Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Landmark Discoveries in Chromosome Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Stacey Hanlon (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Sue Biggins (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA)
"Detecting and Correcting Errors in Mitosis"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Chromosome Structure and Evolution
Discussion Leader: Kristina Krassovsky (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Andrew Seeber (Harvard University, USA)
"Chromosome Dynamics in Response to DNA Damage"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Sumitabha Brahmachari (Rice University, USA)
"Chromosome Disentanglement Driven via Optimal Compaction of Loop-Extruded Structures"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Jarno Mäkelä (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"The Escherichia coli SMC Complex, MukBEF, Compacts the Chromosome Lengthwise by Forming a Ring-Shaped Axial Filament"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Megan Justice (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"WIZ Occupies DNA Loop Structures Required for Proper Gene Expression and Cell Identity"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Devika Salim (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA)
"Histone Acetylation Modulates Inducible Copy Number Variation and Adaptation at Tandem Repeats"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Rupesh Kumar (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
"Organization of Chromosome Scaffold in Escherichia coli by Condensin and Topoisomerase IV"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Chromosome Replication and Segregation
Discussion Leader: Veer Keizer (Institut Curie, France)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Flora Paldi (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"Convergent Genes Shape Budding Yeast Pericentromeres"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Riccardo Gamba (Insitut Curie, France)
"DNA Sequence and CENP-B: The Building Blocks for a Strong Centromere"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Pavan Choppakatla (Rockefeller University, USA)
"Regulation of Mitotic Chromosome Shape and Individualization by Linker Histones"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Magdalena Gebala (Stanford University, USA)
"Ion Counting Demonstrates a High Electrostatic Potential of the Nucleosome"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Christopher Edelmaier (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
"Investigating How Chromosome Mechanics Contribute to Mitotic Fidelity"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Stacey Hanlon (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA)
"Using B Chromosomes to Characterize a Novel Female Meiotic Drive System in D. melanogaster "
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Choices and Taking the Next Step
Discussion Leader: Man Zhou (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Choices and Taking the Next Step
Scott Keeney (Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
Rebecca Heald (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Sue Biggins (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA)
Brian Beliveau (University of Washington, USA)
Jade Wang (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
