Leon Glass
McGill University
Canada
(Virtual Speaker)
EMBO | EMBL Symposium
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or recovery is required for on-site attendance. Please see EMBL’s COVID-19 safety policy for on-site events.
Are you interested in oscillatory phenomena and biological dynamics? At this symposium, multiple disciplines will come together in order to discuss common mechanisms underlying the generation of oscillations.
This meeting provides a unique platform for the emerging new community working at the interface between quantitative biology, complex oscillatory systems, and physics.
Oscillations are abundant – from hormonal oscillations with periods of days and months, to genetic fluctuations in the range of hours (circadian clock, embryonic oscillators), and metabolic and biochemical oscillations in the order of minutes (glycolytic oscillations) and seconds (Calcium-dynamics) – oscillations are central to biology across different temporal and spatial scales.
Please note that due to the ongoing pandemic situation, some speakers may need to join virtually to give their talk, and the programme is subject to change.
McGill University
Canada
(Virtual Speaker)
Brandeis University
USA
(Virtual Speaker)
The University of Texas at Austin
USA
(Virtual Speaker)
Stanford University School of Medicine
USA
(Virtual Speaker)
Pompeu Fabra University
Spain
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
(Virtual Speaker)
University of California San Diego
USA
University of Würzburg
Germany
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Japan
(Virtual Speaker)
Saint Louis University
USA
(Virtual Speaker)
Tel Aviv University
Israel
(Virtual Speaker)
Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Saclay University
France
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Switzerland
University of Manchester
UK
Harvard University
USA
University Health Network
Canada
(Virtual Speaker)
Nagoya University
Japan
(Virtual Speaker)
Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin
Germany
(Virtual Speaker)
Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin
Germany
Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin
Germany
Brandeis University
USA
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Time | Speaker |
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11:15 – 13:00 | Registration & light lunch |
13:00 – 14:00 | Pre-symposium ‘Oscillator Theory for Biologists’ Workshop (on-site participants only) Board lecture by Hanspeter Herzel – Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
14:00 – 14:30 | Break and change of groups |
14:30 – 15:30 | Pre-symposium ‘Oscillator Theory for Biologists’ Workshop hands-on part (on-site participants only) Bharath Ananthasubramaniam – Institute for Theoretical Biology –Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Christoph Schmal – Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Marta Del Olmo – Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Hanspeter Herzel – Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
15:15 – 16:00 | Registration (participants not attending the pre-symposium workshop) |
16:00 – 16:15 | Opening Remarks Alexander Aulehla – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
Session 1 | |
Chair: Alexander Aulehla – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany | |
16:15- 17:00 | Keynote lecture Degenerate mechanisms in oscillator dynamics Eve Marder – Brandeis University, USA (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
17:00 – 17:30 | Rhythms in a changing world Noga Kronfeld-Schor – Tel Aviv University, Israel (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
17:30 – 17:45 | Waves and patterns in the frog egg cytoplasm Lendert Gelens – KU Leuven, Belgium AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
17:45 – 17:50 | Technical buffer |
17:50 – 18:35 | Coffee Break |
18:35 – 18:50 | But, what are the cells doing? – Image analysis pipeline to follow single cells during somitogenesis in zebrafish embryo Arianne Bercowsky Rama – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
18:50 – 19:20 | Data modeling on periodic manifolds: applications to circadian rhythms Felix Naef – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland |
19:20 – 21:00 | Dinner in Canteen |
21:00 – 22:00 | Welcome drinks |
Time | Speaker |
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08:30 – 09:45 | Registration & Coffee |
Session 2 | |
Chair: Ueli Schibler – University of Geneva, Switzerland | |
09:45 – 10:15 | Molecular basis of vertebrate infradian rhythms Takashi Yoshimura – Nagoya University, Japan (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
10:15 – 10:45 | Circadian clock organization in flies stemming from different latitudes. Are weaker clocks the better clocks? Charlotte Förster – University of Würzburg, Germany AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
