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Dynamics of Eukaryotic Transcription during Development (C4)

Organizer(s): Karen Adelman and Marc Timmers
April 7 - 12, 2010
Big Sky Resort  ·  Big Sky, Montana
Abstract Deadline: December 7, 2009
Late Abstract Deadline: January 5, 2010
Scholarship Deadline: December 7, 2009
Early Registration Deadline: February 5, 2010


Supported by The Directors' Fund



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Summary of Meeting
Gene expression in eukaryotes is regulated primarily at the level of transcription. Although much is known about the basic building blocks required to recruit RNA polymerase II to a gene promoter and establish a pre-initiation complex, recent data reveals that a great deal of regulation occurs during transcription elongation, and involves dynamic interactions between the transcription machinery and chromatin structure. This meeting is intended to explore these recently appreciated mechanisms for gene regulation and to showcase the novel techniques that have permitted these advances. Of particular interest are the use of comprehensive, genomic approaches, and their use towards understanding the different patterns of gene expression in different model systems, including stem cells and developing tissues, as well as the application of novel molecular probing and cell imaging techniques to investigate the global nuclear architecture and its impact on gene expression.

Wednesday, April 7
3:00 - 7:30 PM Registration Lower Atrium
6:30 - 7:30 PM Refreshments Lower Atrium
7:30 - 8:30 PM Keynote Address Gallatin
* Karen Adelman, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health
Richard A. Young, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Programming Embryonic Stem Cell State
Thursday, April 8
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Jefferson/Madison
8:00 - 11:00 AM Genomic Approaches to Understanding Gene Expression Gallatin
* Marc Timmers, University Medical Centre Utrecht
Jonathan Widom, Northwestern University
DNA-Encoded Nucleosome Organization of Eukaryotic Genomes
Steven Henikoff, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Mapping Genome-Wide Nucleosome Dynamics
B. Franklin Pugh, Pennsylvania State University
Global Interplay between the Transcription Machinery and Chromatin
Frank C.P. Holstege, University Medical Center, Utrecht
Understanding Regulatory Circuitry through Expression-Profile Phenotypes
W. Lee Kraus, Cornell University
Short Talk: Exploring the Direct Estrogen-Regulated Transcriptome in Breast Cancer Cells Using GRO-Seq
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Lower Atrium
11:00 AM - On Own for Lunch and Recreation
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Jefferson/Madison
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Jefferson/Madison
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Lower Atrium
5:00 - 7:00 PM Transcription Regulation in Stem Cells and during Development Gallatin
* Richard A. Young, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Michael S. Levine, University of California, Berkeley
Gene Activation during Development and Differentiation in Drosophila
Fiona M. Watt, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute
Proliferation and Differentiation of Epidermal Stem Cells
Kenneth S. Zaret, University of Pennsylvania
Pioneer Transcription Factors in Programming of Liver and Pancreas Progenitors: Lessons for Stem Cell Differentiation
Xiaole Shirley Liu, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health
Short Talk: Using Histone Mark Dynamics to Infer the Transcription Regulatory Network in Intestine Development
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Jefferson/Madison
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Jefferson/Madison
Friday, April 9
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Jefferson/Madison
8:00 - 11:00 AM Transcription Regulation - From Pol II Recruitment to Early Elongation Gallatin
* Kenneth S. Zaret, University of Pennsylvania
Robert G. Roeder, Rockefeller University
Function of Diverse Transcriptional Coactivators in Animal Cells
Marc Timmers, University Medical Centre Utrecht
Dynamic Regulation of the Basal Transcription Machinery
Jennifer F. Kugel, University of Colorado, Boulder
Regulation of Early Steps of Transcription by ncRNAs
Bijan Sobhian, Institute of Human Genetics
Short Talk: HIV-1 Tat Assembles a Multifunctional Transcription Elongation Complex and Stably Associates with the 7SK snRNP
Laszlo Tora, Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire
TBP2 is Essential for Germ Cell Development by Regulating Transcription and Chromatin Condensation in the Oocyte
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Lower Atrium
11:00 AM - On Own for Lunch and Recreation
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Jefferson/Madison
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Jefferson/Madison
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 1: Genomic Approaches: Discovery of Transcription Modulators as Drug Targets and High-Throughput Techniques for Investigating Changes in Gene Expression
This workshop is designed to engage members of pharmaceutical industry using new techniques to identify transcription inhibitors, as well as companies that do high-throughput sequencing.
Gallatin
* Laszlo Tora, Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire
James E. Bradner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Direct Inhibition of the Notch Transcription Factor Complex
Jun Zhu, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
The Landscape of Transcription Initiation in the Drosophila melanogaster Embryo
Tae-Kyung Kim, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Widespread Transcription at Thousands of Enhancers during Activity-Dependent Gene Expression in Neurons
Marta Radman-Livaja, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Gene Inactivation and Epigenetic Inheritance
