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How Evolution Learnt to Learn. Epigenetics of Experienced Context

Posted by , on 18 February 2022

This symposium assembles approximately 60 experts from different fields of epigenetics to discuss a new paradigmatic understanding of how Evolution learnt to learn, i.e., epigenetic marking, transgenerational inheritance, cell fate ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium The neurovascular interface

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

Symposium Overview Neurovascular biology is a young, emerging field that aims to unravel the molecular communication between the nervous system and the vasculature. Both the nervous system and the vascular ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium Plasticity across scales: from molecules to phenotypes

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

Symposium Overview This symposium aims to bring together a diverse group of scientists to discuss phenotypic, developmental and transgenerational plasticity from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, focusing on ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium The complex life of RNA

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

Conference Overview Before the genetic information stored in DNA can be used to direct cell growth and metabolism, it has to be transferred into RNA. Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that code ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium Reconstructing the human past: using ancient and modern genomics

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

Symposium Overview The study of population genetic variation and the sequencing of ancient DNA represent promising new avenues for investigating human history and our evolutionary past. Population-scale sequencing projects investigating ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium Defining and defeating metastasis

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

Symposium Overview This symposium will bring together researchers from diverse fields to enhance our understanding of the dissemination and metastatic colonisation of tumour cells. It will provide a unique opportunity ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium Microtubules: from atoms to complex systems

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

Symposium Overview The microtubule cytoskeleton is essential for a wide variety of cellular functions, such as chromosome segregation, directed vesicle and organelle transport, cell motility and cell polarity. Impaired microtubule ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium Mechanobiology in development and disease

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or recovery is required for on-site attendance. Please see EMBL’s COVID-19 safety policy for ...

EMBO | EMBL Symposium Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation

Posted by , on 22 December 2021

This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or recovery is required for on-site attendance. Please see EMBL’s COVID-19 safety policy for ...

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