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YSF Virtual Program

Overview

The online program of the 20th FEBS Young Scientists' Forum (YSF) will run as half-days from Tuesday June 15th to Friday June 18th 2021. For the science, we are looking forward to inspiring keynote lectures from outstanding senior researchers as well as presentations of work by YSF participants in the 1-min presentation challenge, posters and some selected short talks. In addition, the 20th FEBS YSF will have a significant focus on career development. We will divide up into groups for Career Skills 'Tips & Tools' sessions, which will include an introductory part to get to know each other and practical exercises, and you will be able to experience a different topic in these sessions in turn over the four days. We will also be able to learn about Fellowships offered by EMBO, FEBS and MCSA, and hear career perspectives from contributors outside academia. The preliminary YSF schedule is posted below; times are Central European Summer Time (CEST). For YSF speaker information, click here. 

Schedule (times in CEST)

Tuesday, June 15, 2021
09:30 OPENING 
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
09:50 WELCOME ADDRESS BY FEBS – Israel Pecht, Israel
'FEBS support for young scientists'
10:10 OPENING LECTURE – Ivan Đikić, Germany
'Surprises in science – lessons from COVID-19'
Chairs: Maja Katalinić and Irene Díaz-Moreno
10:55 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a CV' – Keith Elliott, United Kingdom
2. 'How to write an effective abstract' – Duncan Wright, United Kingdom
3. 'Value of a well-run lab book' – Jason Perret, Belgium
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
12:20 Coffee Break
12:45 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a CV' – Keith Elliott, United Kingdom
2. 'How to write an effective abstract' – Duncan Wright, United Kingdom
3. 'Value of a well-run lab book' – Jason Perret, Belgium
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
14:00 SUM UP OF THE DAY
Quiz
Chairs: Maja Katalinić and Irene Díaz-Moreno

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
9:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE – Eric Westhof, France
'Translation control in betacoronaviruses: sequence signatures in the 5’UTR RNA and NSP1 protein'
Chair: Nino Sinčić
10:15 SHORT TALKS FROM PARTICIPANTS
SOP1: Marko Tijardović, Croatia – Intense physical exercise induces an anti-inflammatory change in IgG N-glycosylation profile
SOP2: Angela Garcia, Spain – IGF-1 via PI3K/AKT activation promotes survival and anabolic metabolism in HEI-OC1 auditory cells
SOP3: Robert Beagrie, United Kingdom – Investigating the link between DNA replication, chromatin change and transcriptional regulation during in vivo erythroid differentiation
Chair: Nino Sinčić
10:40 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a CV' – Keith Elliott, United Kingdom
2. 'How to write an effective abstract' – Duncan Wright, United Kingdom
3. 'Value of a well-run lab book' – Jason Perret, Belgium
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
12:10 Coffee Break
12:40 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a CV' – Keith Elliott, United Kingdom
2. 'How to write an effective abstract' – Duncan Wright, United Kingdom
3. 'Value of a well-run lab book' – Jason Perret, Belgium
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
13:45 CAREERS – FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
FEBS – Alain Krol, France
MSCA – Gaetano Castaldo, Belgium
EMBO –  Kelly Sheehan-Rooney, Germany
Chairs: Nino Sinčić and Vlastimil Kulda
14:30 SUM UP OF THE DAY
Quiz
Chairs: Nino Sinčić and Vlastimil Kulda

Thursday, June 17, 2021
9:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE – Cecília Maria Arraiano, Portugal
'The amazing new world of RNA'
Chair: Jerica Sabotič
10:15 SHORT TALKS FROM PARTICIPANTS
Chair: Jerica Sabotič
SOP4: Eva Jarc Jovičić, Slovenia – Lipid droplets and autophagy cooperate in the protection of cancer cells against metabolic stress
SOP5: Anastasiia Kozlova, Russia – Role of C-terminal domains of yeast FACT complex in nucleosome unfolding
SOP6: 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
10:40 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a catching oral presentation' – Miguel A. De la Rosa, Spain
2. 'Public engagement in science' – Mark Roberts, United Kingdom
3. 'Shaping your career (also as an educator) - tips and tricks for a young scientist' – Ferhan G. Sağin, Turkey
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
12:10 Coffee Break
12:40 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a catching oral presentation' – Miguel A. De la Rosa, Spain
2. 'Public engagement in science' – Mark Roberts, United Kingdom
3. 'Shaping your career (also as an educator) - tips and tricks for a young scientist' – Ferhan G. Sağin, Turkey
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
13:45 CAREERS – SCIENCE FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW
Start-ups and their relation with science – Antonio Ferrer-Montiel, Spain
Chairs: Jerica Sabotič and Anna Jagusiak
14:30 SUM UP OF THE DAY
Quiz
Chairs: Jerica Sabotič and Anna Jagusiak

Friday, June 18, 2021
9:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE – Nina Vardjan, Slovenia
'Astroglial excitability in brain health and disease'
Chair: Anja Pišlar
10:15 SHORT TALKS FROM PARTICIPANTS
SOP7: Adèle Dramé-Maigné, France – Programmable External Network based Compartmentalized Self-Replication (PEN CSR): a new method for in vitro directed evolution of enzymes
SOP8: Matvey Horetski, Belarus – Novel fluorescent BODIPY probe for photoaffinity labelling
Chair: Anja Pišlar
10:35 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a catching oral presentation' – Miguel A. De la Rosa, Spain
2. 'Public engagement in science' – Mark Roberts, United Kingdom
3. 'Education in biochemistry and molecular biology' – Ferhan G. Sağin, Turkey
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
12:00 Coffee Break
12:30 PARALLEL GROUP SESSIONS: CAREER SKILLS TIPS & TOOLS and POSTERS
1. 'How to prepare a catching oral presentation' – Miguel A. De la Rosa, Spain
2. 'Public engagement in science' – Mark Roberts, United Kingdom
3. 'Education in biochemistry and molecular biology' – Ferhan G. Sağin, Turkey
4. Poster session - 1 min poster presentations
13:40 CAREERS – SCIENCE FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW
Communication of science by a scientist turned journalist – David Adam, United Kingdom
Chairs: Anja Pišlar and Morana Dulić
14:00 SUM UP OF THE DAY
Quiz
Chairs: Anja Pišlar and Morana Dulić
14:20 CLOSING 
Closing remarks, Awards
Chairs: Maja Katalinić and Irene Díaz-Moreno

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