10 years Systems Biology Maastricht

Connect, share, and inspire | The MaCSBio event where professionals and young talents meet.

1 April 2025 09:00 - 1 April 2025 21:00

The first MaCSBio Science Day took place in 2016, marking the first official showcase of MaCSBio's research and offering visitors a glimpse into the newly established department. The success of the event inspired its establishment as an annual tradition. On April 1st, the Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio) will proudly celebrate its 10th anniversary - a decade filled with innovation, collaboration, and advances in systems biology. We warmly invite you to join us for a festive symposium as we reflect on the Centre’s achievements over the past ten years and explore the future of Systems Biology in Maastricht.

Time	Session
09:00	Registration and coffee
10:00	Opening and welcome Bakir Bulić Director, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University
10:15	Keynote 1 \| Challenges for life scientists in the 21st century Prof. Dr. Howard T. Jacobs Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biology, Tampere University, Finland
11:15	Coffee break
11:45	Careers after MaCSBio Chair: Dr. Mike Gerards, Managing Director MaCSBio, Maastricht University Algorithm 2 Action: Translating the Data-Driven Healthcare Research into Practice Dr. Gökhan Ertaylan \| Research Lead, Flemish Institute for Technical Research (VITO) Predictive acoustical processing in human cortical layers Dr. Isma Zulfiqar \| Research Fellow, University College London From population to personalised medicine: Hybrid modelling for precision nutrition Dr. Shauna O'Donovan \| Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, TU Eindhoven
13:00	Lunch
13:45	Speed Networking \| Senior Scientists meet Young Minds Femke Smit \| PhD candiate MaCSBio, Maastricht University Daan van Beek \| Lecturer MaCSBio, Maastricht University
14:30	Keynote 2 \| Ten years MaCSBio – Past, present and future Prof. Dr. Ir. Ilja Arts \| Professor of Systems Biology and founding Scientific Director of the Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio) Prof. Dr. Elia Formisano \| Professor of Neural Signal Analysis, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience (FPN) and MaCSBio, Maastricht University
15:00	Coffee break
15:30	Career after graduating in Systems Biology Chair: Dr. Gavin Hazell, Science Master’s Programme Director at Maastricht University Ion channel degeneracy renders neural excitability more robust Hannah Schultheiss \| PhD Fellow, Charité Berlin, Einstein Center for Neurosciences. Berlin Connecting the Dots: The Impact of Maastricht on My Journey Dr. Pepe Bonet Giner \| Data Architect at Tetrascience, Lecturer at Esade Subclassifying Obesity: Diversity in Risk and Phenotype Femke Smit \| PhD candidate MaCSBio, Maastricht University
16:30	Closing Prof. Dr. Ir. Ilja Arts
17:00	Invitation for drinks, bites and networking at Bistro Saam, Maastricht
21:00	End of event

Speakers

Howard Jacobs

Gökhan Ertaylan

Shauna O'Donovan

Ilja Arts

Elia Formisano

Hannah Schultheiss

Pepe Bonet Giner

Femke Smit

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