Epigenetic Mechanisms in Health and Disease. Barcelona Conference on Epigenetics and Cancer

Among the most important challenges in biomedicine is to understand the role of chromatin and epigenetics in human health and disease. During last 15 years, epigenetics has consolidated as a new multi-disciplinary field on its own with an enormous scientific and therapeutic potential for cancer and many other relevant human pathologies such as cardiovascular diseases, aging, neurodegenerative diseases and diabetes.

 “Epigenetic mechanisms in health and disease” is the last of a series of Barcelona Conferences on Epigenetics and Cancer (BCEC). The 2017 edition is co-organized by B·Debate, an initiative of Biocat and "la Caixa" Foundation, and the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), together with Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (IJC). The scientific program has been put together by Albert Jordan, Ferran Azorin, Marian Martínez-Balbas, Jordi Bernuès and Marcus Buschbeck.

The aim of the BCEC 2017 is to bring together young and established scientists in an interdisciplinary forum to review the progress made in the field of epigenetics. Presentations will highlight the translation of basic research into clinical applications and discuss still unexploited fundamental insights. We will cover topics including stem cell biology, development, leukemia and nuclear organization.

Deadline for abstract submission: until September 15th.
Registration is already OPEN until October 23rd (inclusive) and the fee of 80 Euros will cover participation and catering.

Confirmed speakers:

Carl Wu (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA) - EMBO keynote lecture
Marian Martínez-Balbas (IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona)
Susan Gasser (Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland)
Ferran Azorin (IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona)
Wendy Bickmore (University of Edinburg, UK)
Sylvia Erhardt (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Amos Tanay (The Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Henk Stunnenberg (The Radboud University Medical Centre, The Netherlands)
Wendy Beguelin (Weill Cornell Medical College, USA)
​Manel Esteller (PEBC-IDIBELL, Barcelona)
Florian Heidel (Jena University Hospital, Germany)
Eran Meshorer (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Kyle Miller (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Know more about this serie and previous editions here.

We acknowledge The Company of Biologists for the support to B·Debate.

Participants will further have access to the 2nd PMPPC symposium celebrated on the afternoon of October 26. Confirmed speakers include:

Victor Corces (Emory University, USA)
Carlo M. Croce (Ohio State University, USA)
Jose-Luis Gómez-Skarmeta (CABD, Sevilla)
Alain Balmain (UCSF, USA)