Symposium Programme – Paris-Munich Epigenetics, April 9-11, 2025
Wednesday, April 9 - Friday, April 11, 2025
Amphithéatre Buffon, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité, 15 rue H. Brion, Paris
Symposium Programme:
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
15:00 - 16:30 Registration open – arrival of speakers & general participants
Welcome drinks in Foyer
16:30 - 16:45 Welcome and introduction to the symposium by the Organizers
Session 1 – Small RNAs and Transposons
16:45 - 17:15 ANGÉLIQUE DELERIS (I2BC, Gif-Sur-Yvette)
Novel crosstalk and epigenetic switching between DNA methylation and H3K27me3 revealed at Arabidopsis transposable elements
17:15 - 17:45 SANDRA DUHARCOURT (Institut Jacques Monod, Paris)
Control of transposable elements by small RNA guided Polycomb in the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium
17:45 - 18:00 NICO ZAGHET (Institut Curie, Paris)
Charting the m6A-ome across retrotransposon RNAs in mammals
18:00 - 18:45 EMBO YIP Keynote lecture - DARIO LUPIAÑEZ (CABD, Sevilla)
3D Chromatin Organization During Metazoan Evolution
Speakers' dinner
Free evening in Paris for students/post-docs and other participants
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Session 2 – Environment and Chromatin
09:00 - 09:30 GERMANO CECERE (Institut Pasteur)
Small RNAs in Epigenetics Inheritance: Lessons from Worms
09:30 - 10:00 DAPHNE CABIANCA (IFE, Helmholtz Center Munich)
Uncovering mechanisms of metabolism-genome interactions in a whole organism
10:00 - 10:15 Markus Schmidt (Biomedical Center, LMU Munich)
Analyzing Inter-chromosomal transcription hubs of African trypanosomes using Smoother
10:15 - 10:30 Alejandro Edera (Université Paris-Saclay, Paris)
Template-free MET1 activity drives transgenerational methylation divergence through nucleosome-guided targeting
Coffee break in Foyer
11:00 - 11:30 CHARO ROBLES (LMU Munich)
Systems Chronobiology
11:30 - 12:00 JONATHAN WEITZMAN (CNRS/Université Paris Cité)
Host-parasite interactions: an intimate epigenetic relationship
12:00 - 12:30 10 Poster Flash Talks (2.5 min. each)
(PhD students/postdocs)
Light lunch in Foyer – "Meet the Speakers" for students/postdocs
13:30 – 16:00 – Poster session (including selection of poster prize)
Session 3 – Chromatin Organization and Reprogramming
16:00 - 16:30 ROMAIN KOSZUL (Institut Pasteur, Paris))
Sequence dependant activity and compartmentalization of foreign DNA in the yeast nucleus
16:30 - 17:00 IRINA SOLOVEI (LMU Munich)
The deceptive peripheral staining
17:00 - 17:15 Charlene Boumendil (IGH, Montpellier)
Biomolecular condensates at the nuclear pore basket maintain global chromatin organization
17:15 - 17:30 Elias Friman (MRC, Edinburgh)
Cohesin loop extrusion dynamics affect long-range enhancer-driven transcription
Coffee break in Foyer
18:00 - 18:30 INES DRINNENBERG (Institut Curie)
Architecture and regulation of CENP-A-deficient holocentromeres
18:30 - 19:00 EVA HÖRMANSEDER (IES, Helmholtz Center Munich)
Maintaining and Reprogramming Cell Fates
19:00 - 19:15 Anaelle Azogui (Université Paris Cité, Paris)
ZBTB38: a reader of DNA methylation at pericentromeres
19:15 - 19:30 Camille Cornet (University of Neuchâtel)
Comparative Genomics to Unravel Chromosomal (In)-Stability in Butterflies
Buffet Dinner, Mix & Mingle in Foyer
Friday, April 11, 2025
Session 4 – Chromatin Remodeling and Transcription Factors
09:00 - 09:30 RODRIGO VILLASEÑOR (LMU Munich)
New Kids on the Heterochromatin Block
09:30 - 10:00 CHRISTIAN MAYER (MPI Biochemistry, Munich)
The Gene-Regulatory Mechanisms Shaping Inhibitory Neuronal Diversity
10:00 - 10:15 Anupam Bhoi (Technical University of Dresden)
Conformational dynamics of the ISWI nucleosome remodeling enzyme
Coffee break in Foyer
10:45 - 11:15 PABLO NAVARRO (Institut Pasteur)
Gene Regulation Through Mitosis
11:15 - 11:30 Maria Luce Negri (University of Trento)
The role of MLL4 in the chromatin framework: from the epigenome to 3D genome organization
11:30 - 12:00 KARL-PETER HOPFNER (LMU Munich)
Genome Information Readout by the INO80 Chromatin Remodeller
12:00 - 12:15 Poster prizes and concluding remarks
End of Symposium