Programme
The 9th International VBC PhD Symposium will be held over two days. The presentations will be interspersed with meals and breaks so that participants will have many opportunities to interact with our distinguished speakers and each other for what we hope will be lively conversations.
A detailed program will be available here as soon as it is finalized. In the meantime, please look at our confirmed speakers' research interests which can be found below.
Confirmed Speakers
Anthony De Tomaso (University of California Santa Barbara, USA)
Daniel Chourrout (Sars International Center for Marine Molecular Biology, Norway)
David Stern (Janelia Farm Research Campus, HHMI, USA)
Detlev Arendt (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg)
Elly M. Tanaka (Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden)
Gary Lewin (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin)
Ichiro Nishii (National University of Singapore)
John L. Bowman (Monash University, Australia)
Jordi Garcia-Fernandez (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Kevin M. Folta (University of Florida, USA)
Ludovic Orlando (National History Museum of Denmark)
Nipam Patel (University of California Berkeley, USA)
Paul Katz (Georgia State University, USA)
Ralf J. Sommer (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen)
Robert Naumann (Humboldt University, Berlin)
Thomas Holstein (Heidelberg Institute of Zoology, Heidelberg)
Ueli Grossniklaus (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Program Schedule
Program Day 1
3 Nov 2011, Thursday
08:30-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:10 Introductory Note
10:10-11:05 Nipam Patel (Opening Lecture)
Session I CELL BIOLOGY
Chair: Envel Kerdaffrec
11:05-11:40 Anthony De Tomaso
11:40-12:15 Elly Tanaka
12:15-13:45 Lunch
Session II PLANT BIOLOGY
Chair: Fernando Rabanal
13:45-14:40 Ueli Grossniklaus (Keynote speaker)
14:40-15:15 Kevin M. Folta
15:15-15:50 John L. Bowman
15:50-16:10 Coffee break
Session III: Part I EVO-DEVO
Chair: Benjamin Backfisch
16:10-17:05 Ralf J. Sommer (Keynote speaker)
17:05-17:40 Ichiro Nishii
17:40-18:15 Thomas Holstein
Program Day 2
4 Nov 2011, Friday
Session III: Part II EVO-DEVO
Chair: Vinoth Babu Veedin Rajan
10:00-10:35 Jordi Garcia
10:35-11:10 Detlev Arendt
Session IV NEUROBIOLOGY & GENOMICS
Chairs: Evgeny Kvon and Vera Belyaeva
11:10-12:05 David Stern
(Keynote speaker)
12:05-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:05 Gary Lewin
14:05-14:40 Paul Katz
14:40-15:15 Robert Naumann
15:15-15:35 Coffee break
15:35-16:10 Daniel Chourrout
16:10-16:45 Ludovic Orlando
16:45-17:00 VBC PhD Awards
18:00 Dinner and Party