Program

For info about travelling from venue to another (including Google maps with routes), please see the ‘Venues‘ section of this homepage.

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

Monday, June 16
18:00Registration starts at the Welcome party venue (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
10.00-11.00Plenary – WBW medalGenevieve AlmouzniFranceChromatin landscape, histone variants and cell fate
 coffee break
11.30-12.00Oral 1Jekaterina ErenpreisaLatviaEmbryonal ovarian carcinoma PA1 treated by Etoposide: The journey through cellular senescence to the metastatic amoeboid phenotype
12.00-12.30Oral 2Michael HausmannGermanyDynamics 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 CavalloItalyNuclear Reorganization During Hypoxia
 Lunch
Session 1 continues
 Chair:Reet Kurg
14.00-15.00Plenary – Young Researcher AwardMari SeppEstoniaEvolution of cellular and gene regulatory programs in mammalian cerebellum development
15.00-15.30Oral 4Andrei Thomas-TikhonenkoUSAMicromanagement of microexons in brain tumors
15.30-16.00Oral 5Kärt MätlikEstoniaChromatin mechanisms of neuronal maturation 
 coffee break
16.30-17.00Oral 6Arnold KristjuhanEstoniaYEATS proteins – chromatin readers with additional functions.
17.00-17.30Oral 7Claudio CasaliItalyEpigenetic Response to UV Irradiation in HEK293 Cells Expressing DDB2PCNA–
17.30-17.45Short Talk 1Natsumi Horii JapanEssential 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
9.00-10.00PlenaryToivo MaimetsEstoniaTumor biology- are we asking the right questions?
10.00-10.30Oral 8Yegor VassetzkyFranceTrans-interactions in the cancer cell nucleus
10.30-11.00Oral 9Oleg DemidovFranceNuclear Voyage of Extrinsic Cell Death Society Members
 coffee break
11.30-12.00Oral 10Piotr WidlakPolandMelanoma-derived exosomes induce transcriptional stress response in T cells, leading to intrinsic apoptosis of target cells
12.00-12.30Oral 11Slimane AIT-SI-ALIFranceEpigenetic plasticity at Lamina-Associated Domains regulates nuclear stiffness and modulates cellular biomechanics and invasiveness 
12.30-12.45Short talk 2Ludovica AntigaCzech RepublikThe role of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in RNA polymerase II transcription
12.45.13.00Short talk 3Ana MiladinovicCzech RepublikLocalization 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
9.00-9.30Oral 12Catherine BrennerFranceAIF/CHCHD4 complex: a key complex for nucleus-to-mitochondria communication and metabolism reprogramming
9.30-10.00Oral 13Jakub PawlikowskiPolandComparative Analysis of Redox Pathway Activation During Ferroptosis in Lung Cell Lines
10.00-10.30Oral 14Małgorzata Adamiec-OrganiściokPolandFerroptosis in IBD: ultrastructural and molecular correlates of cell death susceptibility
10.30-10.45Short talk 4Anna SchwagerFranceOneCell CUT&Tag maps chromatin modifications together with transcriptome and phenotype starting from a single cell
10.45-11.00Short talk 5Margit MutsoEstoniaMethyltransferase Hemk2 impact on cell structures and cell cycle
 coffee break
11.30-12.00Oral 15Christian SchöferAustriaNucleoli and ribosomal gene expression in the context of tissue regeneration, aging and nutrition
12.00-12.30Oral 16Tomas VenitUAE, Abu DhabiNucleocytoplasmic regulation of mRNA biogenesis by actin-associated protein Carmil 1
12.30-13.00Oral 17Masahiko HarataJapanActin and actin-related proteins involved in nuclear structure and function
 Lunch
14.00-14.30Poster session
 Chair:Albert Jordan
14.30-15.00Oral 18Alexander M. IshovUSAEffect of induced degradation of HIRA on prostate cancer models
15.00-15.30Oral 19Emmanuel DrouetFranceThe Zta (ZEBRA) Epstein-Barr Virus transcription factor: Relevance in clinical pathology
15.30-16.00Oral 20Alla PiirsooEstoniaHuman papillomaviruses: advances and challenges in targeting the infection
 coffee break
16.30-17.00Oral 21Alexander IshchenkFranceNon-canonical targets for PARP-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation
17-18.00Panel discussionFuture Frontiers in the Cell Nucleus Research
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 and 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 does not return to Tartu!)
13.00-15.00Tallinn Old Town tour (start from Falgi street near Toompea)