The Epigenetics and Genome Stability Cluster will encompass researchers in fields related to epigenetics, genome stability, and DNA repair. There has become a real need at the University of Rochester for researchers in these areas to develop a mechanism to foster greater synergy and collaboration. The cluster in Epigenetics and Genome Stability will enhance communication between both students and faculty throughout the Medical Center and the River Campus interested in the basic structural biology of nucleic acids, protein-DNA complexes, chromatin structure and function, DNA repair and associated processes, and mechanisms of viral replication. It is our aim to share ideas establish supportive and collaborative interactions and to bring in outside speakers of high stature in the field as part of annual two-day interactive workshops to keep the group abreast of the latest techniques and to develop greater usage of interdisciplinary approaches.

Epigenetics and Genome Stability Cluster
3rd Annual Mini-Symposium September 29th, 2011
Helen Wood Hall (School of Nursing) — Fiaretti Room (1W-501)
Keynote Speaker — Mark R. Parthun, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Medical Center

Schedule:
8:45-9:15 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

9:15 a.m. Welcome – Jeffrey J. Hayes, Ph.D.

9:20 a.m. Michael Van Meter (Dr. Vera Gorbunova laboratory)

9:45 a.m. Zhihuan Li (Dr. Michael Welte laboratory)

10:10 a.m. Athena Kantartzis (Dr. Robert Bambara laboratory)

10:55 Qun Yu (Dr. Xin Bi’s laboratory)

11:20 a.m. Edward Kennedy (Dr. Baek Kim’s laboratory)

11:45 a.m. David Rabayev (Dr. Michael Bulger’s laboratory)

12:30 p.m. Lunch in the Bloor Library with Dr. Parthun and Graduate Students (Room 3-6524)

2:00-3:00 p.m. Plenary Lecture: Mark R. Parthun, Ph.D., Medical Center, K-307

“Histone Acetylation and the Assembly of Chromatin Structure”

2011—3rd Annual Mini-Symposium

2010—2nd Annual Mini-Symposium