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Winter School 2015

Program of the 2015 IRTG Winter School

5th Winter School of the Collaborative Research Centre TRR81
“Chromatin Changes in Differentiation and Malignancies” Marburg-Giessen-Bad Nauheim-Rotterdam
at the Kleinwalsertal, February 22-27, 2015

 

Sunday 22.2.2015

18:15 Dinner
20:15 Ski Rental

Monday 23.2.2015

08:00-09:00 Breakfast

MORNING SESSION
09:00-11:30
Chair: Angelina Georgieva and Marti Quevedo

Welcome at the seminar room - Sjaak Philipsen

  • Tobias Zimmermann (PI Bartkuhn G) Efficient NGS data analyzes with Conveyer workflow engine
  • Ruben Boers (PI Gribnau R) Retrospective analysis of gene expression

  • Hannah Berberich (PI Bauer M) Molecular Characterization of the Interaction between PRMT4, Mi-2 and c-Myb in Hematopoietic Cells

  • Maria Mikropoulou (PI Philipsen R) Reactivation of the fetal γ-globin gene in adult erythropoiesis: screening for candidate γ-globin repressive proteins

  • Ikram Ullah (PI Brehm M) dMi-2 and RNA


12:00-17:00 Open Discussions
17:30-18:15 Dinner


EVENING SESSION
18:30-21:30
Chair: Ina Theofel and Ruben Boers


  • Gaby Rijsdijk (PI Gribnau R) X chromosome deletions in all shapes and sizes

  • Ilona Vuist (PI Houtsmuller R) Transcription coupled repair and chromatin structure

  • Fan Wu (PI Braun/Zhou BN) DNA modification in developing and adult heart

  • Rob Swenker (PI Nellist R) Generation of TSC2 knock-out cell lines by CRISPR/CAS9-mediated genome engineering

  • Tim Hundertmark (PI Rathke M) Chromatin changes in post-meiotic germ cell stages of Drosophila

  • Adna Omeragic (PI Gribnau R) The function of lncRNAs in chromosome silencing: comparison between mammals and marsupials

 

Tuesday 24.2.2015

 

08:00-09:00 Breakfast


MORNING SESSION
09:00-11:30
Chair: Andrea Enguita and Karim Bouazoune

  • Igor Mačinković (PI Brehm M) Characterization of CoREST complexes in Drosophila

  • Titia G Meijer (PI Umar R) Elucidation of the role of Programmed cell death 4 in Estrogen Receptor positive breast cancer cell lines treated with 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen

  • Sara Völkel (PI Suske M) Zinc finger independent genome-wide binding of Sp2 potentiates recruitment of histone-fold protein Nf-y distinguishing it from Sp1 and Sp3

  • Silvia Hoeboer (PI Philipsen R) Reactivation of fetal hemoglobin expression: functional analysis of candidate modifiers in vivo

  • Angelina Georgieva (PI Braun/Zhou BN) Linking high order chromatin reorganization to stem cell homeostasis by H3K56ac and Sirt6


12:00-17:00 Open Discussions
17:30-18:15 Dinner

EVENING SESSION
18:30-21:30
Chair: Maria Mikropoulou and Jean Schneikert

  • Estrellia Uijl (PI Hoorn R) The role of Toll-like receptor 9 and cell-free mitochondrial DNA in a mouse model of hypertension

  • Ina Theofel (PI Rathke M) The tBRD trio - regulators of a testis-specific transcription program

  • Andreas Enguita-Marruedo (PI Baarends R) Live imaging of histone removal in differentiating mouse spermatids
  • Peeyush Sahu (PI Bauer M) Analysis of the genome-wide PRMT6 binding profile

  • Johan Slotman (PI Houtsmuller R) Revealing mechanisms in double stranded break
    repair during meiosis using nanoscopy


PI meeting in the seminar room

Wednesday 25.2.2015

 

08:00-09:00 Breakfast

Morning SESSION
9:00-11:30
Chair: Ilona Vuist and Benedetto Giaimo

  • Yanhan Jia (PI Dobreva BN) The role of Lamin B1 in lung cancer

  • Ruben Dries (PI Huylebroeck R) Transcriptional dynamics in a TGFbeta centric
    relational network during early neurogenesis

  • Markus Seibert (PI Schmitz G) Identification and characterization of new histone phosphorylation sites

  • Azadeh Amirnasr (PI Wiemer R) Clinical relevance of deregulated microRNAs in NF1-associated Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

  • Francesca Ferrante (PI Borggrefe G) Site-specific methylation ofNotch1 by CARM1 controls amplitude and duration of the Notch1 response



12:00-17:00 Open Discussions
17:30-18:15 Dinner

EVENING SESSION
18:30-21:30
Chair: Azadeh Amirnasr and Markus Seibert

  • Johan Brandsma (PI Poot R) Classifying transcription regulators in embryonic stem cells

  • Kristina Kovac (PI Brehm M) Cancer relevant mutations in CHD4/Mi-2 mutants

  • Niels Galjart (PI R) A fluOmic view of CTCF

  • Jean Schneikert (PI Stiewe M) Exploring the sequence requirements of cis-regulatory genomic regions by multiplex CRISPR-ChIP

  • Joost Gribnau (PI R) The sense of nonsense

  • Benedetto Daniele Giaimo (PI Borggrefe G) A phospho-dependent mechanism controls a committed chromatin state at Notch target genes

 

Thursday 26.2.2015

 

08:00-09:00 Breakfast



MORNING SESSION
09:00-11:30
Chair: Hannah Berberich and Ruben Dries

 

  • Marti Quevedo (PI Poot R) Mediator and Super-Enhancers in Neural Stem Cells

  • Martin Schneider (PI Borggrefe G) Mediator of Transcriptional Regulation in Notch Signaling

  • Mike Broeders (PI Pijnappel R) Development of a stem cell-based therapy for
    mucopolysaccharidosis type VI

  • Amandine Charras (PI Braun/Zhou BN) Chromatin organization and nuclear size control

  • Kerstin Wendt (PI R) Cohesin-related developmental syndromes

  • Sjaak Philipsen Closing remarks


12:00-16:00 Open Discussions
16:00-17:30 Workshops on Perspectives

17:30-18:30 Farewell Dinner and events:
19:00-20:00 Torch-light procession
20:00-late    Farewell party

Friday 27.2.2015

 

06:30-07:45 Breakfast and departure (Rotterdam participants)

 

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