EACR Conference Series 2015
Basic Epigenetic
Mechanisms in Cancer
8 - 11 November 2015 • Harnack House, Berlin • Germany
Sunday 08 November
15.30 - 17.30 Registration
Session 1 Posters may be put up from 15.30
17.30 - 18.00
Welcome and Introduction
Scientific Organising Committee
18.00 - 18.50
Keynote Lecture
Ali Shilatifard (USA)
18.50 - 19.00 Questions
19.00 Welcome Buffet
Trade Exhibition Opens
Monday 09 November
08.30 - 09.30 Poster Preview for Poster Session 1 (coffee served)
Session 1: Epigenetic Pathways 1 Chair: Ali Shilatifard
09.30 - 09.55
Title to be announced
Saverio Minucci (Italy)
09.55 - 10.05 Questions
10.05 - 10.30
“Epigenetic regulation by MOF containing complexes”
Asifa Akhtar (Germany)
10.30 - 10.40 Questions
10.40 - 11.10
Coffee Break
11.10 - 11.35
Title to be announced
Luciano Di Croce (Spain)
11.35 - 11.45 Questions
11.45 - 11.55
Proffered Paper 1
Author to be selected
11.55 - 12.00 Questions
12.00 - 12.10
Proffered Paper 2
Author to be selected
12.10 - 12.15 Questions
12.15 - 13.15 Lunch
13.15 - 13.45 Satellite Symposium 1
13.45 - 15.15 Poster Presentation Session 1
Session 1 Posters should be taken down by 18.30
Session 2: Epigenetic Pathways 2 Chair: Luciano di Croce
15.15 - 15.40
“Biogenesis and Mechanism of Action of enhancer RNAs”
Ramin Shiekhattar (USA)
15.40 - 15.50 Questions
15.50 - 16.15
Title to be announced
François Fuks (Belgium)
16.15 - 16.25 Questions
16.25 - 16.35
Proffered Paper 3
Author to be selected
16.35 - 16.40 Questions
16.40 - 17.05
Title to be announced
Tony Kouzarides (UK)
17.05 - 17.15 Questions
17.15 - 17.45
Career Development Forum
Tony Kouzarides (UK), Rab Prinjha (UK) and Evi Soutoglou (France)
17.45 - 18.30
Round Table Discussion 1 - Careers in Science
This session allows participants and speakers to converse informally in smaller groups
Free evening to explore Berlin - Optional informal networking dinners
Tuesday 10 November
08.30 - 09.30 Poster Preview for Poster Session 2 (coffee served)
Session 2 Posters may be put up from 08.30
Session 3: Epigenetics and Senescence, Aging and Cancer 09.30 - 09.55
“Epigenetic alterations in age-associated disease”
Shelley Berger (USA)
09.55 - 10.05 Questions
Chair: Jessica Downs
10.05 - 10.15
Proffered Paper 5
Author to be selected
10.15 - 10.20 Questions
10.20 - 10.30
Proffered Paper 4
Author to be selected
10.30 - 10.35 Questions
10.35 - 11.05 Coffee Break
11.05 - 11.30
“Novel roles of DNA-methyltransferases and H3K9 methyltransferases in adult stem cell function: impact on tissue
homeostasis, ageing and cancer”
Salvador Aznar-Benitah (Spain)
11.30 - 11.40 Questions
11.40 - 12.05
Title to be announced
Amanda Fisher (UK)
12.05 - 12.15 Questions
12.15 - 13.15 Lunch
13.15 - 13.45 Satellite Symposium 2
13.45 - 15.15 Poster Presentation Session 2
Session 2 Posters should be taken down by 10.30 on Wednesday
Session 4: Epigenetics and Genome Stability Chair: Tony Kouzarides
15.15 - 15.40
“The PBAF chromatin remodelling complex and its role in maintaining genome stability”
Jessica Downs (UK)
15.40 - 15.50 Questions
15.50 - 16.15
Title to be announced
Geneviève Almouzni (France)
16.15 - 16.25 Questions
16.25 - 16.35
Proferred Paper 6
Author to be selected
16.35 - 16.40 Questions
16.40 - 17.05
Title to be announced
Evi Soutoglou (France)
17.05 - 17.15 Questions
17.15 - 18.00
Round Table Discussion 2 - Epigenetics and Research
This session allows participants and speakers to converse informally in smaller groups
20.00 Conference Dinner
To be held in the Liebig-Vault, Harnack House
Wednesday 11 November
Session 5: Epigenomics Chair: Geneviève Almouzni
08.30- 08.55
Title to be announced
Dirk Schübeler (Switzerland)
08.55 - 09.05 Questions
09.05 - 09.30
Title to be announced
Henk Stunnenberg (Netherlands)
09.30 - 09.40 Questions
09.40 - 09.50
Proffered Paper 7
Author to be selected
09.50 - 09.55 Questions
09.55 - 10.25 Coffee Break
Session 6: Drugging the Epigenome Chair: Henk Stunnenberg
10.25 - 10.35
Proffered Paper 8
Author to be selected
10.35- 10.40 Questions
10.40 - 11.05
Title to be announced
Rab Prinjha (UK)
11.05 - 11.15 Questions
11.15 - 11.40
“Selective targeting epigenetic reader domains”
Stefan Knapp (UK/Germany)
11.40 - 11.50 Questions
11.50 - 12.00
Summary and Presentation of Awards
Scientific Organising Committee
12.00 Lunch and depart: a packed lunch will be provided