Programme by day
Wednesday, June 28th
| 09:15 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Opening address |
| 10:10 |
Junior Group Leader Talk D. sechellia: a comparative model to gain mechanistic insights into chemosensory system evolution Thomas Auer, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne |
| 10:30 |
Role of the yolk cell in Drosophila melanogaster midgut formation Marina Sarantseva, (Brunner Group), Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich |
| 10:45 |
Multisensory contributions of taste organs Nikita Komarov (Sprecher Group), Department of Biology, University of Fribourg |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 |
Reward mediated re-evaluation of reward memory in Drosophila Carolin Warnecke, (Felsenberg Group), Neurobiology, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research |
| 11:45 |
Automated high-throughput phenotyping of cognition in behaving individual Drosophila melanogaster reveals genetically influenced degree of individuality in learning Riddha Manna, (Jakšić Group), Brain Mind Institute, EPFL |
| 12:00 |
RNA targets and function of Topoisomerase 3β in reducing stress in neuronal physiology Shohreh Teimuri, (Suter Group), Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern |
| 12:15 |
Activation of the innate immune system accelerates tissue growth in a Drosophila tumor model Fabienne Brutscher, (Basler Group), Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich |
| 12:30 | Lunch and poster session |
| 14:30 |
Condensation of satellite DNA into chromocenters through sequence specific protein-DNA networks Benjamin Frühbauer, (Jagannathan Group), Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich |
| 14:45 |
Unraveling novel inputs onto sleep-promoting neurons in the fly Carolina Borges-Merjane, (Kempf Group) Biozentrum, University of Basel |
| 15:00 |
Non-cell-autonomous circadian regulation of brain function in Drosophila melanogaster Blanca Lago Solis, (Nagoshi Group), Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva |
| 15:15 |
Manipulation of NAD+ homeostasis in degenerating photoreceptor neurons in Drosophila Magdalena Kocia, (Neukomm Group), Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne |
| 15:30 |
Evolution of circadian behavioral plasticity through cis-regulatory divergence of a neuropeptide gene Michael Shahandeh, (Benton Group), Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne |
| 15:45 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 16:45 | Poster and talk prizes |
| 17:00 |
Walter Gehring Keynote Lecture Time to wake up: Regulation of neural stem cell quiescence Andrea Brand, Department of Cell Biology NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA |
| 18.00 | Closing remarks |
| 18.30 | Dinner, Restaurant San Marco |