Epigenetics-2025, from mechanisms to disease
Hilton Hotel, 4 Lanyon Place Belfast Northern Ireland, BT1 3LP
Web Address
https://my.genetics.org.uk/item.php?eventid=1040
General Information
Meeting background
This international conference will bring together leading experts to foster dynamic discussions on the latest breakthroughs in epigenetics. It will cover mechanisms of epigenetic regulation across various fields and explore how these mechanisms are deregulated in disease states. The Epigenetics-2025 conference will also provide a platform for early-career and senior scientists to collaborate, exchange ideas, and present their most recent scientific findings. The conference will be organized into the following sessions:
- Epigenetic Mechanisms 1: cis-regulatory elements
- Epigenetic Mechanisms 2: Chromatin repression
- Epigenetic Mechanisms 3: 3D genome organization
- Epigenetic flow of information 1: Stem cells and early embryo
- Epigenetic flow of information 2: Immune cells
- Epigenetic dysregulation in disease 1: Complex diseases
- Epigenetic dysregulation in disease 2: Cancer epigenomics
Delegates will have the opportunity to visit historical attractions in Belfast, such as the Titanic Museum, as well as other notable sites in Northern Ireland, including the Giant’s Causeway (not included in the conference cost).
Programme
Please download the draft programme for more information. This programme is subject to change, and a final programme will be available to download in due course.
Invited speakers
- Christa Buecker – University of Vienna
- Wendy Bickmore – University of Edinburgh
- Rob Klose – University of Oxford
- Giacomo Cavalli – University of Montpellier
- Marieke Oudelaar – Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
- Eileen Furlong – The European Molecular Biology Laboratory
- Joshua Brickman – University of Copenhagen
- Joost Gribnau – Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
- Parinaz Mehdipour – University of Oxford
- Edward Chuong – University of Colorado
- Jorge Ferrer – The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
- Emma Farley – University of California San Diego
- Kristian Helin – The Institute of Cancer Research
- Jason Carroll – University of Cambridge
- Celine Vallot – Institut Curie
- Axel Behrens – The Institute of Cancer Research
- Kathy Niakan – The University of Cambridge (Mary Lyon medal 2025)
Organisers
- Yaser Atlasi – Queens University Belfast
- Michelle Holland – King’s College London
- Adrian Bracken – Trinity College Dublin
- Helen Rowe – Queen Mary University of London
Abstracts
All abstracts will be considered. To submit an abstract please log into your mySociety member account then click ‘events and conferences’ at the top of the screen and follow the instructions to submit an abstract. Non-members, please create an account in mySociety and then follow the instructions as above.
The deadline for abstract submission is midnight 26th January 2025, and a decision will be made by 3rd February 2025. You can also download the abstract submission form in advance.
Registration instructions
Early bird registration deadline is 23rd February. Please log into your mySociety member account (if you’re not a member then you can create an account), then click ‘Book this event’ at the top of this page
Cost
When booking, there will be the option to book as a Genetics Society member or non-member, as student, with or without accommodation, or as a virtual attendee. Please note that registration rates do not include the Gala dinner, this must be added on during booking. Early bird rates will be available until 23rd February 2025, when new rates will be released, including virtual attendance. Bookings will close on 23rd March 2025.
Early Bird rates (**of VAT)
Member: £350
Non-member: £400
Student member: £300
Gala Dinner: £50
