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From: CCR Conferences

To: NIH-STAFF@LIST.NIH.GOV

Subject: Registration: Chromatin and Cell Fate Decisions in Development, Aging & Cancer

The Chromatin and Cell Fate Decisions in Development, Aging & Cancer conference is organized by the Center of Excellence in Chromosome Biology.

Date: November 14-15, 2019.

Location: Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium.

Online registration: https://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/events/conferences/2019CECBSymposium/registration.

Event website: https://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/events/conferences/2019CECBSymposium.

The conference will focus on chromatin organization and dynamics, chromatin reprogramming during development, chromatin in cancer and aging, and chromatin as a therapeutic target.

Speakers include:

• Genevieve Almouzni, Ph.D. The Institut Curie.

• Stephen Baylin, M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

• Bradley Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital.

• Ibrahim Cisse, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Jean Gautier, Ph.D., Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

• Shiv Grewal, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI.

• Konrad Hochedilinger, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard.

• Cigall Kadoch, Ph.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School.

• Tom Misteli, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI.

• Tom Muir, Ph.D., Princeton University.

• Geeta Narlikar, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco.

• Clodagh O'Shea, Ph.D., Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

• Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

• Kathrin Plath, Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles.

• Danny Reinberg, Ph.D., New York School of Medicine.

• Bing Ren, Ph.D., University of California San Diego.

• Paola Scaffidi, Ph.D., The Francis Crick Institute.

• Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D., Northwestern University.

• Carol Thiele, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI.

• Kenneth Zareth, University of Pennsylvania.

• Keji Zhao, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH.

• Leonard Zon, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School.

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, October 18, 2019.

Registration deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2019.

Registration is free, but seating is limited so be sure to register early!

Organizing Committee: Mirit Aladjem, Ph.D. and Michael Bustin, Ph.D.

Please mark November 14-15, 2019 on your calendar for the Chromatin and Cell Fate Decisions in Development, Aging & Cancer symposium.

For conference-related questions, please contact Julia Lam at ccrconferences@mail.nih.gov.

Individuals with disabilities who need Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Romi Sawhney, at 240-760-6400, and/or the Federal Relay Service (1-800-877-8339). Requests should be made at least two business days in advance of the event.