Calendar of gene regulation events online
The calendar below lists webinars and meetings relevant to gene regulation. All times below are in GMT (London, UK). The link to export these events to Outlook or Google Calendar is at the bottom of this page. The calendar below includes all virtual events related to gene regulation, not limited to those organised by Fragile Nucleosome. To add your own virtual event that is not yet in our list, please email [email protected]. For a list of conferences and schools in the area of gene regulation, see the separate page “conferences, meetings and schools”. Also, have a look at complementary lists of webinars at The Node (developmental biology and related subjects), Physics of Life (biophysics) and mathseminars.org (mathematics & physics).
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Fox Chase Cancer Center Cancer Epigenetics Institute Virtual Symposium: From Nucleic Acids to 3D Genomes to Therapeutics
March 2, 2021
FreeFox Chase Cancer Center Cancer Epigenetics Institute Virtual Symposium: From Nucleic Acids to 3D Genomes to Therapeutics
8:45am to 4:30pm
Location
Virtual – Zoom
Registration Information
Event Overview
Mechanisms that impact the way our genomes are expressed and stabilized without changing its DNA sequence are influenced through the epigenetic character of chromatin. DNA, RNA, and histone modifications as well as chromatin structure contribute to the epigenetic mechanisms controlling gene expression, genome stability, cell fate and differentiation. Both the scientific and clinical communities recognize that epigenetic dysregulation contributes to tumorigenesis, tumor drug response and resistance with changes to the tumor microenvironment, likely leading to the currently unexplained variability in cancer survivorship. Cancer genome sequencing efforts have highlighted mutations in numerous epigenetic factors altering chromatin features, which in turn, deregulates gene expression, genome stability, replication, and cell fate. The posttranscriptional modulation of RNA (or epitranscriptomics) has emerged as another layer of epigenetic control impacting tumorigenesis. Therefore, the enzymes regulating histone and nucleic modifications serve as novel targets and provide opportunities to develop biomarkers and novel therapies. This one-day symposium will feature world-leaders in cancer epigenetics that will highlight discoveries related to epigenetic mechanisms driving tumorigenesis and novel therapeutic opportunities to better target cancer.
Speakers
Margaret (“Peggy”) Goodell, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Mark Dawson, MBBS (Hons), BMedSci, FRACP, FRCPA, PhD (Cantb)
University of Melbourne
Cheryl Arrowsmith, PhD
University of Toronto & Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Sharon Y.R. Dent, PhD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Peter A. Jones, PhD, DSc (hon)
Van Andel Institute
Kristian Helin, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tony Kouzarides, FMedSci, FRS
University of Cambridge
Ari M. Melnick, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Jane Skok, PhD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School