Joint with: Epigenetics in Development and Disease
Interplay of Chromatin Architecture and Transcription Regulation

March 30–April 02, 2025 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Seychelle Vos, John T. Lis and Luca Giorgetti

  In Person
  On Demand

March 30–April 02, 2025 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Seychelle Vos, John T. Lis and Luca Giorgetti

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Monday, March 31, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
Patrick Cramer, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Chromatin and Transcription
Mechanisms of Gene Control and Epigenetic Regulation (Joint)
9:00–11:15 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
Danny F Reinberg, University of Miami
Epigenetics and Inheritance
Dirk Schübeler, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Transcription Factors and DNA Methylation
Lacramioara Bintu, Stanford University
Cofactors in Enhancer-Promoter Communication
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
 Riverview Lounge
Award Recipient Acknowledgement
9:50–9:55 AM
 Cascade Ballroom
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
On Own for Lunch
11:15–2:30 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Alhambra
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Enhancer-Promoter Communication
5:00–7:00 PM
 Alhambra
Speaker to be Announced
Talk Title to be Announced
Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins, University of Pennsylvania
Genome Looping and its Consequences on Transcription
Luca Giorgetti, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Dynamics of Chromatin Loops and the Consequence on Transcription
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Mechanisms of Chromatin Transcription
8:00–11:00 AM
 Alhambra
Yanhui Xu, Fudan University
Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation on Chromatin
Stephen Buratowski, Harvard Medical School
Single Molecule Approaches to Study Transcription in a Chromatin Context
Karen Arndt, University of Pittsburgh
Chromatin and Transcription Elongation
Carl Wu, Johns Hopkins University
The biogenesis and regulation of chromatin accessibility for dynamic transcription complexes
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Riverview Lounge
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Career Roundtable (Joint)
1:00–2:30 PM
 Alhambra
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Mechanisms and Dynamics of Genome Folding
5:00–7:00 PM
 Alhambra
Tineke L Lenstra, Netherlands Cancer Institute
Understanding Transcription: One Molecule at a Time
Xavier Darzacq, University of California, Berkeley
Quantifying the Molecular Transactions that Control Transcription in Live Cells
Marieke Oudelaar, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Regulation of Gene Expression in the 3D Genome
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Pausing Dynamics/Transcription Termination
8:00–11:00 AM
 Alhambra
John T. Lis, Cornell University
The Architecture and Functional Mechanisms of Active Human Enhancers
Seychelle Vos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pausing and Release into Productive Elongation
Lidia Vasilieva, University of Oxford
Kinases, Phosphatases and their Role in Transcription Termination
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Riverview Lounge
On Own for Lunch
11:00–2:30 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Alhambra
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Riverview Lounge
Keynote Address (Joint)
5:00–5:45 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Mark A. Dawson, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Functional Genomics to Study Transcription Factors and Chromatin Remodelers in Cancer
Transcription and Epigenetics in Disease (Joint)
5:45–7:15 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Paola Scaffidi, European Institute of Oncology
Epigenetics and Functional Intratumor Heterogeneity
Gromek Smolen, Foghorn Therapeutics
Talk Title to be Announced
Tony Kouzarides, Cambridge Gravity, University of Cambridge
Regulation of Gene Expression by RNA Modifications
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) (Joint)
7:15–7:30 PM
 Cascade Ballroom
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:30–8:30 PM
 Alberta/New Brunswick
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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