JulioSaez-Rodriguez GermanyHeidelberg University

Julio Saez-Rodriguez is Professor of Medical Bioinformatics and Data Analysis at the Faculty of Medicine of Heidelberg University, director of the Institute for Computational Biomedicine, group leader of the EMBL-Heidelberg University Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit, a member of the Heidelberg ELLIS Unit, and a co-director of the DREAM challenges. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and M.I.T, group leader at EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, and professor of Computational Biomedicine at RWTH Aachen He is interested in developing and applying computational methods to acquire from omics data a functional understanding of biological networks and their deregulation in disease, and to apply this knowledge to develop novel therapeutics. Current emphasis in his group is on use of single-cell technologies, multi-omics integration, and understanding multi-cellular communication. Application areas include cancer, autoimmune, and cardiovascular diseases. More information at www.saezlab.org
Institution

Day 1 - Sunday April 14, 2024

Time Session
9 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
SK1001
HeatherAscani Chairperson United StatesUniversity of Michigan
KatherineTuttle Chairperson United StatesUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
MatthiasKretzler Chairperson United StatesUniversity of Michigan
Hall C1
SK01
HeatherReich Chairperson CanadaUniversity of Toronto, University Health Network
SebastiánJaurretche Chairperson sebastianjaurretche@hotmail.comArgentinaSanatorio Parque SA
Hall C4
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
SK02
RafaelMaldonado Chairperson ramaldonado@gmail.comArgentina
ReikoInagi Chairperson JapanThe University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine
Hall E

Day 2 - Monday April 15, 2024

Time Session
9 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
KI
GermaineWong Chairperson AustraliaUniversity of Sydney
PierreRonco Chairperson FranceHôpital Tenon
Hall C2
LF2002
AlejandraQuevedo Smuclir Chairperson alejandra.s.quevedo@gmail.comArgentinaSAN
CarmenTzanno Branco Martins Chairperson BrazilSLANH, ISN
SaoriNishio Chairperson saorin@med.hokudai.ac.jpJapan
Hall C3
SK03
PaulaCoccia Chairperson paula.coccia@hospitalitaliano.org.arArgentinaHospital Italianod de Buenos Aires
Shyam BihariBansal Chairperson IndiaDepartment of Nephrology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Hall E
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
LBCT
AlessiaFornoni Chairperson United StatesUniversity of Miami
MichelleRheault Chairperson rheau002@umn.eduUnited StatesUniversity of Minnesota
Hall A
4:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
SK05
DebbieGipson Chairperson debbie.gipson@nih.govUnited StatesNational Institutes of Health/NIDDK
JonathanBarratt Chairperson United KingdomUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Hall D

Day 3 - Tuesday April 16, 2024

Time Session
11 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
PL4
AlessiaFornoni Chairperson United StatesUniversity of Miami
LizLightstone Chairperson United KingdomImperial College London
MasaomiNangaku Chairperson Japan
Hall A
12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
SK1003
AnujaJava Chairperson United StatesWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS
LizLightstone Chairperson United KingdomImperial College London
Hall C1
IK1003
Angela Yee-MoonWang Chairperson SingaporeHong Kong/Singapore
ArmandoNegri Chairperson armando.negri@gmail.comArgentinaInstituto de Investigaciones Metabólicas, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hall C4