Speakers include:
Keynote lecture: Frank Grosveld, from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Watch an interview with Frank Grosveld here (epigenie, 2014).
Simon Elsässer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Celine Vallot, Institute Curie, Paris, France
Philippe Collas, IMB, UiO, Norway
Anthony Mathelier, NCMM, UiO, Norway
Mini Symposium Program
12.00 Registration, Coffee and Networking
12.30 - 12.45 Opening by Philippe Collas, Vice Director of Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research
Session 1: Genome organisation and function
12.45 - 13.15 Philippe Collas, Institute of Molecular Medicine, UiO, Norway
Regulation of spatial genome conformation by nuclear lamins
13.15 - 13.30 Marie Rogne, Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, UiO, Norway
Differential histone marking and transcriptional effects of constitutive and facultative Lamin B1 associated domains
13.30 - 14.00 Anthony Matelier, Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, UiO, Norway
Human enhancers harboring specific sequence composition, activity, and genome organization are linked to the immune response
14.00 - 14.15 Jonas Paulsen, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
Computational modeling reveals 4D genome reorganization during stem cell differentiation
14.15 – 14.30 Bettina Fuglerud, Department of Biosciences, UiO, Norway
Pioneering functions of the transcription factor c-Myb
14.30 - 15.00 Coffee, Cake and Networking
15.00 - 16.00 Keynote Lecture: Frank Grosveld, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A brief history of enhancers
Session 2: Epigenetics and development
16.10 - 16.40 Simon Elsasser, Karolinska Instititutet, Sweden
Probing chromatin function with chemical biology
16.40 - 16.55 Kristina Gervin, PharmaTox and School of Pharmacy, UiO and OUS, Norway
Long-term prenatal exposure to paracetamol is associated with DNA methylation differences in children with ADHD
16.55 - 17.10 Athina Samara, Department of Molecular Medicine, UiO, Norway
A potential role for serotonin in regulating human ES cells and blastocysts
17.10 - 17.40 Celine Vallot, Institute Curie, Paris, France
Controlling X chromosome activity in human development
17.40 - 18.00 Discussion and concluding remarks
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The Symposium is organised by Ragnhild Eskeland on behalf of the Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research and Department of Biosciences, UiO.
The event is sponsored by Diagenode