14:00 - 14:05 Welcome and introduction (Chen Davidovich)

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14:05 - 15:05 Chromatin structure and transcriptional regulation in hematopoiesis and immunity

 

Chair: Hsiao Voon

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• Brendan Russ, Turner Lab, Microbiology, Monash University: "Order and disorder in the nucleus — how chromatin folding and misfolding impact T cell differentiation."

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• Andrea Dipietro, Jacobson Lab, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University: "The epigenetic regulation by histone modifiers determines B cell fate decisions during acute and chronic infections."

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• Ben Shields, McCormack Lab, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University: "The role of the transcription factor Hhex in repression of target gene expression in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia."

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15:05 - 15:30 Coffee brake

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15:30 - 16:30 Transcription initiation and repression

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Chair: Michael Uckelmann

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• Dominika Elmlund, Elmlund Lab, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University: "The TAFs of TFIID bind and rearrange the topology of the TATA-less RPS5 promoter."

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• Sridevi Sureshkumar, Balasubramanian Lab, Biological Sciences, Monash University: "A potential role for deSUMOylation in epigenetic silencing caused by expanded repeats."

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• Te-Sha Tsai, Western Lab, Hudson Institute: "Defining the role of EED in the establishment of oocyte transcriptome and how it contributes to maternally inherited disease."

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16:30 - 17:00 Drinks and Nibbles (at the foyer of the BDI, 23 Innovation Walk, Clayton)