DNA replication: from basic biology to disease

Timings (Europe/CET)	Speaker
12:00 – 13:30	Registration and light refreshments
13:30 – 13:45	Opening remarks Anja Groth
13:45 – 17:30	Session 1: Replisome structure Chairs: Anja Groth and Christian Speck
13:45 – 14:45	Keynote lecture: Four decades of eukaryotic DNA replication: from yeast genetics to cryoEM structures of the replisome Bik Tye – Professor emeritus at Cornell University, USA
14:45 – 15:15	Non canonical ATR signaling extends replication fork slowing and remodelling to undamaged nuclear regions via NBS1 phosphorylation Massimo Lopes – Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, Switzerland Not available on demand
15:15 – 15:30	Multiple mechanisms for licensing human replication origins Franziska Bleichert – Yale University, USA
15:30 – 15:45	Principles of yeast and human DNA licensing Maximillian Reuter – Imperial College London, UK
15:45 – 16:30	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers Bik Tye (Keynote) – Professor emeritus at Cornell University, USA Massimo Lopes – Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, Switzerland
16:30 – 17:00	Structural studies on the eukaryotic replisome Alessandro Costa – The Francis Crick Institute, UK
17:00 – 17:15	How is the Replicative DNA Helicase Activated in Metazoa? Insights from Single-Molecule Studies. Gheorghe Chistol – Stanford University, USA Not available on demand
17:15 – 17:30	A molecular trigger for replication fork collapse Cameron McClymont – The Francis Crick Institute, UK
17:30 – 17:45	DNA Replication origin usage and the 3D genome Marcel Méchali – CNRS-University of Montpellier, France Not available on demand
17:45 – 19:15	‘Meet the speakers’ dinner in the canteen Speakers allocated to each table
19:15 – 20:45	Parallel social options: Pub Quiz in the Canteen
19:15 – 22:00	Parallel social options: Networking drinks in the ATC rooftop lounge

