Conference Program
6 September – Pre-Conference excursion – get-together
14:00–16:00
THE VIKING MUSEUM LADBY
Vikingevej 123, 5300 Kerteminde
(Speakers are invited; participants are welcome to join and pay themselves)
7 September – Day 1:
Epigenetic Foundations of Neural Fate
08:00–09:30
Registration and Coffee
09:30–10:00
Welcome by the Organizers
Session 1:
Chromatin Dynamics in Early Neural Development
10:00–10:30
Histone Modifying Enzymes Contribute to the Establishment and Maintenance of Neuronal Identity
Boyan Bonev
10:30–11:00
The Establishment of Neuron-Type Identities and Enhancer Selectivity
Nuria Flames
11:00–11:15
Transcriptional Mechanisms of Cortical Interneuron Development
Navneeth Vasistha
11:15–11:30
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
11:30–13:00
Lunch Break + Informal Discussions
Session 2:
DNA Methylation and Lineage Restriction
13:00–13:30
Epigenetic Control in Oligodendrocyte Lineage
Gonçalo Castelo-Branco
13:30–14:00
Epigenetic Timing in Neurogenesis
Yukiko Gotoh
14:00–14:15
DNA methylation and neurodevelopmental disorders
Anna Starnawska
14:15–14:30
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
14:30–15:00
Coffee Break
Session 3:
3D Genome Architecture in Neural Lineage Specification
15:00–15:30
Regulatory Role of Chromatin Conformation in Neural Cells
Ana Pombo
15:30–16:00
Tba
Holly Soares
16:00–16:15
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
16:15–16:30
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
Session 4:
Mechanisms of Neural Fate Maintenance
16:00–16:30
Epigenetic Control of Neuronal Identity Maintenance
Angel Barco
16:30–17:00
Terminal Selectors and Maintenance of Meuronal Identity
Oliver Hobert
17:00–17:30
Balance between Neuronal Differentiation and Maintenance
Carmen Birchmeier-Kohler
17:30–17:45
Steering Transcription Factor Activity during Cortical Development
Arun Mariappan
17:45–18:00
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
18:00–19:00
Poster Session 1 (Odd Numbers) + Informal Discussions
19:00–21:30
Gala Dinner + Meet the Speakers
21:30–23:00
Night Party with Live Music
8 September – Day 2:
Emerging Tools to Decode and Manipulate Neural Fate
08:00–08:30
Opening of Day 2 by the Organizers
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Session 5:
Evolution of Regulatory Programs in Neural Systems
08:30–09:00
Cortical Development and Neuronal Identity
Victor Borrell
09:00–09:30
Mechanisms of O-GlcNAc signalling in neurodevelopment
Daan van Aalten
09:30–10:00
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Gaia Novarino
10:00–10:30
Genetic Mechanisms in Cortical Development
Christopher Walsh
10:30–10:45
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
10:45–11:30
Coffee Break
11:30–12:00
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Jürgen Knoblich
12:00–12:30
Single-Cell Transcriptomics and RNA Regulation in the Brain
Nikolaus Rajewsky
12:30–13:00
Neural Progenitor Dynamics at Single-Cell Level
Daniel Lim
13:00–14:00
Lunch Break
Session 6:
Transcriptional Misregulation in Neural Disorders
14:00–14:30
ASD and Transcriptional Dysregulation
Daniel Geschwind
14:30–15:00
Disruption of Gene Regulatory Networks in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Vijay Tiwari
15:00–15:30
Genetics of psychiatric disorders
Ditte Demontis
15:30–16:00
Transcriptional Control and Enhancer Architecture​
Aleksandra Pekowska
16:00–17:30
Poster Session 2 (Even Numbers) + Informal Discussions
19:00–21:30
Dinner in Odense - participants for themselves
9 September – Day 3:
Neural Fate Maintenance Failure and Therapeutic Reprogramming
08:00–08:30
Opening of Day 3 by the Organizers
Session 7:
3D Genome Architecture in Neural Lineage Specification
08:30–09:00
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09:00–09:30
Maintenance of Adult Neurogenesis
Hongjun Song
09:30–10:00
Cell-type Classification, Scalable Gene Expression Tools
Hongkui Zeng
10:00–10:15
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
10:15–10:30
Short Talk
Selected from Abstracts
10:30–11:00
Coffee Break
Session 8:
Mechanisms of Neural Fate Maintenance
11:00–11:30
Synaptic and Circuit Plasticity in Aging
Yinxi Lin
11:30–12:00
Stem Cell Fate and Long-Term Neural Identity
Magdalena Goetz
12:00–12:30
Neural Stem Cell Regulation and Niche Signals
Fiona Doetsch
12:30–13:00
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Neural Identity
Xavier Salvatella
13:00–13:15
Best Short Talk and Best Poster Awards
13:15–13:30
Concluding Remarks by the Organizers
13:30–15:00
Lunch
9 September – Post Conference Excursion
15:00–17:00
Hans Christian Andersens House
H.C. Andersen Haven 1
5000 Odense C
(Speakers are invited; participants are welcome to join and pay themselves)