Program ‒ UPOATES ‐ EPFL

June 9th, 2026, EPFL, Lausanne


	09:30 – 09:45	SV HALL	Registration with coffee and croissants
	09:50 – 10:00	SV1717	Opening by the 18th Annual Swiss Zebrafish Meeting Organizers

SESSION I – Chair: Prof. Nadine Vastenhouw
	10:00 – 10:50	SV1717	The origins of melanocyte heterogeneity in health and disease Keynote speaker, Prof. Elizabeth Patton, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, The University of Edinburgh

	10:50 – 11:20	SV HALL	Coffee break

	11:20 – 11:35	SV1717	Cellular and molecular mechanisms of whole-muscle regeneration in zebrafish Prof. Anna Jazwinska, University of Fribourg
	11:35 – 11:50	SV1717	Unwinding the segmentation clock using single-cell multiomics Dr. Cristina Loureiro Casalderrey, OATES Lab, EPFL
	11:50 – 12:05	SV1717	Spatiotemporal emergence of somatosensory neuron diversity in zebrafish Dr. Navajas Acedo Joaquin, Biozentrum, University of Basel

	POSTER FLASH PRESENTATIONS – 3 presentations of 2 minutes
	12:05 – 12:07	SV1717	Protein kinase inhibition of medulloblastoma dissemination revealed by in vivo zebrafish xenografts Dr. Akle Veronica, University of Zurich
	12:07 – 12:09	SV1717	Beyond the average: Variability in maternally inherited RNAs in response to environmental stress Ms. Berezenko Anastasiia, University of Bern
	12:09 – 12:12	SV1717	Reconstructing the synaptic wiring logic for spatial computations in the larval zebrafish telencephalon Dr. Kappel Johannes, FMI, Basel

	12:15 – 14:30	SV HALL	Lunch, poster session and meet with the sponsors
	13:45 – 14:30	SV1717	Community meeting

SESSION II – Chair: Prof. Johannes Larsch
	14:30 – 15:20	SV1717	A neuron-glia circuit anticipates hypoxia to modulate organismal oxygen use Keynote speaker, Prof. Misha Ahrens, Ahrens Lab, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
	15:20 – 15:30	SV1717	Zeiss’ presentation
	15:30 – 15:45	SV1717	Semantic segmentation of space in the adult zebrafish pallium Dr. Lukas Anneser, FMI, Basel
	15:45 – 16:00	SV1717	A multimodal atlas of the zebrafish olfactory bulb links transcriptional identity to odor valence Dr. Oded Mayseless, Biozentrum, University of Basel
	16:00 – 16:45	SV HALL	Coffee break


SESSION III – Chair: Prof. Andrew Oates
	16:45 – 17:00	SV1717	Optogenetic epidermal tightening regulates sensory organ patterning in vivo Mr. Jérôme Julmi, University of Zurich
	17:00 – 17:15	SV1717	Multiplexed embryo profiling links cellular state to zygotic genome activation in single cells Dr. Shamipour Shayan, University of Zurich
	17:15 – 17:30	SV1717	Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics at subcellular resolution Dr. Wan Yinan, University of Basel
	17:30 – 17:45	SV1717	Leveraging zebrafish as an in vivo Model for Advancing Cell Therapy in Neurodegenerative Disorders Dr. Zang Jingjing, University of Zurich

	17:45 – 18:20	SV1717	Closing remarks and poster awards

	18:20 – 20:00	SV HALL	Apero and pizzas