Cecil H. and Ida Green Center
for Reproductive Biology Sciences
50th Anniversary Symposium on
Regulatory Biology and Chromatin
October 29, 2024, 9:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
T. Boone Pickens Medical Education & Conference Center (NG3.112)
6001 Forest Park Rd, Dallas, TX 75235
About the Symposium
In 2024, the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences celebrates 50 years of leading-edge basic and translational research in reproduction and gene expression. The Green Center’s dynamic, forward-thinking program has fostered an environment where molecular mechanisms can drive new insights into human health. Through the adoption of state-of-the-art technologies, the Center has become the focal point of gene regulation and genomics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
All UT Southwestern faculty, staff, and learners were invited to an all-day Regulatory Biology and Chromatin Symposium to celebrate the Green Center’s 50th Anniversary on Tuesday, October 29. The symposium featured 9 distinguished speakers from across the United States and the world.
Contact: katherine.guhin@utsouthwestern.edu Katie Guhin
Agenda and Speakers
9:45 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:00 am | Gene Regulation during Development
Joanna Wysocka, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology
Stanford University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Talk title: "Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in Human Development and Evolution"
Michael Levine, Ph.D.
Director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Professor, Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Talk title: "Ultra-long-range Enhancer-Promoter Interactions in the Drosophila Brain"
Eva Nogales, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Senior Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Talk title: "Mechanisms of PRC2 Regulation"
11:45 am | Lunch
12:30 pm | Gene Regulation by Enhancers
Christopher Glass, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Talk title: "Leveraging Dynamic Enhancer Landscapes to Decode Macrophage Phenotypes in Health and Disease"
Alexander Stark, Ph.D.
Senior Group Leader, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Vienna BioCenter
Talk title: "Decoding Transcriptional Regulation"
Bing Ren, Ph.D.
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Talk title: "Epigenetic Regulation of Enhancers in Cell Fate Transition and Cancer"
2:20 pm | Break
2:35 pm | Gene Regulation in the Germline
Blanche Capel, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology
Duke University
Talk title: "Epigenetic Regulation of Sex Determination"
Bradley Cairns, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Oncological Sciences
Chief Academic Officer of the Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah School of Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Talk title: "Chromatin-Transcription Logic and Regulation in the Mammalian Germline and Early Embryo"
Amander Clark, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
Talk title: "Epigenetic Regulation in the Germline"