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LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
2 - 4 september 2015
EPFL - lausanne - switzerland
SV Faculty Building - © Bruno Liardon
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programme
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School of Life Sciences
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the Epfl school of life sciences
Life Sciences have entered a new area, in which advancements in further understanding of the living are possible
through interaction between scientist from different fields. The School of Life Sciences at EPFL has been emerging
on this principle during the past 12 years, bringing together researches from neuroscience, bioengineering,
global health, cancer research, bioinformatics, systems biology, microengineering etc.
The “Life Science Symposium 2015” with its multidisciplinary program of overarching themes will feature
prominent scientists from Switzerland, Europe and abroad to showcast this New Biology.
A brief summary about EPFL & the School of Life Sciences: The mission of EPFL is three fold: research, education
and technology transfer. EPFL offers complete study courses in Engineering, Basic Sciences, Architecture and
Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences and Management. Research conducted at EPFL covers both technological
science subjects and societal themes in the fields of health, environment, construction, energy and mobility. With
its state-of-the-art technology platforms and flagship projects such as coordinating the European consortium for
the Human Brain Project or its International Wyss Center for Bio- and Neuro- Engineering, EPFL has rapidly become
one of the most renowned science institutions in Europe, ranked in the world’s Top 15.
In 2002, EPFL created a new School of Life Sciences embedded in its engineering core. Capitalizing on its initial
development in Neuroscience and Bioengineering), the School of Life Sciences has now matured into a fourinstitute entity, focusing also on Cancer and Global Health (infectious diseases).
The School of Life Sciences currently hosts more than 900 people including 50 professors, and has over 700
registered Bachelor and Master students. Since 2008, 25 European Research Council (ERC) grants were awarded
to the School of Life Sciences. EPFL has been pushing for integrated approaches and large projects. One of them
is the Human Brain Project initially at the School of Life Sciences and now a Program on its own, with more than
100 collaborators.
In 2014, twelve years after its creation, the School of Life Sciences was ranked number 3 among similar institutions
in Europe by the Leiden ranking.
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the Epfl campus
The Rolex Learning Center (RLC)
The School of Life Sciences Faculty
The SG building Hall & Auditorium
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preliminary programme
Wedn e s day, 2 Sep tem b er 2 0 1 5
Opening - Rolex Learning Center (RLC)
15.00 - 20.00 R egistration 16.00 - 18.30 O pe n in g se ssion
- Tom Südhof - Stanford University, USA
‘Mechnanisms of Synaptic transmission’
- Scott Emr - Cornell University, USA
‘Biogenesis of multivesicular endosomes’
- Erin O’Shea, Harvard University, USA
‘Systems biology’
- Laurent Keller, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
‘Evolutionary genetics’
18.30 - 20.00 We l c om e re c e pt ion
20.00 - 20.45 Hidden Fields
A unique collaboration between a talented group of scientists, artists
and engineers (tbc)
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preliminary programme
Th u r sday 3 S e ptem b er 2 0 1 5
SG BUILDING
(morning)
09.00 - 10.30 S e ssion 2 - SG1 room
- Geraldine Seydoux - John Hopkins University, USA
‘Cell polarity in embryogenesis’
- Marileen Dogterom, Delft Universtity of Technology, The Netherlands
‘Systems Biophysics, reconstitution of cytoskeletal systems’
- Tam Mignot, University Aix-Marseille, France
‘Bacterial motility, molecular mechanisms of social behavior in bacteria’
10.30 - 11.00 Coff e e break n ext t o sponsors boot hs in S G Hall
11.00 - 12.30 Se ssion 3 - SG1 room
- Karl Deisseroth - Stanford University, USA
‘Optogenetics’
- Martin Fussenegger - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
‘Biosystems Science and Engineering’
- Jeannie Lee - Harvard Medical School, USA
‘Epigenetic regulation by non-coding RNAs’
12.30 - 14.00 Lu n c h n ext to sponsors boot hs in S G Ha ll
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Th u r s day 3 S e ptem b er 2 0 1 5
(afternoon)
SG BUILDING
14.00 - 16.00 Se ssion 4 - SG 1 room
- Drew Endy - Stanford University, USA
‘Molecular logic circuits, synthetic biology to make sensors and reporter’
- Elly Nedivi - MIT, USA
‘GABAergic synapses’
- Clay Reid - Allen Brain Institute, USA
‘Neocortical function - Vision’
- Stanislas Dehaene - INSERM-CEA, France
‘Consciousness, Languages’
16.00 - 16.30 Coff e e break next t o sponsors boot hs in S G Ha ll
16.30 - 18.00 Se ssion 5 - SG 1 room
- Tizia De Lange - The Rockefeller University, USA
‘Mammalian telomeres’
- Mike Hall - Biozentrum, Switzerland
‘TOR signalling’
- Brenda Andrews - University of Toronto, Canada
