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Workshop "Epigenetic Mechanisms in Health and Disease" (Final Meeting Consolider
"Epigenetics")
12-13 May 2011
Organised by: Miguel Beato, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
Symposium overview
This Workshop is the final event of the Consolider "Epigenetic Mechanisms in Health
and Disease" project, in which 9 research groups worked together during 4 years, in
order to achieve significant advances in the field of epigenetics and chromatine.
The epigenetics-chromatin area constitutes a research field of increasing interest and
nowadays is one of the major areas of biological and biomedical sciences. This is mainly
because of the implication of epigenetic alterations in human disease. Moreover,
epigenetic modifications play an essential role in many physiological processes including
cell differentiation and response to external factors. Most of the known epigenetic
mechanisms involve the covalent modification o the main components of chromatin (i.e. DNA
and histones). To make significant inroads into this emerging field of research, the
present project grouped nine laboratories working with complementary experimental
approaches. The planned actions were:
* To study the mechanisms of chromatin remodeling and the histone code, with special
emphasis in the characterization of domains involved in the recognition of chromatin
modifications.
* To investigate the patterns of histone modification associated with cell
proliferation and differentiation. The models used will include liver regeneration and
differentiation of hematopoietic cells, of central nervous system in chicken embryos, of
neural adult stem cells and the hormonal response of breast cancer cells.
* To explore the role of H1 isoforms and of core histone variants in gene regulation.
The models proposed will include breast cancer cells and Drosophila.
* To analyze the mechanisms of gene silencing induced by RNAi, by studying the
contribution of the RNAi pathway to heterochromatin formation and the shRNA-induced gene
silencing.
* To open novel approaches to the sudy of epigenetics and epigenomics of cancer by the
detailed analysis of the histone code and the alterations in chromatin remodeling.
* To develop novel tools for epigenetic research at nucleosome resolution, taking
advantage of the joined expertise of the participating groups.
The main two objectives of this event are:
1. to summarize the results obtained during the past 5 years by the groups participating
in the Consolider project , and
2. to provide an update by members of the Scientific Advisory Board of developments in
the field of epigenetics and its implications for biomedical research.
At the end, there will be a discussion on the most exciting perspectives of the field for
the next years.
Symposium web page:
www.crg.eu/meeting_consolider_epigenetics<http://www.crg.eu/meeting_cons…
Keynote Lectures
Shelley BERGER
Thomas JENUWEIN
Danny REINBERG
Invited speakers
Genevieve ALMOUZNI
Ferran AZORIN
Miguel BEATO
Peter BECKER
Luciano DI CROCE
Manel ESTELLER
Thomas GRAF
Tony KOUZARIDES
Gerardo LOPEZ-RODAS
Marian MARTINEZ-BALBAS
Miguel Ángel PEINADO
José Carlos REYES
Poster Session
Posters have been selected from abstracts. Please see list of accepted posters
here<http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/293707.PDF>.
The EMBO scientific publications (
http://www.embo.org/publications.html) are pleased to
offer a one-year print subscription as a prize for the best research poster presented at
the workshop. The posters will be judged by the workshop participants and the prize will
be awarded by Dr. Esther Schnapp, editor of EMBO reports. The winner is free to choose
which EMBO publication he or she would like to receive: The EMBO Journal, EMBO reports,
Molecular Systems Biology or EMBO Molecular Medicine.
Venue
PRBB Auditorium
CRG - Centre for Genomic Regulation
Dr. Aiguader, 88
08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
www.crg.eu<http://www.crg.eu/>
Registration
Participation to the symposium is free of charge and open to all the scientific community,
but you need to
register<http://pasteur.crg.es/portal/page/portal/Internet/04_EVENTS/04_InscripcionEvento>.
Contact person
Blanka Wysocka<mailto:blanka.wysocka@crg.es>
CRG - Centre for Genomic Regulation
Dr. Aiguader, 88
08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Tel.: +34 93 316 01 45
Fax: +34 93 316 00 99
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