NORBIS Summer School 2021 – Program
MONDAY 16th of AUGUST
9:00-9:15 Welcome! Introduction to the Summer School
9:15-10:00 “To bin or not to bin: pitfalls in analyzing single-cell growth data” by Prof. Ariel Amir (Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, USA)
10:00-11:00 “Characterising the functional conservation of 3D genome organisation across vertebrates “ by Prof. Benjamín Hernández-Rodríguez (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Imperial College London, UK)
11:00-12:30 Flash Talks
12:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:00 “Harnessing multi-omics to study phage ecology in environmental and human microbiomes” by Prof. Karthik Anantharaman (Anantharaman Microbiome Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, US)
14:00-16:00 Hands on class: The Do’s and Don’ts of Viral Metagenomics. by Prof. Karthik Anantharaman (Anantharaman Microbiome Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, US)
TUESDAY 17th of AUGUST
9:00-10:00 “Network and pathway reconstruction using causal inference” by Prof. Tom Luk R Michoel (University of Bergen, Norway)
10:00-11:00 “A generic model for transcription initiation at genes and enhancers” by Prof. Albin Sandelin (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
11:00-12:00 “Parameter estimation in biological systems: Challenges and critical considerations” by Prof. Sam Subbey (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-16:00 Hands on session on parameter estimation problems
WEDNESDAY 18th of AUGUST
9:00-10:00. “ Network biology approaches to interpret multi-omics data from gut organoids” by Dr. Tamas Korcsmaros (Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute, UK). Click here for abstract.
10:00-11:00 “Biomolecular Network Resources of the European Bioinformatics Institute” by Henning Hermjakob (European Bioinformatics Institute, UK). Click here for abstract.
11:00-12:00 “A guide to multi-omics pathway analysis using ReactomeGSA” by Prof. Dr. Johannes Gris (Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna, Austria). Click here for abstract.
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:00 Hands on session on ReactomeGSA for multi-omics pathway analysis
14:00-16:00 Panel discussion on “Interdisciplinary Research-How to succeed on the highway” by RSG-Norway. Speakers: Bernhard Knapp, Monika Cechova, Simon Dankel, Anthony Mathelier, Kristine Sahlberg
THURSDAY 19th of AUGUST
9:00-10:00 “Host microbiome interactions in health and disease—The significance of microbiome in precision medicine“ by Prof. Adil Mardinoglu (KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, King’s College London, UK)
10:00-11:00 “Statistical and machine learning methods in microbiome studies” by Prof. Leo Lahti (University of Turku, Finland)
11:00-12.00 “Mathematical modelling in the life sciences” by Prof. Dr. Olaf Wolkenhauer (University of Rostock, Germany). Click here for abstract.
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:00 “Advice to my younger self” by Prof. Dr. Olaf Wolkenhauer (University of Rostock, Germany). Click here for abstract.
14:00-15:00 “Region modelling of COVID-19 in Norway for situation awareness and forecasting” by Dr. Gunnar Ø.I. Rø (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
15:00-16:00 “The genomics of Covid-19 – host, pathogen and interactions” by Prof. Anagha Joshi (University of Bergen, Norway)
FRIDAY 20th of AUGUST
9:00-10:00 “Multiomics: Data Integration in Cancer” by Dr. Trine Rounge (Norwegian Cancer Registry and University of Oslo, Norway)
10:00-11:00 “CoDA approach for microbiome data” by Prof. Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn (Universitat de Girona, Spain)
11:00-12:00 “Treasures in the wild: CRISPR-Cas systems from uncultivated microbes” by Dr. David Burstein, (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-15:00 Hands on session on the CoDA approach for microbiome data
15:00-15:45 Closing discussion
16:00 Good bye!
PS.: The program is subject to small changes.