2022 Smerdon/Reeves Lecture
About the event
Come hear exciting developments in the areas of DNA repair, chromatin, and biomedical research
9:00 am
Dr. Geneviève Almouzni, Head of the Chromatin Dynamics team, Research center at the Institut Curie
An inspiration to link histone variant dynamics and genome stability.
10:10 am
Brittany Vandenberg, PhD candidate, Roberts Lab
The role of DNA polymerases in causing atypical UV mutation signatures
10:25 am
Marcos Perez, PhD, Watts Lab
Dietary lipids induce ferroptosis in C. elegans and human cancer cells
10:40 am
Quan Phan, PhD candidate, Driskell Lab
The epigenetic regulation of broblast heterogeneity during murine embryonic development
11:00 am Break
11:10 am
Chasity Trammell, PhD candidate, Goodman Lab
Coupled small molecules target RNA interference and JAK/STAT signaling to reduce Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti
11:25 am
Smitha Sivapragasam, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wyrick Lab
CTCF binding modulates UV damage formation to promote mutation hot spots in melanoma
11:40 am
Peng Mao, Assist Prof, University of New Mexico
BER in chromatin: genome-wide mapping of DNA alkylation and repair
12:10 pm
Dr. Jeffrey Hayes, Principal Investigator, University of Rochester, Medical Center
Chomatin modulators impact H1 CTD structure