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Provisional Programme

Day 1: Thursday 16th July

Time Description
09:30–10:00 Tea and coffee on arrival
10:00–11:50

Session 1: Environment, genetics, epigenetics in DOHAD 

10:00 - Kathy Niakan: Introductory remarks

10:10 - Marisa Bartolomei: Assisted reproductive technologies: Placental and fetal outcomes in a mouse model

10:40 - Rachel Freathy: Genetic links between prenatal growth and adult disease

11:10 - Selected short talks

11:50-12:50 Lunch
12:50-14:05

Session 2: Epigenetic and molecular mechanisms of cell fate and development

12:50 - Courtney Hanna: Epigenetic mechanisms governing placental development

14:20 - Wei Xie: Decoding the transcription circuitry in early mammalian development

14:50 - Selected flash talks

14:05-15:05 Tea, coffee and Poster session 1
15:05-16:50

Session 3: Genomic imprinting: mechanisms, function, and evolution

15:05 - Azusa Inoue: Noncanonical genomic imprinting

15:35 - Ros John: Placental programming of maternal caregiving and offspring behaviour

16:05 - Eamonn Maher: Insights into genomic imprinting through congenital imprinting disorders: the case of Multilocus Imprinting Disturbance

16:35 – Patient Public Involvement and Engagement

16:50-17:20 Tea, coffee
17:20–18:35

Session 4: X chromosome inactivation

17:20 - James Turner: Blueprints of life: understanding the sex chromosomes

17:50 - Claire Rougeulle: X chromosome regulation: when dose matters

18:20 – Selected flash talks

18:35-end Drinks reception and conference dinner

Day 2: Friday 17th July

Time Description
8:45-9:15 Tea and coffee on arrival
9:15– 10:45

Session 5: A role for repetitive elements in trophoblast and development

9:15 - Miguel Branco: Regulation of transposable elements in trophoblast

9:45 - Juliane Glaser: Viral-like particles from an epigenetically active retrotransposon cause developmental limb phenotypes

10:15 - Selected short talks

10:45-11:45 Tea, coffee and Poster session 2
11:45–12:30

Panel discussion and closing remarks

11:45 – Panel discussion: Where next for epigenetics?

12:20 – Kathy Niakan: Closing Remarks

12:30 End of conference