Invited Speakers include:
Stylianos Antonarakis
University of Geneva, CH
Andrew Clark
Cornell University, USA
Ruedi Aebersold
ETH Zürich, CH
Sven Bergmann
Uni Lausanne & SIB, CH
Jacqui Beckmann
SIB, CH
Lude Franke
Groningen University, NL
Zoltan Kutalik
Uni Lausanne & SIB, CH
Tuuli Lappalainen
Stanford University, USA
Urs A. Meyer
University of Basel, CH
Tomi Pastinen
McGill University, CAN
Adam Siepel
Cornell Univ. & EBI, USA/UK
Kerrin Small
King's College UK
Nicole Soranzo
Sanger Institute, UK
Michael Stadler
FMI & SIB, CH
Shamil Sunyaev
Harvard University, USA
Daniel Wegmann
University of Fribourg, CH
[BC]2 Program Chair:
Manolis Dermitzakis
University of Geneva & SIB
[BC]2 Series Chair:
Torsten Schwede
University of Basel & SIB
[BC]2 is organized by:
[BC]2 - Arriving by train
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Situated in Switzerland at the heart of Europe, for many partcipants arriving via the European high-speed train network will be the most convenient way of travelling to [BC]2.
Basel is an international rail hub: direct ICE, IC and EC daytime and nighttime connections from Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and the Benelux countries.
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Please note that Basel has three train stations: Basel SBB (Switzerland), Basel SNCF (France) and Basel Badischer Bahnhof (DB Germany) – all within 5-15 minutes of Congress Center:
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Basel Badischer Bahnhof |
This train station is the closest to the conference center (ca. 10 minutes walk to the Congress Center; or or 5 minutes with tram lines 2 or 6, exit at "Messeplatz"). All DB trains via Germany are arriving here. |
| Basel SBB | Most trains from Switzerland are arriving at Basel SBB station. Take tram line 1 or 2 and exit at "Messeplatz" (ca. 15 minutes) |
| Basel SNCF (SBB) |
Most trains from France are arriving at a seperate track at the Basel SBB train station. Take tram line line 1 or 2 and exit at "Messeplatz" (ca. 15 minutes). |
Links to train schedules to / from Basel:
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