10:45 – 11:00 | A transcriptional oscillator to time skin regeneration Helge Grosshans – Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
11:00 – 11:05 | Technical buffer |
11:05 – 11:45 | Coffee Break |
11:45 – 12:15 | Synchronization of the cell cycle and the circadian clock through bidirectional coupling Albert Goldbeter – Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:15 – 12:30 | Noisy circadian clocks gate cell division in Anabaena Rinat Arbel-Goren – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:30 – 12:45 | Nanostructures instability driven by the reaction-diffusion mechanism Mikhail Kryuchkov – University of Geneva, Switzerland AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:45 – 14:15 | Lunch break |
Session 3 | |
Chair: Hanspeter Herzel – Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin, Germany | |
14:15 – 14:45 | Merging biological and mathematical network oscillation generation mechanisms Frances K. Skinner – University Health Network, Canada (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
14:45- 15:00 | The Origin and Regulation of Segmentation Clock Oscillation Dynamics in the Mouse Embryo Tomita Takehito – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
15:00 – 15:15 | Multiscale, dynamic and spatially-periodic coordination of gene expression in spinal cord progenitor cells Veronica Biga – The University of Manchester, UK AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
15:15 – 15:20 | Technical buffer |
15:20 – 16:05 | Coffee Break |
16:05 – 16:35 | The pacemaker of the cell cycle oscillator James E. Ferrell – Stanford University School of Medicine, USA (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
16:35 – 16:50 | Xenopus embryo injury initiates calcium waves that travel both within and between embryos via ATP signaling Megan Sperry – Wyss Institute at Harvard University, USA (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
16:50 – 17:20 | Circadian rhythms of gene expression in vivo and in vitro Susan S. Golden – University of California San Diego, USA AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
17:20 – 17:25 | Technical buffer |
17:25 – 19:25 | Poster Session 1 (odd numbers) with snacks |
19:25 – 21:00 | Dinner in Canteen |
21:00 – 22:00 | Networking drinks |
Time | Speaker |
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08:30 – 09:45 | Registration & Coffee |
Session 4 | |
Chair: Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo Pompeu Fabra University, Spain | |
09:45 – 10:15 | Roles of Hes1 oscillations in neural stem cells Ryoichiro Kageyama – RIKEN Center for Brain Science Japan (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
10:15 – 10:45 | Measuring human circadian rhythms for precision chronomedicine Francis Albert Lévi – Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Saclay University, France AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
10:45 – 11:00 | Cytoskeletal oscillator produces complex wave patterns on the surface of rewired frog oocytes Andrew Goryachev – The University of Edinburgh, UK AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
11:00 – 11:05 | Technical buffer |
11:05 – 11:45 | Coffee Break |
11:45 – 12:00 | Emergent calcium dynamics in an astrocyte-neuronal network coupled via nitric oxide molecule Bhanu Sharma – South Campus Delhi University, India (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:00 – 12:15 | A series of individual transcriptional pulses produces a periodic pattern of Atonal in the Drosophila eye Francois Schweisguth – Institut Pasteur, France AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:15 – 12:30 | lin-4 functions as a temporal morphogen Christopher Hammell – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:30 – 12:35 | Technical buffer |
12:35 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
Session 5 | |
Chair: Ueli Schibler – University of Geneva, Switzerland | |
14:00 – 14:30 | Deconstructing the segmentation clock in vitro Olivier Pourquié – Harvard University, USA AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
14:30 – 14:45 | p53 oscillatory dynamics optimizes DNA repair efficiency by regulating foci formation Mathias Luidor Heltberg – University of Copenhagen, Denmark AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
14:45 – 15:00 | Direct, real time in vivo measurement of distinct circadian clocks in Drosophila Deniz Top – Dalhousie University, Canada AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
15:00 – 15:15 | Group photo |
15:15 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00 – 16:30 | Decoding Network Dynamics in Coupled Oscillators István Z. Kiss – Saint Louis University, USA (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
16:30 – 17:00 | Oscillatory dynamics and hippocampal memory operations Laura Colgin – The University of Texas at Austin, USA (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
17:00 – 17:15 | On the robustness of the cyanobacterial circadian clock Sophie de Buyl – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
