Program
7th Max Planck Freiburg Epigenetics Meeting 2024
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Day 1 || Session 1 | Session 2 | New Dimenions
Day 2 || Session 3 | Poster session | Session 4 |
Day 3 || Keynote | Session 5 | Session 6
Day 1 – Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Registration |
| 13:00 - 13:10 |
Welcome Address |
Session 1: Cell Type Identities
Session Chairs:
Asifa Akhtar & Thomas Jenuwein
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13:10 - 13:35
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Bing Ren (20 min)
»Epigenetic and 3D genome reprogramming during the aging of human hippocampus«
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13:35 - 13:55
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Stefan Niekamp (15 min)
»Single-molecule imaging reveals mechanisms of SWI/SNF and PRC1 competition«
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13:55 - 14:20
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Amanda Fisher (20 min)
»Cell identity and Mitosis«
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14:20 - 14:40
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Vijay Ramani
(15 min)
»Programmed, patterned, and pervasive nucleosomal distortion on mammalian chromatin fibers
in vivo
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14:40 - 15:00
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Haruhiko Koseki (15 min)
»SKP1A-mediated degradation of PRC2 facilitates activation of Polycomb-silenced genes«
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15:00 - 15:30
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Coffee break
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Session 2: Transcription Regulation
Session Chairs:
Amanda Fisher & Nicola Iovino
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15:30 - 15:55
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Ibrahim Cissé (20 min)
»Super-resolution imaging of transcription in living cells«
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15:55 - 16:20
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Ramin Shiekhattar (20 min)
»RNA Integrator in cell type specification
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16:20 - 16:40
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Yi-Hsuan Lo (15min)
»Isolated DNA repeat units nucleate heterochromatin through Integrator-coupled transcriptional attenuation«
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16:40 - 17:05
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Stirling Churchman (20 min)
»RNA polymerases reshape chromatin architecture and couple transcription on individual fibers«
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17:05 - 17:30
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Asifa Akhtar (20 min)
»Epigenetic regulation by the MSLs: Old complex, new facts«
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17:30- 17:55
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Ali Shilatifard (20 min)
»Molecular insight into transcription elongation regulatory mechanisms and epigenetics deliver critical targets for cancer therapeutics«
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Conference Dinner
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18:00 - 20:00
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New Dimensions
Session Chair: Asifa Akhtar | |
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| 20:00 - 20:25 |
Marieke Oudelaar (20 min)
»The interplay between nucleosome positioning and higher-order
3D genome folding« |
| 20:25 - 20:50 |
Rong Fan (20 min)
»Spatial Multi-Omics Mapping of Tissue Development,
Aging and Disease« |
| 21:00 |
Reception |
Day 2 – Thursday, December 5th, 2024
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Session 3: Inheritance
Session Chairs:
Shelley Berger & Yang Shi
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09:00 - 09:25
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Danny Reinberg (20 min)
»Polycomb, inheritance and disease«
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09:25 - 09:50
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Dirk Schübeler (20 min)
»A chromatin-dependent motif syntax defines differentiation trajectories«
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09:50 - 10:15
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Sara Hägg (20 min)
»Longitudinal studies of DNA methylation in human aging«
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10:15 - 10:35
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Yehudit Bergmann (15 min)
»Epigenetically induced changes in genome function«
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10:35 - 10:55
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Roberto Bonasio (15 min)
»Epigenetics of brain plasticity and behavioral reprogramming in ants«
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10:55 - 11:25
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Coffee Break
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11:25 - 11:50
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Geeta Narlikar (20 min)
»ATP-dependent remodeling of chromatin condensates
uncovers new mesoscale effects«
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11:50 - 12:10
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Philipp Voigt (15 min)
»Nucleosomal asymmetry regulates reader recruitment and
poising at bivalent promoters«
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12:10 - 12:35
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Gary Karpen (20 min)
»Heterochromatin condensate formation and compartmentalization
in vivo
and
in vitro
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12:35 - 13:00
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Wendy Bickmore (20 min)
»Enhancer-promoter communication – is close enough, enough?«
