Connecting, engaging and nurturing EMBL’s global community of current and former scientists, technicians, communicators and administrators
Join leaders in life science research for an exciting and inspirational two-day symposium that will look toward the future of life science research. What is the next frontier of tissue biology? How are life scientists collaborating across borders? How will data help us understand human biology? How do scientists start their own biotech companies? These big questions and others will be discussed by experts from around the world at this two-day symposium in Stanford. Come discover what the future holds for collaborative, transcontinental and inter-institution life science research.
| 09:00-10:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee |
| 10:00-11:00 | Welcome by EMBL and StanfordEdith Heard by Video, Director General, EMBLLloyd Minor, Dean, School of Medicine, Stanford UniversityLars Steinmetz, Professor of Genetics and Co-director Stanford Genome Technology Centre, Stanford University, Senior Scientist and Director of Life Science Alliance, EMBLSigrid Reinsch and Rebecca Heald – Remembrance of Suzanne Eaton |
| 11:00-12:15 | The Next Frontier of Tissue BiologyChair: Manfred Auer, Department Head, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 1993-1997)James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona and Senior ScientistRebecca Heald, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley (EMBL Heidelberg, Postdoc, 1993-1997)Katja Brückner, Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 1994-2000) |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch and Networking with sponsors |
| 13:30-14:30 | From Bench to Start-Up: The European and US ExperienceChair: Jürgen Bauer, Deputy Managing Director, EMBLEM, HeidelbergFay Christodoulou, Founder and CSO, Miroculus, San Francisco (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 2005-2010)Lars Steinmetz, Founder, Sophia Genetics, MiroculusOliver Hanisch, CEO, Campus Founders gGmbH, HeilbronnPatrick Baeuerle, Executive Partner, MPM Capital, Cambridge (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 1986-1987 and 2019 Lennart Philipson Award recipient)Gitte Neubauer, Founder and CEO, Cellzome-GSK, Heidelberg (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 1994-2000) |
| 14:30-15:00 | Will F. Mueller, Director of Discovery and Integration, Grace Science, LLC (EMBL Heidelberg, Postdoc, 2013-2018) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 15:30-16:45 | Democratisation of Data: What’s Next?Chair: Sigrid Reinsch, Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field (EMBL Heidelberg, Postdoc, 1992-1998)Nils Gehlenborg, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston (EMBL-EBI, Predoc, 2006-2010 and 2018 John Kendrew Award recipient)Gill Bejerano, Associate Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Stanford UniversityMarc Salit, Director, Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
| 16:45-18:00 | Drinks Reception |
| 18:00-21:00 | Buffet Dinner |
| 09:00-09:30 | Morning Coffee |
| 09:30-11:00 | From Atoms to Biological Processes: Collaboration Across BordersChair: Alasdair McDowall, Emeritus Professor, HHMI/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (EMBL Heidelberg, Research Assistant, 1978-1987)Georgios Skiniotis, Professor, Structural Biology and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 1999-2003)Navtej Toor, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San DiegoMatthias Wilmanns, Head of EMBL Hamburg and Senior ScientistAlasdair McDowall, Emeritus Professor, HHMI/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 11:30-12:45 | Fighting Rare and Common DiseasesChair: Fay Christodoulou, Founder and CSO, Miroculus, San FranciscoAlex Franzusoff, CEO, PACT Pharma, San Francisco (EMBL Heidelberg, Postdoc, 1984-1985)Nevan Krogan, Director, Quantitative Biosciences Institute-University of California San Francisco and Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institutes, San FranciscoCharles Chiu, Professor, Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco |
| 12:45-13:00 | EMBL Alumni Relations and Closing RemarksPeter Papagiannis, Alumni Volunteer Officer, EMBL HeidelbergMark Dollhopf, President, Dollhopf Associates, New Haven |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch and Networking |
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