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International Postdoc Symposium | Gene regulation in development, aging and disease

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The International Postdoc Symposium entitled “Gene regulation in development, aging and disease” will be held at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, on February 26th-28th 2025. Organized by postdocs for postdocs, this symposium aims to foster a dynamic and stimulating environment where postdoctoral scientists from life science institutes across Europe can share their research on an international stage, broaden their networks, engage in discussions, and develop essential skills for success in research and beyond. This meeting offers a unique experience by being specifically tailored to the postdoc community and their career development at an international level. By uniting young scientists from across Europe, the event will enhance collaboration, dialogue, excellence, and scientific achievements within the European scientific community.

Organisers

Organising committee from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain:

  • Vasilis Papadogiannis
  • Iana Kim
  • Joseph Bowness
  • Aida Rodriguez
  • Mikhail Rotkevich
  • Jessica Velten
  • Mathys Grapotte

Organising committee from Babraham Institute (BI), Cambridge, UK:

  • Chiara Azzi 
  • Yoon Hee Choi 
  • Max Thompson 
  • Jayalini Assalaarachchi
  • Devadathan Sethumadhavan
  • Amarendranath Soory
  • Hanane Hadj-Moussa
Program

Day 1 | Wednesday, 26th February 2025

15:00 - 15:30 Registration
 
15:30 - 15:45 Welcome Address by Max Thompson and Vasilis Papadogiannis
 
15:45 - 16:30 Keynote Speaker
"Mechanisms that drive 3D genome folding and their function in gene regulation" 

Dr. Marieke Oudelaar, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Göttingen, Germany 
Chair: Max Thompson

Session 1: “Regulation of Gene Expression in Disease”
Chair: Hanane Hadj-Moussa
16:30 -16:45 "Extrachromosomal circular DNA and the emergence of drug resistance"
Alex Whale

 
16:45 - 17:00 "Chromatin loops are an ancestral hallmark of the animal regulatory genome"
Iana Kim

 
17:00 - 17:15 "Integration of multi-OMICs and Radio-OMICs for the development of novel anti-cancer therapies"
Raj Sewduth
 
17:15 - 18:00 Networking Break -  Welcome drinks
 
18:00 - 19:30 Workshop: “Grant Writing Workshop a.k.a. How to Ask for Money”
Chair: Vasilis Papadogiannis
  • Dr. Alice Bolner, Scientific Officer in the ERC executive agency for the panels LS3
  • André Matias Evaldt De Barros, Strategy & Funding Office, CRG, Barcelona
  • Dr. Marieke Oudelaar, EMBO YIP, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Göttingen, Germany (https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/oudelaar)
  • Dr. Manuel Irimia, Group Leader, CRG, Barcelona (https://www.transdevolab.com/)
   

Day 2 | Thursday, 27th February 2025

09:00 - 09:45 Keynote Speaker
"Modelling human early pregnancy with stem cells"

Dr. Nicolas Rivron, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria 

Chair: Joseph Bowness
Session 2: “Genome Regulation in Evolution and Development” 
 Chair: Mikhail Rotkevich
09:45 - 10:00 "New approaches to study the regulators of human trophoblast development"
Irene Zorzan

 
10:00 - 10:15 "Two wrongs make a right: how GPCR antagonists can rescue mutant receptors"
Taylor Mighell
 
10:15 - 10:30 "Uncovering novel regulators of epigenetic priming through combinatorial CRISPR screening and multiomic sequencing"
Komal Yasmin

 
10:30 - 11:05 Flash talks for Poster Session 1 
Chair: Aida Rodriguez
  • 11:00 Parse Biosciences
11:05 - 11:30 Networking break
 
11:30 - 13:00 Discussion Panel 1:  “How to Highlight and Disseminate your Science 
Chair: Hanane Hadj-Moussa
 
  • Dr. Michael Norman, BI’s Public Engagement Manager
  • Dr. Sofia Araujo, Universitat de Barcelona 
  • Dr. Reinier Prosée, Prelights Community Manager (https://prelights.biologists.com/)
  • Dr. Chiara Anania, Associate Editor Nature Genetics
  • Omar Jamshed, CRG Senior Press & Communications Officer
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break and Networking
 
Session 3: “Unravelling the complexity of the Proteome”
Chair: Yoon Hee Choi

 
14:00 - 14:15 "Uncovering stress-induced responses in the tRNAome of actively translating ribosomes"
Mie Monti

 
14:15 - 14:30 "Capturing the polyUbiquitylome with pUb-STRACTER (Stringent Trypsin-Resistant Affinity Capture with Targeted Enzymatic Recovery)"
Harvey Johnston

 
14:30 - 14:45 "Molecular Choreography: γTuRC's Open-to-Closed Transition for Microtubule Birth"
Cláudia Fernandes Brito

 
14:45 - 15:20 Flash talks for Poster Session 2 
Chair: Chiara Azzi 
  • 14:45 Immagina
15:20 - 16:20 Poster Session 1 and 2 and Refreshment
 
16:20 - 19:00 Group Activity (optional)
 
19:00   Dinner (Optional)
 
   

Day 3 | Friday, 28th February 2025

09:00 - 09:45 Keynote Speaker
"When the non-coding codes: Mining the microproteome for novel regulators of cell plasticity" 

Dr. Maria Abad, Altos Labs, Cambridge, UK


Chair: Yoon Hee Choi
Session 4: “Mechanisms of Healthy aging” 
Chair: Jayalini Assalaarachchi

 
09:45 - 10:00 "Systematic mapping of organism-scale gene-regulatory networks in aging using population asynchrony"
Matthias Eder

 
10:00 - 10:15  "Primordial oocytes display low susceptibility to aging"
Marion Salzer

 
10:15 - 10:30 "Exploring homeostatic mechanisms of insulin peptide processing and Insulin/IGF1 signaling"
Lucia Sedlackova

 
10:30 - 11:00 Flash talks for Poster Session 3
Chair: Iana Kim
 
11:00 - 11:30 Networking Break
 
Session 5: “Cellular and Molecular Biology of our Immune System” 
Chair: Joseph Bowness
11:30 - 11:45 "Antigenic and environmental influences on CD8 T cell differentiation"
Veera Panova

 
11:45 - 12:00 "Ectopic lung germinal centres support functional affinity maturation despite disordered structure "
Stephane Guillaume

 
12:00 - 12:15 "A posttranscriptional checkpoint determines T cell tolerance versus immunity"
Georg Petkau

 
12:15 - 12:45 Flash talks for Poster Session 4
Chair: Hanane Hadj-Moussa
 
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break and Networking
 
13:45 - 15:15 Discussion Panel 2: “Career Development beyond Academia” 
Chair: Devadathan Sethumadhavan
  • Dr. Sonia Trigueros, Founder/Director of NIVD, Barcelona (https://nivd.world/
  • Cedric Notredame, Founder and editor of NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, CRG group leader
  • Dr. Iris Uribesalgo,  EU-LIFE policy maker 
  • Dr. Cheryl Smythe, Research management after lab-based research (Altos- Cambridge)
  • Dr. Diana Dominguez Rodriguez, CRG New Ventures Manager
15:15 - 16:30 Poster Session 3 and 4 and refreshments
 
16:30 - 17:00 Closing remarks and prizes by: Hanane Hadj-Moussa and Iana Kim
 
17:00 Departure
 

 

** Note: Titles and timings of sessions will be finalized upon abstract selection.