Orsolya Barabas
University of Geneva
Switzerland
Overview
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually.
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Conference overview
Disparaged as “selfish DNA” for decades, it’s now clear that transposable elements (TEs) underlie the remarkably dynamic nature of bacterial, plant, and animal genomes. This conference builds on the highly successful 2021 and 2023 Mobile Genome EMBO workshops and has emerged as the major European venue in this ever-growing cross-disciplinary research field. The 2025 Mobile Genome conference will assemble recognized experts from diverse disciplines (e.g., genomics, epigenetics, structural biology, evolutionary biology, and developmental biology), as well as the next generation of scientists who will become leaders in the field, to discuss the broad impact of TEs on organismal biology.
A dedicated discussion session focused on technological and conceptual advances will augment the program to provide a forum for cross-disciplinary interaction among attendees with the goal of catalyzing collaborative opportunities to address new questions and challenges in TE research.
This event has been granted the following EMBO sustainability badge:
Speakers
Aude Bernheim
Institut Pasteur
France
Emilie Brasset
Institute of Genetics, Reproduction & Development
France
Edward Chuong
University of Colorado
United States of America
Ian Henderson
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
George Kassiotis
The Francis Crick Institute
United Kingdom
Henry Levin
National Institutes of Health
United States of America
Mia Levine
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
Todd Macfarlan
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
United States of America
Mariusz Nowacki
University of Bern
Switzerland
Leandro Quadrana
Institute of Plant Sciences
France
Irma Querques
Max Perutz Laboratories
Austria
Helen Rowe
Queen Mary University of London
United Kingdom
Mikiko Siomi
University of Tokyo
Japan
Samuel Sternberg
Columbia University
United States of America
Elly Tanaka
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Austria
Cristina Vieira
Université Claude Bernard
France
Scientific organisers
Déborah Bourc’his
Institut Curie
France
Julius Brennecke
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Austria
Josefa González
Institut Botànic de Barcelona (CSIC)
Spain
Joseph Peters
Cornell University
United States of America
Event organiser
Julia Patricia Nohle
Course and Conference Officer
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Sponsors
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Date: 4 - 7 Nov 2025
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Organisers:
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Deborah Bourc'his
INSTITUT CURIE, FRANCE -
Julius Brennecke
INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY VIENNA, AUSTRIA -
Josefa Gonzalez
INSTITUT BOTANIC DE BARCELONA (CSIC), SPAIN -
Joseph Peters
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, USA
Contact: Julia Patricia Nohle