Epigenetics

Date: Thursday, 19 April 2012 - Friday, 20 April 2012
Location: Boston, USA

Keynote Speakers

Peter Jones
Director, University of Southern California

Christopher Schofield
Professor, University of Oxford

Overview

Welcome to the Epigenetics track of the Genomics Research conference and exhibition. This year's event will be held in Boston.

Other conference tracks at this event include RNAi & miRNA, Advances in qPCR, Next Gen Sequencing and Genomic Biomarkers. Registered delegates will have access to all five meetings ensuring a very cost-effective trip.

Agenda Topics

Chromatin mechanism in epigenetic marking
Epigenetic processes in disease, epigenomics
Epigenetic re-programming, stem cells and genome dynamics
Non-coding RNA and gene silencing
Nuclear dynamics and long-range control
Parental imprinting, dosage compensation and monoallelic expression

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

Exhibition Team,
exhibitors@selectbio.com
+44 (0) 1206 501654

Confirmed Speakers to date

Trevor Archer, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Health
Malcolm Brock, Associate Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Nicole Francis, Associate Professor, Harvard University
James Herman, Professor, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Kristen Johansen, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
William Kelly, Associate Professor, Emory University
Scott Michaels, Associate Professor, Indiana University
Shuji Ogino, Associate Professor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Theodore Rasmussen, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
Douglas Ruden, Director of Epigenomics, Wayne State University
Sibaji Sarkar, Adj Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine
Peter Scacheri, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Steven Smith, Professor, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute
Paul Soloway, Professor, Cornell University
Trygve Tollefsbol, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Claes Wahlestedt, Director, Scripps Research Institute