Past Presenters
Distinguished speakers from previous COINS conferences
2025 Conference
Dr. Victor Ambros
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024
Dr. Victor Ambros is a pioneering molecular biologist renowned for his discovery of microRNAs, small non-coding RNA molecules that play a crucial role in regulating gene expression. His groundbreaking work has significantly advanced our understanding of genetic regulation and has had profound implications for developmental biology, disease mechanisms, and therapeutic strategies. As a Nobel Laureate, Dr. Ambros continues to inspire the scientific community with his innovative research and dedication to unraveling the complexities of molecular biology.
Dr. Eugene Koonin
Senior Investigator
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Kees Moeliker
Former Director & Ig Nobel Prize Winner 2003
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Kelly Krause
Creative Director
Nature (International Scientific Journal)
Dr. Stefan Kaufmann
Founding Director & Director of Department of Immunology
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Dr. Maciej Lisicki
Professor of Physics
University of Warsaw
Dr. Giovanni Poggiali
Researcher
INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri
Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Professor, Head of Astrobiology Research Group
Technical University Berlin
Dr. Marie C. Nordstrom
Associate Professor in Coastal Ecology
University of Helsinki
Dr. Kirsten Bos
Group Leader for Molecular Paleopathology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Dr. Donatas Zigmantas
Professor, Head of the Division of Chemical Physics
Department of Chemistry, Lund University
Dr. Kourelis Jiorgos
Lecturer
Imperial College London
2024 Conference
Dr. Attila Gácser
Principal Investigator
HCEMM Fungal Pathogens Research Group
Dr. Kostas Kostarelos
Fellow of FRSC and FRSM, ICREA Research Professor, ICN2 Severo Ochoa Distinguished Professor
ICREA
Dr. Michael Christopher Jewett
Professor of Bioengineering
Stanford University
Dr. Jorunė Sakalauskaitė
EMBO Fellow, Paleoproteomics Scientist
VU LSC
2022 Conference
Dr. Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016
Dr. Edith Heard
Director General
EMBL
Dr. A. James Hudspeth
Kavli Prize Laureate
The 2018 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Dr. Regina Barzilay
Faculty Lead for AI
MIT Jameel Clinic
Dr. Alexander George Bateman
Head of Protein Sequence Resources
EMBL-EBI
Dr. Michal Schwartz
Professor of Neuroimmunology
Weizmann Institute of Science
Dr. Armando Azua-Bustos
Scientific Researcher
Centro de Astrobiología of CSIC
Dr. Laura Bojarskaitė
Neuroscientist
Oslo University
Dr. Charles Cockell
Professor of Astrobiology
University of Edinburgh
Dr. Daniel Angerhausen
Astrophysicist and Astrobiologist
ETH Zürich
Dr. David Baker
Breakthrough Prize Laureate
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2021
Dr. Richard James Youle
Breakthrough Prize Laureate
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2021
2020 Conference
John O'keefe
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014
Aaron Ciechanover
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
Jean-Marie Lehn
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
Matthias W. Hentze
Director
EMBL
Dr. Peter Hagemann
Warren Alpert Prize Laureate
Warren Alpert Foundation
Dr. Luca Mazzitelli
Science and Technology Advisor
10X Genomics
Joan Taylor
Professor of Pharmaceutics
De Montfort University
Dr. Tomaš Paleniček
Principal Investigator
Psychedelics in Animals Research
2019 Conference
Ada Yonath
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers
Spinoza Award Laureate
Spinoza Prize
Christiane Jockwitz
Post-Doc
Heinrich Heine University
Rapolas Žilionis
Chief Scientific Officer
Droplet Genomics
Inga Griškova-Bulanova
Chief Researcher of Brain State Research Group
Vilnius University
Tor Henrik Semb
Professor
University of Copenhagen
Naomi Martin
Honorary Lecturer
University of Leicester
2018 Conference
Dr. Harald Zur Hausen
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
Dr. Erwin Neher
Nobel Laureate
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991