Programme
Saturday, 15 October, 2011
- Dinner
- Welcome and Opening lecture - Ed Louis (UK)
- Drinks
Sunday, 16 October, 2011
Session 1: The RNA world
- Eric Westhof (FR)
Session 2: The changing DNA landscape
- Bernard Dujon (FR)
- Christiane Herz-Fowler (UK)
- Kevin Verstrepen (BE)
Poster session 1
Session 3: Evolution of organelles
- Gertraud Burger (CA)
- Michael Gray (CA)
Session 4: Phylogenomics
- Toni Gabaldon (ES)
Monday, 17 October, 2011
The Tree of Life (TOL)
Session 5: TOL Excavates and Archaeplastids
- Andrew Roger (CA)
Session 6: TOL Chromalveolates
- Andrew Allen (US)
- David Roos (US)
- Chris Bowler (FR)
Workshop 1: Do It Yourself (DIY) Genomics
- Ken Wolfe (IE)
Session 7: TOL Unikonts 1 (Amoebozoa and Choanozoa)
- Jan Pawlowski (CH)
Session 8: Unikonts 2 (Fungi)
- Joey Spatafora (US)
- Teun Boekhout (NL)
- Tom Richards (UK)
Tuesday, 18 October, 2011
Session 9: Extreme Genomes
- Patrick Keeling (CA)
Session 10: Evolution of Multicellularity
- Nicole King (US)
- Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo (ES)
Poster session 2
Session 11: Host-pathogen interactions
- Regina Kahmann (DE)
- Nick Talbot (UK)
- Artur Scherf (FR)
Session 12: Comparative Systems Biology
- Edda Klipp (DE)
Wednesday, 19 October, 2011
Session 13: Sex versus asex (fungi, algae)
- Joe Heitman (US)
- Ursula Goodenough (US)
Session 14: Experimental evolution
- Amparo Querol (ES)
- Jure Piskur (SE)
Workshop 2: DIY Genomics
- Ken Wolfe (IE)
Session 15: Analysis of complex traits and phenomics
- Ed Louis (UK)
- Joseph Schacherer (FR)
- Anders Blomberg (SE)
Session 16: Metagenomics
- Patrick Wincker (FR
- Alexandra Worden (US)
Conference Dinner
Presenting poster prizes and best young presenter prizes
Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Departure after breakfast
Possibility to visit Genomics Research Center in Barcelona, Nou Camp Barcelona FC
or free time in Barcelona
