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Histone Code: Fact or Fiction?

Keystone Symposia

Location: Midway, Utah
Date: January 10, 2011
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Organizers: Karolin Luger, James Davie and Joanna Wysocka

Meeting Summary

It has become customary to refer to posttranslational histone modifications in all contexts as “epigenetic”, and to refer to a histone ‘code’. In certain contexts, histone modifications contribute to the epigenetic maintenance, whereas in others, they don’t. Similarly, some of the phenomena attributed to the posttranslational modification of histones do not fall into the strict definition of a ‘histone code’. This meeting strives to bring together scientists from different ‘camps’, to illuminate the effects of posttranslational modifications from many viewpoints. The emphasis here is on the effect of PTMs on the structure and readout of the genome, and less on the enzymatic activities and their regulation. Speakers will be encouraged to engage in rigorous discussion, as is obvious in the format for the opening and closing session which will be held in discussion format.

Topics:

  • Relationship between Epigenetics and Histone Modifications
  • Re-Programming Epigenetic States
  • Mechanistic Nature of Epigenetic Memory
  • Epigenomics and Roadmaps
  • Histone Modifications and Chromatin Structural Impact
  • Combinatorial Readout of Histone PTMs
  • Dynamics of Histone Modifications and Chromosomal Organization
  • Histone Code: Fact or Fiction?

Conference Highlights

Chromatin|DNA Methylation|Non-Coding RNA
January 5, 2012
Chromatin|DNA Methylation|Non-Coding RNA
December 14, 2011
Chromatin|DNA Methylation|Non-Coding RNA
November 28, 2011

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