Timings (Europe/CET)	Speaker
08:30 – 09:00	Arrival and coffee
09:00 – 12:00	Session 2: Origin selection, licensing and firing Chairs: Mirit Aladjem and Nick Rhind
09:00 – 09:30	How ORC recognises its genomic binding sites Naama Barkai -Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
09:30 – 09:45	Mapping of DNA replication origins in vivo highlights mechanisms of genome stability and aging Giacomo Rossetti – University of Geneva, Switzerland
09:45 – 10:00	PCNA loading during leading-strand synthesis in the budding yeast replisome Emma Fletcher – MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers Alessandro Costa – The Francis Crick Institute, UK Naama Barkai -Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
10:30 – 11:00	Nanopore sequencing studies of budding yeast and human genome replication Olivier Hyrien – Institut de Biologie de l’École Normale Supérieure, France Not available on demand
11:00 – 11:15	Dual DNA replication modes: Varying fork speeds and initiation rates within the spatial replication program in Xenopus Kathrin Marheineke – Paris Cité University, France
11:15 – 11:45	Single molecule studies of DNA replication Nynke Dekker – TU Delft, Netherlands
11:45 – 12:00	The natural paucity of KIAA0101/PAF15 rate-limits PCNA dynamics during unperturbed DNA replication Kumar Somyajit – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch and Meet the Editors (30min at the end of lunch) Kerstin Brachhold – Advanced Biology Wiley, Germany Juanita Perera – FEBS Letters, Germany Nele Hug – Nature Communications, UK Juanita Perera – FEBS Letters, Germany Esther Schnapp – EMBO Reports, Germany Hartmut Vodermaier – The EMBO Journal, Germany
13:30 – 17:30	Session 3: Chromatin replication Eva Petermann and Boris Pfander
13:30 – 14:00	How to rebuild heterochromatin after DNA replication and the mitotic “tsunami” Sara Buonomo – The University of Edinburgh,UK
14:00 – 14:15	Mechanism of de novo chromatin assembly during DNA replication Francesca Mattiroli – Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands
14:15 – 14:30	Establishment Of DNA Replication Programs In The Early Embryo Jason Halliwell – The University of Copenhagen, Denmark
14:30 – 15:00	Mechanisms of Chromatin Reorganization under Replication Stress Nitika Taneja – Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands Not available on demand
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers Olivier Hyrien – Institut de Biologie de l’École Normale Supérieure, France Nynke Dekker – TU Delft, Netherlands Sara Buonomo -The University of Edinburgh,UK Nitika Taneja – Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
15:30 – 16:00	Nucleosome Assembly, Epigenetic Inheritance, and Beyond Qing Li – Peking University, China
16:00 – 16:15	Chromatin replication as a modulator of transcriptional activity Cristina González-Aguilera – CABIMER-CSIC, Spain
16:15 – 16:30	The fork protection complex promotes parental histone recycling and epigenetic memory Valentin Flury – Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany
16:30 – 17:00	Cohesin-mediated DNA loop extrusion Jan-Michael Peters – Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria
17:00 – 17:30	Flash talks for poster session 1 45, Yohan, An 47, Agos, Bertolin 53, Ammar, Danazumi 55, Isabel, Díez 59, Martina, Muste Sadurni 61, Samson, Glaser 63, Bennie, Lemmens 67, Kristi, Jensen 69, Tom, Kache 70, Itamar, Simon 71, Manami, Katoh 75, Leonie, Kollenstart 81, Luke, Lynch 85, Peter, Martin 89, Jérôme, Poli 95, Simone, Pelliciari 99, Michalis, Petropoulos 105, Corrado, Santocanale 109, Nick, Rhind 111, Koyel, Roy 119, Diala, Shatleh-Rantisi 129, Marcell, Veiner 133, Florian, Weissmann 135, Bart, Westendorp 137, Ronald, Wong 141, Hemendra, Yadav 143, Eman, Zaffar 145, Masato, Kanemaki
17:30 – 19:30	Poster Session 1 (odd numbers) with beer and snacks
19:30 – 21:00	Dinner in the canteen
21:00 – 22:30	Networking drinks in the ATC rooftop lounge

