Thursday, November 2, 2017
8:30-9:00 am Registration & Breakfast | Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 3rd Floor Rotunda
9:00-9:05 Opening Remarks, Stellar Abstract Awards
Peter Park, Conference Chair
SESSION I: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
* last 5 minutes of all session talks reserved for questions and discussion
9:05-9:55
Wouter de Laat | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Hubrecht Institute
Cooperative and non-cooperative spatial regulatory chromatin interactions uncovered by Multi-Contact 4C (MC-4C)
9:55-10:25
Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard University
In situ genome & transcriptome imaging in single cells
10:25-10:40
Abstract Winner Platform Talk I
Yaping Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MethylHiC reveals long-range genetic-epigenetic and epigenetic-epigenetic interactions within the same single molecule
10:40-11:00 BREAK
11:00-11:30
X. Sunney Xie, Harvard University
Single-cell genomics: when stochasticity meets precision
11:30-12:00
Ana Pombo, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology
Genome architecture mapping: exploring mechanisms of 3D chromatin folding
12:00-1:15 LUNCH
SESSION II: APPLICATIONS TO BASIC BIOLOGY AND DISEASE MECHANISMS
1:15-2:05
Leonid Mirny | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Genome Folding by Loop Extrusion
2:05-2:35
Luca Giorgetti, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
A quantitative analysis of the hierarchical folding of mammalian chromosomes
2:35-3:05
Ting Wu, Harvard Medical School
Chromosomes at super-resolution and a 300 million year old mystery
3:05-3:30 BREAK
3:30-3:45
Abstract Winner Platform Talk II
Ittai Eres, University of Chicago
Interrogating the 3D Structure of the Genome in Human and Chimpanzee Tissues
3:45-4:15
Erez Lieberman-Aiden, Baylor College of Medicine
A 3D Code in the Human Genome
4:15-6:00 Poster Session and Reception | 2nd floor lounge
Click here for a list of poster abstracts.
Friday, November 3, 2017
8:30-9:00am Breakfast | Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 3rd Floor Rotunda
SESSION III: COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES
9:00-9:50
William Greenleaf | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Stanford University
Single-cell epigenomics maps the continuous regulatory landscape of human hematopoietic differentiation
9:50-10:20
Francesco Ferrari, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Extracting information on multi-scale chromatin organization from Hi-C data
10:20-10:50
Feng Yue, Pennsylvania State University
3D Genome Organization in Cancer Cells
10:50-11:05
Abstract Winner Platform Talk III
Jill Moore, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Systematic Evaluation of Methods for Linking Enhancers with Target Genes
11:05-11:35
Nils Gehlenborg, Harvard Medical School
Making Sense of Chromosome Interaction Data with Multi-Scale Data Visualization Tools
11:35 Closing Remarks
Xihong Lin, PQG Coordinating Director
