Updated: October 21, 2020
17th Annual CBC Symposium:
Epigenetics & Disease
VIRTUAL EVENT via ZOOM
DATE: Friday, October 30, 2020
TIME: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
(Zoom waiting area opens at 9:15 AM)
Symposium Twitter Feed: @CBCsymp2020, #CBCsymp2020
The 17th Annual CBC Symposium, titled “Epigenetics and Disease,” will take place virtually as a Zoom Webinar on Friday, October 30, 2020.
This event is organized by Jim Audia (Chair; Former CBC Executive Director), Luisa DiPietro (Co-Chair; CBC Scientific Director for UIC), Lucy A. Godley (Co-Chair; CBC Scientific Director for UChicago) and Rick Morimoto (Co-Chair; CBC Interim Executive Director & CBC Scientific Director for NU).
The meeting will also include a virtual poster session. The event is free of charge but pre-registration is required.
Enjoy a promo video produced by Corinna Kitcharoen, CBC!
Registration:
The symposium is free of charge, however, online registration is required.
Abstract Submission:
Call for posters!
The CBC Annual Symposium 2020 offers three options to participate in the virtual poster session:
- Online display of your poster as a PDF file on the CBC website ONLY,
- Online display of your poster as a PDF file AND of your accompanying audio file on the CBC website,
- Online display of your poster as a PDF file AND of your accompanying audio file, if available, on the CBC website AND participation in the Symposium Twitter Poster Session
For more information please go to the poster abstract submission portal (follow the link below).
The poster submission is now OPEN. The deadline for poster submissions has been extended to Friday, October 16, 2020 @ 5:00 PM.
Speakers:
Peggy GOODELL
Baylor College of Medicine
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Chuan HE
UChicago
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PROGRAM:
| 9:15 AM | ZOOM Waiting Room Opens for Attendees |
| 9:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks by Rick Morimoto, CBC Interim Executive Director and CBC Scientific Director for NU, and Jim Audia, Former CBC Executive Director |
| Session I Moderator: Jim Audia, Former CBC Executive Director |
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| 9:45 AM | Danny REINBERG, NYU Polycomb, Inheritance and Disease |
| 10:35 AM | Peggy GOODELL, Baylor College of Medicine DNA Methylation: from Stem Cell Differentiation to Chromatin Organization |
| 11:25 AM | Chuan HE, UChicago RNA Methylation in Gene Expression Regulation and Human Diseases |
| 12:15 PM | Virtual Poster Session |
| Session II Moderator: Jim Audia, Former CBC Executive Director |
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| 12:45 PM | Shelley BERGER, UPenn Histone Acetylation Pathways as Targets in Human Disease |
| 1:35 PM | Yuan HE, Northwestern Structural Visualization of Chromatin Regulatory Complexes Using Cryo-EM |
| 2:25 PM | Cigall KADOCH, Harvard/Dana Farber/Broad Institute Structure and Function of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Human Cancer |
| 3:15 PM | Closing Remarks by Jim Audia, Former CBC Executive Director |
| 3:30 PM | Adjourn |
Symposium Sponsors:
This symposium is generously sponsored by:
All contributions are much appreciated! Sponsors will be acknowledged at the symposium and in all promotional materials including the symposium website, printed flyers and programs.
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