Symposium Program

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Light Breakfast & Registration
9:00AM-4:00PMRegistrationOrganizing staffLucas Room/Cone University Center
9:00AM-9:50AMLight BreakfastAll participantsLucas Room/Cone University Center
Opening Remarks
9:50AM-9:55AMUNC Charlotte R1 Status and ResearchDr. John Daniels, Vice Chancellor for Research, UNC CharlotteMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
9:55AM-10:00AMWelcome remarks from DBS and CBESDr. Christine Richardson, DBS Chair and CBES Director, UNC CharlotteMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
Morning Session
10:00AM- 10:30AMKeynote Address: CHAMP1 complex directs heterochromatin assembly and promotes homology-directed DNA repairDr. Alan D. D’Andrea, Harvard UniversityMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
10:30AM- 10:50AMInvited Lecture: Biomolecular condensates in cancerDr. Greg Wang, Duke UniversityMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
10:50AM- 11:00AMContributed Talk: Mechanistic studies of nucleolar DNA damage response in genome integrity and cancer therapeuticsDr. Shan Yan, UNC CharlotteMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
11:00AM- 11:05AMBreak (5 minutes) McKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
11:05AM- 11:25AMInvited Lecture: Mechanisms for repair of chromosome breaks by end joiningDr. Dale Ramsden, UNC Chapel HillMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
11:25AM- 11:40AMContributed Talk: Arginine methylation of BRD4 by PRMT2/4 governs transcription and DNA repairDr. Wenjian Gan, Medical University of South CarolinaMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
11:40AM- 11:50AMContributed Talk: Targeting Aurora A to overcome cisplatin resistance in HNSCCXin Li, PhD student at UNC Chapel HillMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
11:50AM- 12:00PMContributed Talk: Defining the function of cohesin and SMARCA5 in R-loop-mediated DNA repairElizabeth Irvin, PhD student at NCSUMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
Lunch & Poster Session
12:00PM-2:00PMLunchAll participantsLucas Room/Cone University Center
12:00PM-2:00PMSponsors displays and discussionsSymposium sponsorsLucas Room/Cone University Center
12:30PM-1:45PMPoster presentationsPoster presentations and judgingLucas Room/Cone University Center
Afternoon Session
2:00PM-2:30PMKeynote Address: Shaping the dynamic chromatin landscape for gene expression at single- molecule resolutionDr. Carl Wu, Johns Hopkins UniversityMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
2:30PM-2:50PMInvited Lecture: Histone genetics as a tool to study epigenetic regulation during animal developmentDr. Robert Duronio, UNC Chapel HillMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
2:50PM-3:05PMContributed Talk: Cross- regulation through mutual modifications among histone H3 modifiersDr. Ke Zhang Reid, Wake Forest UniversityMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
3:05PM-3:10PMBreak (5 minutes) McKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
3:10PM -3:20PMContributed Talk: Self- clustering of three CBX2 proteins drives bridging- induced phase separation to promote facultative heterochromatinization of Polycomb target genesDr. Xiaojun Ren, UNC CharlotteMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
3:20PM -3:35PMContributed Talk: The SWI/SNF pathway regulates transposable element expression and provides a new therapeutic opportunity for pediatric tumorsDr. Tara Doucet-O’Hare, Clemson UniversityMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
3:35PM -3:55PMInvited Lecture: Chromatin regulation of neuronal maturationDr. Anne Elizabeth West, Duke UniversityMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
Poster Award Presentation
4:00PM-4:15PMPoster Award AnnouncementAnnounced by Dr. Shan Yan and Dr. Xiaojun (XJ) Ren & Awards presented by Keynote SpeakersMcKnight Auditorium/Cone University Center
Closing & Social Hour
4:00PM-5:30PMLight Refreshments and NetworkingAll participantsLucas Room/Cone University Center