On February 18th a “Computational Biology in Human Aging and Disease” mini-symposium is organized by the section Molecular Epidemiology of the LUMC. The mini-symposium will cover computational approaches for discovering aging and disease related processes from multi-omics data. Several excellent speakers from the field of computational biology will present their latest work and insights.
Program:
General Welcome by Prof. Dr. Eline Slagboom
15:00 – 15:30 | Prof. Dr. Marcel Reinders (Delft University of Technology) Using a gene expression atlas of the brain to study the behavior of genes |
15:30 – 16:00 | Dr. Peter-Bram ‘t Hoen (Leiden University Medical Centre) Novel insights in the regulation of mRNA transcription, processing and translation |
16:00 – 16:15 | Coffee break |
16:15 – 16:45 | Dr. Erik van den Akker (Leiden University Medical Centre & Delft University of Technology) Integrative omics analyses in human aging and longevity |
16:45 – 17:15 | Prof. Dr. Lodewyk Wessels (Netherlands Cancer Institute & Delft university of Technology) From the cancer landscape to personalized medicine. |
Final Comments & Closing prof. Eline SlagBoom
Participation in the mini-symposium, including coffee, is free of charge.
Please register before the 12th of February by sending an email with subject Participation mini-symposium to I.C.M.ten_Hoorn[at]lumc.nl.