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Chromatin Club - Campus Germany

The Chromatin Club Campus Germany (CCCG) was founded by Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium) in response to the great reception of previous local Chromatin Clubs Cologne and Marburg, as well as an increasing demand for related networking opportunities within the Germany-based chromatin research community.

Concept and outlook: The scientific focus of the CCCG is broad, and we intend to bridge basic, applied, and translational epigenetics research. We specifically encourage researchers on all career levels to join and present their work: students and postdocs are very welcome! If you are interested in giving a talk at one of the upcoming CCCG meetings, please contact Matthias Spiller-Becker at [email protected] by stating your general interest (submission of an abstract is not required).

Active Motif is supporting an open-minded and inclusive society: all are welcome!

Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required.

Upcoming Event Details

Date: November 30^th, 2023

Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET)

Confirmed Speakers:

• Ufuk Günesdogan, Georg-August-University Göttingen
  Maintenance of the Epigenetic Landscape During Embryonic DNA Replication
• Marina Lusic, Heidelberg University
  The Age of Aquarius: R-loops and HIV-1 Integration Intertwined

Keynote Speaker

• Ana Pombo, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
  3D Genome Structure in Cell-type Specialization and Stimulus Responses

Hosted By: Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe)

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Previous Event Details

Date: March 30^th, 2023

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET)

Confirmed Speakers:

• Sarah Kinkley, MPI for Molecular Genetics Berlin
  Connecting the Dots: PHF13 Stabilizes Cohesin to Promote Higher Chromatin Order
• Shiv Singh, Georg-August-University Göttingen
  Targeting Transcription Machineries in Pancreatic Cancer
• Lisa Weber, Philipps-University Marburg
  KAT6A Directly Interacts with Unmethylated CGIs Via a Conserved Winged Helix Domain
• Mareike Albert, Technical University Dresden
  Gene Regulatory Mechanisms of Neocortex Development and Evolution

Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).

Hosted By: Till Adhikary (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).

Date: November 17^th, 2022

Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CET)

Confirmed Speakers:

• Raffaele Teperino, Helmholtz Munich
  Intergenerational Control of Metabolic Health in Mammals
• Lena Wischhof, DZNE Bonn
  BCL7A-containing SWI/SNF/BAF Complexes Modulate Mitochondrial Bioenergetics During Neural Progenitor Differentiation
• Sebastian Arnold, Uni. Freiburg
  EOMES Instructs an Epigenetic Deflection to Mesoderm and Endoderm Fates to Initiate Gastrulation

Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).

Hosted By: Björn von Eyß (FLI, Jena, Germany) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).

Date: September 22^nd, 2022

Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CEST)

Confirmed Speakers:

• Lennart Hilbert, KIT Karlsruhe
  A Computational Microscopist's View of How Genes Visit Transcriptional Clusters
• Claudia Keller Valsecchi, IMB Mainz
  X Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Anopheles Gambiae Mosquitoes
• Jenny Russ, DZNE Bonn
  Cell Type-specific Epigenetic and Transcriptome Changes in Neurodegenerative Disease Mouse Models
• Stefan Werner, UKE Hamburg
  RAI2-driven CtBP-polymerization Reliefs Transcriptional Repression of CDKN1A in Prostate Cancer Cells

Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).

Hosted By: Edda Schulz (MPI Mol. Gen., Berlin) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).

Date: June 2^nd, 2022

Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CET)

Confirmed Speakers:

• Arnaud Krebs, EMBL, Heidelberg
  Control of enhancer activity by DNA methylation
• Ralph Grand, ZMBH, Heidelberg
  BANP is a novel transcription factor that opens chromatin and activates cellular essential genes
• Andrew Bowman, University of Warwick, Coventry (UK)
  Whole domain dynamics of late replicating heterochromatin in living cells

Social Event: After the talks, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).

Hosted By: Argyris Papantonis (Georg-August University, Göttingen) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).

Date: April 7^th, 2022

Time: 2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (CET)

Keynote Speaker: Asifa Akhtar – MPI for Immunobiology & Epigenetics, Freiburg

Additional Speakers:

• Edda Schulz, MPI for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
• Argyris Papantonis, Georg-August University, Göttingen
• Karsten Rippe, DKFZ, Heidelberg
• Kyung Min Noh, EMBL, Heidelberg

Social Event: After the keynote, we will host another 30 min of “coffee chat” where the attendees can further exchange with the speakers in an informal manner (social events will not be recorded).

Hosted By: Peter Tessarz (Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany) and Matthias Spiller-Becker (Active Motif Europe, Waterloo, Belgium).

Previous Events (formerly Chromatin Clubs Cologne & Marburg)

2^nd Chromatin Club Marburg

Date: June 24^th, 2021

Time: 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm (CEST)

Keynote Speaker: Bill Earnshaw, University of Edinburgh, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology

Additional Speakers:

• Uta-Maria Bauer, Philipps University Marburg
• Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Inc.
• Undraga Schagdarsurengin, University Clinics Giessen
• Patrick Laurette, Goethe University Frankfurt

Hosted By: Till Adhikary, ZTI Marburg, Germany and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif

3^rd Chromatin Club Cologne

Date: June 1^st, 2021

Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET)

Keynote Speaker: Sara A. Wickström – Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki

Additional Speakers:

• Andrea Vortkamp, Center of Medical Biotechnology (ZMB), University of Duisburg-Essen
• Franziska Turck, MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
• Siyao Wang, CECAD, University of Cologne
• Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA USA

Hosted By: Peter Tessarz, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif

2^nd Chromatin Club Cologne

Date: November 3^rd, 2020

Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET)

Keynote Speaker: Genevieve Almouzni, CNRS, Paris, France

Additional Speakers:

• Andromachi Pouikli, MPI for Biology of Ageing, Cologne
• Javier Redondo-Munoz, Department of Molecular Medicine, CIB Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
• Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA USA
• Juanma Vaquerizas, MPI for Biomolecular Medicine, Münster

Hosted By: Peter Tessarz, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif

1^st Chromatin Club Marburg

Date: Thursday, July 2^nd, 2020

Time: 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm (CEST)

Keynote Speaker: Sandra Hake, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute for Genetics

Additional Speakers:

• Stefan Knapp, Goethe University Frankfurt, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
• Leon Schulte, Philipps University of Marburg, Institute for Lung Research
• Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Inc., Carlsbad, CA USA
• Ralf Gilsbach, Goethe University Frankfurt, Vascular Research Centre
• Benedetto Daniele Giaimo, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute of Biochemistry

Hosted By: Till Adhikary, ZTI Marburg, Germany and Matthias Spiller-Becker, Active Motif

1^st Chromatin Club Cologne

Date: June 18^th, 2020

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CEST)

Keynote Speaker: Wolf Reik, Babraham Institute, UK

Additional Speakers:

• Geraldine Zimmer, Institute for Biology, University Aachen
• Simon Poepsel, CMMC, University of Cologne
• Sarantis Chlamydas, Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA USA
• Paolo Salomoni, DZNE, Bonn