YSF Programme
Overview
The exciting programme of the 20th FEBS Young Scientists' Forum (YSF) will start on Wednesday afternoon June 30th, 2021. After the formal ceremony, two outstanding scientists will present their latest achievements: Prof. Sanja Sever (Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA) in the field of kidney disease research and Prof. Eric Westhof (University of Strasbourg, France) on ribosomal translation.
Over the next couple of days, it will be the turn of the YSF participants to present their own work across a broad range of biological research. We will have three dedicated poster sessions and the challenge of 1-minute poster talks! In addition, some YSF participants will be selected to give short talks within symposia.
As well as providing a forum for research presentations, the 20th FEBS YSF will also have a significant focus on career development. ‘Career Skills’ will be presented in three parts, with some aspects also supported by practical exercises in a small-group workshop format:
Part 1: Tips and Tools on CV preparation, paper writing, oral presentations and public engagement in science;
Part 2: Fellowship opportunities: including examples from EMBO, FEBS and MSCA;
Part 3: Science careers from another point of view: with contributors from outside academia.
Furthermore, we will also hold a “Careers Roundtable“, with input from several speakers, which will provide a forum to learn about and discuss how to improve skills that will help your success in current, but also possible future, positions.
In addition to the main programme, we have prepared an exciting social programme that will for sure provide an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences with colleagues and establish new acquaintances, including a pub quiz and excursion to the island Cres.
Amid the other programme elements, we also have two more keynote lectures to look forward to, from Prof. Cecília Maria Arraiano (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica – ITQB, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal) in the area of RNA and control of gene expression, and from Prof. Nina Vardjan (Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) on astroglial excitability in brain. The 20th FEBS YSF will close late morning on Saturday July 3rd, 2021 and we will then transfer together to the FEBS 2021 Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
For YSF speaker information, click here.
The preliminary schedule for the YSF is posted below.
20th YSF Organizing Committee
Schedule
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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16:30–18:00 | Registration and refreshments |
18:00 | OPENING CEREMONY Opening remarks Maja Katalinić, Chair YSF2021 Irene Díaz-Moreno, Chair FEBS WGYS Jerka Dumić, HDBMB President Janko Kos, SBD President Václav Pačes, FEBS Secretary General |
18:40 | WELCOME ADDRESS BY FEBS – Israel Pecht, Israel 'FEBS support for young scientists' |
Chairs: Maja Katalinić and Irene Díaz-Moreno | |
19:00 | OPENING LECTURE – Sanja Sever, USA 'Distinct and common molecular mechanisms of kidney diseases' |
19:45 | KEYNOTE LECTURE – Eric Westhof, France 'Translation control in betacoronaviruses: sequence signatures in the 5’UTR RNA and NSP1 protein' |
20:30 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Thursday, July 1, 2021 |
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09:00 | CAREER SKILLS – TIPS and TOOLS Chair: Nino Sinčić 'How to prepare a CV' – Keith Elliott, United Kingdom 'How to write an effective abstract' – Duncan Wright, United Kingdom 'How to prepare a catching oral presentation' – Miguel A. De la Rosa, Spain 'Public engagement in science' – Mark Roberts, United Kingdom 'Tips and tricks for a young scientist: shaping your way for your role as an educator' – Ferhan G. Sağin, Turkey |
10:15 | POSTER SESSION I (all numbers) Refreshments |
11:00 | CAREER SKILLS – FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Chair: Jerica Sabotič MSCA – Speaker TBC EMBO – Speaker TBC FEBS – Alain Krol, France |
11:45 | CAREER SKILLS – PRACTICAL EXERCISES |
13:15 | Lunch Break |
15:00 | SYMPOSIUM I: MOLECULAR MEDICINE Chair: Anja Pišlar SOP1: Marko Tijardović, Croatia – Intense physical exercise induces an anti-inflammatory change in IgG N-glycosylation profile SOP2: Angela Garcia, Spain – IGF-1 via AKT activation promotes anabolic metabolism and protects HEI-OC1 auditory cells from ototoxic drugs SOP3: Nikoletta Papaevgeniou, Greece – Lipofuscin: a highly reactive by-product and its effects on ageing SOP4: Eva Jarc Jovičić, Slovenia – Lipid droplets and autophagy cooperate in the protection of cancer cells against metabolic stress SOP5: Robert Beagrie, United Kingdom – Investigating the link between DNA replication, chromatin change and transcriptional regulation during in vivo erythroid differentiation |
16:15 | 1-MIN POSTER PRESENTATIONS (posters with odd numbers) |
17:15 | POSTER SESSION II (odd numbers) Refreshments |
18:00 | CAREER SKILLS – SCIENCE FROM A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW Chair: Morana Dulić 'Communication of science by a scientist turned journalist' – David Adam, United Kingdom 'Start-ups and their relation with science' – Antonio Ferrer-Montiel, Spain |
18:40 | ROUNDTABLE: CAREERS IN SCIENCE AND BEYOND – What does it take to make it? Chairs: Maja Katalinić, Anna Jagusiak and Vlastimil Kulda |
19:30 | Dinner |
21:15 | BEER PARTY and PUB QUIZ |
Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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08:30 | SYMPOSIUM II: PROTEIN STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS and LOCALIZATION Chair: Nino Sinčić SOP6: Anastasiia Kozlova, Russia – Role of C-terminal domains of yeast FACT complex in nucleosome unfolding SOP7: Elzbieta Rembeza, Sweden – Investigating functional annotations in the enzyme class of S-2-hydroxyacid oxidase (EC 1.1.3.15) reveals an extensive annotation error SOP8: Adèle Dramé-Maigné, France – Programmable External Network based Compartmentalized Self-Replication (PEN CSR): a new method for in vitro directed evolution of enzymes SOP9: Matvey Horetski, Belarus – Novel fluorescent BODIPY probe for photoaffinity labelling |
09:30 | 1-MIN POSTER PRESENTATIONS (posters with even numbers) |
10:30 | POSTER SESSION III (even numbers) Refreshments |
Chair: Irene Díaz-Moreno | |
11:15 | KEYNOTE LECTURE – Cecília Maria Arraiano, Portugal 'The amazing new world of RNA' |
12:00 | CAREER SKILLS – PRACTICAL EXERCISES |
12:45 | Lunch Break |
14:00 | EXCURSION TO ISLAND CRES |
20:30 | GALA DINNER |
Saturday, July 3, 2021 |
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Chairs: Jerica Sabotič and Anja Pišlar | |
09:00 | CLOSING LECTURE – Nina Vardjan, Slovenia 'Astroglial excitability in brain health and disease' |
09:45 | CLOSING CEREMOMY Awards, Survey |
11:00 | Departure to the FEBS 2021 Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia |