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, 2025	20:00 - 23:00	Welcome dinner (included in the registration)
Wednesday October 22, 2025	10:00 - 10:15	Welcome remarks
	10:15 - 11:15	Keynote Talk: Drs. Mafalda Dias and Jonathan Frazer, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
	11:15 - 12:00	Talks: Session 1
	12:00 - 12:30	Coffee break
	12:30 - 14:00	Talks: Session 2
	14:00 - 16:00	Lunch, networking (self-organized)
	16:00 - 18:00	Talks: Session 3
	18:00 - 20:00	Workshop: Behavioural monitoring (experimental focus)
	18:00 - 20:00	Workshop: Pangenomes (bioinformatic focus)
Thursday October 23, 2025	10:00 - 11:00	Keynote Talk: Prof. Juana Díez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
	11:00 - 12:00	Talks: Session 4
	12:00 - 12:30	Coffee break
	12:30 - 14:00	Talks: Session 5
	14:00 - 16:00	Lunch, networking (self-organized)
	16:00 - 18:00	Talks: Session 6
	18:00 - 20:00	Workshop: AI (methods & applications)
Friday October 24, 2025	10:00 - 10:30	Conference business meeting
	10:30 - 12:00	Talks: Sessions 7
	12:00 - 14:00	Talks: Sessions 8
	14:00 - 16:00	Lunch, networking (self-organized)
	16:00 - 20:00	Workshop: Unconference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference)
	20:00 - 24:00	TBC: pizzas near CRG (provided)

Keynote Speakers

Drs. Mafalda Dias & Jonathan Frazer
Probabilistic Machine Learning and Genomics team
Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
Title: Extending variant effect prediction to non-human species with Deep Learning

Prof. Juana Díez
Laboratory of Molecular Virology
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Title: The host tRNA epitranscriptome: a selective pressure driving viral convergent evolution.

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)

  Noah Ditto, The Jackson Laboratory
  Topic: Home cage video analysis using Envision™: continuous quantitative analysis of complex behaviors

  Stefano Gaburro, Tecniplast
  Topic: DVC rack solutions for continuous, passive monitoring of mouse behavior and health through integration of data from multiple sensor types

  Christian Jung, PhenoSys
  Topic: The ColonyRack: Expanding the possibilities of study designs on location preference, social hierarchy, and more with large, monitored, interconnected housing racks.

• 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)