Origins of new cell types: questions for the single-cell era – 18-19 March, Francis Crick Institute, London

Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to bring you a 2-day workshop at the Francis Crick Institute that will gather leading experts in the field to break new ground in cell-type evo-devo. This workshop is free and open to all, but you do need to register (link).

Cells are the fundamental building blocks of living systems. Understanding the differentiation of cell types as well as the origin of novel cell types remains a central problem in developmental and evolutionary biology. Today, advances in molecular techniques have enabled the molecular profiling of individual cells, providing fresh opportunities for new insights into cell type development and evolution. This meeting will be of interest to anyone working with single-cell data.

Speakers:

Pawel Burkhardt (University of Bergen): “The deep evolutionary origins of neurons and nervous systems”

Margarida Cardoso-Moreira (Francis Crick Institute): “Origins of cells and organs – the view from the placenta”

Douglas Erwin (Smithsonian Institute): “Alternative models for formation of cells”

Jacob Musser (Yale University): TBA

Joe Parker (Caltech): “The cellular substrate of evolutionary novelty”

Mihaela Pavlicev (University of Vienna): “Cell types as characters”

Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (CRG – Barcelona): “Early animal cell type diversity, evolution, and regulation”

Stefan Semrau (University of Leiden): “How many cell types are there?”

Francesca Spagnoli (Kings College London): “Mapping the emergence of lineage identities in time & space”

Uli Technau (University of Vienna): TBA

Gunter Wagner (Yale University): “How to distinguish cell types from mere similarity clusters? “

There will also be two panel discussions, and there is plenty of time allocated for discussion and mixing within the schedule.

More information can be found here

All the best, 

James DiFrisco and Margarida Cardoso Moreira

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