Class meeting programme

TUESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2022      CLASS C MEETING / AUDITORIUM PRBB

09:30 – 09:45

Eva Kondorosi (Chair of Class C), Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged
Welcome and introduction

09:45 – 12:40

New members’ presentation

9:45-10:15         C1: Iva Tolić, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb 
Mechanobiology of mitosis
(abstract)

10:15-10:45        C2: Manuel Serrano, ICREA Professor, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
Cellular senescence and reprogramming provide new insights into the process of ageing
(abstact)

10:45-11:10        Coffee break

11:10-11:40        C3: József Haller, University of Public Service Budapest 
Abnormal aggression models and the neurobiology of violence
(abstract)

11:40-12:10        C4: Jaume Bertranpetit, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
The information hidden in the human genome: from the history of populations to adaptation and disease
(abstract)

12:10-12:40        C5: Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge
From population to personalised prevention of cancer: lessons from the oesophagus
(abstract)

12:40 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:45

From food security to translational medicine
Brainstorming and strategic plans

14:00 – 14:05: Eva Kondorosi (Chair of Class C), Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged
Introduction

14:05 – 14:15: Crisanto Gutierrez, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM
Challenges of precision plant gene editing in Europe (abstract)

Dirk Inzé, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Gene editing for crop improvement: the quest for a science based policy making (video)

14:15 – 14:25: Ray Dixon, The nitrogen crisis in agriculture and potential solutions using biological nitrogen fixation (abstract)

14:25 – 14:35: András Báldi, From local ecosystems to food security (abstract)

14:35 – 14:55: Discussion

14:55 – 15:45: Peter Hegyi, Data analysis in healthcare (abstract) |  Artificial inteligence in medicine (abstract)

15:45 – 16:30

Marja Makarow, President of AE, Welcome to new Academia Europaea members elected in 2021 and 2022

16:30

Welcome drink

WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2022    CLASS A1, A2 AND B

WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2022 CLASS MEETINGS A1, A2 AND B

Class A1_ Marie Curie Room

09:00 – 10:30

Presentations by new members

11:00 – 12:30

Chair Poul Holm, Professor of Environmental History, Trinity College Dublin

John Tolan, Professeur d’histoire, Université de Nantes
Religious diversity and cultural transmission in Europe: 2 ERC projects

Class A2_Charles Darwin Room

09:00 – 10:30

Presentations by new members

11:00 – 12:30

Chair Bjorn Wittrock, Uppsala University and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study

Philippe Aghion, College de France, INSEAD, and London School of Economics
Creative Destruction and the Quest for Greener and More Inclusive Growth

Class B_ Ramón y Cajal Room

09:00 – 10:30

Presentations by new members

11:00 – 12:30

Chair Paolo Papale, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa

Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University, USA, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, Responsible AI: Challenges and Recommendations.