Program

Abstract book is HERE

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All of the scientific program takes place at the main venue VSpa Conference center

Monday, June 16
18:00Registration starts at the Welcome Reception (University of Tartu History museum)
18:00-21:00Free entry to the University of Tartu History Museum
19.00-21:00Welcome party at the University of Tartu History Museum in their White hall
Tuesday, June 17
 9.00- 10.00 WBW scientific board meeting
Session 1Session 1 – Nuclear organization and epigenetic plasticity
 Chair:Yegor Vassetzky (Laboratory of Chromatin Dynamics and Metabolism in Cancer at the CNRS UMR9018, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France)
10.00-11.00Plenary – WBW medalGenevieve AlmouzniFrance (Institute Curie, Paris)Chromatin landscape, histone variants and cell fate
 coffee break
11.30-12.00Oral 1Jekaterina ErenpreisaLatvia (Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga)Embryonal ovarian carcinoma PA1 treated by Etoposide: The journey through cellular senescence to the metastatic amoeboid phenotype
12.00-12.30Oral 2Michael HausmannGermany
(Kirchhoff-Institute of Physics, Heidelberg University)
Dynamics of the nano-scaled spatial organization of chromatin and repair foci during DNA repair and senescence after induction of double strand breaks
12.30-13.00Oral 3Margherita CavalloItaly (Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia)Nuclear Reorganization During Hypoxia
 Lunch
Session 1 continues
 Chair:Reet Kurg (Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia)
14.00-15.00Plenary – Young Researcher AwardMari SeppEstonia (Centre of Molecular Biology (ZMBH),  Heidelberg University)Evolution of cellular and gene regulatory programs in mammalian cerebellum development
15.00-15.30Oral 4Andrei Thomas-TikhonenkoUSA (University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia)Micromanagement of microexons in brain tumors
15.30-16.00Oral 5Kärt MätlikEstonia (Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn)Chromatin mechanisms of neuronal maturation
 coffee break
16.30-17.00Oral 6Arnold KristjuhanEstonia (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu)YEATS proteins – chromatin readers with additional functions.
17.00-17.30Oral 7Claudio CasaliItaly (Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia)Epigenetic Response to UV Irradiation in HEK293 Cells Expressing DDB2PCNA–
17.30-17.45Short Talk 1Natsumi HoriiJapan  (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai)Essential roles of the histone variant H2A.Z in the development and function of reproductive organs of C.Elegans
17.45-19.00Free timePlease make your way to Lodjakoda venue for the boat trip
19.00-21.00Evening eventBoat trip with Suur Sume on river Emajõgi with snacks (NB! The boat leaves at 19.00 from Lodjakoda, please don’t be late!)
Wednesday, June 18
Session 2Session 2 – Nuclear pathologies and cancer
 Chair:Pavel Hozak (Laboratory of Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)
9.00-10.00PlenaryToivo MaimetsEstonia (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu)Tumor biology- are we asking the right questions?
10.00-10.30Oral 8Yegor VassetzkyFrance (Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay)Trans-interactions in the cancer cell nucleus
10.30-11.00Oral 9Oleg DemidovFrance (University of Burgundy, Dijon)Nuclear Voyage of Extrinsic Cell Death Society Members
 coffee break
11.30-12.00Oral 10Piotr WidlakPoland (Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw)Melanoma-derived exosomes induce transcriptional stress response in T cells, leading to intrinsic apoptosis of target cells
12.00-12.30Oral 11Alexander IshchenkoFrance (CNRS UMR 9019, Gustave Roussy, Paris Saclay)Non-canonical targets for PARP-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation
12.30-12.45Short talk 2Ludovica AntigaCzech Republic (Institute of Molecular Genetics of ASCR, v.v.i., Prague)The role of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in RNA polymerase II transcription
12.45.13.00Short talk 3Ana MiladinovicCzech Republic (Institute of Molecular Genetics ASCR v.v.i., Prague)Localization and molecular mechanisms of nuclear functions of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
 Lunch
14.00-14.30Poster session
14.30-15.00Free time, please get ready to go to the Estonian National Museum, the bus leaves at 15.00
15:00Bus from the main venue to Estonian National Museum
15:30Visit to the Estonian National Museum with a tour guide (NB! The bus does not return to the city center after the visit!)
Thursday, June 19
Session 3Session 3 –  Nuclear structure and function
 Chair:Piotr Widlak (Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland)
9.00-9.30Oral 12Catherine BrennerFrance (Gustave Roussy – Université Paris Saclay)AIF/CHCHD4 complex: a key complex for nucleus-to-mitochondria communication and metabolism reprogramming
9.30-10.00Oral 13Jakub PawlikowskiPoland (Silesian University of Technology, Department of Systems Biology and Engineering, Gliwice)Comparative Analysis of Redox Pathway Activation During Ferroptosis in Lung Cell Lines
10.00-10.30Oral 14Małgorzata Adamiec-OrganiściokPoland (Biotechnology Center, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice) Ferroptosis in IBD: ultrastructural and molecular correlates of cell death susceptibility
10.30-10.45Short talk 4Anna SchwagerFrance (Intitut Curie, Paris)OneCell CUT&Tag maps chromatin modifications together with transcriptome and phenotype starting from a single cell
10.45-11.00Short talk 5Margit MutsoEstonia (Institute of Technology, University of Tartu)Methyltransferase Hemk2 impact on cell structures and cell cycle
 coffee break
11.30-12.00Oral 15Christian SchöferAustria (Medical Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Vienna)Nucleoli and ribosomal gene expression in the context of tissue regeneration, aging and nutrition
12.00-12.30Oral 16Tomas VenitUAE, Abu Dhabi (New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD))Nucleocytoplasmic regulation of mRNA biogenesis by actin-associated protein Carmil 1
12.30-13.00Oral 17Masahiko HarataJapan (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)Actin and actin-related proteins involved in nuclear structure and function
 Lunch
14.00-14.30Poster session
 Chair:Albert Jordan Valles (Department of structural and molecular biology, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Spain)
14.30-15.00Oral 18Alexander M. IshovUSA (College of Medicine, University of Florida)Effect of induced degradation of HIRA on prostate cancer models
15.00-15.30Oral 19Emmanuel DrouetFrance (Université Grenoble-Alpes, France)The Zta (ZEBRA) Epstein-Barr Virus transcription factor: Relevance in clinical pathology
15.30-16.00Oral 20Alla PiirsooEstonia (Institute of Bioengineering, University of Tartu)Human papillomaviruses: advances and challenges in targeting the infection
 coffee break
16.30-17.45Panel discussionFuture Frontiers in Cell Nucleus Research
17.45-18.00Closing remarks
18.00-19.00Free time, please make your way to the Gala dinner venue at Vilde ja Vine restaurant
19:00Gala dinner in the restaurant Vilde ja Vine
Friday, June 20
09:30Bus to Tallinn
12:00Bus stops at the airport for luggage storage, then continues on to Tallinn Old Town (NB! The bus returns to Tartu after the tour, please ask the organizers for more details)
13.00-15.00Tallinn Old Town tour (start from Falgi street near Toompea)