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Chromatin Club Miami

The Chromatin Club Miami (CCM) was founded by Dr. Lluis Morey (Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, USA) and Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA USA. This bi-annual scientific event aims to connect researchers located on the east and west coasts of the United States, promote scientific exchange, and to facilitate networking between students, postdocs, and PIs interested in chromatin research.

The scientific focus of the club is broad, and we intend to bridge basic, applied, and translational epigenetics research. In each CCM event, we will host a Keynote Speaker, in addition to talks from Associate and Assistant Professors to discuss epigenetics events in cancer, development, stem cells, and related fields.

Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required.

Upcoming Event Details

Date: TBD

Time: TBD

Previous Event Details

Date: October 4, 2022

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Keynote Speaker: Ernesto Guccione, Ph.D. – Professor, Ichan School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
A Kinase Inhibitor with Specificity Against b-catenin Mutant Hepatocellular Carcinoma Generated Through Reduced Anti-target Engagement

Additional Speakers:

• Diana Hargreaves, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Salk Institute
  SWI/SWF Complexes in Development and Disease
• Bruno DiStefano, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor , Baylor College of Medicine
  Defining the Role of RNA Sequestration in Oncogenesis
• Martin Rivas, Ph.D. – Research Associate in Medicine, Weill Cornell School of Medicine
  Cohesin and CTCF Contol B Cell Development and Restrict B Cell Lymphomagenesis

Hosted By: Lluis Morey, University of Miami, and Active Motif, Inc.

Date: April 5^th, 2022

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Keynote Speaker: Joanna Wysocka, Ph,D - Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University
Making faces: Transcriptional Regulation and Emergence of Form and Function During Development and Evolution

Additional Speakers:

• Peter Lewis, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin
  Misregulation of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Activity in Pediatric Gliomas
• Erietta Stelekati, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
  T cell Differentiation Regulated by microRNAs
• Lu Chen, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Cancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  The Somatic Non-coding Driver Mutation is Repurposed from Species Evolution
• Michael Garbati, Ph.D. – Product Manager - Epigenetic Services, Active Motif, Inc.
  Improved Chromatin Analysis with CUT&Tag Assays

Hosted By: Lluis Morey, University of Miami, and Active Motif, Inc.

Date: October 6^th, 2021

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)

Keynote Speaker: Professor Karolin Luger, Ph.D. - Jennie Smoly Caruthers Endowed Chair of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
In the Beginning, There Were Histones: Nucleosomes in Non-Eukaryotic Organisms

Additional Speakers:

• Maria E. Figueroa, M.D. – Associate Professor, Human Genetics, Assistant Director for Translational Research, Co-Leader Cancer Epigenetics Research Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
  Rejuvenating Aging Human Hematopoietic Cells Through Epigenome Editing
• Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor , Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
  Oxidized mCs Regulate Synthetic Lethality to PARPi in AML
• Eneda Toska, Ph.D., M.S. – Assistant Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation in Estrogen-receptor Positive Breast Cancer
• Sarantis Chlamydas, Ph.D. – Senior Market Development Manager, Active Motif, Inc.
  Chromatin Mapping - Advanced Sample Preparation Methods Enabling Multi-omics Experiments

Hosted By: Lluis Morey, University of Miami, and Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Inc.

Date: April 20^th, 2021

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT)

Keynote Speaker: Ramin Shiekhattar, Ph.D. - Professor/ Co-Leader, Cancer Epigenetics Research Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Miami
Integrator Regulates the Coding and Noncoding Genome

Additional Speakers:

• Min Gyu Lee, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Tumor-Suppressive Function of the Histone Modifier MLL4
• Sarantis Chlamydas, Ph.D. – Senior Market Development Manager, Active Motif, Inc.
  Chromatin Mapping - Advanced Sample Preparation Methods Enabling Multi-omics Experiments
• Lluis Morey, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Cancer Epigenetics Research Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Miami
  Defining the Role of LSD1/ CoREST in Advanced Breast Cancer
• Elphege Nora, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco
  Chromosome Folding by CTCF and Cohesin

Hosted By: Lluis Morey, University of Miami, and Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Inc.