17:15 – 17:20 | Technical buffer |
17:20 – 19:15 | Poster Session 2 (even) with snacks |
19:15 – 20:45 | Dinner in Canteen |
20:45 – 21:45 | Networking drinks |
Time | Speaker |
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08:30 – 09:45 | Registration & Coffee |
Session 6 | |
Chair: Hanspeter Herzel – Institute for Theoretical Biology – Humboldt University Berlin, Germany | |
09:45 – 10:15 | Differential phase register of Hes1 oscillations with mitoses in breast cancer cells underlies their cell cycle heterogeneity Nancy Papalopolou – University of Manchester, UK AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
10:15 – 10:30 | Modelling gene regulation oscillatory dynamics during the cell cycle in single cells Nacho Molina – Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, France AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
10:30 – 11:00 | Oscillations as organizers in bacterial populations Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo – Pompeu Fabra University, Spain AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
11:00 – 11:05 | Technical buffer |
11:05 – 11:45 | Coffee Break |
11:45 – 12:00 | Functional analysis of multiscale oscillations in insect olfactory receptor neurons Monika Stengl – University of Kassel, Germany AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:00 – 12:15 | Signalling centre vortices control periodic activation waves and coordinate Dictyostelium morphogenesis Hugh Ford – University College London, UK AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:15 – 12:30 | Stress discrimination by body-wide, stochastic DAF-16/FoxO nuclear translocation pulses Burak Demirbas – AMOLF, The Netherlands AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
12:30 – 13:15 | Keynote lecture Mechanism for the self-termination of paroxysmal rhythms Leon Glass – McGill University, Canada (Virtual Speaker) AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AFTER LIVE STREAM |
13:15 – 13:30 | Closing Remarks and Poster Prize |
13:30 – 14:00 | Packed Lunch |
14:00 | Departure |
On-site Registration Fees include admission, conference materials, COVID-19 safety measures, meals and coffee breaks. Participants are expected to book and pay their own accommodation and travel expenses.
Virtual Registration Fees include access to all of the talks (livestreamed and on demand) and facility to submit questions.
On-site Academia | €700 |
On-site PhD Student | €600 |
On-site Industry | €900 |
Virtual Academia | €175 |
Virtual PhD Student | €125 |
Virtual Industry | €225 |
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As further changes in our events are possible due to COVID-19, you should book flights, trains and hotels with flexible options and favorable cancellation conditions.
The hotels below have rooms on hold for participants until Saturday 5 February 2022, in some cases at special rates. Please quote the booking code EES22-01 and confirm the exact price of the room with the hotel directly.
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English | German |
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Hello | Hallo |
Goodbye | Auf Wiedersehen |
Good morning | Guten Morgen |
Good afternoon | Guten Tag |
Good evening | Guten Abend |
Good night | Gute Nacht |
I’m sorry | Tut mir leid |
Excuse me… | Entschuldigen Sie |
How are you? | Wie gehts? |
I’m fine thanks. And you? | Mir geht es gut , danke, und dir/Ihnen? |
What is your name | Wie heisst du? Wie heissen Sie? |
My name is | Ich heisse |
Do you speak English | Sprechen Sie Englisch? |
I don’t understand | Ich verstehe nicht |
Please speak more slowly | Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen |
Thank you | Dankeschön |
Where is the toilet? | Wo ist die Toilette? |
Please call me a taxi | Bitte rufen Sie mir ein Taxi |
How do I get to….? | Wie komme ich zum/zur…..? |
A beer/two beers please | Ein Bier/zwei Bier bitte |
A glass of red/white wine please | Ein Glas Rot/Weisswein bitte |
The menu, please | Die Speisekarte, bitte |
Is there a local speciality? | Gibt es eine Spezialität aus dieser Gegend? |
I’m Vegetarian | Ich bin Vegetarier |
It was delicious | Es war hervorragend |
The bill, please | Die Rechnung, bitte |
I have a headache | Ich habe Kopfschmerzen |
I have a sore throat | Ich habe Halsschmerzen |
My stomach hurts | Ich habe Magenschmerzen |
I’m allergic to | Ich bin allergisch gegen |
I need a doctor who speaks English | Gibt es einen Arzt, der Englisch spricht? |
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No, you will need to have a valid negative test upon arrival on your first day of attendance only. Antigen tests are valid for 24 h and PCR tests are valid for 48 h. Please see FAQ on testing in Heidelberg for more information on finding a test centre.
Only FFP2 masks are allowed for indoors use and must be worn during the whole event (except while eating or drinking during the breaks).
