Seminars and Events

This international conference is inspired by the combined aims of the Wellcome Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology and MRC Human Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh in uncovering currently hidden areas of genetics, cellular and structural biology. It will provide a forum to present cutting-edge research, and to discuss how novel approaches and methodologies will make substantial breakthroughs in these critical areas of biology. Specifically, it will focus on the following challenge areas:

• Regulatory functions of the dark genome,
• Uncharted proteins and RNA complexity,
• Atomic structures at the cellular scale, and
• Cellular diversity

The conference will open with a drinks reception and a public-facing lecture on the evening of 2^nd April. There will then be scientific sessions over two days covering the above challenge areas. The conference will then conclude on the afternoon of the 4^th April with a discussion session led by all keynote speakers on how the challenges of the hidden cell and dark genome may be overcome in the coming years and decades.