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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Chromosome Dynamics from Microbes to Animals
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Chromosome Dynamics and Size Scaling in Xenopus "
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Mechanisms of DNA Loop Extrusion by Condensin Complexes"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"How Condensin Resolves Chromosomes in Bacillus subtilis "
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Control of Chromosome Topology and Gene Expression via Condensin and Chromatin Modification"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Organization of the Pericentromere in Budding Yeast"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Mitotic Antipairing of Homologous and Sex Chromosomes via Spatial Restriction of Two Haploid Sets"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"The Fine-Tuned Interplay Between the ParABS System and Condensins Drives Chromosome Organization in Pseudomonas aeruginosa "
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Chromosome Archae-Tecture: The 3D Organization of the Sulfolobus Genome"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Bacterial Chromosome Structure?"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"A Dynamic E. coli Genome: Widespread DNA Contacts Revealed by Monitoring Mu Transposition"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Ion Counting Demonstrates a High Electrostatic Potential of the Nucleosome"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Centromeres and Chromosome Stability
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Regulation of Chromosome Segregation"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Using Chromosome Engineering to Study Dicentric Chromosome Stabilization"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
"PCH-2 Proofreads Meiotic Homolog Interactions"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
"Visualizing Chromosome Scaffold with Expansion STORM"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Centromeric Chromatin"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Mechanics and Modeling of Centromeres"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Examining How Nanometer-Sized Proteins Build Micrometer-Sized Anaphase Spindles in Human Cells"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Topoisomerase II Has a Role in Establishing G1 Chromosome Compartmentalization"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"The Escherichia coli SMC Complex, MukBEF, Compacts the Chromosome Lengthwise by Forming a Ring-Shaped Axial Filament"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Characterization of Human DNA Positive Supercoiling Machine"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Physicochemical Mechanotransduction Alters Nuclear Shape and Mechanics via Heterochromatin Formation"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Investigating How Chromosome Mechanics Contribute to Mitotic Fidelity"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Probing the Mechanism of SMC Complex Function"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Genome Structure and Dynamics
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Chromosome Segregation in Archaea "
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Chromosome Mechanics During Nuclear Assembly"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"New Insights into ParAB-Mediated Chromosome Segregation in B. subtilis "
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Regulation of Chromatin by Phase Separation and Other Mechanisms"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Chromosome Dynamics and Gene Regulation
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Insights into Chromatin Organization and Dynamics Enabled by Deconvolution of Diffusive States"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"RNA in Chromosome Architecture and Regulation"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"DNA Loop Structures Important for Gene Expression and Cellular Identity"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Convergent Genes Shape Budding Yeast Pericentromeres"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
"Organization of Chromosome Scaffold in Escherichia coli by Condensin and Topoisomerase IV"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
"The DNA-Crossbridging Protein BAF Functions in Nuclear Membrane Repair During Interphase"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Chromosomes in Mammalian Cells and E. coli "
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Nucleosomal Elasticity Is Encoded by Unique Histone Variants"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
" Regulation of Mitotic Chromosome Shape and Individualization by Linker Histones"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
"Patterning of Meiotic Recombination by Reaction-Diffusion"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Why Centromeres Tend to Fall Apart in Meiosis, and How Telomeres Promote Their Reassembly"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Spatial and Temporal Organization of DSB Repair During C. elegans Meiosis"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
"Meiotic Chromosome Dynamics in 4D"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
"When Topoisomerases Go Wrong: Repair Pathways for Topoisomerase 2-Induced DNA Double-Strand Breaks"
7:25 pm - 7:30 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; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Replication, Recombination and Repair
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Recognition and Control of Supercoiling in Bacterial Genomes"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"The 'Knotty' Relationship Between the Replisome and RNA Polymerase"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Does the Smc5/6 Complex Function by Modulating Supercoiled DNA?"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"An Unexpected Role for Microtubules in the Cellular Response to DNA Replication Stress"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Regulation of Replication Elongation in Bacteria"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Regulation of Recombinational Repair"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Histone Acetylation Modulates Inducible Copy Number Variation and Adaptation at Tandem Repeats"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Discovering Small Molecules that Affect Template-Switch Mutagenesis"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Chromosome Cohesion, Compaction and Condensation
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Novel Mechanisms to Coordinate Cohesin and Condensin Function"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Condensin-Based Chromosome Organization: New Insights from Cell-Free Extracts"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Loading the SMC Loader onto the Chromosome"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure