Agenda
Thursday, March 12, 2026
08:30 am
EST
Registration and Poster Setup
09:00 am
EST
Welcome and Introduction by Yamini Dalal
Session I: Chair: Raphael Pavani
09:10 am
EST
RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF TAD BOUNDARY ORGANIZATION DURING DNA REPLICATION
Theodore Busby (Misteli Lab)
09:30 am
EST
HIGH-RESOLUTION CHROMATIN MAPPING REVEALS THAT CTCF IN ANCHORS MEIOTIC LOOPS TO THE CHROMOSOME AXIS
Gang Cheng (Camerini-Otero Lab)
09:50 am
EST
COHESIN LOADER NIPBL AND STAG/eRNAS ORCHESTRATE THE DYNAMIC 3D CHROMATIN ARCHITECTURES UPON ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ACTIVATION
Shuang Feng (Hager Lab)
10:10 am
EST
CONDENSIN SELF-REGULATION BY SHORT LINEAR MOTIFS DRIVES MITOTIC CHROMOSOME ASSEMBLY
Leonard Colin (Kelly Lab)
10:30 am
EST
Break
Session II: Chair: Theodore Busby
10:50 am
EST
REPAIR OF BROKEN REPLICATION FORKS IN HUMAN CELLS: BREAKING DOGMAS AND INSIGHTS INTO CANCER THERAPY
Raphael Pavani (Nussenzweig Lab)
11:10 am
EST
THE CST COMPLEX SUPPRESSES THE TOXICITY OF TRANSCRIPTION-REPLICATION CONFLICTS IN ARID1A DEFICIENT CANCER CELLS
Shalu Sharma (Stracker Lab)
11:30 am
EST
CHROMATIN REGULATION OF DNA DAMAGE RESPONSES: PROVIDING INSIGHTS INTO CANCER AND THERAPEUTICS
Keynote Speaker: Introduction by Eros Lazzerini Denchi
Kyle M. Miller, Ph.D.
Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Radiation Oncology
Winship Cancer Institute
12:30 pm
EST
Lunch
01:30 pm
EST
Poster session (Seminar Room 110)
Session III: Chair: Shalu Sharma
03:00 pm
EST
MAPPING THE CDK2 SUBSTRATE NETWORK IN STEM CELLS REVEALS A ROLE IN REGULATING DNA REPAIR VIA HMCES PHOSPHORYLATION
Eli-Eelika Esvald (Kõivomägi Lab)
03:20 pm
EST
STRESS CONTROLS HETEROCHROMATIN INHERITANCE VIA HISTONE H3 UBIQUITYLATION
Bharat Bhatt (Grewal Lab)
03:40 pm
EST
CHARACTERIZING ENHANCER DYSFUNCTION IN HUMAN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA USING A MASSIVELY PARALLEL REPORTER ASSAY
Meagan Jezek (Arda Lab)
04:00 pm
EST
RNA-COUPLED CRISPR SCREENS REVEAL REGULATORY FACTORS AND MECHANISMS GOVERNING DISEASE-ASSOCIATED ALTERNATIVE SPLICING EVENTS
Amit Behara (Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis Lab)
04:20 pm
EST
Closing remarks and poster award ceremony by Emma Price