Iberian EvoMG PI Meeting 2025
8-10 October 2025
About
This meeting is a special event organized by the EvoMG Program and BIOMICS, an EC Twinning grant coordinated by GIMM (Lisbon) including the CRG, EMBL-EBI and ETH-Zurich (https://biomics.gimm.pt/). The goal of this meeting is to bring together all researchers working on the different areas of evolutionary medical genomics to discuss their projects and do networking.
Program
Day 1 - October 8, 2025
|
15:00 - 15:40 |
Welcome & Introduction to EvoMG, the EvoMG Program and BIOMICS
|
|
15:40 - 16:45 |
Keynote talk I [open to all PRBB community] Pedro Beltrão The genetics of human trait variation across the scales of biological organization |
|
16:45 - 17:15 |
Welcome Coffee break
|
|
17:15 - 18:45 |
Session 1: Virus, transposable elements & biotechnology Ana Abecasis, Bernardo Rodriguez-Martín, Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas, Jorge Vieira, José Lourenço, Juana Diez, Marc Güell, Nuno Osório, Santiago F. Elena |
|
18:45 - 20:00 |
Free time |
|
20:00 - 23:00 |
Cocktail Dinner |
Day 2 - October 9, 2025
|
09:30 - 11:00 |
Session 2a: Genomic basis & history of disease Agostinho Antunes, Alfonso Valencia, Gabriel Santpere, Mafalda Dias/Jonathan Frazer, Mar Alba, Mario Cáceres, Marta Melé, Nuno Barbosa-Morais, Pedro G. Ferreira, Bru Cormand |
|
11:00 |
Coffee break
|
|
11:30 - 13:00 |
Session 2b: Genomic basis & history of disease Sandra Acosta, Elena Bosch, Francesc Calafell, Hafid Laayouni, Leonor Saude, Manuel Irimia, Marina Mitjans, Oscar Lao, Tabita Hünemeier, Urko M. Marigorta |
|
13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch break
|
|
14:30 - 15:00 |
An EvoMG view from a hospital Teresa Coque |
|
15:00 - 16:00 |
Session 3a: Microbes, microbiome and antibiotic resistance Alejandro Couce, Alfonso Santos-López, Amelie Baud, Elena Gomez-Díaz, Jaime Iranzo, Jerónimo Rodriguez Beltrán, José A. Escudero |
|
16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee break
|
|
17:00 - 18:00 |
Round table: dealing with evolution of drug resistance: synergies among EvoMG fields
Moderators: Manuel Irimia and Nuno Morais |
|
18:00 - 19:00 |
Session 3b: Microbes, microbiome and antibiotic resistance Maria Isabel Veiga, Mireia Coscollà, Mireia Valles-Colomer, Teresa M. Coque, Val F. Lanza, Pedro José Esteves, Tanja Dapa, Toni Gabaldón |
|
19:00 - 20:00 |
Free time |
|
20:00 - 23:00 |
Dinner |
Day 3 - October 10, 2025
|
09:30 - 10:30 |
Session 4: Aging and related diseases Arcadi Navarro, David Comas, Jonas Juan-Mateu, Jose Bessa, Juan R Martinez Morales, Juan Tena, Marc de Manuel |
|
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break
|
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Keynote talk II [Online] Iñigo Martincorena |
|
12:00 - 13:00 |
Session 5: Cancer David Posada, Donate Weghorn, Ferran Nadeu, Iñaki Martin-Subero, Rosa Fernández, Solip Park, Jesus Perez-Losada |
| 13:00 |
Closing remarks
|
Participants:
| Name | Affiliation |
| Ana Abecasis | NOVA University of Lisbon |
| Bernardo Rodriguez-Martín | EvoMG Program, CRG |
| Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas | Universidad de Valencia |
| Jorge Vieira | i3S |
| José Lourenço | Católica Biomedical Research Center |
| Juana Diez | EvoMG Program, UPF |
| Marc Güell | EvoMG Program, UPF |
| Nuno Osório | ICVS |
| Santiago F. Elena | CSIC, I2SysBio |
| Agostinho Antunes | CIIMAR |
| Alfonso Valencia | BSC |
| Gabriel Santpere | iMIM-Hospital del Mar |
| Mafalda Dias & Jonathan Frazer | EvoMG Program, CRG |
| Mar Alba | iMIM-Hospital del Mar |
| Mario Cáceres | iMIM-Hospital del Mar |
| Marta Melé | BSC |
| Nuno Barbosa-Morais | GIMM |
| Pedro G. Ferreira | University of Porto |
| Bru Cormand | Universitat de Barcleona |
| Sandra Acosta | Universitat de Barcleona |
| Elena Bosch | EvoMG Program, UPF, IBE |
| Francesc Calafell | EvoMG Program, UPF, IBE |
| Hafid Laayouni | UPF |
| Leonor Saude | GIMM |
| Manuel Irimia | EvoMG Program, UPF, CRG |
| Marina Mitjans | Universitat de Barcleona |
| Oscar Lao | EvoMG Program, IBE-CSIC |
| Tabita Hünemeier | EvoMG Program, IBE-CSIC |
| Urko M. Marigorta | CIC bioGUNE |
| Alejandro Couce | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid |
| Alfonso Santos-López | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Amelie Baud | EvoMG Program, CRG |
| Elena Gomez-Díaz | CSIC, Inst de Parasit y Biomed López-Neyra |
| Jaime Iranzo | Centro de Astrobiología |
| Jerónimo Rodriguez Beltrán | IRYCIS, Ramon y Cajal Hospital |
| José A. Escudero | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Maria Isabel Veiga | ICVS |
| Mireia Coscollà | CSIC, I2SysBio |
| Mireia Valles-Colomer | EvoMG Program, UPF |
| Val F. Lanza | IRYCIS, Ramon y Cajal Hospital |
| Pedro José Esteves | CIBIO |
| Tanja Dapa | CSIC, CABD |
| Toni Gabaldón | BSC |
| Arcadi Navarro | EvoMG Program, UPF, CRG, IBE |
| David Comas | EvoMG Program, UPF, IBE |
| Jonas Juan-Mateu | EvoMG Program, UPF |
| Jose Bessa | i3S |
| Juan R Martinez Morales | CSIC, CABD |
| Juan Tena | CSIC, CABD |
| Marc de Manuel | EvoMG Program, IBE-CSIC |
| David Posada | CINBIO, U Vigo |
| Donate Weghorn | EvoMG Program, CRG |
| Ferran Nadeu | IDIBAPS |
| Iñaki Martin-Subero | IDIBAPS |
| Rosa Fernández | EvoMG Program, IBE-CSIC |
| Solip Park | CNIO |
| Jesus Perez-Losada | iBMCC |
| Pedro Beltrão | ETH |
| Teresa M. Coque | IRYCIS, Ramon y Cajal Hospital |
| Iñigo Martincorena | Sanger Institute |
