Programme

Day 1

09:00Walk-in
10:00Opening | Ivo Bol & Esmé van den Boom | Host: Elsa Girard
10:20Keynote lecture: Vera Meyer (TU Berlin) 
Thinking the impossible as if it were possible: Fungi as source of inspiration for a sustainable future
11:20Break
 Invited speaker sessions
11:50IntroductionIntroduction of research community 4
12:00Yvette van Kooyk (VUmc) Exploring cellular immune communications in tissue to restore diseasesKatja Peijnenburg (Naturalis) Evolution of planktonic snails in a rapidly changing ocean
12:30Ali Ertürk (Helmholtz Munich) Decoding diseases in 3D: AI-powered cell level imaging and omicsTom August (CEH, UK) The role of technology in monitoring biodiversity
13:00Break
Exhibition floor is open
Pitches by large research projects 13:05 - 13:20
 Parallel sessions for all tracks
 Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4Track 5
14:15Nila van Overbeek (LUMC)Ronald Pierik (WUR)Dennis Claessen (LEI)Leon Claessens (UM)Marco Locarno (TUD)
14:30Sandra Ollivaud (UMCG)Jouke Wedman (UMCG)Kiki van der Heijden (RU)Karlijn Doorenspleet
(WUR)
Rosemary Yu (RU)
14:45Thomas van Ravesteyn
(Hubrecht)
Susanne Lens (UMCU)Thomas Blankers (UvA)Eva Deinum (WUR)Kumar Saurabh Singh (WUR)
15:00Peter Tessarz (RU)Ines Paniagua Cabana (NKI)Lisa van Sluijs (WUR)Ciska Veen (NIOO)David Meijer (WUR)
15:15Poster session 1
Exhibition floor is open
Poster pitches 15:20 - 15:35
 Invited speaker sessions
16:45Introduction of research community 1Introduction of research community 3
16:55Floris Foijer (UMCG) Chromosomal instable cancers circumvent immune recognitionAstrid Groot (UvA) The art of sexual attraction: unexpected variations on a theme
17:25Soyon Hong (UCL) Neuro-glia-immune interactions modulating synaptic fate in neurodegenerationCaroline Gutjahr (MPIMP) Form and function of a wide-spread plant-fungal symbiosis
17:55Networking get-together per research community
18:55Dinner
20:25Social programme: Bionieuws pub quiz, bowling, live music

Day 2

07:00Breakfast
Walk in the dunes (07:15)
 Invited speaker sessions
09:00Introduction of research community 2Introduction of research community 5
09:10Geert Kops (Hubrecht) Orchestrating the chromosomes for cell divisionRob Finn (EMBL-EBI UK) Understanding the functional potential of microbial communities 
09:40Milan Malinsky (University of Bern) Exploratory behavior and genetics of species diversificationMaria Suarez Diez (WUR) Design of experiments and machine learning to optimize microbial cell factories
10:10Poster session 2
Poster pitches 10:20 - 10:35
 Parallel sessions for all tracks
 Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4Track 5
11:40Julia Pols (LEI)Snjezana Kodba (UU)Hanneke Suijkerbuik (WUR)Inga Wolframm (HVHL)Djura Smits (eScience Center)
11:55Jos Meeussen (NKI)Manon de Visser (LEI)Ilias Kotoulas (LEI)Jasper Croll (UvA)Alessio Albanese (WUR)
12:10Siddharth Deshpande (WUR)Anisha Ramadhin (Erasmus MC)Kaisa Kajala (UU)Swan Li San Sow (NIOZ)Niels Aerts (UU)
12:25Birol Cabukusta (LUMC)Joep Joosten (RU)Jianbo Zhang (UvA)Daniëlle van der Burg (UvA)Wen Wu (RUG)
12:40Break
Exhibition floor is open
13:40Workshops
14:45Keynote lecture: Bas Bloem (RUMC) Prevention of Parkinson’s disease: utopia or reality?
15:45Award ceremony NWO Science Awards, Visualization contest, Poster Prizes
16:15Farewell bites & drinks