‘Systems biology, yeast proteomics’
19.00 - 22.00 Speake rs’ din ner
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preliminary programme
Fr iday 4 S e ptem b er 2 0 1 5
( m o r ni n g )
SG BUILDING
09.00 - 10.30 S e ssion 6 - S G1 room
- Akhmanova Anna - University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
‘Microtubule binding proteins’
- Petra Schwille - Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Germany
‘Single molecule assays, synthetic biology’
- Karel Svoboda - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia, USA
‘Many exciting discoveries through imaging’
10.30 - 11.00 Coff e e break next t o sponsors boot hs in t he S G Hall
11.00 - 12.30 Session 7 - SG1 room
- Mike Stratton - Sanger Institute, UK
‘Cancer genomics’
- Itzak Fried - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
‘Recordings from single neurons in awake humans’
- Mike Snyder - Stanford University, USA
‘Personalized genomics’
12.30 - 14.00 Lu n c h n ext t o sponsors boot hs in t he S G Ha ll
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preliminary programme
Fr iday 4 S e ptem b er 2 0 1 5
(afternoon)
SG BUILDING
14.00 - 16.00 Session 8 - SG1 room
- Hans Clevers - Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands
‘Stem cells’
- Ivan Dikic - University of Frankfurt, Germany
‘Signaling, the ubiquitin system’
- Jodi Nunnari - University of California Davis
‘Mitochondrial behavior’
- Naama Barkai - Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
‘Modeling of developmental processes’
16.00 - 16.30 Coff e e break next t o sponsors boot hs in S G Ha ll
16.30 - 18.00 Session 9 - S G1 room
- Carla Shatz - Stanford University, USA
‘Specific cellular interactions through immune MHC signalling’
- Gil McVean - University of Oxford, UK
‘Population genetics’
- Kondo Shigeru - Osaka University, Japan
‘Pattern formation in fish’
19.00 - 22.00 B arbe c u e dinner for all pa rt icipant s
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S P E A K E R S
Anna Akhmanova
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Professor Akhmanova studies cytoskeletal organization and trafficking, which contribute to cell polarization, differentiation, development and disease. Her research
on the dynamics of the microtubule cytoskeleton, microtubule-based transport, and
exocytosis combines high-resolution imaging techniques and biochemical analyses.
Professor Akhmanova is an elected member of EMBO.
Brenda Andrews
University of Toronto, Canada
Professor Brenda Andrews is a world expert on network biology. Specifically, using
the budding yeast as a model organism, her research has provided key insights into
the quantitative properties of signaling processes.
Naama Barkai
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Professor Barkai is using experimental, theoretical and computational tools to
investigate system-level properties and design principles of biological networks.
Professor Barkai is an elected member of EMBO and has received several awards,
including the Helen and Martin Kimmel award for innovative investigation and the
FEBS/EMBO “Women in Science award”.
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Hans Clevers
Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands
Professor Clevers is interested in the mechanisms that govern adult stem cells and
self-renewing tissues. The Clevers laboratory conducted pioneering work showing
that Lgr5 uniquely marks stem cells in the small intestine and the colon. This work
has profound implications for our understanding of tissue homeostasis and cancer
biology. Professor Clevers is recipient of numerous awards, including the Dutch
Spinoza Award and the Louis Jeantet Prize, and is the President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Stanislas Dehaene
INSERM-CEA, France
Professor Dehaene studies cognition in humans using fMRI and EEG. His studies
have revealed fundamental aspects of consciousness, ranging from investigations
of early development to sophisticated analyses of complex behaviors. Professor
Dehaene is a member of the Collège de France and has been awarded the James S.
McDonnell Foundation Centennial Fellowship as well as the Louis D. Prize.
Karl Deisseroth
Stanford University, USA
Professor Deisseroth has pioneered optogenetics, which has revolutionized the
investigation of brain function. By expressing light-activated ion channels and transporters in specific cell-types, he has been able to investigate causal mechanisms of
brain function in further detail then ever before. Professor Deisseroth is a Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Titia de Lange
The Rockefeller University, USA
Professor de Lange has been at the forefront of the telomere field for the past twenty years. Her work has shed important light on the mechanisms by which telomeres
protect chromosome ends and how these mechanisms can be deregulated in cancer. Among other awards, Professor de Lange is recipient of the Breakthrough Prize
in Life Sciences and is an elected member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences,
the EMBO, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a foreign associate of the
National Academy of Sciences.