Timings (Europe/CET)	Speaker
09:00 – 12:30	Session 4: Replication stress and fork stability Morning chairs: Bennie Lemmens and Vincent Pagès
08:30 – 09:00	Arrival and coffee
09:00 – 09:30	The causes and consequences of replication stress Karlene Cimprich – Stanford University, USA Not available on demand
09:30 – 09:45	Fanconi anemia and DNA damage tolerance pathways collaborate during mitotic DNA synthesis Anja Bielinsky – University of Virginia, USA
09:45 – 10:00	Branching of polyubiquitin chains acts as a timing device to orchestrate ubiquitin signalling in the DNA damage bypass pathway Kirill Petriukov – Institute of Molecular Biology, Germany
10:00 – 10:45	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers Qing Li – Peking University, China Jan-Michael Peters – Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria Karlene Cimprich – Stanford University, USA
10:45 – 11:15	Understanding causes and consequences of DNA replication stress in vertebrates Vincenzo Costanzo – the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Italy
11:15 – 11:30	Timing transition region fragile sites in neural progenitor cells Pei-Chi Wei – German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
11:30 – 12:00	Mechanism of replication-coupled DNA-protein crosslink repair Julian Stingele – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Not available on demand
12:00 – 12:15	Things fall apart: Mechanism of cell cycle arrest by hydroxyurea Grant Schauer – Colorado State University, USA
12:15 – 12:30	Disparate requirements for RAD54L in replication fork reversal Mollie Uhrig – Colorado State University, USA
12:30 – 14:45	Lunch
14:45 – 17:15	Session 4: Replication stress and fork stability Afternoon chairs: Thanos Halazonetis and Masato Kanemaki
14:45 – 15:00	The DNA replication checkpoint targets the kinetochore to allow relocation of collapsed forks to the nuclear periphery Catherine Freudenreich – Tufts University, USA
15:00 – 15:15	Single-cell multi-omic DNA replication sequencing methods uncover DNA replication fork speed dynamics and their regulators Jeroen van den Berg – Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands
15:15 – 15:30	Profiling replication fork dynamics with multiplexed TrAEL-seq Jon Houseley – Babraham Institute, UK
15:30 – 16:15	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers Vincenzo Costanzo – the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Italy Julian Stingele – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
16:15 – 16:30	TTF2 promotes mitotic activation of the replisome-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase TRAIP Geylani Can – Harvard Medical School, USA
16:30 – 16:45	TTF2 drives mitotic replisome disassembly and MiDAS by coupling the TRAIP ubiquitin ligase to Pol Epsilon Karim Labib – University of Dundee, UK
16:45 – 17:15	Flash talks for poster session 2 44, Mirit, Aladjem 46, Benjamin, Pardo 48, Berta, Canal 50, Mathilde, Courtes 54, Brendon, Davis 66, Gal, Jaschek 68, Daphne, Jurriens 72, Eva, Petermann 74, Ariel, Klavaris 78, Innesa, Leonovich 80, Zhaowei, Liu 86, Vincent, Pagès 90, Belén, Gómez-González 92, Harry, Orrin 100, Florian, Pflug 102, Sunil Kumar, Pradhan 104, Romain, Forey 120, Chaonan, Shi 127, Bruno, Urién González 128, Sidrit, Uruci 130, Karim, Labib 134, Marcel, Werner 140, Anoop Kumar, Yadav 142, Yue, Yao
17:15 – 19:15	Poster Session 2 (even numbers) with beer and snacks
19:15 – 20:45	Conference gala dinner in the canteen
20:45 – 00:00	Party with DJ Jens in the ATC Foyer and the ATC Rooftop Lounge

Timings (Europe/CET)	Speaker
09:00 – 13:00	Session 5: Replication in cancer – etiology and treatment opportunities Chairs: Helle Ulrich
08:30 – 09:00	Arrival and coffee
09:00 – 09:30	Investigation and translation of molecular mechanisms for genomic integrity. Kyungjae Myung – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
09:30 – 09:45	Tissue specificity of human DNA replication origins revealed by strand bias switches in cancer genome mutations Marina Salvadores Ferreiro – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
09:45 – 10:00	Unravelling the dynamics of single-cell DNA replication timing through machine learning reveals a further layer of heterogeneity in cancer progression Chunlong Chen – Institut Curie, France
10:00 – 10:30	RTF2 and replication dynamics Agata Smogorzewska – The Rockefeller University, USA
10:30 – 11:30	Coffee Break and Meet the speakers Kyungjae Myung – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea Agata Smogorzewska – The Rockefeller University, USA John Diffley (Key note) -The Francis Crick Institute,UK
11:30 – 11:45	DNA sequence motifs link somatic mutagenesis to histone binding at potential DNA replication termination sites Anna Poetsch – Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
11:45 – 12:00	Impaired nucleotide metabolism due to p53 deficiency leads to replication stress and triggers a cascade of events that initiates chromothripsis Aurélie Ernst – German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
12:00 – 13:00	Keynote lecture: Biochemical approaches to understanding chromosome replication John Diffley -The Francis Crick Institute,UK
13:00 – 13:15	Closing Remarks Thanos Halazonetis Poster Prize Announcements Anja Groth and Helle Ulrich
13:15 – 13:30	Packed Lunch and departure
13:30	Airport shuttle leaves EMBL for Frankfurt Am Main International airport

On-site registration fees include admission, conference materials, meals and coffee breaks. Participants are expected to book and pay their own accommodation and travel expenses.

Virtual registration fees include access to all of the talks (livestreamed and on demand) and facility to submit questions.