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13:00 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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14:00 - 16:00
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Poster session
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Session 4: Cancer and Disease Session Chairs:
Wendy Bickmore & Dirk Schübeler
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| 16:00 - 16:25 |
Shelley Berger (20 min)
»Epigenetic pathways as targets in human disease« |
| 16:25 - 16:45 |
Gerda Egger (15 min)
»Identification of a stable and prognostic tumor-specific DNA methylation signature in patient-derived colorectal cancer organoids« |
| 16:45 - 17:05 |
Abid Khan (15 min)
»A SETD2-CDK1-Lamin axis maintains nuclear integrity and genome stability« |
| 17:05 - 17:30 |
Feng Yue 20 min)
»Enhancer-hijacking and 3D genome alteration in human cancer« |
| 17:30 - 17:50 |
Juliane Glaser (15 min)
»Enhancer adoption by an LTR retrotransposon generates viral-like particles causing developmental limb phenotypes« |
| 17:50 - 18:15 |
Yang Shi (20 min)
»Chromatin regulation and cancer« |
| 18:30 |
Free evening / Christmas market 🎄 * |
| 20:00 |
Speaker’s Dinner |
Day 3 – Friday, December 6th, 2024
Keynote Lecture
Session Chair: Thomas Jenuwein | |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Patrick Cramer
»Transcription of the genome: from molecular mechanism to cellular regulation« |
| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
Session 5: Genome Organization
Session Chairs:
Geneviève Almouzni &
Giacomo Cavalli
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| 10:15 - 10:40 |
Rob Martienssen (20 min)
Epigenetic states |
| 10:40 - 11:05 |
Hiten Madhani (20 min)
»Epigenetic memory over geological timescales« |
| 11:05 - 11:25 |
Mo Motamedi (15 min)
»lncRNA-mediated heterochromatin initiation at centromeres« |
| 11:25 - 11:50 |
Deborah Bourc’his (20 min)
»Novel actors in chromatin-based control of transposable elements « |
| 11:50 - 12:10 |
Ayele Denboba (15 min)
»Modelling epigenetic inheritance through gut microbiota-germline interactions« |
| 12:10 - 12:35 |
Yoichi Shinkai (20 min)
»DNA methylation regulated by the HELLS-CDCA7 chromatin-remodeling complex« |
| 12:35 - 12:45 |
Poster Prize (Sponsors) |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
Session 6: Higher Order Structuring
Session Chair:
Stirling Churchman & Ibrahim Cissé
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14:00 - 14:25
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Katerina Kraft (Howard Chang Lab) (20 min)
»Cancer genes beyond chromosomes«
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14:25 - 14:45
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Antoine Peters (15 min)
»Preventing CpG hypermethylation in oocytes safeguards mouse development«
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14:45 - 15:10
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Nicola Iovino (20 min)
»Epigenetic inheritance«
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15:10 - 15:35
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Giacomo Cavalli (20 min)
»The role of Polycomb proteins and 3D genome architecture in epigenetic inheritance and cancer«
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15:35 - 15:55
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Jumana Alhaj Abed (15 min)
»Uncovering homologous chromosome communication in somatic cells«
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15:55 - 16:25
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Coffee Break
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16:25 - 16:50
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Jamie Hackett (20 min)
»Precision Perturbations to Dissect Epigenome Function«
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16:50 - 17:10
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Joyce Man (15 min)
»Molecular dissecting the role of Polycomb repressive complexes PRC1 and PRC2 during initiation of X-chromosome inactivation«
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17:10 - 17:30
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Valentin Flury (15 min)
»Recycling of parental histones during DNA replication promotes
epigenetic memory«
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17:30 - 17:55
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Geneviève Almouzni (20 min)
»Histone variants and their partners shaping chromatin and cell fate«
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17:55 - 18:20
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Carl Wu (20 min)
»The biogenesis and regulatory dynamics of chromatin
opening for transcription«
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18:30
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Dinner
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20:30
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Party
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Shuttle busses to & from the venue
Shuttle buses will be provided daily for transportation to and from the venue. The buses will depart from and return to the Novotel Hotel, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 2, Freiburg.
Shuttle Bus Schedule
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
» 11:45 AM: shuttle departs from Novotel to the Max Planck Institute
» 10:00 PM: 1st shuttle departs from the Max Planck Institute to Novotel
» 10:30 PM: 2nd shuttle departs from the Max Planck Institute to Novotel
Thursday, December 5, 2024
» 08:30 AM: shuttle departs from Novotel to the Max Planck Institute
» 06:15 PM: two shuttles depart from Max Planck Institute to Novotel
Friday, December 6, 2024
» 08:30 AM: shuttle departs from Novotel to the Max Planck Institute
» 09:30 PM: 1st shuttle departs from the Max Planck Institute to Novotel
» 11:30 PM: 2nd shuttle departs from the Max Planck Institute to Novotel