4th Annual Chromatin and Epigenetics Virtual Symposium December 3, 2020

CETP

Welcome to this year’s Chromatin and Epigenetics Symposium. To access the poster session, please use the Poster Session link where you will find a list of presenters, their abstracts, and the link to their zoom room for that session. Register Poster Session l Poster Session ll Abstracts

1:00 – 1:05 pm	Opening Remarks: Bernard Weissman, PhD
1:05 – 1:55 pm	Presenter – Dr. Martin Hirst Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Associate Director of the Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Head of Epigenomics at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre.
Session 1	Moderator: Tara Walhart
1:55 – 2:15 pm	Nicole Arruda – Jill Dowen Lab “Distinct and overlapping roles of STAG and PDS5 proteins in cohesin localization and gene expression in embryonic stem cells”
2:15 – 2:35 pm	Prabuddha Chakrabort – Terry Magnuson Lab “Role of chromatin remodeler INO80 in mouse spermatogenesis”
2:35 – 2:55 pm	Abid Khan – Brian Strayl Lab “Histone Methyltransferase SETD2 Regulates Nuclear Lamina Integrity Through Its Intrinsically Disordered Amino Terminus”
2:55 – 3:05 pm	Break
Session 2	Moderator: Michael R. Lewis
3:05 – 3:25 pm	Markus Nevil – Bob Duronio Lab “Epigenetic control of metazoan DNA replication timing”
3:25– 3:45 pm	Jarod Waybright – Lindsey James Lab “Development of Covalent Antagonists of Methyl-Lysine Reader MPP8 as a Therapeutic Target in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer”
3:45– 4:05 pm	Jiajia Wang – Guang Hu Lab “INO80 promotes H2A.Z occupancy and governs cell fate transitions in pluripotent stem cells”
4:05– 4:25 pm	Jason Watts – Jason Watts Lab “Mitochondrial RNA polymerase pausing is mediated by guanine rich sequences”
4:25 – 4:55 pm	Poster Session l
4:55 – 5:25 pm	Poster Session ll