DCI Symposium day 2024
Tuesday 3 September 2024 @ GENOPODE building, UNIL Dorigny campus
The DCI symposium 2024 will take place the 3rd September 2024 in DCI-Lausanne! We will hear Dr Yaser Hashem and Dr Petr Chlanda talking about their cryo-EM research. 2 sessions are dedicated to junior researchers using the DCI of Bern, Geneva and Lausanne!
From 17h30 onwards, we will have a special event with the possibility to visit the DCI Lausanne. It will also be the vernissage of a photography exhibition generously sponsored by a donator on the theme of “electron microscopy”. This second event requires a separate registration.
For the time being, there is no open registration and only invited guests can attend.
DCI Symposium Day 2024
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 – from 9:00 AM – Génopode, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Photo © Matthieu Gafsou
The DCI Symposium 2024 will take place on September 3rd, 2024 at DCI-Lausanne! The day will feature presentations by Dr. Yaser Hashem and Dr. Petr Chlanda on their cryo-EM research.
Two sessions are dedicated to junior researchers using the DCI facilities in Bern, Geneva, and Lausanne.
Following the symposium, there will be official speeches by DCI partners and a reception to celebrate the inauguration of the the new DCI Lausanne building and the opening of a photography exhibition by 5 regional photographers.
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
9:00 – 9:30: Welcome Coffee
Sponsored by leadXpro
9:30 – 9:45: Welcome Address
By the three DCI platform heads
9:45 – 10:30: Invited Talk
Dr. Yaser Hashem, Group Leader, Inserm, University of Bordeaux
10:30 – 12:00: Symposium I, Junior Talks
Carlos Rojas Cordova, UNIGE
Christian Zimmerli, EPFL
Patrick Roth, UNIBE
Céline Besnard, UNIGE
12:00 – 13:15: Lunch
Sponsored by Thermo Fisher
13:15 – 13:30: Coffee Break
Sponsored by ABB
13:30 – 14:00: Sponsor Talk
Thermo Fisher
14:00 – 14:45: Invited Talk
Prof. Petr Chlanda, Department for Infectious Diseases-Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital
14:45 – 15:15: Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:45: Symposium II, Junior Talks
Alicia Borgeaud, UNIBE
Jun Yu, UNIGE
Dr. Pengbiao, EPFL
Elda Bauda, UNIGE
INAUGURATION PROGRAM
5:30 PM to 6:00 PM – Speeches by Partners and Officials
- Prof. Frédéric Herman, Rector of the University of Lausanne
- Prof. Martin Vetterli, President of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Prof. Sébastien Castelltort, Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Geneva
- Prof. Virginia Richter, Rector of the University of Bern
- Prof. Jacques Dubochet, Honorary Professor at the University of Lausanne and Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017
- Catherine Labouchère, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Research in Biology and Medicine
- Frédéric Borloz, Conseiller d’État vaudois et Chef du Département de l’enseignement et de la formation professionnelle
6:15 PM – Discovering an Unusual Photographic Project
Five photographers, five perspectives, to depict the transformation of the DCI. Thomas Brasey, Delphine Burtin, Olga Cafiero, Matthieu Gafsou, and Etienne Malapert were invited to artistically capture this center of knowledge and fundamental data production. The surprising results will be explained by Prof. Nicolas Fasel, Honorary Professor of Biochemistry at UNIL.
6:20 PM – Exclusive Tour of the DCI Lausanne Laboratories (optional)
Explore the main stages of the cryo-microscopy process. Accompanied by laboratory researchers, you will discover the world of the infinitesimally small, from sample preparation to their 3D representation.
An aperitif will be offered to all participants to discover the opening of the photographic exhibition starting at 6:30 PM.
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