating miRNAs in differential diagnosis and prognosis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and breast cancer
Oana-Ana-Maria Mardare | Changes induced in murine b-cells by pharmacological UPR activation
Elena-Mirela Lamba | Impact of increased dietary glucose intake on b-cells functional heterogeneity
16:30 – 17:00 Short talks
Daniel Láinez-González | Updating conventional therapy: new treatments for cell quiescence in acute myeloid leukaemia
Verónica Miguel | Metabolic rewiring of epithelial cells and myofibroblasts during kidney fibrosis
17:00 -19:00 Poster Session I | 📍Lobby
Friday, 24th of November
08:30 - 09:00 Official welcome | 📍Main Hall
09:00 - 10:30 Session 3A: Novel Experimental Model Systems | 📍Main Hall
09:00 – 09:45 Dr. Maria Bernabeu | A journey to understand malaria pathogenesis.
09:45 – 10:00 Flash talks
Marta Zaninello | The RNA binding protein CLUH maintains mitochondrial proteome in axons by ABCE1-mediated translational surveillance
Maria Isabel Álvarez | Neural stem cells regulate vascular properties in the adult subventricular zone neurogenic niche
Melania Lazzari | Assessment of novel therapeutic treatments in KRAS mutant Colorectal Cancer using Patient-Derived Organoids
Marcel Zimmeck | Trafficking of fluorescently labeled glycoproteins during HSV-1 infection
10:00 – 10:30 Short talks
Carmela Cela Rodríguez | Artificial thymic organoids as a model to study physiopathology of human T cell development
Amada El-Sabeh | Transcriptomic study of nicotine catabolism in Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans ATCC 49919 using long-read direct RNA sequencing
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break | 📍Lobby
11:00 - 12:30 Session 3B: Novel Experimental Model Systems | 📍Main Hall
11:00 – 11:45 Dr. Solenn Patalano | Epigenetic Adaptation in Social Insects – Unravelling mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity.
11:45 – 12:00 Flash talks
Christina Efraimoglou | Investigating novel regulators of DNA damage-induced apoptosis: A forward genetics approach
José Daniel Camino | Structural insights into a-synuclein and tau hetero-aggregates: Cross-seeding as a potential mechanism underlying a-synuclein amyloid spreading
Bayan Kharat | The Drosophila lymph gland as a model for investigating hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) maintenance – Headcase as an example
Nur Cengiz Winter | ERC2 as a novel disease-associated gene for a myastenia-like phenotype
12:00-12:30 Short talks
Rãzvan Stefan Boiangiu | The biological effects of 6-hydroxy-L-nicotine in various experimental models of dementia: in silico and in vivo study
Abhay Tharmatt | Lipo-polymeric nano-complexes for topical macromolecule delivery
12:30 Photo time | 📍Lobby
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break | 📍Lobby
13:30 - 15:00 Session 4A: Epigenetics and Exposome | 📍Main Hall
13:30 – 14:15 Dr. Martin Howard | How to Measure and Remember a Fluctuating Temperature Signal
14:15 – 14:30 Flash talks
Meltem Uyaner Kan | Effect of toxic light on circadian rhythm and oxidative stress
Jazib Shafiq | Antibiotics-induced gut microbiome dysbiosis alters hippocampal serotonin bioavailability and anxiety-like behavior
Maria Quintana Verdaguer | The yeast Hog1 MAPK controls telomere homeostasis during stress adaptive responses
Femke van Hout | Transcriptional Regulation in Mosquito Immunity: Insights from Precision Run-On Sequencing (PRO-seq)
14:30 – 15:00 Short talks
Manuel Lessi | Unravelling the impact of endocrine disruptors on cortical development through the lens of brain organoids
Claudia Bigas | Maternal overnutrition and increased risk of intergenerational liver disease and cancer – Targeting epigenetic mechanisms
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break | 📍Lobby
15:30 - 16:15 | Session 4B: Epigenetics and Exposome | 📍Main Hall
15:30 – 16:15 Dr. David Aylor | Early-life TCDD Exposure Shapes Epigenetic Profiles Across the Life-Course.
16:15 - 18:15 Poster Session II | 📍Lobby
19:00 - 22:00 Gala Dinner | 📍TBD
dresscode: smart casual
Saturday, 25th of November
08:30 - 09:00 Official welcome | 📍Main Hall
09:00 - 11:00 Workshops
Providing evidence for the skills that stay with you | Jörg Stange
CECAD lecture hall, ground floor
Overcome imposter syndrome for success and lower burnout risk | Michaela Höhne
MTI, 1st floor, room 12
Biases in Science | Niels Gehring
MTI, 1st floor, room 11
How to make your lab more sustainable? | Tomo Saric, Anna Schmitt and Johanna Stachelscheid
CMMC seminar room
09:00 - 11:00 Opportunity Fair | 📍Lobby
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break | 📍Lobby
11:30 - 12:30 Opportunity Fair - Treasure Hunt - | 📍Lobby
12:30 -13:30 Lunch break | 📍Lobby
13:30 - 15:00 Workshops
How to identify and generate robust data? | Martin Michel
MTI, 1st floor, room 11
How to succesfully publish your work | Valerie Teng-Broug
MTI, 1st floor, room 12
13:30 - 15:00 Career Chats
Career Chat on Consulting | Jörg Stange
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat on Scientific Publishing | Juanita Perera
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat on Science Communication | Anna Euteneuer
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat with a Patent Lawyer | Markus Doll
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat with a Research Associate (Drug Assessment Department, IQWiG) | Jana Göbel
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
13:30 - 15:00 Opportunity Fair - continued - |📍Lobby
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break | 📍Lobby
15:15 - 16:30 Workshops
Research Canvas – Identify the application potential of your research |
MTI, 1st floor, room 11
Skills Canvas – Navigating Career Paths Beyond the PhD |
MTI, 1st floor, room 12
15:15 - 16:30 Career Chats
Career Chat on Science Communication | Ernesto Llamas
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat with a Clinical Safety Manager | Vlad Averkov
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat with a Senior Scientist in Industry | Sebastian Oehler
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat with the preLights Community Manager | Reinier Prosée
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat with the Chair of FEBS Integration Committee | Jerka Dumic
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
Career Chat on Consulting | Joshua Kohl
MTI, 1st floor, Glaskasten
15:15 - 16:30 Opportunity fair - continued - | 📍Lobby
16:30 - 17:30 Closing and Awards Ceremony |📍Main Hall
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