Programme

Time

Activity

09:00

Arrival, coffee, tea

09:30

Anna Akhmanova, chair Science for Life Board & Conference 2024
Isabel Arends, chair Life Sciences deans, Utrecht University
Albert Heck, pioneer Science for Life

09:50

Marcel Levi, President Executive Board NWO (Dutch Research Council)

10:05

Ben Lehner, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
Programmable predictive biology

10:45

Coffee Break

11:15

Siobhan Brady, Genome Center University of California, Davis, USA
Environmental integration with root cell type development

11:55

Julia Mahamid, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Enabling discovery by in-cell structural biology

12:35

Lunch & Poster Session

14:00

Parallel Sessions: 5 x 5 early-career research presentations

15:15

Coffee Break

15:45

Casper Hoogenraad, vice president Neuroscience, Genentech, San Francisco, USA
RNA-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases

16:25

René Medema, CSO, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, NL
Mission-oriented life sciences; connecting basic research and clinical application

17:05

Paul Smit, philosopher/speaker
Shifting perspectives: How can we collaborate in a better way?

17:35

Saskia van Mil, Utrecht University Life Sciences board
Henk Kummeling, Rector Magnificus, Utrecht University
Poster prize & Closure

17:50

Drinks & Bites & Walking Dinner (light)