Ivan Dikic
University of Frankfurt, Germany
Professor Dikic made critical contributions to the understanding of how ubiquitin
pathways regulate cellular processes, such as receptor-mediated endocytosis,
immune responses, DNA repair, proteasomal degradation and selective autophagy.
Professor Dikic was awarded a number of important prizes, including the AACR
Award for Outstanding Achievements in Cancer Research and the Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibnitz Preis.
Marileen Dogterom
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Professor Dogterom is interested in understanding the physics governing cytoskeletal processes, particularly those based on microtubules, using a unique combination
of in vitro experiments in microfabricated environments, theoretical modeling and
experiments in cultured cells. Professor Dogterom is an elected member of EMBO.
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Scott Emr
Cornell University, NY, USA
Professor Emr studies the regulation of cell signaling pathways by phosphoinositide
kinases, vesicle-mediated transport reactions, and selective ubiquitin modifications. Phosphoinositide (PI) lipids play an essential role in the regulation of diverse
cellular processes, including cell growth, survival, differentiation, cytoskeletal
organization, and membrane trafficking. Professor Emr is an elected member of the
National Academy of Science and of the American Academy of Sciences, as well as
an associate member of EMBO.
Drew Endy
Stanford University, USA
Professor Endy is working on synthetic biology and the engineering of standardized
biological components, devices, and parts. He is co-founder of the Registry of Standard Biological Part and invented an abstraction hierarchy for integrated genetic
systems. Professor Endy has been an early promoter of open source biology, and
helped start the Biobricks Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that supports
open-source biology.
Itzhak Fried
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Professor Fried has pioneered electrophysiological recordings of action potential
activity in awake human patients. His data provide the first insights into how conscious percepts and decisions are encoded in the activity of individual neurons in
the human brain.
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Martin Fussenegger
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Professor Fussenegger pursues an interdisciplinary systems approach to achieve advances in human therapy. The research programs pursued in the laboratory interface
with biopharmaceutical manufacturing, gene therapy and tissue engineering, with
the ultimate aim of developing novel means of treating human disease. Professor
Fussenegger has been awarded several prizes for his contributions to drug discovery, including the Merck Award in Cell Engineering in 2008.
Michael N. Hall
Biozentrum, Switzerland
Professor Hall works on TOR signaling and has contributed substantially to the
understanding of how the underlying mechanisms control cell growth and metabolism. Professor Hall received numerous awards, including the Cloëtta Prize for
Biomedical Research, the Marcel Benoist Prize for Sciences or Humanitie and the
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and an EMBO.
Laurent Keller
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Professor Keller is interested in understanding the principles governing the evolution of animal societies and the ecological and evolutionary consequences of social
life. His laboratory addresses these questions by combining experimental approaches in the fields of animal behavior, ecology, evolutionary genetics and genomics.
Professor Keller is an elected member of the EMBO and received several prizes
including the National Latsis Prize.
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Shigeru Kondo
Osaka University, Japan
Professor Shigeru is interested in the mechanisms that determine the spatial pattern of multicellular organisms. Relying a uniquely original and multidisciplinary
combination of experimental and theoretical approaches, his laboratory unveiled
notably a reaction-diffusion mechanism that is thought to be widely relevant in
vertebrate development.
Jeannie Lee
Harvard Medical School, USA
Professor Lee is a leader in the field of sex determination, being interested in
understanding how male (XY) and female (XX) cells use a mechanism called X-chromosome inactivation to achieve equality of sex chromosome gene expression. Her
studies focus on three noncoding RNA loci whose actions coordinate the many steps
of X-chromosome inactivation. Professor Lee is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Investigator.
Gilean “Gil” McVean
University of Oxford, UK
Professor McVean is an expert in statistical genetics and a driving member of the
1000 Genomes Project steering committee. As such, he has already provided several important new insights into the genetic principles underlying human evolution.
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Tam Mignot
University Aix-Marseille, France
Professor Mignot is studying the directional movement of bacteria on solid surfaces. He is using a multidisciplinary approach relying on genetics, biochemistry, cell
biology, bioinformatics and quantitative physics to study the underlying motility
mechanisms and their regulation in response to environmental cues. Professor
Mignot is recipient of the CNRS Bronze Medal.
