9:30–10:00 Registration & poster setup (The reception desk opens)
10:00–10:05 Opening Remarks
10:05–11:35 Oral Session 1 (Chair: Yoichi Shinkai)
10:05–10:25 Haruhiko Koseki (RIKEN IMS, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Epigenetic reglation in development
10:25–10:45 Mikiko C. Siomi (Univ Tokyo, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Flamenco plasticity tunes somatic piRNAs, rewiring host isoforms and opening a route to heritable transposon spread
10:45–11:35 Thomas Jenuwein (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology & Epigenetics, Germany) (40 min talk + 10 min Q&A)
DNA - based instruction for heterochromatin formation in the mouse epigenome
11:35–11:40 Group Photo
11:40–12:40 Lunch
12:40–14:25 Oral Session 2 (Chair: Shihori Yokobayashi)
12:40–13:00 Azusa Inoue (RIKEN IMS, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
De novo establishment of heterochromatin during early development
13:00–13:20 Atsuo Ogura (RIKEN BRC, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Epigenomic changes during the mouse germline cycle revealed by nuclear transfer
13:20–13:45 Hiroyuki Sasaki (Kyushu Univ, Japan) (20 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
X-linked orange gene and coat color patterns of tortoiseshell and calico cats
13:45–14:25 Antoine Peters (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland) (30 min talk + 10 min Q&A)
Mechanisms of intergenerational epigenetic inheritance and reprogramming in mammals
14:25–14:45 20 min break
14:45–15:50 Oral Session 3 (Chair: Yuka Iwasaki)
14:45–15:05 Kyogo Kawaguchi (RIKEN PRI, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
The grammar of genome folding: patterned modifications and the tree of life
15:05–15:25 Takashi Umehara (Ritsumeikan Univ, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
How p300/CBP epigenetically propagates histone acetylation
15:25–15:37 Short talk 1: Atsuya Nishiyama (10 min talk + 2 min Q&A)
An interprotein zinc-clasp between DPPA3 and UHRF1 blocks its loading on hemimethylated DNA to enforce DNA hypomethylation
15:38–15:50 Short talk 2: Yohsuke Fukai (10 min talk + 2 min Q&A)
Building and characterizing gene-scale chromatin arrays with defined modification patterns in vitro
15:50–16:50 Poster Session 1 -Odd Numbers- (60 min; in C1F Lounge)
16:50–18:00 Oral Session 4 (Chair: Azusa Inoue)
16:50–17:10 Ichiro Hiratani (RIKEN BDR, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Unraveling the developmental dynamics of genome architecture through single-cell DNA replication profiling
17:10–17:35 Tatsuya Hirano (RIKEN PRI, Japan) (20 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Mitotic genome folding: a tale of two distinct ATPases
17:35–18:00 Minoru Yoshida (RIKEN CSRS, Japan) (20 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Towards epigenetic therapy for genetic diseases
18:00–20:00 Social Gathering (in 1F Lounge)
9:00– 9:30 Registration (The reception desk open)
9:30– 9:35 Housekeeping Remarks
9:35–11:25 Oral Session 5 (Chair: Ichiro Hiratani)
9:35–9:55 Yoichi Shinkai (RIKEN PRI, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Epigenome regulation of heterochromatin formation
9:55–10:15 Kenji Ichiyanagi (Nagoya Univ, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Epigenetic regulation of retrotransposons during germ cell development in the mouse
10:15–10:35 Yuka W. Iwasaki (RIKEN IMS, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Transposon regulation and its impact on the epigenetic landscape
10:35–11:25 Patrick Matthias (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland) (40 min talk + 10 min Q&A)
HDAC6 senses unanchored ubiquitin in viral infection and stress response
11:25–12:30 Lunch
12:30–13:55 Oral Session 6 (Chair: Taiko To)
12:30–12:50 Shihori Yokobayashi (RIKEN IMS, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Epigenome reprogramming dynamics of human in vitro germline
12:50–13:15 Tetsuji Kakutani (National Institute of Genetics, Japan) (20 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Inheritance and recovery of epigenetic defects
13:15–13:55 Xiaofeng Cao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) (30 min talk + 10 min Q&A)
Inheritance of Acquired Adaptive Cold Tolerance in Rice through DNA Methylation
13:55–14:15 20 min break
14:15–15:05 Oral Session 7 (Chair: Kei-Ichiro Ishiguro)
14:15–14:40 Fumitoshi Ishino (Science Tokyo, Japan) (20 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Emergent innovation of mammalian genome driven by virus-derived genes ーEvolution of Placenta and Brain in Mammalsー
14:40–14:52 Short talk 3: Yasuhiro Fujiwara (10 min talk + 2 min Q&A)
SETX-mediated R-loop regulation maintains transcriptional activity during meiotic prophase I
14:53–15:05 Short talk 4: Yuka Kitamura (10 min talk + 2 min Q&A)
Chromatin Remodeler SMARCA5 Primes Male Germline Differentiation through Cooperation with the Pioneer Factor DMRT1
15:05–16:05 Poster Session 2 -Even Numbers- (60 min)
16:05–16:50 Oral Session 8 (Chair: Kyogo Kawaguchi)
16:05–16:30 Haruhiko Siomi (Chiba Univ, Japan) (20 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Role of transposable elements in totipotency
16:30–16:50 Kei-Ichiro Ishiguro (Chiba Univ / Kumamoto Univ, Japan) (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
A Novel Oocyte-Specific Cohesin Protector of REC8 During Meiotic Arrest
16:50–17:00 Closing Remarks