Final program: Developmental Programming and Reprogramming
February 22, 2018, Small Lecture Hall N02.040 of the BMC Munich
09:00 – 10:30 Session I. Chair: Peter Becker
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome Address, Peter Becker
09:10 – 09:50 Wolf Reik, Cambridge
Epigenetic programming in development and ageing
09:50 – 10:25 Wendy Bickmore, Edinburgh
The remote control of gene expression during development
10:25– 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 12:35 Session II. Chair: Jürg Müller
10:50 – 11:25 Shelby Blythe, Princeton
Establishment and Maintenance of Early Embryonic Chromatin Structure
11:25 – 12:00 Eileen Furlong, Heidelberg
Genome regulation during developmental transitions: Generating robustness and precision
12:00 – 12:35 Alvaro Rada-Iglesias,Cologne
Enhancers as regulatory hubs in mammalian embryogenesis and human congenital disease
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch break
13:45 – 15:30 Session III. Chair: Henriette Uhlenhaut
13:45 – 14:20 Nicola Iovino, Freiburg
Epigenetic inheritance through the germline in Drosophila
14:20 – 14:55 Andrea Brand, Cambridge
Regulation of stem cell quiescence and reactivation
14:55 – 15:30 Ralph Rupp, Munich
Mitotic activity entrains the embryonic epigenome
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break
15:50 – 17:10 Session IV. Chair: Sebastian Bultmann
15:50 – 16:25 Jürg Müller, Munich
The mechanisms by which cells maintain their identity
16:25 – 17:00 George Garinis, Heraklion
Nucleotide Excision Repair: in Development and Disease
17:00 – 17:10 Closing remarks: Peter Becker