Elly Nedivi
MIT, USA
Professor Nedivi uses in vivo high-resolution optical imaging to study the structure
and plasticity of excitatory and inhibitory synapses in the mouse visual system.
Her studies reveal how sensory experience influences synapses. Professor Nedivi is
recipient of the Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award.
Jodi Nunnari
University of California Davis, USA
Professor Nunnari’s research is devoted to understanding how the behavior of
mitochondria is regulated, focusing on how mitochondrial structure is established
and maintained in the face of division and fusion events. She is also interested in
understanding how the mitochondrial genome is organized and faithfully segregated within the organelle.
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Erin O’Shea
Harvard University, USA
Professor O’Shea’s research has uncovered several new principles underlying gene
regulation, with a specific focus on elucidating the biology of a three-protein circadian clock. She is the Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, a member of the National Academy of Science and a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Clay Reid
Allen Brain Institute, USA
Professor Reid leads the neural coding program at the Allen Brain Institute. He has
pioneered the analysis of the neuronal circuits of the visual system using diverse
techniques including electrophysiology, optical imaging, electron microscopy and
genetics. Professor Reid is recipient of the Klingenstein Fellowship in 1993 and the
Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award in 2001.
Petra Schwille
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Germany
Professor Schwille aims at understanding living systems from a quantitative
perspective on the scale of individually active and interactive molecules such as
proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. Her laboratory utilizes notably single molecule
fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy, as well as force microscopy to achieve
resolution far below the diffraction limit. Professor Schwille is a Max Planck Director
and an elected member of EMBO.
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Geraldine Seydoux
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Professor Seydoux uses genetic and molecular approaches in Caenorhabditis
elegans to analyze the mechanisms that distinguish germline from soma. Her work
uncovered that silencing prevents nascent germ cells from adopting somatic fates
during embryogenesis, a mechanism that has proven to be widely conserved across
evolution. Professor Seydoux is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and
recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, as well
as of the MacArthur Fellowship.
Carla Shatz
Stanford University, USA
Professor Shatz is a leader in the field and has uncovered molecular mechanisms responsible for development and plasticity of the mammalian brain with a particular
emphasis on the visual system. Professor Shatz is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, as well as a Foreign
Member of the Royal Society of London.
Mike Snyder
Stanford University, USA
Professor Snyder is a leader in the field of functional genomics and proteomics,
and one of the main participants of the ENCODE project aimed at identifying all
functional elements in the human genome. His laboratory was the first to perform
a large-scale functional genomics project in any organism, and has launched many
technologies in genomics and proteomics since. Professor Snyder is the Director of
the Center of Genomics and Personalized Medicine.
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Mike Stratton
Sanger Institute, UK
Sir Stratton is a pioneer in dissecting the genomic architecture of cancers. He has
notably identified multiple key mutations leading to cancer, among which the wellknown BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility gene. Sir Stratton is the Director of the
Sanger Institute.
Tom Südhof
Stanford University, USA
Professor Südhof investigates molecular mechanisms of neuronal communication,
and has made seminal contributions to the detailed understanding of synaptic
transmission. Professor Südhof was awarded numerous prizes for his groundbreaking work, including the 2013 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Karel Svoboda
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia, USA
Professor Svoboda is a pioneer of in vivo two-photon microscopy for imaging the
structure and function of the living brain. His work begins to define the neuronal
circuits and their functional operation during simple sensory perception tasks in
mice.
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become a sponsor
Increase your visibility and become a sponsor of the LSS 2015
Modular Sponsorship
There are many sponsoring opportunities through which companies can support the Life Sciences Symposium
2015 (LSS 2015).
The sponsors may compile their individual sponsorship packages by choosing any of the individual sponsoring
items listed on pages 25–28.
- Sessions (all 3 days or half days)
- Exhibition Spaces
- Coffee breaks
- On-site Opportunities (brochures in conference bags, in discussion lounge)
Level Sponsors (Lead Partners, Event Partners and Partners) are determined by the total amount spent by
each company as indicated in the table page 25.
Level Sponsors will have priority choice of exhibition space and exclusive sponsorship items. After the allocation
of the Level Sponsors, any other sponsorship items as well as exhibition space will be allocated on a first-come,
first-served basis.
All prices indicated in the sponsorship pages are in Swiss Francs (CHF) and are excluding Swiss VAT.
