Day 1: Evolution: Cell and Diseases
Day 2: Seeing Smaller : New Tools Available
Day 3: Identifying Dangers and Escaping the Pursuit
Session I : Neurology, inner workings of the Mind and Body
Neuroscience
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: neur(on)al development / cognition / neurobiology / neurodegeneration / neural / synapse / brain / neuronal / nerve / nervous system / central nervous system / behaviour / memory & learning / neuronal circuit / axon / Alzheimer’s disease / neuron / visual system / neuronal disease / axon guidance / cortex / neurotransmitter / glia / optogenetics
Membranes & Transport
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: membrane / transport / trafficking / mitochondrion / protein sorting & targeting / membrane traffic / synapse / nuclear organisation / endocytosis / membrane protein / secretion / intracellular transport / cell adhesion / channels / membrane dynamics / endoplasmic reticulum (ER) / translocation / autophagy / ion channel / nuclear transport
Signal Transduction
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: signal transduction / receptor / kinase / growth factor / hormone / cytokine / GTP-binding protein / cell signalling / sensory / circadian rhythm / G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) / tyrosine kinase / chemosensation / neurotransmitter / receptor tyrosine kinase / insulin / interferon / olfactory / chemokine / chemotaxis / lipid-mediated signalling
Differentiation & Death
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: stem cell / differentiation / cell death / apoptosis / age / growth factor / cell fate / haematopoiesis / reprogramming / death / fate / senescence / growth control / embryonic stem cell / pluripotency / cell growth / lineage / adult stem cell / cell morphogenesis / iPS cells
Development
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: development / stem cell / embryo / age / morphogenesis / pattern formation / regeneration / fate / organogenesis / embryogenesis / gametogenesis / growth control / myogenesis / embryonic stem cell / limb / pluripotency / appendage / reproduction / segmentation / adult stem cell / germline / morphogen / oocyte / self-renewal / sex
Session II : Eukaryotic cell biology
Cell Cycle
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: cell division / cell cycle control / mitosis / cell cycle checkpoints / chromosome cycle / meiosis / proliferation / centrosome / spindle / CDK / centromere / cyclin-dependent kinase / cytokinesis / kinetochore / cyclin
Cell & Tissue Architecture
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: cytoskeleton / cell motility / cell polarity / microtubule / migration / cell architecture / actin / epithelial / cell adhesion / axon / motility / tissue / asymmetry / spindle / angiogenesis / axon guidance / vascular system / asymmetric cell division / cell & tissue polarity / endothelial / extracellular matrix
Cellular Metabolism
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: metabolism / stress / lipid / carbohydrate / energy / homeostasis / bioenergetics / oxidative / redox / electron transfer / oxygen / cell respiration / nutrient
Chromatin & Transcription
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: transcription / chromatin / epigenetics / gene regulation / transcriptional regulation / nuclear organisation / transcription factor / DNA methylation / silencing / nuclear hormone receptor / expression profiling / histone / transcriptome / chromatin structure & nuclear organization / histone modification / chromosome structure / epigenetic regulation / RNA polymerase / chromatin dynamics / DNA-binding proteins / imprinting / gene silencing / nucleosome / remodelling
Genome Stability & Dynamics
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: chromosome / DNA repair / DNA replication / recombination / genome (in)stability / chromosome cycle / DNA damage / telomere / genome variability & evolution / segregation / transgenic / mutagenesis / DNA recombination / chromosome structure / mutation / gene targeting / genomic imprinting / plasmid / transposable element / DNA restriction-modification / telomerase / X chromosome / aneuploidy
RNA Biology
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: RNA / pre-mRNA splicing / microRNA / RNAi & RNA silencing / non-coding RNA / RNA stability & degradation / RNA processing / editing / epigenetic regulation / RNA binding proteins / RNA polymerase / RNA modification / tRNA / alternative splicing / RNA localization & transport / RNA structure, folding, catalysis / siRNA
Session III: Evolution, Prokaryotes Through the Ages
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: genome variability & evolution / genetics & evolution / molecular evolution / population / variation / evolution of development / selection / symbiosis / environmental / diversity / ecology / microbiota / phylogeny / adaptation / biodiversity / speciation / ocean / origin of life / barcoding / directed evolution / field ecology
Session I : Engineering (for) Biology
Synthetic Biology
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: cell-free systems / xenobiology / biobricks / biosensors / synthetic virology / synthetic morphology / synthetic pathways / retrosynthesis / bioengineering / directed evolution / designed proteins / designed nucleic acid systems / biological machines / synthetic life / bacteria based platforms / cell based platforms / bioreactors / in-vitro models
Chemical Biology:
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: small molecules / conjugates / peptides / activity-based probes / target labeling / target identification / click-chemistry / chemical proteomics / synthesis / phenotypic screening / drug design / medicinal chemistry
Structural Biology & Biophysics
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: structure / X-ray crystallography / microscopy / protein structure / modelling / structural biology / imaging / electron microscopy / biophysics / NMR / protein engineering / fluorescence / live imaging / single molecule techniques / cryo-electron microscopy / spectrometry / mass spectrometry / AFM
Microfluidics / Nanofluidics
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: Micro-patterns / Microarrays / organs-on-chip / Biochips / nanotechnology
Session II : Rise of the Machines
Systems Biology
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: systems biology / network / engineering / proteomics / modelling & simulation / expression profiling / transcriptome / regulatory networks / self-organization / quantitative / epigenomics / simulation / information processing / mathematical modelling / metagenomics
Omics & Computational Biology
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: genetics / evolution / genome / bioinformatics / human genetic disease / molecular evolution / computational biology / human genetics / proteomics / sequence analysis / genome variability & evolution / modelling & simulation / mouse genetics / functional genomics / comparative genomics / cancer genetics & genomics / expression profiling / transcriptome / variation
Bioinformatics
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: Next-gen sequencing / DNA sequencing / RNA sequencing / bioimage analysis / bioimage processing / 3D reconstruction / macros / bioimage reconstruction / clustering / neural networks / AI / machine learning / data analysis / data mining / statistics / multivariate analysis
Session I : Infection Biology, the fight against survival
Host-pathogen interaction
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: Infection / Salmonella / Streptococcus / Phospholipids / LPS / outer membrane vesicles / bacterial envelope / Phagocytosis / Plasminogen / M-protein / enolase / SCM / antibiotics / resistance mechanisms / pathogens / horizontal gene transfer / evolution of pathogens / superbugs / virulence factors
Microbiology, Virology & Pathogens
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: virus / bacterial / microbiology / microorganism / bacteria / bacteriophage / HIV / invasion / bacterial pathogen / prokaryote / virus & host cell / toxin / antiviral / infection / retrovirus / antibiotics / parasite / plasmid / symbiosis / virus assembly & structure / protozoa / archaea
Session II : Microbiomes…assemble!
Ecology of Microbes:
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: genome variability & evolution / genetics & evolution / molecular evolution / population / variation / evolution of development / selection / symbiosis / environmental / diversity / ecology / microbiota / phylogeny / adaptation / biodiversity / speciation / ocean / origin of life / barcoding / directed evolution / field ecology
Session III : Host Cellular and Immune response
Immunity
TYPICAL KEYWORD TERMS: immunity / immunology / lymphocyte / T lymphocyte / inflammation / antigen / innate immunity / major histocompatibility complex (MHC) / antibody / antigen processing & presentation / dendritic cell / lymphocyte development & differentiation / immunoglobulin / immune response / B lymphocyte / immunodeficiency / immunological memory / macrophage / mucosal immunity / immune evasion