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Chromatin Club - Campus Germany
The Chromatin Club Campus Germany (CCCG) was founded by Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium) in response to the great reception of previous local Chromatin Clubs Cologne and Marburg, as well as an increasing demand for related networking opportunities within the Germany-based chromatin research community. This regular scientific event aims to connect chromatin researchers within Germany and beyond, promote scientific exchange, and facilitate networking between students, postdocs, and PIs. The CCCG is supported by various academic co-hosts who will moderate the sessions together with colleagues from the Active Motif team.
Concept and outlook: The scientific focus of the CCCG is broad, and we intend to bridge basic, applied, and translational epigenetics research. In each event, we will host multiple speakers for an afternoon to discuss epigenetics in ageing, cancer, immunology, metabolism, and related fields. We specifically encourage researchers on all career levels to join and present their work: students and postdocs are very welcome! If you are interested in giving a talk at one of the upcoming CCCG meetings, please contact Matthias Spiller-Becker at spiller@activemotif.com by stating your general interest (submission of an abstract is not required).
The CCCG is open to all researchers within Germany, but we are equally inviting international colleagues to join the audience or participate with a talk. Future in-person CCCG meetings will take place at various research locations in Germany, but we also aim to offer hybrid-meetings (where possible) which will enable international speakers (and audience attendance) in a straightforward, environment-friendly, and sustainable manner. Social events e. g. “meet the speakers” or “coffee hours” will take place after the talks are concluded (virtual & in-person).
Active Motif is supporting an open-minded and inclusive society: all are welcome!
Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required.
Upcoming Event Details
Date: March 30th, 2023
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET)
Confirmed Speakers:
- Sarah Kinkley, MPI for Molecular Genetics Berlin
Connecting the Dots: PHF13 Stabilizes Cohesin to Promote Higher Chromatin Order - Shiv Singh, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Targeting Transcription Machineries in Pancreatic Cancer - Lisa Weber, Philipps-University Marburg
KAT6A Directly Interacts with Unmethylated CGIs Via a Conserved Winged Helix Domain - Mareike Albert, Technical University Dresden
Gene Regulatory Mechanisms of Neocortex Development and Evolution
Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).
Hosted By: Till Adhikary (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).
Previous Event Details
Date: November 17th, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CET)
Confirmed Speakers:
- Raffaele Teperino, Helmholtz Munich
Intergenerational Control of Metabolic Health in Mammals - Lena Wischhof, DZNE Bonn
BCL7A-containing SWI/SNF/BAF Complexes Modulate Mitochondrial Bioenergetics During Neural Progenitor Differentiation - Sebastian Arnold, Uni. Freiburg
EOMES Instructs an Epigenetic Deflection to Mesoderm and Endoderm Fates to Initiate Gastrulation
Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).
Hosted By: Björn von Eyß (FLI, Jena, Germany) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).
Date: September 22nd, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CEST)
Confirmed Speakers:
- Lennart Hilbert, KIT Karlsruhe
A Computational Microscopist's View of How Genes Visit Transcriptional Clusters - Claudia Keller Valsecchi, IMB Mainz
X Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Anopheles Gambiae Mosquitoes - Jenny Russ, DZNE Bonn
Cell Type-specific Epigenetic and Transcriptome Changes in Neurodegenerative Disease Mouse Models - Stefan Werner, UKE Hamburg
RAI2-driven CtBP-polymerization Reliefs Transcriptional Repression of CDKN1A in Prostate Cancer Cells
Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).
Hosted By: Edda Schulz (MPI Mol. Gen., Berlin) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).
Date: June 2nd, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CET)
Confirmed Speakers:
- Arnaud Krebs, EMBL, Heidelberg
Control of enhancer activity by DNA methylation - Ralph Grand, ZMBH, Heidelberg
BANP is a novel transcription factor that opens chromatin and activates cellular essential genes - Andrew Bowman, University of Warwick, Coventry (UK)
Whole domain dynamics of late replicating heterochromatin in living cells
Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).
Hosted By: Argyris Papantonis (Georg-August University, Göttingen) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).
Date: April 7th, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (CET)
Keynote Speaker: Asifa Akhtar – MPI for Immunobiology & Epigenetics, Freiburg
Additional Speakers:
- Edda Schulz, MPI for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
- Argyris Papantonis, Georg-August University, Göttingen
- Karsten Rippe, DKFZ, Heidelberg
- Kyung Min Noh, EMBL, Heidelberg
Social Event: After the keynote, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).
Hosted By: Peter Tessarz (Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).
Previous Events (formerly Chromatin Clubs Cologne & Marburg)
2nd Chromatin Club Marburg
Date: June 24th, 2021
Time: 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm (CEST)
Keynote Speaker: Bill Earnshaw, University of Edinburgh, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology
Additional Speakers:
- Uta-Maria Bauer, Philipps University Marburg
- Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Inc.
- Undraga Schagdarsurengin, University Clinics Giessen
- Patrick Laurette, Goethe University Frankfurt
Hosted By: Till Adhikary, ZTI Marburg, Germany and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif
3rd Chromatin Club Cologne
Date: June 1st, 2021
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET)
Keynote Speaker: Sara A. Wickström – Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki
Additional Speakers:
- Andrea Vortkamp, Center of Medical Biotechnology (ZMB), University of Duisburg-Essen
- Franziska Turck, MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
- Siyao Wang, CECAD, University of Cologne
- Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA USA
Hosted By: Peter Tessarz, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif
2nd Chromatin Club Cologne
Date: November 3rd, 2020
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET)
Keynote Speaker: Genevieve Almouzni, CNRS, Paris, France
Additional Speakers:
- Andromachi Pouikli, MPI for Biology of Ageing, Cologne
- Javier Redondo-Munoz, Department of Molecular Medicine, CIB Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA USA
- Juanma Vaquerizas, MPI for Biomolecular Medicine, Münster
Hosted By: Peter Tessarz, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif
1st Chromatin Club Marburg
Date: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm (CEST)
Keynote Speaker: Sandra Hake, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute for Genetics
Additional Speakers:
- Stefan Knapp, Goethe University Frankfurt, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
- Leon Schulte, Philipps University of Marburg, Institute for Lung Research
- Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Inc., Carlsbad, CA USA
- Ralf Gilsbach, Goethe University Frankfurt, Vascular Research Centre
- Benedetto Daniele Giaimo, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute of Biochemistry
Hosted By: Till Adhikary, ZTI Marburg, Germany and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif
1st Chromatin Club Cologne
Date: June 18th, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CEST)
Keynote Speaker: Wolf Reik, Babraham Institute, UK
Additional Speakers:
- Geraldine Zimmer, Institute for Biology, University Aachen
- Simon Poepsel, CMMC, University of Cologne
- Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA USA
- Paolo Salomoni, DZNE, Bonn
