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updated: 25.08.2009

Programme Overview

Special Lectures

• Kenneth C Holmes DE - Saturday 29 August, 18:45 - 19:15
• Harald zur Hausen DE - Saturday 29 August, 19:15 - 20:15
• Svante Pääbo DE - Sunday 30 August, 10:30 - 12:45 (part of the plenary lecture)
• Fotis Kafatos UK - Monday 31 August, 13:30 - 15:30
• Martin Rees UK - Monday 31 August, 18:15 - 19:30

Keynote Lectures

• Kim Nasmyth UK - Sunday 30 August, 09:00 to 10:00
• Peter Ratcliffe UK (Louis-Jeantet Prize Lecture) - Monday 31 August
• Michael Hall CH (Louis-Jeantet Prize Lecture) - Monday 31 August
• Rudolf Jaenisch US - Tuesday 1 September, 09:00 to 10:00

Plenary Lectures

• Chromosomes: dynamics, maintenance & evolution - Sunday 30 August, 10:30 - 12:45
  • David Sherratt UK
  • Titia De Lange US
  • Stephen West UK
  • including a special lecture: Neanderthal genomics: Svante Pääbo

• Signalling pathways in development & cancer - Monday 31 August, 10:30 to 12:30
  • Julian Downward UK
  • Anne Ridley UK
  • Elaine Fuchs US
  • Axel Ullrich DE
    
• Stem cells - Molecular Medicine Symposium - Tuesday 1 September, 10:30 to 12:30
  • Fiona Watt UK
  • Shinya Yamanaka JP
  • Austin Smith UK
  • Hans Clevers NL

Click on the names for more information about the keynote & plenary lecture speakers and their presentations.

Workshops:

There are 21 workshops taking place on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. See the topics below and more details about the chairs, additional speakers and locations can be found here.

Poster Sessions

• The poster boards are located in the Exhibition Hall.
• For presenters - full details about dimensions and other instructions can be found here.
• The abstracts will not published on the website or in any electronic format.
• According to the EMBO policy, photography is not permitted in the poster area unless permission is granted by the authors.
• Download PDF version of the Poster Session Table here.
• In order to avoid over-crowding, poster presenters are requested to stand with their posters for half the session as stated in the timetable below:

Scientific Organisers:

• Hans Clevers NL
• Stephen West UK

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