Best Practices for Accounting for Biological Sex in (Transcript)OMICS Studies - Training School
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Monday, August 24, 2026 (9:00 AM)
to
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 (6:00 PM)
Monday, August 24, 2026
9:00 AM
Check in
Check in
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
9:15 AM
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
9:15 AM - 9:25 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
9:25 AM
Introduction to Sex Differences - Prof. Dr. Anagha Joshi
Introduction to Sex Differences - Prof. Dr. Anagha Joshi
9:25 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
10:10 AM
Basic Statistics - Dr. Silvia Calderazzo
Basic Statistics - Dr. Silvia Calderazzo
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:10 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:35 AM
Experimental design for sex and gender effects - Dr. Benjamin Phillips
Experimental design for sex and gender effects - Dr. Benjamin Phillips
11:35 AM - 12:35 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
12:35 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:35 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
3:30 PM
Afternoon Break
Afternoon Break
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
3:45 PM
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
5:00 PM
Working time (example or own data set)
Working time (example or own data set)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
6:30 PM
Group Dinner
Group Dinner
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
9:00 AM
Networking, Certificate Collection
Networking, Certificate Collection
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
9:30 AM
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
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
10:30 AM
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 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
11:30 AM
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 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
12:30 PM
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 PM - 12:55 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
12:55 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:55 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics, plus a power-analysis exercise
1:55 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
3:30 PM
Afternoon Break
Afternoon Break
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
3:45 PM
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics
Hands-on omics analysis: transcriptomics
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
5:00 PM
Hands on working time (examples or own data)
Hands on working time (examples or own data)
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center
5:45 PM
Final remarks
Final remarks
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: K1/K2 (upstairs) in the communication center