Program: Chromatin Dynamics Symposium 2019
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th
15.00 – 17.00 Registration, Refreshments, Get-together
17.00 Welcome, Introduction (PETER BECKER)
17.10 KEYNOTE LECTURE: RICHARD A. YOUNG, Cambridge, USA
Chromatin Compartments and Gene Regulation
18.30 End
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th
08.30 – 09.00 Registration
Session 1 DYNAMIC CHROMATIN AND PHASE SEPARATION, CHAIR: FELIX MÜLLER-PLANITZ
09.00-09.30 LUCAS PELKMANS, Zurich, Switzerland
DYRK kinases: Molecular regulators of intracellular phase transitions
09.30-09.45 Sinan Kilic, Zurich, Switzerland
Phase separation of 53BP1 in the DNA damage response
09.45-10.00 Petra Vizjak, Munich, Germany (CRC 1064 Doctoral Researcher)
ATP-dependent remodeling of phase separated chromatin
10:00-10:30 EDWARD LEMKE, Mainz, Germany
Decoding Molecular Plasticity in the Dark Proteome
10.30–11.00 Break (Refreshments)
Session 2 DYNAMIC CHROMATIN AND DISEASE, CHAIR: HENRIETTE UHLENHAUT
11.00 – 11.30 PAOLA SCAFFIDI, London, UK
Epigenetic dependencies in cancer
11.30 – 11.45 Filippo Cernilogar, Munich, Germany (CRC 1064 Postdoctoral Researcher)
Pre-marked chromatin and transcription factor co-binding shape the pioneering activity of Foxa2
11.45 – 12.00 Vanessa Luzak, Munich Germany (CRC 1064 Doctoral Researcher)
Can RNA-processing hotspots serve as "post-transcriptional enhancers"?
12.00 – 12.30 KATHRIN PLATH, Los Angeles, USA
A new mode of Xist action
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Buffet
13:30-15:50 Poster Session (even numbers)
Session 3 DYNAMIC CHROMATIN AND EPIGENETICS, CHAIR: AXEL IMHOF
15.50 – 16.30 FELDBERG PRIZE LECTURE: ANNE FERGUSON-SMITH, Cambridge, UK
Epigenetic modulation of repeat elements – implications for non-genetic inheritance
16.30 – 16.45 Weifang Wu, Edinburgh, Scotland
Peripheral location within nucleus promotes establishment of CENP-ACnp1 chromatin
16.45 – 17.00 Claudia Keller Valsecchi, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
RNA nucleation triggered by MSL2 induces selective compartmentalization of the X chromosome
17.00 - 17.30 RENÉ KETTING, Mainz, Germany
Paternal inheritance of an Argonaute protein in C. elegans via novel germ granules
17.45 - 20.00 Poster Session (odd numbers) and HAPPY HOUR
from 19:30 DINNER AND PARTY for everyone
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th
Session 4 DYNAMIC CHROMATIN AND TRANSCRIPTION, CHAIR: PHILIPP KORBER
09.00 – 09.30 MARC TIMMERS, Freiburg, Germany
Building the basal transcription factor TFIID in human cells
09.30 – 09.45 Christopher B. Mulholland, Munich, Germany (CRC 1064 Doctoral Researcher)
Recent evolution of a novel TET-controlled and STELLA-driven pathway of
passive demethylation in mammals
09.45 – 10.15 WOUTER DE LAAT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Detailed Regulatory Interaction Map of the Human Heart Facilitates Gene Discovery for
Cardiovascular Disease
10.15 – 10.45 Break (Refreshments)
Session 5 DYNAMIC CHROMATIN AND GENOME ORGANIZATION, CHAIR: SEBASTIAN BULTMANN
10.45 – 11.00 Announcement Poster Prize
11.00 – 11.30 MICHELA DI VIRGILIO, Berlin, Germany
Interaction dynamics during Immunoglobulin Class Switch Recombination
11.30 – 11.45 Stefan H. Stricker, Munich, Germany (CRC 1064 Associate Member)
Targeted removal of epigenetic barriers during transcriptional reprogramming
11.45 – 12.15 CHRISTIAN HÄRING, Heidelberg, Germany
Chromosome Organization by SMC Complexes
12.15 Closing Remarks / End of meeting