Genetics in Haploid Cells

The unique genetics of haploid cells offer researchers a number of distinct advantages for studying genetic interactions, be it through genome wide loss of function screens or through CRISPR modified knockout or knockin cell lines. To better understand how this model system might be applied in biological research, Horizon Discovery is organising the inaugural HaploDay 2016 –Genetics in Haploid Cells symposium.

Featuring an outstanding line up of speakers, and bringing together a wide cross section of researchers, the goal of Haploday is to accelerate the development of this nascent platform by sharing experience and fostering collaborations.

Conference Program

9:00-9:15             Introduction and Welcome (Tilmann Buerckstuemmer and Giulio Superti-Furga)

9:15-10:00           Keynote Lecture: Thijn Brummelkamp (National Cancer Institute, Amsterdam)

Forward genetic screening in haploid human cells

10:00-10:30         Jan Carette (Stanford University)

10:30-10:45         Coffee break

10.45-11.15         Paul Lehner (University of Cambridge)

11.15-11.45         Giulio Superti-Furga (CeMM, Research Center for Molecular Medicine)

11.45-12:15         Short talks selected from poster abstracts

12.15-13:00         Lunch break

Haploid murine embryonic stem cells

13.00-13.30         Martin Leeb (University of Vienna)

13.30-14.00         Ulrich Elling (IMBA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology)

Reverse genetic screens and analyses

14:00-14.30         Sebastian Nijman (University of Oxford)

14.30-15.00         Hans-Jürgen Thiesen (University of Rostock)

15.00-15.15         Coffee break

15.15-15.45         Joanna Loizou (CeMM, Research Center for Molecular Medicine)

15.45-16.15         Steve Jackson (University of Cambridge)

16.15-16.30           Short talk selected from poster abstracts

Human stem cells

16:30-17:00           Bill Skarnes (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

17:00-17.30           Nissim Benvenisty (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

17:30-18:30         Poster session

19.00                    Conference Dinner