Best Practices for Accounting for Biological Sex in (Transcript)OMICS Studies - Training School
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Monday, 24 August 2026 (09:00)
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Tuesday, 25 August 2026 (18:00)
Monday, 24 August 2026
09:00
Check in
Check in
09:00 - 09:15
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
09:15
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
09:15 - 09:25
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
09:25
Introduction to Sex Differences - Prof. Dr. Anagha Joshi
Introduction to Sex Differences - Prof. Dr. Anagha Joshi
09:25 - 10:10
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
10:10
Basic Statistics - Dr. Silvia Calderazzo
Basic Statistics - Dr. Silvia Calderazzo
10:10 - 11:10
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:35
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:35
Experimental design for sex and gender effects - Dr. Benjamin Phillips
Experimental design for sex and gender effects - Dr. Benjamin Phillips
11:35 - 12:35
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
12:35
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:35 - 13:30
13:30
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
13:30 - 15:30
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
15:30
Afternoon Break
Afternoon Break
15:30 - 15:45
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
15:45
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
15:45 - 17:00
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
17:00
Working time (example or own data set)
Working time (example or own data set)
17:00 - 18:00
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
18:30
Group Dinner
Group Dinner
18:30 - 20:00
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
09:00
Networking, Certificate Collection
Networking, Certificate Collection
09:00 - 09:30
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
09:30
How sex and age can be integrated to address a biological question - Dr. Stefania Del Prete
How sex and age can be integrated to address a biological question - Dr. Stefania Del Prete
09:30 - 10:30
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
10:30
Sex differences and loss of the Y chromosome in HNSCC (multi-omics) - Dr. Cristina Conde López
Sex differences and loss of the Y chromosome in HNSCC (multi-omics) - Dr. Cristina Conde López
10:30 - 11:00
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:30
Pitfalls and tools for (sex) interaction analysis in omics data - Dr. Pierre-Luc Germain
Pitfalls and tools for (sex) interaction analysis in omics data - Dr. Pierre-Luc Germain
11:30 - 12:30
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
12:30
EMERALD: a DNA methylation atlas of AML patients reveals sex-biased epigenetic patterns - Dr. Belén Otero Carrasco
EMERALD: a DNA methylation atlas of AML patients reveals sex-biased epigenetic patterns - Dr. Belén Otero Carrasco
12:30 - 12:55
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
12:55
Lunch
Lunch
12:55 - 13:55
13:55
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
13:55 - 15:30
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
15:30
Afternoon Break
Afternoon Break
15:30 - 15:45
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
15:45
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics
15:45 - 17:00
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
17:00
Hands on working time (examples or own data)
Hands on working time (examples or own data)
17:00 - 17:45
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
17:45
Final remarks
Final remarks
17:45 - 18:00
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center