Chromatin and epigenetics

Overview

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Conference overview

Epigenetics refers to heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence. At least three systems, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding RNAs (ncRNA), are considered to play fundamental roles in epigenetic regulation.

Research over the last two decades has uncovered the role of epigenetics in a variety of human disorders and fatal diseases. Moreover, influence of age, environment, lifestyle, and disease state on epigenetic states is being increasingly appreciated and actively studied.

This conference provides an international forum for cutting-edge research in chromatin and epigenetics. It provides the ‘focal hub’ for scientists to present their research and exchange ideas. Renowned speakers will cover the latest advances in the field.

Session topics

• Heterochromatin
• Developmental epigenetics
• Chromatin regulation and disease
• Nucleosomes structure and function
• Transcription and chromatin
• Nuclear architecture
• Chromatin and RNA modifications
• Single cell genomics and advanced microscopy
• Impact of age, environment, and lifestyle on epigenetic state

What past participants say about the conference

“One of the top conferences in the world you could attend in relation to speaker quality, organisation and career/collaboration opportunities!” – Eleftheria Chatzantonaki, University of Edinburgh, UK

“It was great attending and presenting my poster at the EMBL conference in Heidelberg! Truly a pleasure discussing science with so many brilliant minds—deeply insightful and inspiring conversations throughout!” – Archanalakshmi Kambaru, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India

Speakers

Karim-Jean Armache

New York University

USA

Wendy Bickmore

The University of Edinburgh

UK

Ben Black

University of Pennsylvania

USA

Xin Chen

Johns Hopkins University

USA

Luciano Di Croce

Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)

Spain

Angelika Feldmann

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Germany

Beat Fierz

EPFL

Switzerland

Cigall Kadoch

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

USA

Tineke Lenstra

Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)

The Netherlands

Stavros Lomvardas

Columbia University

USA

Francesca Mattiroli

Hubrecht Institute

The Netherlands

Danesh Moazed

Harvard Medical School

USA

Elphège Nora

University of California, San Francisco

USA

Dónal O'Carroll

The University of Edinburgh

UK

Marieke Oudelaar

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

Germany

Kathrin Plath

University of California, Los Angeles

USA

Xiaohua Shen

Tsinghua University

China

Kikuë Tachibana

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Germany

Carl Wu

Johns Hopkins University

USA

Scientific organisers

Asifa Akhtar

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

Germany

Giacomo Cavalli

French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

France

Robert Klose

University of Oxford

UK

Geeta Narlikar

University of California, San Francisco

USA

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