Program


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TENTATIVE PROGRAM

DAY 1: 24 AUGUST 2009, MONDAY, 8.00AM – 6.00PM
REGISTRATION
08:00-08:45 Registration  
09:00-09:15 Welcome & Introductions
Huck Hui NG
SESSION 1: Epigenomics
Chair: Huck Hui NG (GIS, Singapore)
09:15-09:50 Ed LIU (GIS, Singapore)
Functional Genomics of Estrogen Receptor Binding
09:50-10:15 Alex MEISSNER (Broad Institute, USA)
Epigenomics, Stem Cells and Reprogramming
10:15-10:40 Bing REN (UCSD, USA)
Chromatin signatures of transcriptional enhancers and beyond
10:40-11:10 MORNING COFFEE and POSTER SESSION
SESSION 2: Epigenomics I
Chair: Edwin CHEUNG (GIS, Singapore)
11:10-11:35 Hiroyuki ABURATANI (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Epigenomic profiling of cancer
11:35-12:00 Guoliang XU (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China)
The Chromatin Determinant of Genomic Methylation
12:00-12:25 Marian WALHOUT (UMass Medical School, USA)
Gene-centered regulatory networks
12:25-14:00 LUNCH and POSTER SESSION
13:00-13:30 TOUR OF THE GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE
SESSION 3: Higher Order Genome Organization
Chair: Xinyuan FU (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
14:00-14:25 Edwin CHEUNG (GIS, Singapore)
Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Long-Range Chromatin Interactions in Breast Cancer Cells
14:25-14:50 Job DEKKER (UMass Medical School, USA)
Three-dimensional folding of chromosomal domains in relation to gene expression
14:50-15:15 Bas VAN STEENSEL (Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands)
Nuclear Lamina -- Genome Interactions And Gene Regulation
15:15-15:40 Chia-Lin WEI (GIS, Singapore)
Functional Chromatin Organizations Defined by Insulator, Enhancer and Nuclear Lamin in Stem Cell Genomes
15:40-16:10 AFTERNOON TEA and POSTER SESSION
SESSION 4: Epigenetics in drug discovery (Lilly-sponsored session)
Chair: Jonathon SEDGWICK (Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery, Singapore)
16:10-16:35 Jonathon SEDGWICK (Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery, Singapore)
Epigenetics - The challenges of drug discovery against unprecedented targets
16:35-17:00 Qiang YU (GIS, Singapore)
Combinatorial epigenetic drug treatment targeting histone methylation in cancer
17:00-17:25 Peter JONES (University of Southern California, USA)
Epigenetic Therapy
17:25-17:50 Ricky JOHNSTONE (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia)
Histone deacetylase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer
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DAY 2: 25 AUGUST 2009, TUESDAY, 9.00AM – 5.30PM
SESSION 5: Stem Cells
Chair: Bing LIM (GIS, Singapore)
09:00-09:25 Antoine PETERS (FMI, Switzerland)
Epigenetic control of early mouse development: integrating parental contributions into the embryonic program
09:25-09:50 Rho Hyun SEONG (Seoul National University, Korea)
The SWI/SNF-like chromatin remodeling complex is an essential transcriptional regulator in the early B cell development
09:50-10:15 Jae-Bum KIM (Seoul National University, Korea)
Role of Chromatin Remodeling During Osteoblast Differentiation
10:15-10:40 Paul ROBSON (GIS, Singapore)
Insights into Blastocyst Formation Revealed by Single Cell Analysis
10:40-11:10 MORNING COFFEE and POSTER SESSION
SESSION 6: Technology Platform
Chair: Chunming DING (Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore)
11:10-11:35 Supriya SHIVAKUMAR (Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, USA)
Targeted Genome Editing in Mammalian Cells Using Engineered Zinc Finger Nucleases
11:35-12:00 Darryl IRWIN (Sequenom Asia Pacific)
Epigenetic target identification
12:00-13:30 LUNCH and POSTER SESSION
SESSION 7: Epigenetics in Cancer
Chair: Chunming DING (Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore)
13:30-13:55 Yutaka KONDO (Aichi Cancer Center, Japan)
Role of histone H3 lysine 27 tri-methylation in human brain tumor-propagating cells
13:55-14:20 Kazu USHIJIMA (National Cancer Centre Research Institute, Japan)
The presence of strong target gene specificity in induction of DNA methylation, and its mechanisms
14:20-14:45 Jingde ZHU (Shanghai cancer Institute, China)
Cancer Epigenetics(-omics): from DNA methylation perspective
14:45-15:10 Erwei SONG (Sun Yat Sen University, China)
MicroRNAs regulate the stemness of breast tumor initiating cells
15:10-15:40 AFTERNOON TEA and POSTER SESSION
SESSION 8: Epigenetics 2
Chair: Anne Ferguson SMITH (Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore)
15:40-16:05 Young-Joon KIM (Yosei Unversity, Korea)
Intrinsic variability of gene expression encoded in nucleosome positioning sequences
16:05-16:30 Joseph NADEAU (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
Transgenerational genetic effects on development and cancer
16:30-16:55 Sam EL-OSTA (Baker IDI Institute, Australia)
The clinical problem of hyperglycemic memory and the relevance of the histone tail
16:55-17:20 Ernesto GUCCIONE (IMCB, Singapore)
Identification of Novel Epigenetic Regulators
17.20-17.30 Closing remarks
17:45 Depart for Gala Dinner
18:30 Gala Dinner