The organism and its environment

Symposium overview

We are at the dawn of a new era of biology where we will start to understand how organisms function together and react or adapt to changes at different molecular levels. This includes the multitude of stresses that organisms are exposed to, from malnutrition and adverse climate events to many other biological, chemical and physical insults. Progress in biological analyses at both a single scale and across scales, have allowed us to further understand organisms in the context of dynamic environments. These can be environments which are changed by disease, commensal cohabitation or competition, as well as abiotic factors. With the molecular understanding we already have at the cellular and organismal levels, and new tools and quantitative approaches, this symposium will address how genotype and the environment bring about phenotypes at the population level.

What past participants say about the symposium

“An excellent meeting covering important topics for future research, with outstanding speakers and excellent enthusiastic students.” – Isabel Gordo, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

“I really enjoyed the quality and diversity of the talks, all related but different. Enriching and awesomely organized conference!” – Julie Zaworski, New England Biolabs, USA

“One of the most enriching conferences in the recent past! Great venue, great food, great support team, and outstanding speakers and presentations. Kudos to the AV team for the glitch-free remote presentations. A great platform for young researchers and emerging scientists!” – Anupam Sengupta, University of Luxembourg

Keynote speaker

Richard Durbin

University of Cambridge

Speaker

Silvia Bulgheresi

University of Vienna

Austria

Martin Kaltenpoth

MPI Chemical Ecology Jena

Germany

Jose-Maria Montoya-Teran

Université Montpellier

France

Deo Onda

University of the Philippines

Philippines

Emma Rocke

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Raffaele Siano

IFREMER

France

Ricard Solé

Catalan Institute for research and Advanced Studies

Spain

Flora Vincent

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Johannes Vogel

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Germany

Phillip Wilcox

University of Otago

New Zealand

Anna Zaidman-Remy

INSA Lyon

France

Scientific organisers

Detlev Arendt

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Edith Heard

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Maria Leptin

European Research Council

Belgium

Fiona Watt

EMBO

Germany

Detlef Weigel

Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

Germany

Conference organisers

Maria Mercedes Bacadare Goitia

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

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