Group Leader Candidate Program

Monday 15 March 2021

Morning session

10:30    
Dr. Chiara Sinigaglia 
CNRS and École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.
“Deciphering the regulation of regenerative processes”

11:00    
Dr. Stephanie Höhn
University of Cambridge, Dept. Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, UK
“How to get in shape - Emerging model systems for the mechano-chemistry of cell sheet folding”

Afternoon session

13:30    
Dr. Lena van Giesen
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, USA
“Molecular basis of chemo-tactile sensation in Octopus”

14:00    
Dr. Christopher Arnold
Stowers Institute of Medical Research, Kansas City, USA
“The Plastic Revolution: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Clonal Reproduction”

Tuesday 23 March 2021

Morning session

10:30    
Dr. Petra Bulankova
Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium
“Recombining chromosomes without sex: Mitotic interhomolog recombination contributes to the genomic diversity in diatoms”

11:00    
Dr. Mie Wong
Department of Molecular Life Sciences at University of Zurich, Switzerland
“Investigating robust adaptation in developmental and pathological cell migration”

Afternoon session

14:00    
Dr. Zachary Swartz
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA
"The Molecular Control of Oogenesis, Meiosis, and Early Development”

14:30  
Dr. Laurence Lemaire
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, USA
“From single cell transcriptome lineages to a gene regulatory brain map: Identification of the proto-hypothalamic territory”