Michael P. Schnetz, Case Western Reserve University
CHD7 Targets Active Gene Enhancer Elements to Modulate ES Cell-Specific Gene Expression
Michael D. Wilson, Cambridge Research Institute
Five Vertebrate ChIP-seq Reveals the Genetic Mechanisms of Rapid Transcription Factor Binding Divergence
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Lower Atrium
5:00 - 7:00 PM Regulation of Transcription Elongation Gallatin
* John T. Lis, Cornell University
Hiroshi Handa, Tokyo Institute of Technology
The Role of Transcription Elongation Factors in Genome Expression
Karen Adelman, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health
Pol II Stalling Across the Genome
David S. Gilmour, Pennsylvania State University
Biochemical and in vivo Analysis of Promoter Proximal Pausing
Ryan Baugh, Duke University
Short Talk: Nutritional Control of Pol II Pausing during C. elegans Development
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Jefferson/Madison
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Jefferson/Madison
Saturday, April 10
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Jefferson/Madison
8:00 - 11:00 AM The Interplay between Transcription and Chromatin Gallatin
* Steven Henikoff, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jane Mellor, University of Oxford
Histone Modifications, Transcription Factors, ncRNA and Gene Loops in Transcription
Marc D. Meneghini, University of Toronto
Short Talk: Global Histone Demethylation Controls Spore Differentiation Timing during Budding Yeast Gametogenesis
Olivier Cuvier, LBME- CNRS
Deciphering the Discrete Stages of Insulator-encoded Nucleosome-Positioning: The Road toward Transcriptional Competence
Ali Shilatifard, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Transcriptional Elongation Control and Human Leukemia
David H. Price, University of Iowa
Mechanism of Release of P-TEFb and HEXIM1 from the 7SK snRNP by HIV Tat and the Chromatin Binding Protein, Brd4
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Lower Atrium
11:00 AM - On Own for Lunch and Recreation
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Jefferson/Madison
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Jefferson/Madison
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 2: New and Noteworthy Gallatin
* Joan W. Conaway, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Maria Ciofani, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NYUSOM
Transcriptional Regulatory Network Underlying CD4+ T Helper 17 (Th17) Lineage Specification
Suming Huang, University of Florida
Serine Phosphorylation on TAL1 Regulates its Interaction with Histone Demethylase LSD1 during Hematopoiesis
Miguel Garcia-Diaz, Stony Brook University
A Unique DNA Binding Mode Enables Human mterf1 to Regulate Mitochondrial Transcription
Akihiko Yokoyama, National Cancer Center Research Institute
Mechanisms of MLL-Dependent Transcriptional Maintenance in Normal and Cancer Cells
Madeline M. Wong, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Promoter Bound p300 Complexes Facilitate Transmission of Molecular Memory Across the Cell Cycle
Ines de Santiago, Medical Research Council - Clinical Sciences Centre
Genome-Wide Mapping of RNA Polymerase II Phosphorylation Elucidates the CTD Code in Embryonic Stem Cells
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Lower Atrium
5:00 - 7:00 PM Activators and Co-Regulatory Complexes Gallatin
* Katherine A. Jones†, The Salk Institute
Barbara Panning, University of California, San Francisco
Tip60-p400 as a Regulator of Embryonic Stem Cell Identity
Joan W. Conaway, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Mechanisms for Recruiting Chromatin Remodeling Complexes to Their Targets
Susan E. Mango, Harvard University
Investigating the Transcriptional Mechanisms that Govern the Progression of C. elegans Development
Michael Meisterernst, Institute of Molecular Tumor Biology
Short Talk: Transcription Cofactor PC4 is Critical for Cellular Proliferation and Early Development of Mammals
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Jefferson/Madison
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 3 Jefferson/Madison
Sunday, April 11
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Jefferson/Madison
8:00 - 11:00 AM Co-Transcriptional RNA Processing and Non-Coding RNAs Gallatin
* Wendy A. Bickmore, MRC Human Genetics Unit
Stephen Buratowski, Harvard Medical School
Connecting Transcription to Chromatin and mRNA Processing
Katherine A. Jones, The Salk Institute
SKIP, a Cell Survival Factor that Controls Elongation and Gene-Specific Splicing
Sukesh R. Bhaumik, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Short Talk: A Novel Regulatory Pathway of Eukaryotic Transcriptional Activation by mRNA Cap-Binding Complex in vivo
Ramin Shiekhattar, Wistar Institute
Elucidating the Function of Long Non-Coding RNAs
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Lower Atrium
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Lower Atrium
5:00 - 7:00 PM Imaging and Probing Global Nuclear Architecture Gallatin
* Stephen Buratowski, Harvard Medical School
Bas van Steensel, Netherlands Cancer Institute
Architecture and Function of Genome - Nuclear Lamina Interactions
Wendy A. Bickmore, MRC Human Genetics Unit
Ring1B Compacts Chromatin Structure, and Represses Gene Expression, Independent of Histone Ubiquitination
Jie Yao, Janelia Farm Resarch Campus/HHMI
Short Talk: Coordinate Re-Positioning of Genes and Core Promoter Selectivity Factors during Myogenesis
John T. Lis, Cornell University
New Views of Local and Genome-Wide Transcription Activation in Vivo
7:00 - 7:15 PM Closing Remarks
Marc Timmers, University Medical Centre Utrecht
Closing Remarks
7:15 - 8:15 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Jefferson/Madison
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Jefferson/Madison
Monday, April 12
Departure
*Session Chair   †Speaker invited, not yet responded.



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