Final Program: Chromatin Dynamics Symposium 2016
THURSDAY, MARCH 10th
15.00 – 17.00 Registration, Refreshments, Get-together
17.00 Welcome, Introduction (PETER BECKER), in the Audimax, BMC
17.10 KEYNOTE LECTURE: C. DAVID ALLIS, New York, NY, USA
“Varying the terrain of epigenetic landscapes: implications for human cancer”
18.30 End
FRIDAY, MARCH 11th
08.30 – 09.00 Registration
Session 1 CHROMATIN REMODELING, CHAIR: PHILIPP KORBER
09.00 – 09.30 CARL WU, Ashburn, VA, USA
“Chromatin dynamics of histone H2A.Z and CENP-A at yeast promoters and centromeres”
09.30 – 09.45 Alexander Brehm, Marburg, Germany
“Recruitment and regulation of the dMi-2 nucleosome remodeler by a transcription factor”
09.45 – 10.00 Nils Krietenstein, Munich, Germany (CRC 1064 STUDENT)
“Genome-wide in vitro reconstitution of physiological nucleosome positions with purified factors”
10.00 – 10.30 GREGORY BOWMAN, Baltimore, MD, USA
“Regulation and action of the Chd1 chromatin remodeler”
10.30 – 11.00 Break (Refreshments)
Session 2 HISTONE VARIANTS, CHAIR: SANDRA HAKE
11.00 – 11.30 ROBIN ALLSHIRE, Edinburgh, UK
“Nucleation, heritability and dynamics of specialized chromatin domains”
11.30 – 11.45 Marcus Buschbeck, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
“The histone variant macroH2A1.1 couples the chromatin state to energy metabolism”
11.45 – 12.00 Frederic Berger, Vienna, Austria
“Histone H2A variants index genomic features and control 3D organization of chromatin”
12.00 – 12.30 EMILY BERNSTEIN, New York, NY, USA
“Histone variants in disease and development”
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Buffet
13:30-15:30 Poster Session, Company Contacts
Session 3 CHROMOSOME ORGANIZATION, CHAIR: DIRK EICK
15.30 – 16.00 AMOS TANAY, Rehovot, Israel
“Single cell and single molecule approach to chromosome conformation capture”
16.00 – 16.15 Sven Sewitz, Cambridge, UK
“Cellular systems biology of chromosome dynamics”
16.15 – 16.45 ASIFA AKHTAR, Freiburg, Germany
“Epigenetic regulation by MOF containing complexes”
16.45 – 17.15 Break (Refreshments)
Session 4 CHROMATIN STRUCTURE, CHAIR: ANDREAS LADURNER
17.15-17.45 KAROLIN LUGER, Boulder, CO, USA
“The origins of the nucleosome”
17.45-18.00 Nina Kirstein, Munich, Germany (CRC 1064 STUDENT)
“Distinct H4K20 methylation states in active and silent chromatin control mammalian DNA replication”
18.00-18.30 OLIVER RANDO, Worcester, MA, USA
“Structure and function of the yeast genome”
18.30-20.00 Poster Session, Company Contacts, Refreshments
20.00 Dinner and Party for everyone
SATURDAY, MARCH 12th
Session 5 HETEROCHROMATIC STATES, CHAIR: ALOYS SCHEPERS
09.00-09.30 GENEVIEVE ALMOUZNI, Paris, France
“Shaping chromatin in the nucleus, the bricks and the architects”
09.30-09.45 Silvia Domcke, Basel, Switzerland
“Competition between DNA methylation and transcription factor binding”
09.45-10.15 SYLVIA ERHARDT, Heidelberg, Germany
“Epigenetic regulation of centromeres by non-coding RNAs”
10.15 – 10.45 Break (Refreshments)
Session 6 EPIGENOME MAINTENANCE, CHAIR: AXEL IMHOF
10.45 – 11.00 Announcement Poster Prize
11.00 – 11.30 KRISTIAN HELIN, Copenhagen, DK
“EZH2 is a potential therapeutic target for H3K27M mutant pediatric gliomas”
11.30 – 11.45 Marta Radman-Livaja, Montpellier, France
“Nucleosome repositioning after genome replication”
11.45 – 12.15 ANJA GROTH, Copenhagen, DK
“Chromatin replication and epigenome maintenance”
12.15 Closing Remarks / End of meeting