16th Annual Swiss Zebrafish Meeting
27 June 2024, University of Fribourg
Joseph Deiss Auditorium, Building PER 22, Boulevard de Pérolles 90
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 09:20 – 10:20  | 
Registration – Fixing Posters – Coffee and Croissants – Sponsor Exhibitions | 
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 10:15 - 10:25  | 
 Welcome  | 
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Session 1
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 10:25 - 11:00  | 
 Keynote lecture 1 Christian Mosimann, University of Colorado School of Medicine Lateral thinking in cardiovascular development and disease  | 
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 11:00 - 11:15  | 
 Nadia Mercader, University of Bern, Switzerland Spinster homolog 1 (spns1)-dependent endocardial lysosomal function drives valve morphogenesis through the control of Notch1-signaling  | 
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 11:15 - 11:30  | 
 Maria Paraskevi Kotini, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland Development and architecture of the midbrain vasculature  | 
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 11:30 - 11:45  | 
 Daria Korotkova, EPFL, Switzerland Role of palmitoylating enzymes in hair cell formation and function on the zebrafish model  | 
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 11:45 - 12:00  | 
 Sarah Brivio; University of Geneva, Switzerland Endothelial mafa expression controls HSC expansion in the CHT niche  | 
12:00 - 13:00 | 
Lunch | 
13:00 - 13:30 | 
Poster Session 1 & Sponsor Exhibitions | 
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Session 2
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| 13:30 - 14:10 | 
 Keynote lecture 2 Gilbert Weidinger, Ulm University, Germany Mechanisms underlying cellular plasticity during regeneration  | 
| 14:10 - 14:25 | 
 Sumeet Pal Singh, IRIBHM ULB, Brussels, Belgium Dutal-to-hepatocyte transdifferentiation contributes to liver regeneration in the presence of spared hepatocytes | 
| 14:25 - 14:40 | 
 Alexa Burger, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA Conserved enhancers control notochord expression of vertebrate Brachyury | 
| 14:40 - 14:55 | 
 Jingjing Zang, University of Zürich, Switzerland Recoverin in Visual Transduction and Beyond: New Insights in Cone Vision | 
| 14:55 - 15:00 | 
 The Swiss 3R Competence Centre Andrina Zbinden, University of Fribourg, Switzerland The Swiss Zebrafish Culture of Care Group to increase knowledge and establishing refinements in zebrafish research | 
| 15:00 - 15:20 | 
 The Swiss Zebrafish Society Stephan Neuhauss, University of Zürich, Switzerland  | 
15:20 - 16:15 | 
Coffee break – Poster Session 2 & Sponsor Exhibitions | 
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Session 3Chair: Volker Enzmann, University of Bern, Switzerland | 
| 16:15 - 16:30 | 
 Shivali Dongre, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Using zebrafish embryos as a vertebrate in vivo model to study TF clustering | 
| 16:30 - 16:45 | 
 New PI Johannes Larsch, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Neurogenetics of Social Affiliation in Zebrafish | 
| 16:45 - 17:05 | 
 Sponsors: 4 x 3 min talks Bionomous, Bruker Nano, Idexx Bioanalytics, Zeiss | 
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 17:05 - 17:15  | 
Poster Prizes, Closing Remarks | 
17:15 - 18:30 | 
Apéro and Drinks | 
