Developing Scientific Connections between Barcelona and Bangalore

Organizers: Vivek Malhotra, Enrique Martin-Blanco & K. VijayRaghavan
Dates: April 6,7 2011
Venue: National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, INDIA

Visitors from Barcelona and links to their webpages

Vivek Malhotra
http://www.crg.es/vivek_malhotra

Fyodor Kondrashov
http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/page/portal/Internet/02_Research/01_Program...

Jeremy Solon
http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/page/portal/Internet/02_Research/01_Program...

Pia Cosma
http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/page/portal/Internet/02_Research/01_Program...

Ben Lehner
http://www.crg.es/ben_lehner

Matthieu Louis
http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/page/portal/Internet/02_Research/01_Program...

Tano Gonzalez
http://www.irbbarcelona.org/index.php/en/research/programmes/cell-and-de...

Enrique Martin-Blanco
http://www.ibmb.csic.es/index.php?pg=laboratorio&tab=lab_people&idLabora...

Anna Bigas
http://www.imim.es/programesrecerca/cancer/en_annabigas.html

Marti Aldea
http://www.ibmb.csic.es/index.php?pg=laboratorio&idLaboratorio=30&tab=la...

Pura Munoz
http://www.upf.edu/cexs/faculty/facult/muxozcanoves.htm

                                          
Interest Group1 (Computational, Gene regulation & Evolution)
Ben Lehner (CRG)
Fyodor Kondrashov (CRG)
Uma Ramakrishnan (NCBS)
Mukund Thattai (NCBS)*

Interest Group 2 (Stem cells and signaling)
Pia Cosma (CRG)
Anna Bigas (IMIM)
Marti Aldea (IBMB)
Pura Munoz (UPF)
Sudhir Krishna (NCBS)
Apurva Sarin (NCBS)
Jyothsna Dhawan (Instem)*
Das Palakodeti (Instem)

Interest Group 3 (Physics in Biology)
Jerome Solon (CRG)
Madhu Venkadesan (NCBS)
Sandeep Krishna (NCBS)
Sanjay Sane (NCBS)
Matthieu Louis (CRG)

Interest Group 4 (Cell & Developmental biology)
Vivek Malhotra (CRG)
Tano Gonzalez (IRB)
Enrique Martin-Blanco (IBMB)
Raghu Padinjat (NCBS)
Satyajit Mayor (NCBS)
K. VijayRaghavan (NCBS)*

* chairperson

Program Schedule
 
6 April, 2011

Time

Speaker

9.00 – 9.15

Registration 

9:15-9:30

K. VijayRaghavan, NCBS, Bangalore:

Introduction to the Biocluster + outline of mechanisms to implement interactions

9:30-9:45

Vivek Malhotra, CRG, Spain:

Introduction to the CRG:

9:45-10:00

Enrique Martin-Blanco IBMB, Barcelona:

Overview of other Barcelona Institutes

10:00-10:30

Pia Cosma, CRG, Spain:

Dissecting mechanisms controlling somatic cell reprogramming

10:30-11:00

Tano Gonzalez, IRB, Barcelona:

Modeling cancer in Drosophila

11:00 -11:30

Tea Break

11:30-12:00

Ben Lehner,CRG, Spain:

Predicting phenotypic variation from whole genome sequences

12:00-12:30

Fyodor Kondrashov, CRG, Spain:

Compensatory evolution

12:30-13:00

Jerome Solon, CRG, Spain:

Force generation and collective cell behaviour during morphogenesis

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Anna Bigas, IMIM-Hospital, Barcelona:

Signalling in normal and cancer stem cells

14:30-15:00

Marti Aldea, IBMB, Spain:

Molecular competition and cell size determination

15:00-15:30

Pura Munoz, UPF, Barcelona:

Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle repair and growth in physiology and pathology

15:30-16:00

Tea Break

16:00-16:30

Matthieu Louis, CRG, Spain:

Odor coding and navigational decision making in Drosophila chemotaxis

16:30-17:00

Enrique Martin-Blanco, IBMB, Barcelona:

Dynamic coordination of cell behavior during Morphogenesis

17:00-18:30

Interactions of Barcelona visitors with NCBS students/postdocs and JRFs in groups and tour of NCBS

7:30 PM

Dinner NCBS lawns

 

7 April, 2011

Time

Session

9:30am to 12:30

Parallel sessions: Meeting of interest groups. NCBS participants to present followed by discussions on potential for collaborative work

 

Interest Group 1: First floor Seminar Room (S11)

Chairperson: Mukund Thattai, NCBS, Bangalore

Ben Lehner, CRG, Spain

Fyodor Kondrashov, CRG, Spain

Uma Ramakrishnan, NCBS, Bangalore

 

Interest Group 2: Meeting Room (Ground floor Admin Block)

Chairperson: Jyotsna Dhawan, Instem, Bangalore

Pia Cosma, CRG, Spain

Anna Bigas, IMIM-Hospital, Barcelona

Marti Aldea, IBMB, Spain

Pura Munoz, UPF, Barcelona

Sudhir Krishna, NCBS, Bangalore

Apurva Sarin, NCBS, Bangalore

Das Palakodeti, Instem, Bangalore

 

Interest Group 3: Meeting Room (1st floor Admin Block)

Chairperson:

Jerome Solon, CRG, Spain

Madhu Venkadesan, NCBS, Bangalore

Sanjay Sane, NCBS, Bangalore

Sandeep Krishna, NCBS, Bangalore

Matthieu Louis, CRG, Spain

 

Interest Group 4: Videoconference Room (Dean’s Office)

Chairperson: K. VijayRaghavan, NCBS, Bangalore

Vivek Malhotra, CRG, Spain

Tano Gonzalez, IRB, Barcelona

Enrique Martin-Blanco, IBMB, Barcelona

Raghu Padinjat, NCBS, Bangalore

Satyajit Mayor, NCBS, Bangalore

12:30-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00- 19:00

 

Time set aside for the following:

1. One to one interactions between NCBS faculty and Barcelona visitors

2.Time for those who wish to visit other institutes in Bangalore/meet specific PI’s in those institutes.

3. Free time for those who wish to visit the city to do so

19:30 onwards

Dinner at NCBS