Programme

Time

Activity

09:00

Arrival, coffee, tea

09:30

Opening 
Debbie Jaarsma, chair Life Sciences deans, Utrecht University
Anna Akhmanova, chair Science for Life Board

09:40

Hans Clevers, Pharma Research and Early Development Roche, Basel, Switzerland and Hubrecht Institute and Princess Màxima Center, Utrecht, NL
Stem cell and organoid research for novel therapeutics

10:20

Gaia Pigino, Structural Biology Research Center, Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
Molecular mechanisms of subcellular structures

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Sarah Gurr, Food Security, Exeter University, UK
Crop diseases and food security

12:10

 Lunch & Poster Session & presentation Research Facilities/expertise centers

13:40

Parallel Sessions 5 x 5 early-career presentations

14:55

Coffee Break

15:25

Julius Brennecke, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Eucariotic genome evolution

16:05

David Lyden, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
Cancer Metastasis: Biologic basis and therapeutics

16:45

Paul Coffer, vice-dean Life Sciences, Utrecht University
Utrecht Life Sciences in perspective
Poster prize & Closure

17:00

Drinks & Bites