Mini Symposium: Neuroscience Meets 3D Genome Biology
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, 10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT
August 4, 2017
Registration 8:30am; Symposium 9:00am – 4:40pm; Reception to follow
Students FREE
Non-Student $15
CONTACT: Juliet Kapsis, 860-837-2066, Juliet.Kapsis@jax.org; www.jax.org/neuroscience-meets-3D
The symposium will focus on linking three-dimensional (3D) genome biology with neuroscience. 3D genome organization, or genome topology, is known to be critical for transcriptional regulation. This event launches a Human Frontier Science Program research effort that seeks to discover at least some forms of chromatin topology codes that might exist affecting transcription regulation in neuroplasticity such as memory/learning and may be connected to cognitive disorders. The goal of this one-day symposium is to enable and encourage interaction and collaboration between scientists working on the 3D genome and neuroscientists interested in neuroplasticity, memory and learning and neurological diseases.
Featured Speakers:
- Yijun Ruan, The Jackson Laboratory
- Andrew Garrett, The Jackson Laboratory
- Elissa Chesler, The Jackson Laboratory
- Emaly Piecuch, The Jackson Laboratory
- Miezhen Zheng, The Jackson Laboratory
- Jiang-Fan Chen, Boston University School of Medicine
- Wayne Frankel, Columbia University
- Stormy Chamberlain, University of Connecticut
- Angel Barco, Universidad Miguel Hernandez
- Grzegorz Wilczynski, Medical University of Warsaw
- Katarzyna Karolina Pels, Jagiellonian University in Cracow
For more information, contact: Juliet Kapsis at juliet.kapsis@jax.org