Our Speakers
Plenary & Award Lectures
Dario VALENZANO
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
➤ Visit Valenzano's Lab/Company Page
Wednesday's Program – African killifishes shed new light on life history evolution and reveal an important role of the gut microbiota in modulating vertebrate lifespan
Tony WYSS-CORAY
Stanford University
➤ Visit Wyss-Coray's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – Circulatory factors as regulators of aging and brain function
Katrien DE BOCK
ETH Zürich
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Friday's Program – Metabolic interactions between the endothelium and the muscle
Alice BERHIN - WINNER PRIX SCHLÄFLI 2020
Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (Université Catholique de Louvain - BE)
➤ Visit Berhin - Winner Prix Schläfli 2020's Lab/Company Page
Wednesday's Program – Discovery of the Root Cap Cuticle: Structure and Functions.
Andrea ABLASSER
EPFL - CH
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Wednesday's Program – Plenary Lecture III. Friedich - Miescher Award
Prisca LIBERALI
FMI - CH
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Wednesday's Program – Plenary Lecture III. Friedich - Miescher Award
Jean GRUENBERG
University of Geneva - CH
➤ Visit Gruenberg's Lab/Company Page
Friday's Program – Mechanisms of multivesicular endosome biogenesis
Elisa ARALDI
ETH Zürich
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Friday's Program – PIs of Tomorrow. "The Future of Swiss Research"
Eduardo MARTIN MORAUD
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital Lausanne
➤ Visit Martin Moraud's Lab/Company Page
Friday's Program – PIs of Tomorrow. "The Future of Swiss Research"
Karina SILINA
UZH
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Friday's Program – PIs of Tomorrow. "The Future of Swiss Research"
Traian POPA
EPFL
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Friday's Program – PIs of Tomorrow. "The Future of Swiss Research"
Symposium Speakers
Joseph BAUR
University of Pensylvannia
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Friday's Program – TOR Signaling in Health, Disease and Ageing
David BENZ
Bucher Biotec AG
➤ Visit Benz's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – Precision Medicine and Biomarkers: The Quest for Gold
Hans Rudolf BERTHOUD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
➤ Visit Berthoud's Lab/Company Page
Friday's Program – Endocrine Interactions
Przemyslaw BLYSZCZUK
University Hospital Zurich
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Thursday's Program – iPSC derived Cardiomyocytes and Cardiac Microtissues
Carole BOURQUIN
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva
➤ Visit Bourquin's Lab/Company Page
Friday's Program – Precision Pharmacology: Translating Today's Discoveries into Tomorrow's Therapies
Christina BOYLE
University of Zurich
➤ Visit Boyle's Lab/Company Page
Friday's Program – Endocrine Interactions
Lars DITTRICH
➤ Visit Dittrich's Lab/Company Page
Young Scientists' e-Symposium – Science Communication - but reasonably
Gema FUERTE HORTIGÓN
Bucher Biotec AG / Mission Bio Inc
➤ Visit Fuerte Hortigón's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – Precision Medicine and Biomarkers: The Quest for Gold
Maria GÓMEZ
Lund University
➤ Visit Gómez's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – Precision Medicine and Biomarkers: The Quest for Gold
Christoph HANDSCHIN
Biozentrum, University of Basel
➤ Visit Handschin's Lab/Company Page
Friday's Program – Precision Pharmacology: Translating Today's Discoveries into Tomorrow's Therapies
Nina HARTRAMPF
University of Zurich
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Friday's Program – Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Stephen HELLIWELL
Rejuveron Life Sciences AG
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Thursday's Program – Mitochondria in Health, Disease and Ageing
Christian HOLZ
Molecular Devices
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Thursday's Program – Multiparametric Microscopy in Basic and Translational Research
Estela JACINTO
Rutgers University
➤ Visit Jacinto's Lab/Company Page
Friday's Program – TOR Signaling in Health, Disease and Ageing
Sonja KLEINLOGEL
Department of Physiology, University of Bern
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Friday's Program – Precision Pharmacology: Translating Today's Discoveries into Tomorrow's Therapies
Stefan KNAPP
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Friday's Program – Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Michael KNOP
University of Heidelberg
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Friday's Program – Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine
Pierre MAECHLER
University of Geneva
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Thursday's Program – Mitochondria in Health, Disease and Ageing
Christine MUMMERY
Leiden University Medical Center
➤ Visit Mummery's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – iPSC derived Cardiomyocytes and Cardiac Microtissues
Linda PARTRIDGE
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (DE) & Institute of Healthy Ageing and GEE at UCL (UK)
➤ Visit Partridge's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – Autophagy and Ageing – Implications for Age-Related Diseases
Ewan PEARSON
University of Dundee
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Thursday's Program – Precision Medicine and Biomarkers: The Quest for Gold
Lucas PELKMANS
University of Zurich
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Thursday's Program – Multiparametric Microscopy in Basic and Translational Research
Vanessa PIERROZ
Promega
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Friday's Program – Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Katja SIMON
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
➤ Visit Simon's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – Autophagy and Ageing – Implications for Age-Related Diseases
Anna WREDENBERG
Karolinska Institut
➤ Visit Wredenberg's Lab/Company Page
Thursday's Program – Mitochondria in Health, Disease and Ageing
Matthias WYMANN
University of Basel
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Friday's Program – TOR Signaling in Health, Disease and Ageing
Mihaela ZAVOLAN
Biozentrum - University of Basel
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Friday's Program – Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine
Christian ZUPPINGER
University of Bern
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Thursday's Program – iPSC derived Cardiomyocytes and Cardiac Microtissues