March 30–April 02, 2025 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers:
Seychelle Vos, John T. Lis, and Luca Giorgetti

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Scientific Organizers: Seychelle Vos, John T. Lis, and Luca Giorgetti
Seychelle Vos
John T. Lis
Luca Giorgetti
***Meeting program subject to change.
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Sunday, March 30, 2025
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Monday, March 31, 2025
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Chromatin and Transcription
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Controlling CpG islands
RNA Modifications in Health and Disease
High-Throughput Measurements of Activation and Repression Domains from Human Proteins
Short Talk: Members of an Array of Zinc Finger Proteins Specify Distinct Hox Chromatin Boundaries
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Thermodynamic Principles Link in vitro Transcription Factor Affinities to Single-molecule Chromatin States in Cells
Structural Basis of Human CHD1 Nucleosome Recruitment and Pausing
SWI/SNF Regulates Nuclear Condensates in an eRNA Dependent Manner
Mechanisms of Phase-separation Driven Chromatin Looping in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Conserved Transcription Factors Coordinate Synaptic Gene Expression Through Repression
Enhancer-promoter Specificity Mediated by the Promoter-proximal Region
Identification Of A Selective And Orally Bioavailable BPTF PROTAC With Anti-Tumor Activity In SWI/SNF Mutant Lung Cancer
Session Chair
Single-molecule Live Imaging of Transcriptional Regulatory Complex Interactions using Proximity-assisted Photoactivation (PAPA)
Regulation of Gene Expression in the 3D Genome
Dynamics of Chromatin Loops and the Consequence on Transcription
Short Talk: Understanding the Mechanism of Promoter Competition
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Session Chair
Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation on Chromatin
Single molecule microscopy reveals unexpected features of RNApII transcription
Chromatin and Transcription Elongation
The biogenesis and regulation of chromatin accessibility for dynamic transcription complexes
Short Talk: Widespread Impact of Nucleosome Remodelers on Transcription at Cis-regulatory Elements
Short Talk: Mechanisms of Direct cis Repression by a Transcriptional Activator
Group Leader
VP, Head of Biology
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Senior Editor
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The Kinetics of Transcription Factor Target Search and Activation in Live Cells
Quantifying the Molecular Transactions that Control Transcription in Live Cells
Genome Looping and its Consequences on Transcription
Short Talk: Extensive 3D Genome Reorganization Foreshadows Zygotic Genome Activation in Drosophila
Short Talk: Enhancers Regulate Transcription without Acting as Loading Sites for Extruding Cohesin
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Short Talk: Remote Presenter - GATO-Seq Uncovers RNA Polymerase II Promoter-Proximal Pausing Dynamics
The Regulatory Interplay of Enhancers, Facilitators, and Promoters – A Case Study in a Native Chromatin Context
Pausing and Release into Productive Elongation
Kinases, Phosphatases and their Role in Transcription Termination
Short Talk: Gain-of-function RNA Polymerase II Partitioning is a Shared Feature of Diverse Oncogenic Fusions
Short Talk: High-resolution Mapping of the Pol II and Pol III Regulatory Complexes under Transcriptional Perturbation
Short Talk: Enhancer Activation from Transposable Elements in Extrachromosomal DNA
Session Chair
High-resolution Footprints in Chromatin Architecture Enable Discovery of Transcription Factor Nano-assemblies
High-throughput Characterization of Interactions between Transcription Factors and Intrinsically Disordered Regions with Optical Pooled Screening
Identification of Regulators that Drive Dynamic, Heat Shock-Induced Genome Restructuring
Novel Gene Evolution and 3D Chromatin Organization
Human Satellite 3 DNA Encodes Megabase-scale Transcription Factor Binding Platforms
Decoupling Transcriptional Memory from Chromatin Structure through Analysis of Single Chromatin Fibers
Session Chair
Chromatin Regulation and Cancer
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Epigenetics and Functional Intratumor Heterogeneity
Targeting Chromatin Modulators with Therapeutic Degraders
Targeting RNA Modifying Enzymes in the Treatment of Cancer
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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