On-site PhD Student	€625
On-site Academia	€725
On-site Industry	€925
On-site Journal Editor*	€300
Virtual PhD Student	€175
Virtual Academia	€225
Virtual Industry	€275

* Editors from scientific journals are allowed to attend at a reduced rate, but asked to contribute to the conference in return by taking part in ‘meet the editors’ sessions or other planned activities within the programme.

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Abstract submission

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Travel grant

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The organisers may reduce the grant cap to accommodate more participants. Recipients will be notified of their travel cap amount when they are informed of the outcome of their application. Original receipts must be provided with your signature for all costs incurred within two months of completion of travel. Scanned copies cannot be accepted.

Childcare grant

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Application

On-site participants

You may apply for financial assistance when submitting your abstract. In your application you will be asked to answer questions regarding why your lab cannot fund your attendance and how your attendance will make a difference to your career. Application for financial support will not affect the outcome of your registration application.

Virtual participants

If you are attending virtually, you can apply for financial assistance in the submission portal by the abstract deadline. Read the instructions on how to apply for financial assistance. Only submissions for financial assistance will be accepted. Presentation abstracts cannot be submitted here and will be declined. 

In your application you will be asked to summarise your current work,  answer questions regarding why your lab cannot fund your attendance, and how your attendance will make a difference to your career. Application for financial support will not affect the outcome of your registration application.

Selection

The scientific organisers will select the recipients of all financial assistance during the abstract selection process. Results will be announced approximately 6 – 8 weeks before the event start date, however for some events this may be delayed. Selection results do not impact your admission to the meeting. Selection for registration fee waivers and travel grants is based on scientific merit, your current work or study location, the reasons for needing financial support, and the impact this event will have on your career.

Childcare grants will be allocated in the same timeframe (6-8 weeks before the event start date). Please note that priority will be given to early-stage researchers.

Reimbursement

Costs will be reimbursed after the meeting only once a reimbursement form and original receipts (from travel costs) have been received.

Further details

View our list of external funding opportunities and information on attending a conference as an event reporter.

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Accommodation is not included in the conference registration fee.

As further changes in our events are possible, you should book flights, trains and hotels with flexible options and favourable cancellation conditions.

The hotels below have rooms on hold for participants until Tuesday 8 October 2024, in some cases at special rates. Please email the hotel directly, quoting the booking code EES24-12 to confirm the exact price of the room.

Hotel Anlage	Hotel ibis Heidelberg	Premier Inn Heidelberg City
Hotel Bayrischer Hof	ISG Hotel	Staycity Aparthotel Heidelberg
B&B Hotel	Leonardo Hotel Heidelberg City Centre	Steffi’s Hostel Heidelberg
Exzellenz Hotel	Meininger Heidelberg	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Heidelberg
Hotel Holländer Hof	Hotel Monpti	Hilton Heidelberg

Travel information

For travel information, please see here.

If you are travelling to the conference within Germany then you are eligible for the Deutsche Bahn ‘Event Ticket’ (called the ‘Veranstaltungsticket’ in German). This will result in a lower ticket price if your travel distance to Heidelberg is more than 100 km. You need to provide proof of your event attendance when purchasing the ticket.

For more information in English see here or in German see here.

You can book your ticket here.

Conference shuttle buses

Here is the Conference shuttle bus timetable.

Conference shuttle buses are free of charge for participants, and depart from designated bus stops near the hotels to EMBL and back, mornings and evenings.

The bus stops for this conference are:

• Hotel Staycity (Speyerer Str. 7)
• Kurfürsten-Anlage (Opposite Main Train Station)
• Hotel Premier (Kurfürsten-Anlage 23)
• Leonardo Hotel Heidelberg City Center (Bergheimer Str. 63)
• Neckarmuenzplatz (Heidelberg Tourist Information)
• Peterskirche (Bus stop)
• Hans-Böckler-Straße Bus stop (Rohrbacher Str. 22)
• ISG Hotel (Im Eichwald 19)

View Conference shuttle bus stops and hotels in a larger map. Please note that not every bus stop will be used for every event.

