2025 Chromatin and Epigenetics Symposium
March 6 @ 11:30 am - 6:30 pm
Please join us for the 8th Annual Chromatin and Epigenetics Symposium on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill in the Medical Biomolecular Research Building, G-202. Lunch will be served, as well as a reception after the symposium.
Abstracts submissions are due by February 7, and general registration closes on March 1.
If you have event questions, please email Imane Hedadji, ihedadji@email.unc.edu
Keynote Speaker
Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Talk title: “Structure and Function of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Health and Disease”
Cigall Kadoch, PhD, is an academic investigator as well as entrepreneur in the biomedical sciences. She is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
Dr. Kadoch is a world-renowned expert in biochemistry and cancer biology and is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking studies in these areas. Specifically, her laboratory studies the structure and function of nuclear protein complexes that govern DNA architecture and gene expression, perturbations in which are implicated in over 50% of human cancers and other diseases.
Based on her seminal work, Dr. Kadoch is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, Forbes magazine 30 Under 30, Popular Science Brilliant 10, the AAAS Wachtel Cancer Research Prize, the AACR Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research, the 2024 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research and most recently, the 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, among many others. In addition to her academic accomplishments, Dr. Kadoch is the Scientific Founder of Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FHTX), a company advancing a new class of medicines in oncology and beyond based on her pioneering discoveries.
Registration & Abstract Submission
You will receive an emailed copy of your registration as confirmation. If you do not receive the email, your registration did not go through.