Application form & deadline
Companies intending to take a booth, take part in the exhibition or to participate in any other related sponsorship
for the LSS 2015 and who wish to benefit from their priority status are kindly requested to declare their interest
by filling out and submitting the “Exhibition & Sponsoring ‘Sponsoring Registration Form’ on page 28.
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S P O N S O R S H I P
LEAD PARTNERCHF 25’000.-Major sponsor of the Life Science Symposium - 3 days
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Logo published in the programme
Listed as Lead Partner in all conference publications and on the website
Logo published on the ‘Partner Board’ during the symposium
Partner will be mentioned visually and orally at the introduction speech and at each session
9 m2 of exhibition space (3x3) - 1st priority in selecting the space
Use of conference logo for own advertising
Conference fees waived for 6 participants
Invitation to meet the LSS2015 committee and faculty members
Invitation to networking lunches
Invitation to the networking dinner
EVENT PARTNERCHF 11’000.-Major sponsor of one specific day
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Logo published in the programme
Listed as Event Partner in all conference publications and on the website
Logo published on the ‘Partner Board’ during the symposium
Partner will be mentioned visually and orally as sponsor of the day
6 m2 of exhibition space (2x3) - priority in selecting the space
Conference fees waived for 4 participants
Invitation to networking lunches
PARTNERCHF 6’000.-Major sponsor of one specific session - half day
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Logo published in the abstract book
Listed as Partner in all conference publications and on the website
Logo published on the ‘Partner Board’ during the symposium
6 m2 of exhibition space (2x3)
Conference fees waived for 2 participants
Invitation to networking lunches
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Entrance Foyer 2nd Floor
Loading Dock
Goods
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Temporary Parking Space to unload Equipment
EPFL Swiss Tech Center
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S P O N S O R S H I P
EXHIBITION SPACE 9 m2CHF 2’970.--
In the center of the main SG building Hall - 2 booths available
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9 m2 of exhibition space (3x3) with high visibility (booths #18 or 19)
Logo published in the programme
Listed as Supporter on the website
Logo published on the ‘Partner Board’ during the symposium
EXHIBITION SPACE 6 m2CHF 1’980.-In the main SG building Hall
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COFFEE BREAK(S)CHF 1’350.-Price per coffee break
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LEAFLET IN CONFERENCE BAGS (ca. 350 pces)
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Logo on the buffet of the coffee stations
Logo published in the programme
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DISPLAY OF BROCHURES IN DISCUSSION LOUNGE
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• Space available on tables in the discussion lounge SG 0213
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Sponsoring registration form
WE WOULD LIKE TO BECOME
Lead Partner (all 3 days)
Event Partner
Partner
CHF
25’000.-11’000.-6’000.--
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXHIBIT
Exhibition space 9 m2
Exhibition space 6 m2
2’970.-1’980.--
WE WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR
Coffee break(s) - (price per coffee break
Leaflets in conference bags (ca. 350 pces)
Dislplay of brochures in the discussion lounge
1’350.-1’350.-900.--
All booths include 2 tables and chairs, electricity, wi-fi and parking cards. Number of booths is limited.
Reservations are therefore made on a first come, first served basis.
Company
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Comments
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For other options to be arranged
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the school of life sciences (SV)
4 institutes
Swiss Cancer Research Institute (ISREC)
Michel Aguet
Cathrin Brisken
Daniel Constam
Michele De Palma
Denis Duboule
Pierre Gönczy
Douglas Hanahan, Director
Oliver Hantschel
Jörg Huelsken
Joachim Lingner
Elisa Oricchio
Etienne Meylan
Freddy Radtke
Viesturs Simanis
Philipp Bucher
Signaling pathways in intestinal tumorigenesis
Signaling pathways in breast cancer
Morphogenetic signaling in stem cells
