This meeting takes place in a relaxed environment with outstanding scientists at all post-undergraduate stages. In this informal atmosphere, discussions begin over breakfast, continue during the afternoon and extend into the evening through convivial gatherings after each session. Early career scientists and students will have the occasion to discuss their unpublished data with distinguished leaders throughout the conference, and will have the opportunity to present their work in dedicated slots throughout the program.

For the second time the conference will incorporate a Gordon Research Seminar as a specific means to foster involvement by scientists at the graduate student and post doctoral level. Planned by and for trainees, it will provide an opportunity for our junior researchers to present seminars and posters in a supportive, interactive environment.

Speakers:

Bradley Bernstein, Harvard University, USA

Wendy Bickmore, MRC Human Genetics Unit, United Kingdom

Xin Chen, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Vincent Colot, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, France

Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

John Denu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Ines Drinnenberg, Institut Curie, France

Sylvia Erhardt, ZMBH, Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Anne Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Susan Gasser, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland

Charles Gersbach, Duke University, USA

David Gilbert, Florida State University, USA

John Greally, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

Shiv Grewal National Institutes of Health, USA

Anja Groth, Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Edith Heard, Institut Curie, France

Steven Jacobsen, University of California, Los Angeles / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

Benjamin Loppin, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, University of Lyon, France

Keith Maggert, University of Arizona, USA

Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA

Robert Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA

Marie Mirouze, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France

Erik Miska, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Juerg Mueller, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

Vardhman Rakyan, Blizard Institute, United Kingdom

John Rinn, Harvard University, USA

Susan Strome, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Azim Surani, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Ting Wu, Harvard Medical School, USA

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the “Epigenetics” Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.