On 15 June, Mar Albà, Director of the evolutionary genomics group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute and co-coordinator of the Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), will participate in the mini-symposium Genome Dark Matter, organized by the University of Barcelona as part of the events commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Human Genome.
Four researchers in the fields of genomics and bioinformatics will provide insights into this topic. The speakers will be:
Dr. Mar Albà; ICREA Research Professor, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI):
“The Dark Matter of Peptideins”
Dr. Tamara Perteghella; Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF):
“ncRNAs, a Continuously Expanding Universe”
Dr. Josep Casacuberta; CSIC Research Professor, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG):
“Centromeres and Repetitive Sequences: Filling the Gaps with Long-Read Sequencing”
Dr. Cristian Cañestro; University of Barcelona (UB), Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio):
“Gene Loss and Gain: The Death and Birth of the Stars in the Genome’s Dark Matter”
The talks will be followed by a round-table discussion with the speakers, moderated by Dr. Josep F. Abril (UB/IBUB).
The event is open to the public and will take place in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Barcelona.
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Event details
Mini-symposium: Genome Dark Matter
Date: 15 June
Venue: University of Barcelona
More information: https://web.ub.edu/ca/web/25-anys-genoma/w/minisimposi-25apgh-la-mat%C3%A8ria-fosca-del-genoma-