Conference Ambassadors

The Conference Ambassadors recognise the crucial importance of biological data science and computational biology in addressing global challenges. Its members are willing to support the conference and leverage their networks in Geneva and beyond to enhance its reach, foster engagement, and help promote the most recent discoveries in the field to find impactful solutions for society.

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Marie Dangles

Director, External & Internal Relations
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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Simone de Montmollin

Swiss National Councillor
President of the Science, Education and Culture Committee at the Federal Parliament

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Antoine Geissbühler

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
Director of teaching and research, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)

Programme Committee

The Programme Commitee shapes the conference’s scientific programme, ensuring coherence and quality. Its members structure the programme, invite keynote speakers, and oversee tutorials and workshops, and ad hoc sessions. As the central link between all conference components, they ensure alignment and scientific excellence.

Chair

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Christophe Dessimoz

SIB Executive Director and Group Leader, Comparative Genomics

Scientific Committee

Scientific Committee Chairs:

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Anne-Florence Bitbol

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Niko Beerenwikel

SIB Group Leader, Computational Biology Group
ETHZ, D-BSSE Basel

Scientific Committee members:

Genomics, epigenomics and genome editing

Area Chair: Knut Reinert | University Berlin, Germany

Co-chairs:

Shilpa Garg | Manchester University, UK

Mohammed El-Kebir | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Maria Anisimova | ZHAW, Institute of Applied Simulation/SIB, Switzerland

Transcriptomics and gene regulation

Area Chair: Uwe Ohler |Max Delbruck Center, Humboldt University, Germany

Co-chairs:

Raphaëlle Luisier | University of Bern, Switzerland

Magnus Rattray | Manchester University, UK

Nacho Molina | Research Director, CNRS, France

Proteins and structural biology

Area Chair: Ivet Bahar | Stony Brook University, NY, US / Laufer Center for Physical & Quantitative Biology

Co-chairs:

Emmanuel Levy | University of Geneva, Switzerland

Basile Wicky | ETHZ, Switzerland

Elodie Laine | Sorbonne University, France

Systems Biology, multi-omics integration and modelling

Area Chair: Alfonso Valencia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain

Co-chairs:

Anaïs Baudot | Aix-Marseille University, France

Giovanni Ciriello | University of Lausanne/SIB, Switzerland

Valentina Boeva | ETH Zurich/SIB, Switzerland

Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Environmental Bioinformatics

Area Chair: Katja Bärenfaller | SIAF and University of Zurich/SIB, Switzerland

Co-chairs:

Laurent Jacob | CNRS, Sorbonne University, France

Lucas Paoli | EPFL, Switzerland

Ad hoc sessions

Chair:

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Robert Waterhouse

SIB Group Leader,  Environmental Bioinformatics

Tutorials & workshops

Chairs:

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Patricia Palagi

Director, Training
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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Diana Marek

Training Manager & Computational Biologist
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Committee members:

  • Olivier Sand | CNRS (France)
  • Rasool Saghaleyni | SciLifeLab (Sweden)
  • Xavier Robin | SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (Switzerland)
  • Farzana Rahman | Kingston University London (UK)
  • Ragothaman Yennamalli | SASTRA Deemed University (India)

Organizing Committee

Ensures the smooth execution of the conference, supporting the scientific and programme committees while serving as the main point of contact for all organizational and logistical matters.

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Marie Dangles

Director, External & Internal Relations
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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Elsa Dubar

Communications & Event Manager
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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Solange Guye

Scientific Events Manager
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics