Wednesday 6th September
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Welcome
13:00-13:30 Welcome speech from the Norwegian Research Council and the University of Oslo
13:30-17:20 Chromatin regulation
13:30-14:05 Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Leiden University: Epigenetic reprogramming of the human female germline during development
14:05-14:40 Kathleen StewartMorgan, University of Copenhagen: Proliferation and epigenetic reprogramming in the mammalian germline
14:40-15:15 Jan Jakub Zylicz, University of Copenhagen: Epi-metabolic reprogramming underpins the first lineage specification in human development
15:15-15:45 Break for coffee and fruits
15:45-16:20 Peter Askjaer, Universidad Pablo de Olavide: The nuclear envelope in development and disease
16:20-16:55 Rob Close, University of Oxford Understanding polycomb-mediated repression
18:00 Dinner
Thursday 7th September
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-11:55 Epitranscriptomic regulation
09:00-09:35 Kin Fai Au, University of Michigan: Detection of RNA editing by deep learning plus direct RNA sequencing
09:35-10:10 Eivind Valen, University of Oslo: Understanding translational regulation through profiling of ribosomes and RNA.
10:10-10:45 Yue Zhao, University of Michigan: Target gene identification by integrating high dimensional omics data
10:45-11:00 Break for coffee
11:00-11:35 Zhangli Su, University of Alabama at Birmingham: From concealed to revealed: Small RNA modifications and tRNA fragments in cancer biology
11:35-11:55 Adam Filipczyk, CRESCO/Oslo University Hospital: N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) safeguards formative identity and germline entry
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Embryology/epitranscriptomic gene regulation
13:00-13:35 Yawei Gao, Tongji University: RNA-chromatin cross-talk mediated by m6A on repeat RNA in ESCs and early embryos
13:35-14:10 Daniel Martin Messerschmidt, University of Copenhagen: The zygotic and maternal functions of PRDM10
14:10-14:30 Yanjiao Li, CRESCO/University of Oslo: Single-cell MeRIP-seq maps m6A in mouse oocytes and embryos
14:30-14:50 Yunhao Wang, Ohio State University: Dynamic RNA m6A profiles during mouse maternalto-zygotic transition
14:50-15:30 Break for coffee and pastries
15:30-16:05 Katrien Smits, Ghent Universit: ART in the horse
16:05-16:25 Sina Velzi, CRESCO/INN Hamar: The mystery of parthenogensis
16:25-16:45 Pål Falnes, CRESCO/University of Oslo: Unravelling novel methyltransferases involved in protein and nucleic acid methylation
17:00 Fresh air
19:00 Conference dinner
Friday 8th September
08:00-08:40 Breakfast
09:00-12:00 Genome stability
08:40-09:15 Eva Hoffman, University of Copenhagen: Origins and mechanisms of genomic diversity in the human germline
09:15-09:50 Anindya Dutta, University of Alabama at Birmingham: eccDNA and DNA damage repair in mammalian cells
09:50-10:25 Primo Schär, University of Basel: DNA Repair Mediated Active DNA Demethylation in Stress-Induced Activation of Endogenous Retroviral Elements
10:25-10:45 Ingrun Alseth, CRESCO/Oslo University Hospital: ADA2 – a novel DNA adenosine deaminase controlling lysosomal DNA sensing
10:45-11:00 Break for coffee
11:00-11:20 Mads Lerdrup, CRESCO/University of Copenhagen: Sex-Specific DNA-Replication In the early mammalian embryo
11:20-11:40 Vincent Cuminetti, CRESCO/University of Tromsø/University of Oslo
Succinate receptor 1 signaling regulates hematopoiesis in health and malignancy
11:40-12:00 Hilde Nilsen, CRESCO/University of Oslo Smug1 DNA glycosylase shaping chromatin states
12:00-12:20 Magnar Bjørås, CRESCO/University of Oslo Roles of DNA glycosylases in regulation of G4 and imotif dynamics
12:00 Lunch (afternoon free/departure)
18:00 Speaker’s dinner at Restaurant Fjord (for those left in Oslo)
Saturday 9th September
Possible sightseeing for those left in Oslo.
The conference hotel SORIA MORIA is placed about 50 km from Oslo airport and approximately 2 km away from venues like the Ski Museum and Holmenkollen Skijump.
Also, the hotel is approximately 2 km away from Oslo Winter Skiing (or Summer Climbing) Park, and Oslo Central is placed approximately 8 km away.
Voksenkollen subway station is 10 minutes' walk away.
Among the guests who often visited the old sanatorium that was located here (to
“retrieve strength”) was the composer and musician Edvard Grieg. He called the place “my Soria Moria”, hence the name of the hotel. Soria Moria Castle (Soria Moria slott) is a Norwegian fairy-tale.