GLOBAL QUESTIONS ON ADVANCED BIOLOGY

Welcome to the Global Questions in Advanced Biology Conference,
The Organising Committee is pleased to invite you
to participate in this Conference, which will be an
excellent opportunity to think about the current
frontiers in biological sciences and the newly appeared challenges in this domain after the conceptual and technological revolution of recent years.
Since the different disciplines in biological sciences have definitely crossed their boundaries, specialization is no longer a hallmark for the researchers involved. The transversality of new techniques
has helped all biological disciplines to benefit from
concepts that, until recently, belonged to a highly
specialized community of researchers. However, it
is unusual to find conferences which facilitate the
dialogue between the many disciplines in biological
sciences. Therefore, the main aim of this conference, planned to celebrate the centenary of the Catalan Society of Biology, is to promote the interaction
among the many disciplines included in biology
(e.g. neuroscience, molecular biology, ecology,etc)
to enrich our knowledge through different and contrasting points of view.
Sessions:
Session I:
Session II:
Institut d’Estudis Catalans
GLOBAL QUESTIONS
ON ADVANCED BIOLOGY
C/ Carme, 47 - Barcelona
With the support of
Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament d’Economia i Coneixement
Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca
MINISTERIO
DE ECONOMIA
Y COMPETIVIDAD
Universitat
de Barcelona
An international conference
on interdisciplinary frontiers in biology
As part of the first Centenary
of the Societat Catalana de Biologia
Sponsored by
Molecular Biology (Chromatin and Epigenetics), Molecular Biology of cancer,
Reproductive Biology and Genomics
and Proteomics.
Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology and Neurobiology.
9th - 12th of July 2012
Registration fees
Until 25th May / After 25th May
Session III: Developmental Biology, Evolutionary
Biology, Neurobiology and Cell Signalling.
Session IV: Aquaculture,
and Virology.
Ecology,
Microbiology
30 € / 45 € associates of the SCB, ICEA, ICHN, SCI I CBC
45 € / 60 € students, PhD students
60 € / 75 € others
For more information:
http://scb-congres.espais.iec.cat/
Institut d’Estudis Catalans
C/ Carme, 47 - Barcelona
Conferenciants:
Rui Alves, UdL
Ricard Amils, UAM
Enric Ballesteros, CSIC
Jordi Bascompte, CSIC
Miguel Beato, CRG
Mercè Berlanga, UB
Javier Buceta PCB-UB
Elías Campo, IDIBAPS
Josep Casadesús, Univ. Sevilla
Oriol Casanovas, ICO-IDIBELL
Elena Cattaneo, Univ. de Milà
Luciano di Croce, CRG
Esteban Domingo, CSIC
Manel Esteller, IDIBELL
Isabel Esteve, UAB
Xavier Estivill, CRG
Isabel Fariñas, UV
Jorge Ferrer, IDIBAPS
Jordi Gómez, CSIC
Ricard Guerrero, IEC
Roderic Guigó, CRG
Roger Guimerà, URV
Tekumseh Fitch, Univ. de Viena
Ivo Gut, CNAG
Vivek Malhotra, CRG
Miguel Ángel Martínez, IRSICAIXA
Loreta Medina, UdL
Ángela Nieto, UMH
Balbina Nogales, UIB
Rafael Oliva, UB
Modesto Orozco, UB
Carles Pedrós-Alió, ICM-CSIC
Manuel Perucho, IMPPC
Carles Pelejero, ICM-CSIC
Josep Peñuelas, CSIC
Juli Peretó, UV
Francesc Piferrer, ICM-CSIC
Pere Puigdomènech, CRAG
Jaume Reventós, IRHVH
Luis Ruiz, JANUS DEVELOPMENT
Luis Serrano, CRG
Ricard Solé, UPF
V. Savolainen, Imperial College
Fernando Valladares, CSIC
Carlos Vicario-Abejón, Institut Cajal
Marco Vignuzi, Institut Pasteur
Miquel Viñas, UB
Adriana Zingone, UAM
Preliminary program
Monday 9th of July
8.30 h Arrival and registration
9.00 h Welcome
Biophysics
Systems biology
Cellular and molecular neurobiology
18.15 h Beer & Posters
Wednesday 11th of July
9.15 h Parallel sessions:
Epigenetics mechanisms in health and disease
Biomedical proteomics and transcriptomics
Gametes, stem cells and differentiation
Computational and structural biology
9.15 h Parallel sessions:
Signaling in the nervous system
Development biology
Evolutionary biology
11.15 h Coffee break
11.15 h Coffee break
12.00 h Institutional parliaments
Inaugural plenary lecture:
Epigenetics: from biology to disease
Manel Esteller, IDIBELL
12.00 h Plenary lecture
13.30 h Lunch
13.30 h Lunch
15.00 h Round tables
15.00 h Round tables
16.30 h Parallel sessions:
Regulation of chromatin functions
Genes and Genomes
Proliferantion, angiogenesis and metastasis
Biology of reproduction
16.30 h Session:
Evolution and development of the
nervous system
18.15 h Beer & Posters
Tuesday 10th of July
9.15 h Parallel sessions:
Cell damage and cell death
Receptors, channels and transporters
Traffic and signaling in health and disease
From genotype to phenotype: where are we
now?
Huntingtin from evolution to pathology via the
embryonic stem cells
Elena Cattaneo, University of Milan, Italy
18.15 h Beer & Posters
Thursday 12th of July
9.15 h Virology I, Microbiology I, Ecology I and
Aquaculture I
11.15 h Coffee break
12.00 h Plenary lectures:
The origins of AIDS virus
Miguel Ángel Martínez, IRSICAIXA
Simbiotic planet. Ricard Guerrero, IEC
Epigenetics in ecological research and animal
production. Francesc Piferrer, ICM-CSIC
11.15 h Coffee break
13.30 h Lunch
12.00 h Plenary lecture:
15.00 h Round tables
The language evolution. Tekumseh Fitch, Dept. of
Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
13.30 h Lunch
15.00 h Round tables
16.30 h Parallel sessions:
Molecular biology in model organisms
16.30 h Virology II, Microbiology II, Ecology II and
Aquaculture II
19.30 h Closing plenary lecture:
Mutualistic netwoks: the architecture of
biodiversity. Jordi Bascompte,
Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
21.00 h Gala dinner and dancing