Tumor angiogenesis
Developmental genomics
Mechanisms of cell division and mitosis processes
Translational oncology and models of human cancer
Signaling pathways of leukemia
Cancer Stem Cell
Tellomerase and Chomosome End Replication
Cancer genetic
Molecular Mechanisms of Lung Cancer Development
Notch signaling pathways
Regulation of Cell Division
Computational Cancer genomics
Brain Mind Institute (BMI)
Patrick Aebischer
Olal Blanke
Gregoire Courtine
Patrick Fraering
Wulfram Gerstner
Johannes Gräff
Michael Herzog
Hilal Lashuel
Pierre Magistretti
Henry Markram
Carl Petersen
Carmen Sandi, Director
Ralf Schneggenburger
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Cognitive Neuroprosthetics
Spinal Cord Repair
Alzheimer’s disease research
Computational Neuroscience
Epigenetics
Visual Processing
Molecular and chemical biology of Neurodegeneration
Neuroenergetics and Cellular Dynamics
Neural Microcircuity - Blue Brain Project, Director
Sensory Processing
Behavioral Genetics
Synaptic Mechanisms
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Global Health Institute (GHI)
Andrea Ablasser
Melanie Blokesch
Stewart Cole, Director
Jacques Fellay
Nicola Harris
Bruno Lemaitre
John McKinney
Didier Trono
Gisou van der Goot, SV Dean
Innate Immunity
Molecular Microbiology
Microbial Pathogenesis
Human genomics of viral diseases
Intestinal immunology
Innate immunity in host-pathogenesis interactions
Microbiology and Microsystems
Genetics and Epigenetics
Cell and Membrane biology
Interfaculty Institute of Bioengineering (IBI)
Johan Auwerx
Yann Barrandon
Steinunn Baekkeskov
Matteo Dal Peraro
Bart Deplancke
Jeffrey Hubbell
Jeffrey Jensen
Matthias Lütolf, Director
John McKinney
Felix Naef
Olaia Naveiras
Kristina Schoonjans
David Suter
Melody Swartz
Florian Wurm
Co-affiliated Faculty
Kamiar Aminian
Georg Fantner
Carlotta Guiducci
Vassily Hatzimanikis
Auke ljspeert
Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli
Sebastian Maerkl
José Del Rocio Millan Ruiz
Dominique Pioletti
Demetri Psaltis
Aleksandra Radenovic
Sylvie Roke
Nikos Stergiopulos
Dimitri Van De Ville
Kai Johnsson
Nicolas Mermod
Energy Metabolism
Stem Cell Dynamics
Pancreas autoimmunity
Biomolecular Modeling
Systems Biology and Genetics
Regenerative Medicine, Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Evolutionary theory and population genetics
Stem Cell Bioengineering
Microbiology and Microsystems
Computational Systems Biology
Regenerative Hematopoiesis
Metabolic Signaling
Stem Cell Gene Expression
Lymphatic and Cancer Bioengineering
Cellular Biotechnology
Movement Analysis and Measurement
Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation
Biosensors and Biochips
Computational Systems Biotechnology
Biorobotics
Translational Biomechanics
Biological Network Characterization
Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interface
Biomechanical Orthopedics
Optics
Nanoscale Biology
Fundamental BioPhotonics
Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology
Medical Image Processing
Protein Engineering
Molecular Biotechnology
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LSS 2015 organising committee
Scientific Commitee
Prof. Bart Deplancke
Interfaculty Institute of Bioengineering (IBI)
Prof. Pierre Gönczy
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC)
Prof. Gisou van der Goot
Dean of School of Life Sciences Faculty (SV)
Prof. Carl Petersen
Brain Mind Institute (BMI)
Organising Commitee
Prof. Pierre Gönczy
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC)
Dr Harald Hirling
Deputy Dean
School of Life Sciences (SV)
harald.hirling@epfl.ch
Dr Sacha Sidjanski
External Relations Manager
School of Life Sciences (SV)
sacha.sidjanski@epfl.ch
Mrs. Laurence Mauro
Promotion & Development
School of Life Sciences (SV)
laurence.mauro@epfl.ch
http://lss2015.epfl.ch
LIFE SCIENCES
SYMPOSIUM
2 - 4 september 2015
2015
www.lss2015.epfl.ch
School of Life Sciences
Diffusion Tensor Imaging reveals brain’s connections highways - © Prof. Nouchine Hadjikhani
lausanne - switzerland
SPEAKERS
Anna Akhmanova
Brenda Andrews
Naama Barkai
Hans Clevers
Stanislas Dehaene
Karl Deisseroth
Titia De Lange
Ivan Dikic
Marileen Dogterom
Scott Emr
School of Life Sciences
Drew Endy
Itzhak Fried
Martin Fussenegger
Mike Hall
Laurent Keller
Shigeru Kondo
Jeannie Lee
Gil McVean
Tam Mignot
Elly Nedivi
Jodi Nunnari
Erin O’Shea
Clay Reid
Petra Schwille
Geraldine Seydoux
Carla Shatz
Mike Snyder
Mike Stratton
Tom Südhof
Karel Svoboda
Diffusion Tensor Imaging reveals brain’s connections highways - © Prof. Nouchine Hadjikhani
http://lss2015.epfl.ch