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
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Maintaining DNA Methylation Homeostasis in Plants"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"The Role of Chromatin in Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Epigenetic Capacitance: H3K4me1 as a Gatekeeper of Phenotypic Variation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Epigenetic Transmission and Reprogramming
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Epigenetic Memory and the Germline Cycle: The Tales of Erasure and Long-Term Maintenance"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"Unveiling the Mechanism of Genomic Imprinting at the Arabidopsis MEDEA Locus"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"Safeguarding Germline Immortality"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
"Transgenerational Inheritance and Reversible Behavior in Maternal Epigenetic Reprogramming Mutants"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 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
Chromatin Mediated Epigenetic Regulation
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Epigenetic Gene Regulation in Arabidopsis "
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"X-Marks the Spot: Competition Between Pioneer Transcription Factors Drives X-Chromosome Dosage Compensation"
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
"Establishment of H3K9me Heterochromatin in Fission Yeast"
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General 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
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Decoding the Role of Repressive Chromatin Modifications During Programmed DNA Elimination in Paramecium "
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"The Impact of Nuclear Organization on Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei "
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"The Cost of Silence: How Epigenetic Silencing Influences Mutation Rate and What This Means for Evolution"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
"The Role and Inheritance of Gene Body Methylation in an Invertebrate"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 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
Environmental Impacts on the Epigenome
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Mechanisms of Non-Genetic Inheritance"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Trauma-Inducible Glucocorticoid-Signalling within the Male Germline and Beyond"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
"The Nucleus Under Stress: How Environmental Challenges Shape Chromatin Organization and Function"
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Epigenetic Influences in Development
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Epigenetic Mechanisms in Early Mammalian Development"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"Epigenome Reprogramming in Plants"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"Pioneering the Developmental Frontier"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
"Mechanisms of Early Embryonic Gene Regulation"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
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
Repetitive Elements in Epigenetic Responses
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"750 Million Years of Coevolution Between Transposable Elements and Zinc Finger Proteins"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"Human Satellite DNAs Act as Megabase-Scale Transcription Factor Binding Platforms"
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
"Dynamic Centromere Evolution in Drosophila"
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General 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
Epigenetics in Trait Variation and Disease
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"NCoR Complexes and Transcriptional Regulation During Development"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"Variegated and Multi-Stable Disease Regulation"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:15 am
"Massive Transposable Elements Mediate Horizontal Gene Transfer in Fungi"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am
"Decoding Genome-Wide PRC2 Activity Through DNA, Transcription, and RNA Regulation"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Epigenetics Beyond the Genome
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Heterochromatin Condensate
Formation and Compartmentalization
In Vivo and In Vitro "
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"Super-Resolution Imaging of Transcription in Living Cells"
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
"Epigenetics Beyond the Chromosome"
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure