Scientific Agenda

Day 1 19th May 2027
8.00 - 8.45 Arrival & Registration
8.55 - 9.00 Welcome
9.00 - 10.00 Session 1: Plenary I
Valentina Fossati - JAX-NYSCF, USA
10.00 -10.30 Break
10.30 - 12.15 Session 2: High Throughput & Population Approaches
10.30 - 10.50: Andrew Bassett - Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
10.50 - 11.20: Alyssa Coyne - Johns Hopkins University, USA
11.20 - 11.50: Daniel Paull - JAX-NYSCF, USA
11.50 - 12.05: ECR talk, Selected from Abstracts
12.05 - 12.10: Poster Flash Talks I
12.10 - 12.15: Sponsor Highlight I - Iota Sciences
12.15 - 13.30 Lunch & Poster Session I
13.30 - 15.40 Session 3: Model Development
13.30 - 13.50 Rebecca Graham - University of Edinburgh, UK
13.50 - 14.10 Mihai Lomora - University of Galway, Ireland
14.10 - 14.40 Selene Lomoio - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
14.40 - 15.10 Antonio Adamo - KAUST, Saudi Arabia
15.10 - 15.40 Samantha Barton - The Florey, Australia
15.40 - 17.00 Poster Session II
17.00 - 18.00 Drinks reception
18.00 - 20.00 Optional: Conference Dinner
Day 2 20th May 2027
8.00 - 9.00 Arrival & Registration
9.00 - 10.00 Session 4: Plenary II
Su-Chun Zhang - Sanford Burnham Prebys, USA
10.00 - 10.30 Break
10.30 - 12.30 Session 5: 3D Models
10.30 - 10.50: Rob Prior - VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience, Belgium
10.50 - 11.10: Filipa Henderson Sousa - University of Edinburgh, UK
11.10 - 11.30: Nora Benoa-Vergniory - Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Spain
11.30 - 12.00: Jong Chan Park - Sung Kyun Kwan University, Republic of Korea
12.00 - 12.20: Lorena Carcamo - Francis Crick Institute, UK
12.20 - 12.25: Poster Flash Talks II
12.25 - 12.30: Sponsor Highlight II - Miltenyi
12.30 - 13.45 Lunch & Poster Session III
13.45 - 15.40 Session 6: Using iPSC models for Drug Discovery
13.45 - 14.15 Christopher Bye - Flinders University, Australia
14.15 - 14.35 Emma Mead - University of Oxford-ARUK DDI, UK
14.35 - 14.55 Paul Baxter - University of Edinburgh, UK
14.55 - 15.25 M. Catarina Silva - Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
15.25 - 15.40 ECR talk, Selected from Abstracts
16.15 - 17.00 Poster Session IV
17.00 - 18.00 Drinks reception
Day 3 21st May 2027
8.00 - 9.00 Arrival & Registration
9.00 - 10.00 Session 7: Plenary III
Steven Finkbeiner - Gladstone Insitute, USA
10.00 - 10.30 Break
10.30 - 11.00 Session 8: Cohort Speed Run
10.30 - 10.35: Andreas Hermann - University Medical Center Rostock, Germany
10.35 - 10.40: Simon Cox - University of Edinburgh, UK
10.40 - 10.45: Selina Wray - University College London, UK
10.45 - 10.50: Annerieke Sierksma - VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience, Belgium
10.50 - 10.55: Bradford Casey - MJFF, USA
10.55 - 11.00: Mahmoud Maina - University of Sussex, UK & Yobe State University, Nigeria
11.00 - 12.35 Session 9: 2D Models
11.00 - 11.20: Dayne Beccano-Kelly - Cardiff University, UK
11.20 - 11.50: Celeste Karch - Washington University in St. Louis, USA
11.50 - 12.10: Thomas Massey - Cardiff University, UK
12.10 - 12.30: Delpine Bohl - Paris Brain Institute, France
12.30 - 12.35: Sponsor Highlight III - JAX
12.35 - 13.45 Lunch & Poster Session V
14.00 - 15.45 Session 10: Functional Genomics
13.45 - 14.15 Avi Samelson - UCLA, USA
14.15 - 14.45 Alison Goate - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
14.45 - 15.05 Natalie Conor-Robson - Cardiff University, UK
15.05 - 15.25 Chris Sibley - University of Edinburgh, UK
15.25 - 15.40 ECR talk, Selected from Abstracts
15.40 - 16.00 Poster prizes & Close

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