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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Dec 30, 2026
Extended Early Bird Ends: Aug 28, 2026

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Avraham A. Levy
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Title: To be confirmed.
Prof. Avraham Levy received a Ph.D. in plant genetics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, in 1987. He conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University, USA, and INRA, France. In 1992, he joined the Weizmann Institute, where he served as Department head and Dean. His research addresses the mechanisms underlying the plasticity and biodiversity of plant genomes, including DNA recombination and repair, and polyploidization. He is using these mechanisms to develop precise genome-engineering methods for sustainable food production systems. He is a recipient of the Landau Prize in Plant Sciences (2016), an Advanced ERC grant, the Enid MacRobbie Corresponding Membership Award for 2023 from the American Society of Plant Biology, and an Associate member of the French Academy of Agriculture, and serves as a Reviewing editor for The Plant Cell.
Prof. Thierry Voet
KU Leuven, Belgium
Title: Single-Cell and Spatial Multi-Omics to study Human Development, Ageing and Diseases
Thierry Voet graduated with a Master in Bioscience Engineering: Cell and Gene Biotechnology from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium), and holds an inter-university post-graduate in Human Genetics. Following his PhD in the Human Genome Laboratory at KU Leuven, he pioneered single-cell microarray analyses, and in 2010, he joined in the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Sanger Institute (Cambridge, UK) to explore next-generation sequencing technologies for single-cell genomics, which led to an Associate Faculty membership. In 2014, he became Associate Professor at KU Leuven following a tenure track, and was appointed Professor in 2017 and Full Professor in 2022. He is lead-founder and Director of the KU Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO). His research focuses on (1) the development of methods for single-cell and spatial multi-omics, and (2) their application to study the biology of cellular heterogeneity in human development, aging and disease.