Overview
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Course overview
Over the past decade, advances in imaging, genomics, and computational biology have revolutionised our ability to study developmental processes with unprecedented resolution. Nevertheless, effectively integrating these technologies to address fundamental questions remains a challenge.
This course addresses those challenges and offers early-career scientists comprehensive hands-on training in state-of-the-art technologies reshaping the field. Participants will acquire advanced experimental skills in five key areas:
- Live imaging, enabling real-time observation of cellular dynamics and morphogenesis
- Single-cell genomics for reconstructing developmental trajectories, providing unprecedented resolution into cell fate specification and lineage relationships
- Genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 for functional interrogation of gene function across diverse systems
- Multiplex hybridization chain reaction (HCR) for spatial and temporal gene expression analysis, linking transcriptomic data to tissue level context
- Morphometric analysis of axial morphology
Lectures by leading developmental biologists complementing practical sessions led by EMBL Heidelberg research groups will address recent conceptual and analytical advances in established and emerging developmental systems. Participants will be encouraged to apply newly acquired techniques to their own biological material in selected practicals. By integrating experimental and computational approaches and fostering scientific exchange, the course will equip attendees with the knowledge and methodological toolkit to advance fundamental research in developmental biology.
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Date: 31 May - 8 Jun 2027
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Organisers:
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Marianne Bronner
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA -
Michael Dorrity
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany -
Jordi van Gestel
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany -
Berta Verd
University of Oxford, UK -
Hanh Vu
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Contact: EMBL Events