Epigenetics

Date: Thursday, 9 May 2013 - Friday, 10 May 2013
Location: Boston, MA, USA

Keynote Speakers

Alexander Tarakhovsky
Professor, Rockefeller University

Gerd Pfeifer
Professor, City of Hope Medical Center

Overview

Welcome to the 5th Annual Epigenetics track of the Genomics Research 2013 conference and exhibition. This year's event will be held in Boston, home to many of the world's top institutions engaged in gene silencing research.

With our Epigenetics series of conferences going from strength to strength, our 2013 meeting will building on the success of our 2012 conference. This year's event was held in Boston, home to many of the world's top institutions engaged in gene silencing research.There will be two days of cutting edge research from within the Epigenetics field, with fantastic Keynote presentations lined up from Anne Ferguson-Smith and Alexander Tarakhovsky who will be sharing their considerable experience and latest work.

Other conference tracks at this event include miRNAi and Non-Coding RNA, Advances in qPCR and Next Generation Sequencing. Registered delegates will have access to all four meetings ensuring a highly cost-effective trip.

Agenda Topics

Chromatin mechanism in epigenetic marking
Epigenetic processes in disease, epigenomics
Epigenetic re-programming, stem cells and genome dynamics
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

Karolina Aberg, Research Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jacques Cote, Professor, Laval University
Guoping Fan, Professor, University of California Los Angeles
David Katz, Assistant Professor, Emory University
Louise Laurent, Associate Professor, University of California-San Diego
Bernardo Lemos, Assistant Professor, Harvard School Of Public Health
Shuji Ogino, Associate Professor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Christopher Ott, Research Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health
Brendan Price, Division of Genome Stability and DNA Repair, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Jun Qi, Lead Scientist, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Evan Rosen, Principal Investigator, Harvard University
Susannah Varmuza, Professor, University of Toronto
Claes Wahlestedt, Professor, University Of Miami