Proof is accepted in paper or digital form, provided it meets the criteria listed under points 1, 2 and 3. Photographs of paper documents do not count as valid digital proof for the purposes of checks by the transport company or by the police authorities conducting border controls. Digital documentation needs to have been issued electronically by the authorised issuer and transmitted electronically to the authorised holder.
Please note that these are general requirements pursuant to the Coronavirus-Einreiseverordnung. For a digital COVID certificate in line with the EU Regulation on the EU Digital COVID Certificate, additional requirements may have to be met. Further information can be found on the Coronavirus: Frequently Asked Questions website of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
Regardless if you are coming from an EU country, please check the Paul Ehrlich Institute website for recognised vaccines to see if your vaccination status is considered valid in Germany. You will find information such as which vaccines (and combinations) are approved, the number of doses required for a complete vaccination protection and the length of time that must pass after vaccination.
The test to prove the previous infection must have been carried out by laboratory diagnostics using nucleic acid detection (PCR, PoC-PCR or other methods of nucleic acid amplification technology). At least 28 days must have passed since getting a positive test. Information on recovery can be found (in German) on the Robert Koch Institute website.
As of 1 February 2022, the validity of vaccination certificates in Germany is 270 days (roughly 9 months), if no booster vaccination has been administered after a completed basic immunisation.
The validity of proof of recovery in Germany is 90 days (roughly 3 months). At least 28 days must have passed since getting a positive test.
If you are arriving from a high-risk area, yes, you have to register at the travel portal (www.einreiseanmeldung.de) before entering the country. You must carry the confirmation with you, but you do not need to quarantine. It is important that you upload your proof of vaccination or recovery at the same time, otherwise you would need to quarantine on arrival.The list of countries marked as a high-risk area are regularly updated on the Robert Koch Institute website. You can find additional information on the obligation to register and exemptions in the FAQs on Digital Registration on Entry, the obligation to furnish proof and quarantine on entry.
Participants travelling from a non-EU country, who therefore have no access to a European Union Digital Covid Certificate (EUDCC), will be granted access upon providing the same written proof they used to enter Germany, which should be a verifiable proof of vaccination / recovery that meets the validity requirements in Germany (please see previous questions).
Please note that Baden-Württemberg state accepts only digitally verifiable proof for the 2G rule such as a QR code. The primary means of verifying COVID vaccination status in Germany is through the “EU Digital Covid Certificate”. This can be obtained from the local pharmacies by showing them your vaccination papers together with an ID document. The pharmacy will give you the printouts which you can then enter into a mobile application ( Corona-Warn-App).
It is not possible to get a COVID-19 test while on site at EMBL. Professional testing stations are readily accessible at many convenient locations throughout Heidelberg. Additionally, many testing tents are available throughout the city.
These testing stations offer lateral flow antigen tests that are free of charge, and on a ‘walk-up’ or appointment basis for all, including visitors. Results and certificate are sent by email, within approximately 20 minutes. Please note, some testing stations offer PCR tests as well, however these require a fee and is to be paid by the participant.
If you are staying at the ISG Hotel, the closest testing station is located on the parking lot in front of the hotel. Another one can be found at Louise-Ebert-Zentrum (just 2 minutes walk or 150m from the ISG Hotel).
Local restrictions change depending on the current pandemic situation. Before entering a building, you should be able to see signs with admittance rules that will mention 2G or 3G.
A negative rapid antigen test not older than 24 h or PCR test not older than 48 h is required as a test. Please bring your CovidPass and ID wherever you go and make sure to have enough FFP2 masks. Additionally please find here the current local Public transportation requirements (in German).
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EMBO | EMBL Symposia promote scientific communication and collaboration in the European research area. They provide scientists with a platform to discuss and exchange ideas on forward-looking topics and new developments in the life sciences.
Topics emphasise upcoming developments and the interdisciplinary nature of related fields. Jointly funded and organised by EMBO and EMBL – and complementary to their respective courses, workshops, and conference programmes – the symposia promote scientific communication and collaboration.
All symposia are held in the EMBL Advanced Training Centre (ATC) in Heidelberg, Germany, or virtually.
Date: 6 - 9 Mar 2022
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Deadline(s):
Abstract submission: Closed
Registration (On-site): Closed
Registration (Virtual): Closed
Organisers:
Contact: Raili Pall