Technical Program
Technical Program
(this program is subject to change)
Day 1 - 3 October 2024 | ||
| Start Time | End Time | |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Registration (open all day) |
| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Conference Introduction |
| 10:00 AM | 10:45 AM | The EMBO Keynote Lecture |
| 10:45 AM | 11:15 PM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 PM | 12:35 PM | Session 1 - Perturbing Chromatin and Epigenetic Editing Session Chair: Nate Hathaway - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 11:15 AM | 11:40 AM | Specificity of DNMTs in Nature and Engineering Albert Jeltsch - University of Stuttgart |
| 11:40 AM | 12:05 AM | Dynamic Epigenetic Regulation and Transcription Bursting in Single Cells Pernette Verschure - University of Amsterdam |
| 12:05 PM | 12:20 PM | Direct Reprogramming of Primary Human Astrocytes to Functional Neurons with CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Samuel Reisman - Duke University |
| 12:20 PM | 12:35 PM | Tailoring a CRISPR/Cas-Based Epigenome Editor for Programmable Chromatin Acylation and Decreased Cytotoxicity Jacob Goell - Rice University |
| 12:35 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch Lunch with a Legend - Wendy Bickmore - University of Edinburgh |
| 2:00 PM | 2:40 PM | Session 2 - Poster Presenter Lightning Talks |
| 2:40 PM | 4:30 PM | Poster & Sponsor Exhibit Reception with Refreshments |
Day 2 - 4 October 2024 | ||
| Start Time | End Time | |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Registration (open all day) |
| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Morning Introduction |
| 10:00 AM | 10:45 AM | Keynote Presentation |
| 10:45 AM | 11:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 AM | 12:35 PM | Session 3 - Emerging Technologies in Epigenetic and Chromatin Research I Session Chair: Albert Jeltsch - University of Stuttgart |
| 11:15 AM | 11:40 AM | Dissecting mRNA decoding using long-term tracking of single ribosomes Marvin Tanenbaum - Hubrecht Institute |
| 11:40 AM | 12:05 PM | Programming the Epigenome to Dissect Chromatin Function Jamie Hackett - European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
| 12:05 PM | 12:20 PM | ATAC-Mass Enables Holistic Chromatin Accessibility Analysis By Sequencing, Mass Cytometry, and High-Resolution Imaging Kim Kira Witetzek - Academia Sinica |
| 12:20 PM | 12:35 PM | Dynamic In Vivo mapping of the Methylproteome Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach Jennifer Spangle - Emory University |
| 12:35 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch & Round Table Discussion Responsible Innovation in Epigenetic Engineering Michelle Habets - Rathenau Institute |
| 2:00 PM | 3:20 PM | Session 4 - Sensing Epigenetic Modifications Session Chair: Karmella Haynes - Emory University |
| 2:00 PM | 2:25 PM | Location, location, location: Probing the functional landscape of a genomic locus Bas van Steensel - Netherlands Cancer Institute |
| 2:25 PM | 2:50 PM | Probing chromatin-protein interactions during dynamic regulatory processes |
| 2:50 PM | 3:05 PM | Modular Dual-Color Bimolecular Anchor Detector Sensors for Locus-Specific Readout of Epigenome Modifications in Single Cells Anja R. Koehler - University of Stuttgart |
| 3:05 PM | 3:20 PM | Mapping Post-Translational Modifications with Tandem Epigenetic Reader |
| 3:20 PM | 3:35 PM | Deciphering the Role of Allele-Specific DNA Methylation in Autosomal Monoallelic Expression with Long-Read Sequencing Alexander Gimelbrant - Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences |
| 3:35 PM | 4:05 PM | Afternoon Break |
| 4:05 PM | 5:00 PM | Session 5 - Emerging Technologies in Epigenetic and Chromatin Research II Session Chair: Jennifer Spangle - Emory University |
| 4:05 PM | 4:30 PM | Development of compact transcriptional effectors using high-throughput measurements in diverse contexts Lacramioara Bintu - Stanford University |
| 4:30 PM | 4:45 PM | A Combinatorial Domain Screening Platform Reveals Epigenetic Effector Interactions for Transcriptional Perturbation Michael Herschl - UC Berkeley |
| 4:45 PM | 5:00 PM | Engineering Metabolic Cascades for Selective Chemical Tracking of Epigenetic Signaling in Live Cells Saulius Klimašauskas - Vilnius University |
Day 3 - 5 October 2024 | ||
| Start Time End Time | ||
| Start Time | End Time | |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Registration (open all day) |
| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Morning Introduction |
| 10:00 AM | 10:45 AM | Keynote Presentation |
| 10:45 AM | 11:15 PM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 PM | 12:35 PM | Session 6 - Computational Epigenetics Session Chair: Isaac Hilton - Rice University |
| 11:15 AM | 11:40 AM | Constructing gene regulatory networks using epigenetic data |
| 11:40 AM | 11:55 AM | The Catalytic Machinery of Protein Lysine Methyltransferases - Powerful Synergistic Research of Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Biochemistry Philipp Schnee - University of Stuttgart |
| 11:55 PM | 12:10 PM | Analog Epigenetic Cell Memory By Graded DNA Methylation Domitilla Del Vecchio - Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 12:10 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM | 2:50 PM | Session 7 - Directions in Clinical Epigenetic Engineering Session Chair: Karmella Haynes - Emory University |
| 1:30 PM | 1:55 PM | Physiological roles of aberrant DNA methylation in vitro and in vivo Gabriella Ficz - Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University |
| 1:55 PM | 2:20 PM | Do some loci have a propensity to retain ectopic methylation? Henriette O'Geen - University of California-Davis |
| 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Multi-Level Proteomics Reveals Epigenetic Signatures in BCG-Mediated Macrophage Activation Ivana Parker - University of Florida |
| 2:35 PM | 2:50 PM | Systemic Comparison of dCas9-Based DNA Methylation Editing Systems for Specificity and Stability Majid Pahlevan Kakhki - Karolinska Institutet |
| 2:50 PM | 4:00PM | Closing Remarks and Networking Time with Refreshments |
