Simposios

Molecular Basis of Disease

The Role of Microbiota in health & disease

A symposium on the relationship between the microbiota and human health.
Organized by Ignacio Varela (IBBTEC, Santander).
Speakers will include:

• Pedro Quiros (Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo)
• Maria Carmen Collado (IATA, Valencia)
• Alex Mira (CSISP, Valencia)

Gene Regulation & Cell Signaling

Plant Antioxidant Systems

A symposium on  the role of reactive species as signaling molecules in plants, and recent advances on plant defense systems against oxidative stress.
Organized by Francisco Javier Cejudo.
Speakers will include:

• Luisa M. Sandalio (EEZ, Granada)
• Francisco Javier Cejudo (IBFV, Sevilla)
• Oscar Lorenzo (CIALE, Salamanca)

Structure and Biomolecular Function

DNA Topology & topoisomerases

A symposium on DNA topology and its role in DNA replication, transcription, recombination and chromosome segregation.
Organized by Jorge B. Schvartzman (CIB, Madrid).
Speakers will include:

• Joaquim Roca Bosch (IBMB, Barcelona)
• Adela González de la Campa (CNM, Madrid)
• Felipe Cortés Ledesma (CABIMER, Sevilla)

Molecular Basis of Disease

Cellular Senescence in physiology and pathology

A symposium on cellular senescence, its role in aging and development, and recent therapies against senescent cells in degenerative diseases.
Organized by Isabel Varela-Nieto (IBB, Madrid) and Manuel Serrano (IRB, Barcelona).
Speakers will include:

• Manuel Serrano (IRB, Barcelona)
• Joaquin Arribas (VHIO, Barcelona)
• Ignacio Palmero (IIB, Madrid)

Gene Regulation & Cell Signaling

MicroRNAs in health & disease

A symposium on the role of miRNA regulation and its impact on human health, from lipid metabolism to immunity and organ fibrosis.
Organized by Almudena Rodríguez Ramiro.
Speakers will include

• Almudena Ramiro (CNIC, Madrid)
• Carlos Fernández-Hernando (Yale, USA)
• Santiago Lamas Peláez (CBM, Madrid)

Structure and Biomolecular Function

Genomic Engineering with CRISPR

A SEBBM-SMB symposium on emerging technologies for genomic engineering in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes.
Speakers will include:

• Didier Mazel (Institute Pasteur , Paris)
• Jorge Melendez-Zajgla (INMEGEN, México DF)
• Mario Enrique Zurita Ortega

Molecular Basis of Disease

Cancer Genomics

SEBBM-ASEICA-CiBERONC symposium on genomics, bioinformatics and high-throughput methods for the analysis of tumorigenic pathways.
Organized by Xose Bustelo (CIC, Salamanca).
Speakers will include

• Xose Puente (U. de Oviedo)
• Maite Huarte (CIMA, Pamplona)
• José Tubío (U. Santiago de Compostela)

Gene Regulation & Cell Signaling

Topological Control of Gene Expression

A symposium on chromatin 3D structure, and its role in the temporal and spatial control of gene expression.
Organized by Alvaro Rada Iglesias (University of Cologne / IBBTEC Santander).
Speakers will include:

• Pelin Sahlén (KTH, Sweden)
• Thomas Graf (CRG, Barcelona)
• Darío G. Lupiáñez (MDC Berlin)

Structure and Biomolecular Function

Nanomaterials for biomedical applications

A symposium on nanomaterials and its applications in diagnostics and therapeutics, from new imaging methods to point-of-care devices.
Organized by Domingo F. Barber (CNB, Madrid).
Speakers will include:

• Claire Wilhelm (U. Paris Diderot)
• Maria del Puerto Morales (ICMM, Madrid)
• Carmen Blanco (U. de Oviedo)