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
"Trans -Acting siRNAs Mediate Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants"
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
"Inter-Individual Variation in Chromatin Bivalency in the Human Male Germ Line"
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
"DNA Methylation Reprogramming in an Australian Marsupial"
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
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 - 6:50 pm
"X-Marks the Spot: Competition Between Pioneer Transcription Factors Drives X-Chromosome Dosage Compensation"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
"Molecular and Structural Insights Into the Differential Regulatory Mechanism of Plant PRC2 Isoforms"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
"Establishment and Maintenance of H3K27me3 in a Simple Eukaryote"
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
"A Novel H3K27me3 Methyltransferase Has Replaced PRC2 in a Predatory Nematode"
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
"Histone Methylation has a Direct Metabolic Role in Humans"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Aphid-Induced Transgenerational Manipulation of Plant Defenses Is Overcome in Nature"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
"The Role and Inheritance of Gene Body Methylation in an Invertebrate"
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
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
"Dynamics and Mechanisms of Emergence of Epimutation Based Resistance"
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
"Non-Canonical Functions of DNA Methylation in Mammals"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"Pioneering the Developmental Frontier"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"Epigenome Reprogramming in Plants"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
"Regulation of Gene Promoters in Adult Pluripotent Stem Cells"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
"Dosage Compensation in the Absence of Xist and X-Chromosome Inactivation"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Mechanisms of Early Embryonic Gene Regulation"
12:20 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
trait variation and disease
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Variegated and Multi-Stable Disease Regulation"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
"Intraspecific Variation in the Duration of Epigenetic Inheritance"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm
"NCoR Complexes and Transcriptional Regulation During Development"
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
"Decoding Genome-Wide PRC2 Activity Through DNA, Transcription, and RNA Regulation"
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
Repetitive Elements in Epigenetic Responses
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Massive Transposable Elements Mediate Horizontal Gene Transfer in Fungi"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
"Chromatin State and DNA Repair Contribute to the Arabidopsis Genome's Nonuniform Mutation Rate"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
"Chromatin Self-Defence Against Transposable Elements: Role of His2Av in Drosophila melanogaster Germline"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
"Fiber-Seq: Accessibility Profiling and Multi-Omics With Long Read Sequencing"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
"Dynamic Centromere Evolution in Drosophila"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
"Single-Molecule Methylation Profiling at the b1 Paramutation Locus in Maize"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
"Human Satellite DNAs Act as Megabase-Scale Transcription Factor Binding Platforms"
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 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 - 6:50 pm
"Super-Resolution Imaging of Transcription in Living Cells"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
"Transposable Element Co-Option Drives Transcription Factor Neofunctionalization"
7:15 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