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Day 1 – Thursday, 2nd of July 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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8:45 – 9:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arrival, registration, and morning coffee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atrium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9:30 – 9:40<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Welcoming Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Speaker Session 1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9:40 – 10:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diana Arseni<\/strong> – The ABC of TDP-43\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:15 – 10:35<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student Talk (TBD)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:35 – 10:55<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Break<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atrium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:55 – 11:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steve Jackson<\/strong> – Cellular responses to DNA damage: mechanistic insights and medical implications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:30 – 11:50<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student Talk (TBD)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:50 – 12:25<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Johnson<\/strong> – From land and sea:\u00a0Clathrin-mediated cellular sensitivity in photosynthetic organisms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12:25 – 13:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lunch + Poster Session<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:15 – 14:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Workshop<\/strong> – Storytelling for Science Communication<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14:15 – 15:00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3-Minute Thesis Competition<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:00 – 15:20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Break<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atrium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Speaker Session 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:20 – 15:55<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stephan Gruber<\/strong> – From Folding to Fending: How\u00a0a\u00a0chromosome-organizing machine\u00a0combats\u00a0foreign\u00a0DNA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:55 – 16:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student Talk (TBD)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:25 – 16:55<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Morgan Beeby<\/strong> – Electron cryo-microscopy of bacterial flagellar motors in situ reveals clues to their evolution<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:05 – 16:25<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Break<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atrium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17:00 – 17:20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17:20 – 17:55<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Giovanni D’Angelo<\/strong> – The lipidomic architecture of the mouse brain\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From 18:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pub Trip<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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TBD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2 – Friday, 3rd of July 2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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8:45 – 9:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arrival and morning coffee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atrium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9:15 – 9:20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Welcoming Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Speaker Session 3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9:20 – 9:40<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student Talk (TBD)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9:40 – 10:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joergen Kornfeld<\/strong> – How\u00a0Connectomics\u00a0Is Slowly Revolutionising Neuroscience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:15 – 10:35<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:35 – 10:55<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Break<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atrium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:55 – 11:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fides Zenk <\/strong>– Reconstructing Human Neurodevelopment with Single-Cell Epigenomics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:30 – 11:50<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:50 – 12:25<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Dale <\/strong>– CO2<\/sub>\u2013sensing via connexins: structural biology,\u00a0physiology\u00a0and evolution<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12:25 – 13:15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lunch + Poster Session<\/strong> (extended until 15:35)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atrium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14:00 – 15:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Workshop<\/strong> <\/strong>– How to write your thesis 101 (limited attendance!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Speaker Session 4<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:35 – 16:10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Peijun Zhang<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:10 – 16:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:30 – 17:05<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shannan Foylan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17:05 – 17:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prizes and Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From 19:00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Formal Hall Dinner at Clare College<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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