Transcriptional and Epigenetic Influences on Stem Cell States Organizer(s): Thomas P. Zwaka, Rudolf Jaenisch and Joanna Wysocka Date: March 23 - 28, 2015
Location: Sheraton Steamboat Resort, Steamboat Springs, CO, USAAn ambitious goal in modern biology is to understand stem cell states. Although much is known about both the behavior of stem cells under various conditions and the molecular details of stem cell identity, there is a gap between these two bodies of knowledge. This meeting sets out to bridge this gap, with a focus on transcriptional and epigenetic control of stem cell function. Advances in these areas will enable us to devise new strategies not only to probe stem cell biology more deeply, but to model disease and to develop cellular therapies. This Keystone Symposia meeting will bring together researchers who strive to: 1) Describe transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that control specific stem cell behaviors; 2) Generate predictive models of stem cell fate determination; 3) Delineate the influence of cell cycle and signaling on stem cell state; and 4) Understand mechanisms governing cell fate change, including differentiation, reprogramming and transdifferentiation. Ultimately, the meeting will provide an opportunity to view copious empirical data on stem cell behavior through a molecular lens, and will bring together scientists from basic research fields, such as transcriptional control, chromatin modification and developmental biology, with disease-oriented and translational researchers who are developing therapies or modeling specific diseases. Scholarship Deadline: November 20 2014 Discounted Abstract Deadline: November 20 2014 Abstract Deadline: December 19 2014 Discounted Registration Deadline: January 22 2015 We gratefully acknowledge additional support for this conference from:  We gratefully acknowledge additional in-kind support for this conference from those foregoing speaker expense reimbursements:
EMBO Young Investigator Programme
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