CRG Scientific Sessions
22/04/202611:00RAMÓN Y CAJALSystems Biology ProgrammeLeon PeshkinHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL" From Frog Pond to Clinic: Characterizing Elusive Disease-Causing Proteins and Cells"Host: Jurado Calero, IsabelAbstract:Abstract: A fundamental challenge in biomedicine is the existence of "missing" proteins—predicted by the genome but elusive in human tissue samples, potentially hiding key mechanisms of disease. To solve this, we require not just a catalog of molecules, but an organized "periodic table" of cell types, mapping their molecular identities across development to pinpoint where and when these proteins function. Leveraging the experimental power of the Xenopus frog, we have built the foundation for such a resource. We first performed a...
29/04/202617:00CRGOther SeminarsProf Nataša Pržulj, Prof Eduardo Beltrame and Prof Cedric NotredameMohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence - MBZUAI (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)AI for Life Sciences: Research and Graduate Opportunities at MBZUAIAbstract:MBZUAI is a research university dedicated to artificial intelligence, with a strong and growing focus on life sciences. It hosts a major GPU computing infrastructure and is a partner in flagship initiatives such as the Human Phenotype Project and the Emirati Genome Project. The session will open with an overview of MBZUAI's Master and PhD programmes, followed by three short research talks. Nataša Pržulj will discuss her network science approaches to multi-omics data fusion for precision...
30/04/202609:00R_473.10_AULASystems Biology ProgrammeLeon PeshkinHarvard Medical School: Boston, MA, US - Principal Research Faculty, Systems BiologyReverse Engineering Anti-Aging Interventions from Pharmaco-biology in Model OrganismsHost: Latorre Crespo, EricAbstract:The aging process represents one of biology's most complex system-level phenomena. A major challenge is moving from observing its correlates to identifying its fundamental, targetable bottlenecks. In this talk, I will explore a reverse-engineering approach, using pharmacological interventions in model organisms to deconstruct the mechanisms of aging and pinpoint promising avenues for intervention. I will discuss how we can leverage existing biological data and what new,...
11/05/202610:00MARIE CURIEGene Regulation,Stem Cells&Cancer Progr.Francis StewartTechnische Universität Dresden, Germany-Director of Genome Engineering,Key State Laboratory of Microbial Technology,Shandong University, ChinaThe histone 3 lysine 4 enigmaHost: Tagliaferro, Barbara
15/05/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsAnders H. LundUniversity of Copenhagen"Deciphering the role of specialized translation in health and disease"Host: Fatima GebauerAbstract:Protein synthesis is essential for all cellular processes and understanding how protein synthesis is regulated to facilitate differentiation and establish cellular identity is pivotal. Importantly, the translation system is deregulated or hijacked in many diseases and understanding how deregulated protein synthesis contributes to the development of disease may facilitate new therapeutic approaches. We focus predominantly on modifications of ribosomal RNA based on the...
18/05/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsFrancesca LucaUniversity of Chicago"TBC"Host: Sílvia Pérez-Lluch
22/05/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsFrancesca SpagnoliKing's College London"TBC"Host: Jorge Ferrer
01/06/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsDuncan OdomGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)"The genetic mechanisms underlying mammalian germline and somatic evolution"Host: Donate WeghornAbstract:The Odom laboratory studies interdisciplinary questions bridging genetics, genome regulation, cancer biology, and evolution. In this talk, I will be providing a brief retrospective of our past 20 years of discoveries in genome evolution, along with related recent and unpublished stories. I will discuss the extensive and rapid turn-over of tissue-specific transcription factor binding, CTCF insulator elements, polymerase occupancies, and enhancer...
12/06/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsMartin EilersBiozentrum Universität Würzburg"TBC"Host: Thomas Graf
19/06/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsMichal Bassani-SternbergCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Université de Lausanne & Ludwig Cancer Research Center"TBC"Host: Eduard Sabidó
26/06/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsGuillaume AndreyUniversité de Genève"TBC"Host: Renée Beekman
03/07/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsMaria BarnaStanford Medicine"TBC"Host: Fatima Gebauer
04/09/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsTaro KitazawaDANDRITE-Nordic-EMBL & Aarhus University"TBC"Host: Hsiu-Chuan Lin
18/09/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsAugustine KongOxford Big Data Institute"TBC"Host: Amelie Baud
23/10/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsElisa OricchioEPFL"TBC"Host: Renée Beekman
30/10/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsEmmanuel DeriveryMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology"TBC"Host: Thomas Surrey & Adel Al Jord
04/12/202612:00MARIE CURIEPRBB-CRG SessionsChristine MayrMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center"TBC"Host: Adel Al Jord