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Programme

Programme for the Annual Meeting at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

held at the Lakeside Lecture Theatres ("Søauditorierne"), Aarhus University

Friday 16 June 2017

Download the programme as a PDF-file

There will be an abstract booklet with the programme by the Per Kirkeby auditorium on Friday.

08:30_09:30    Coffee/tea & bread rolls + exhibition (companies)
09:30-09:35 Opening remarks by Simona Radutoiu    

09:35-09:45

Welcome by the Head of Department Erik Østergaard Jensen

09:45-10:30

Invited speaker: Rubina Raja, School of Culture and Society - Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), Aarhus University: "Dirt, data and dating. Perspectives from an archaeological DNRF centre". Chair: Bjørn Panyella Pedersen

10:30-11:15

Scientific session 1. Chair: Anne von Philipsborn

Søren Lykke-Andersen: "A new function for an ancient RNA: a cis-acting snoRNA controls NOP56 autoregulation"

Dennis Pedersen: "Structural and functional insight into the regulation of the human complement system by properdin"

Palle Duun Rohde: "The genetic architecture of behavioral response to methylphenidate predicted from gene networks"

11:15-11:30 Group photo (will be taken in the auditorium or outside - depending on the weather)
11:30-13:30 Lunch, exhibitions and poster session (each section)
13:30_14:15 

Scientific session 2. Chair: Christian Kroun Damgaard

Henrik Brinch-Pedersen: "Tomorrow’s crops"

Jørgen Kjems: "CellPAT"

Poul Nissen: "Can we bridge between different levels of neuroscience?"

14:15-14:45

Prize ceremony (Chair: Ole Fredslund Christensen and Anders Olsen)
Exhibitors' prizes
Teaching awards for: Best Lecturer of the Year and
The Best Student Lecturer of the Year 

14:45-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-16:00 Invited speaker: Morten AllentoftNatural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen: "Ancient DNA - a window to the past". Chair: Daniel Otzen  
16:00-16:05
Closing remarks
18:30-01:00 Dinner and party at Stakladen