
PROGRAM
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08:30-09:10 Lundbeck Auditorium Registration, Poster Set-Up & Breakfast
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
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09:10-09:30 Welcome by the PhD Day Organising Committee
Introduction by Head of Department, Niels Kroer
MORNING SESSION
09:30-10:15 Jens Nielsen, CEO at BioInnovation Institute and Professor of Systems Biology at Chalmers University of Technology
"title TBA"
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10:15-10:30 PhD student short talk(x1)
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1. Tihomir Simin: "Terpenoid emission in tundra shrubs – dependence on species characteristics and the environment"
10:30-11:15 Poster Session I - Coffee/fruit
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11:15-11:45 Jeff Gelles, Professor of Biochemistry at Brandeis University
"Studying the DNA transcription cycle one molecule at a time"
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11:45-12:15 PhD student short talks (x2)
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1. Lucie Bergeron: "Germline mutational process in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)"
2. Jonathan Chevalier: "Autophagy mediates temporary reprogramming and dedifferentiation in plant somatic cells"
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12:15-13:00 LUNCH
AFTER-LUNCH SESSION
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13:00-13:45 Poul Nissen, Director at DANDRITE and Professor of Protein Biochemistry at Aarhus University
"How are lipids flipped and amino acids transported across membranes?"
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13:45-14:15 Luis Toledo, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen
"Understanding fundamental mechanisms to develop better therapies"
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14:15-14:45 Camilla Kerlauge, CEO and founder at Spenderlog
"Data for good"
14:45-15:15 PhD students short talks (x2)
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1. Abigail Ramsøe: "DeamiDATE 1.0: Site-specific deamidation as a tool to assess authenticity of members of ancient proteomes"
2. Andrea Castaño Sánchez: "Effects of global warming and salinity on groundwater crustaceans a case of study in southwestern Australia "
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15:15-16:00 Poster session II - Coffee/cake
AFTERNOON SESSION
16:00-16:45 Feng Zhang, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
"Exploring Microbial Diversity for Genome Editing and Beyond"
16:45-17:15 PhD student short talks (x2)
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1. Fátima Sánchez Barreiro: "Genomic consequences of population decline in the white rhino"
2. Hjörleifur Einarsson: "Alternative promoters confer transcriptional robustness"
17:15-17:30 Awards & Goodbye
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17:30-18:30 Drinks and networking
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18:30-20:00 Dinner
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20:00-01:00 Party at mBAR
