Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Genetics and Epigenetics Drivers of Tumor Evolution
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Studying Transcriptional Regulation with Functional Genomics"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
"Mutational Signatures in Cancer: From Mechanism to Medicine"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"Transposable Elements and Cancer Epigenome Evolution"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Epigenetics of Tumor Microenvironment
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Network-Level Epigenetic Alterations in Cancer Evolution"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"RNA Epigenetics in Prostate and Lung Cancer"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Uncoupling Tissue Plasticity Mechanisms in Regeneration and Cancer"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Out of the Comfort Zone: Rethinking Approaches to Breast Cancer Dormancy"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address the interests and needs of all scientists and the challenges they face in their careers. Specifically, the program promotes meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages about barriers to career advancement and strategies to support the professional growth of all members of the community. The GRC Power Hour™ is open to all conference participants.
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"New Epigenetic Therapy Strategies for Reversing Cancer Specific DNA Methylation Abnormalities"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Chemical Biology Tools to Probe the Cancer Epigenome and Transcriptome"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Targeting Epigenetic Vulnerabilities by Synthetic Lethality"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Intercepting Cancer with Ascorbic Acid: An Epigenetic Drug"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Tumor Genetic and Epigenetic Reprogramming
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Targeted Therapy Resistance in Advanced Prostate Cancer"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation and Therapeutic Response in Hormone-Driven Cancers"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Measuring and Predicting Cancer Evolution"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Mechanisms of Stress Adaptive Plasticity During Colorectal Cancer Progression"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Spatial Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Biology and Therapeutic Targeting of Cohesion-Mutant Myeloid Malignancies"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Single-Cell Analysis of Chromatin Organization Reveals ecRNA Dynamics in Glioblastoma"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Longitudinal Analyses of Chromatin Heterogeneity in Tumor Initiation and Response to Therapy"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Spatial Multi-Omics Sequencing for Mapping Human Cancer Spatiotemporal Dynamics"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Epigenetic Plasticity and Heterogeneity in Cancer
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Decoding Epigenetic Heterogeneity in Tumor and Blood for Cancer Research, Diagnosis and Monitoring"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Epigenomic Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Evolution"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Unraveling the Drivers of Cancer Plasticity Through Functional Genetics"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Thinking Outside the Chromosome: Interrogating Epigenetic Mechanisms in Noncanonicalchromatin Species"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Genetics and Epigenetics of Non-Coding Cancer Drivers
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Epigenetic Dysregulation of Transposable Elements in Cancer"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"RNA Methylation Suppresses Aberrant Mammary Differentiation and Neoplastic Transformation"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Targeting METTL3 Induces Viral Mimicry Responses in a Subset of Colorectal Cancer Cells"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Location, Location, Location: Charting Causes and Consequences of Tissue Selective Epigenetic Programs in Hormone-Driven Cancers"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Estrogen Receptor Driven Epitranscriptomics in Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Chromatin Regulation by RNA Methylation in Cancer"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Targeting RNA Modifications in Cancer"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Genomics and Epigenomics Technologies
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Unlocking Cancer Immunity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Decoding Transcriptional Bursting and Direct Transcriptional Responses to Perturbations"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Basal-Squamous Identity Mechanisms in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure