Placozoa & Friends Workshop, COS 10-11 March 2025
Workshop Programme
Organisers: Jekely, Pasini, Heigwer
Day 1, Monday 10.03.2025; COS INF230, room 007 and Zoom
(Toronto -6h, Shimoda +8h)
Session 1, 14:00 - 15:45
14:00- 14:15 Gaspar Jekely, welcome and opening remarks
14:15-14:30 Andrea Pasini, (IBDM – Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille)
14:30-15:00 Jules Duruz, COS Heidelberg
15:00-15:30 (online) Luis Yanez Guerra, (University of Southampton)
Session 2, 16:15 - 18:15
16:15-16:45 (online) Adriano Senatore, (University of Toronto)
16:45-17:15 (online) Tatiana Mayorova, (University of Toronto)
17:15-18:00 Keynote (online) Carolyn Smith, (The John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center)
18:00-19:00 Discussion - Technologies
Day 2, Tuesday 11.03.2025; COS INF230, room 001 and Zoom
Session 3, 9:00 - 11:45
09:30-11:00 in person visit of COS facilities
11:00-11:30 (online) Hiroaki Nakano, (Shimoda Marine Station)
11:30-12:00 (online) Kei Jokura, (NIBB Okazaki) “Neuronal Coordination of Gravity-Sensing Cilia in the Ctenophore Apical Organ”
Session 4, 14:00 - 15:45
14:00-14:30 Harald Gruber-Vodicka, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel)
14:30-15:00 Florian Heigwer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and TH Bingen
15:00-15:15 Mateusz Kostecki, COS Heidelberg
15:15-15:30 Iva Verbanac, COS Heidelberg
Session 5, 16:00 - 18:00
16:00-16:30 Thibaut Brunet, Institut Pasteur
16:30-16:45 Heigwer lab
16:45-17:00 Pasini lab
17:00-18:00 Discussion - Tech, Collaborations, future meetings