The Talks sessions will be held in the Auditorium and built from the abstracts received, except for two Invited talks by local researchers.

Day Time Event
Tuesday October 21, 202520-23hWelcome dinner (included in the registration)
Wednesday October 22, 202510-14hTalks: Sessions 1+2
14-16hLunch, networking (self-organized)
16-18hTalks: Session 3
18-20hWorkshop: Behavioural monitoring (experimental focus)
18-20hWorkshop: Pangenomes (bioinformatic focus)
Thursday October 23, 202510-11:30hTalks: Sessions 4+5
11:30-12:30hFlash talks: Posters
12:30-14hPoster session
14-16hWorkshop: Career session for junior scientists (lunch provided)
14-16hLunch, networking (self-organized)
16-18hTalks: Session 6
18-20hWorkshop: AI (methods & applications)
Friday October 24, 202510-10:30hConference business meeting
10:30-14hTalks: Sessions 7+8
14-16hLunch, networking (self-organized)
16-20hWorkshop: Unconference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference)
20-24hTBC: pizzas near CRG (provided)

Planned Sessions

Research and Result-Focused:

  • Chemical Addiction: The genetic basis
  • Preclinical Cancer Models: Development and testing
  • Metabolic Diseases: Effects of genetic and environmental interactions on energy metabolism
  • Brain and Behavior: Novel insights into the molecular and genetic basis of neurological disorders and diseases
  • Holistic Approaches to Complex Traits: Whole-body communication via hormones, microbiome, and other signaling pathways
  • Aging: Predictive biomarkers and molecular diagnostics

Method and Approach-Focused:

  • Rat Genomes: Generation and expansion of genetic diversity into rat studies
  • Database Resources: Integrating genomes and phenomes across populations
  • Statistical Methods: New and refined approaches to biomarker discovery, target selection, and network models
  • Bioinformatics Software: Recent developments in tools for studying the genetic and molecular basis of complex traits
  • Multi-Omics: Understanding complex traits via combined gene expression and metabolite networks

Additionally, we are currently planning five workshops, each of about two hours.

Planned Workshops

  • Next-Generation Behavioral Monitoring: Equipment & Analysis (experimental focus)
  • Pangenome Analysis (bioinformatic focus)
  • AI-Accelerated Approaches for Understanding Complex Traits (experimental & bioinformatic focus)
  • Career Workshop (targeted towards PhD students and postdocs)
  • Unconference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference)

The workshops will follow the most closely-related lecture session, except for the Career Workshop which will be held separately and is oriented towards early-career scientists.