Event schedule

June 06, Thursday

Welcome Address
Genetic Variation
How to Build a Dog in 927, 152, 360 Easy Steps
  • Elaine Ostrander National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
    Bethesda, USA

Testing the Omnigenic Model for Quantitative Traits
  • Diethard Tautz Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology
    Plön, Germany

Coffee Break and Poster Session
Context Dependent Effects of Alleles Affecting Quantitative Traits: Insights From Drosophila
  • Trudy Mackay North Carolina State University
    Raleigh, USA

Coffee Break
Public Lecture: Klima im Wandel – Pflanzen im Wandel
  • Detlef Weigel Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology
    Tübingen, Germany

Reception

June 07, Friday

Genetics and Environment
Epigenetic Mechanisms Regulating Plant Reproduction
  • Claudia Köhler Uppsala BioCenter
    Uppsala, Sweden

Shining Light on Seeds Sheds Light on Germination
  • Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)
    Vienna, Austria

Coffee Break
The Evolution and Natural Control of Genetic Incompatibilities
  • Korbinian Schneeberger Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Cologne, Germany

The Evolution of Transcriptional Regulation among Mammals
  • Duncan Odom German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
    Heidelberg, Germany

Lunch and Poster Session
Cellular Genetics
Genome Regulation during Developmental Transitions: a Single Cell View
  • Eileen Furlong The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg
    Heidelberg, Germany

From Phenotypes to Pathways: Global Exploration of Cellular Systems Using Yeast Functional Genomics
  • Brenda Andrews Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (CCBR)
    Toronto, Canada

Design Principles of Gene Expression in Space & Time
  • Nikolaus Rajewsky Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
    Berlin, Germany

Coffee Break
Schmeil and Poster Prize Awards
Molecular Mechanisms
There and Back Again: from Phototropism to Heliotropism
  • Stacey Harmer UC Davis - College of Biological Sciences
    Davis, USA

Structure, Biogenesis, and Engineering of the Eukaryotic CO2-Concentrating Organelle, the Pyrenoid
  • Martin Jonikas Systems and Synthetic Biology of Photosynthetic Organisms
    Princeton, USA

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