Further details

Address: EMBL, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

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Catering

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Beyond first aid…

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Lost and found

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Luggage

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Nursing room

There is a nursing room available in the ATC Rooftop Lounge on level A29.

Photography

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Printing

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Room for prayer, yoga and meditation

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Sightseeing

A variety of activities in Heidelberg can be found on the website of Heidelberg Marketing.

Travel to and from the venue

During the event, we provide conference shuttle buses to and from EMBL. In addition, there is the public bus 39A that serves the EMBL campus and taxis can be easily booked at any time. Information on the conference shuttle buses can be found on the individual event website and more detailed information on travelling to EMBL can be found on our Travel Information page.

Useful German expressions

Hello	Hallo
Goodbye	Auf Wiedersehen (formal) Tschüss (informal)
Good morning	Guten Morgen
Good afternoon	Guten Tag
Good evening	Guten Abend
Good night	Gute Nacht
I’m sorry	Es tut mir leid
Excuse me…	Entschuldigen Sie…
How are you?	Wie gehts?
I’m fine thanks. And you?	Mir geht es gut, danke. Und dir/Ihnen?
What is your name	Wie heißen Sie? (formal) Wie heißt du? (informal)
My name is…	Ich heiße…
Do you speak English?	Sprechen Sie Englisch?
I don’t understand	Ich verstehe nicht
Please speak more slowly	Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen
Thank you	Dankeschön
Where is the toilet?	Wo ist die Toilette?
Please call me a taxi	Bitte rufen Sie mir ein Taxi
How do I get to…?	Wie komme ich zum/zur…?
A beer/two beers please	Ein Bier/zwei Bier bitte
A glass of red/white wine please	Ein Glas Rot/Weißwein bitte
The menu, please	Die Speisekarte, bitte
Is there a local speciality?	Gibt es eine Spezialität aus dieser Gegend?
I’m vegetarian	Ich bin Vegetarier
It was delicious	Es war hervorragend
The bill, please	Die Rechnung, bitte
I have a headache	Ich habe Kopfschmerzen
I have a sore throat	Ich habe Halsschmerzen
My stomach hurts	Ich habe Magenschmerzen
I’m allergic to	Ich bin allergisch gegen
I need a doctor who speaks English.	Ich brauche einen Arzt, der Englisch spricht.

What’s included?

• Access to all the livestreamed talks
• Video library of the recorded talks during the event and for two weeks afterwards. Please note: at the request of individual speakers, some talks are not recorded.
• Facility to submit questions

* Talks will only be recorded upon speaker’s consent

Please note that only on-site participants are able to submit abstracts and participate in the poster sessions.

Event platform

We are using an event platform for this conference. More information about the platform will be shared ahead of the conference.

Guidelines

• Do not broadcast the conference to unregistered participants.
• You are encouraged to tweet and post about the event. Tweet unless the speaker specifically says otherwise, but be mindful of unpublished data. 
• Please do not capture, transmit or redistribute data presented at the meeting.

Additional information can be found in our Code of Conduct.

Health and well-being

It is important to stay healthy and move around, especially when you are attending an event virtually. We have put together a few coffee break stretches and yoga videos in the conference platform for you to enjoy during the event.

How to ask questions

Please use the Q&A function in the event platform.

If you have any other questions, you can go to the Help Desk in the event platform. Click on ‘more’ on the top menu and click Help Desk. 

Time zone

The programme is planned based on the Europe/Berlin time zone, unless otherwise stated. Please take your time zone into consideration when planning your attendance.

Please find additional information including FAQs, terms and conditions, COVID-19 safety policy and travelling to EMBL on our Information for participants page.

COVID-19 information for onsite events at EMBL Heidelberg can be found in our COVID-19 FAQs.