Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

34th Ernst Klenk Symposium in Molecular Medicine

Scientific Coordinators and Key Note Speakers of the Klenk-Lecture

Schüle, Roland - Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Dept. of Urology and Center for Clinical Research, 
Freiburg, DE
e-mail: roland.schuele[at]uniklinik-freiburg.de
https://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/schuelelab.html

Shi, Yang - PhD, Prof.

Boston Children’s Hospital, Dept. of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, US
e-mail: yang_shi[at]hms.harvard.edu
http://www.childrenshospital.org/Research/Labs/shi-laboratory

Guest speakers

Akhtar, Asifa - PhD

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Freiburg, DE
e-mail: akhtar[at]ie-freiburg.mpg.de
http://www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/akhtar

Guest speaker
Session III: Transcriptional and posttranscriptional control

Baker, Suzanne J – PhD, Prof.

Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, US
e-mail: suzanne.baker[at]stjude.org
https://www.stjude.org/directory/b/suzanne-baker.html


Guest speaker
Session IV: Epigenetic strategies for therapeutic intervention

Crabtree, Gerald R - MD PhD, Prof.

Stanford University School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Stanford, US
e-mail: crabtree[at]stanford.edu
https://profiles.stanford.edu/gerald-crabtree

Guest speaker
Session I: Nuclear architecture and chromatin remodeling

Cramer, Patrick - Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Göttingen, DE
e-mail: pcramer[at]mpibpc.mpg.de
www.mpibpc.mpg.de/cramer

Guest speaker
Session I: Nuclear architecture and chromatin remodeling

Duboule, Denis - PhD, Prof.

School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Dept. of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva
Lausanne, CH
e-mail: denis.duboule[at]epfl.ch
duboule-lab.epfl.ch

Guest speaker
Session V: Regulation of development and disease

Gasser, Susan M - PhD, Prof.

Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research; Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Basel
Basel, CH
e-mail: susan.gasser[at]fmi.ch
http://www.fmi.ch/research/groupleader/website/gasserlab/susangasser.php

Guest speaker
Session III: Transcriptional and posttranscriptional control

He, Chuan - PhD, Prof.

Dept. of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chicago, US
e-mail: chuanhe[at]uchicago.edu
http://he-group.uchicago.edu/

Guest speaker
Session III: Transcriptional and posttranscriptional control

Henikoff, Steven - PhD, Prof.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, US
e-mail: steveh[at]fhcrc.org
https://research.fhcrc.org/henikoff/en.html

Guest speaker
Session III: Transcriptional and posttranscriptional control

Jones, Peter A - PhD, Prof.

Van Andel Research Institute
Grand Rapids, US
e-mail: Peter.Jones[at]vai.org
https://joneslab.vai.org/lead-investigator-jones/

Guest speaker
Session IV: Epigenetic strategies for therapeutic intervention

Karpen, Gary H - PhD, Prof.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, US
e-mail: GHKarpen[at]lbl.gov
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/karpen/

Guest speaker
Session II: Phase separation in transcriptional regulation

Knapp, Stefan - PhD, Prof.

Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt, DE
e-mail: knapp[at]pharmchem.uni-frankfurt.de
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/53483664/Knapp


Guest speaker
Session IV: Epigenetic strategies for therapeutic intervention

McKnight, Steven L – PhD, Prof.

Biochemistry Department, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, US
e-mail: Steven.McKnight[at]UTSouthwestern.edu
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/mcknightlab/contact.htm

Guest speaker
Session II: Phase separation in transcriptional regulation

Meissner, Alexander - PhD, Prof.

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Berlin, DE
e-mail: meissner[at]molgen.mpg.de
https://www.molgen.mpg.de/Genome-Regulation/Meissner-lab

Guest speaker
Session V: Regulation of development and disease

Mirny, Leonid A - PhD, Prof.

Inst. for Medical Engineering and Science, and Dept. of Physics, Associate Member of the Broad Institute and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, US
e-mail: leonid[at]mit.edu
http://mirnylab.mit.edu/people/

Guest speaker
Session I: Nuclear architecture and chromatin remodeling

Mundlos, Stefan - Prof. Dr. med.

Inst. for Medical and Human Genetics, Charité Berlin
Berlin, DE
e-mail: stefan.mundlos[at]charite.de
https://genetik.charite.de/

Guest speaker
Session V: Regulation of development and disease

Plass, Christoph - Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Epigenomics and Cancer
Heidelberg, DE
e-mail: c.plass[at]dkfz.de
http://www.dkfz.de/de/tox/

Guest speaker
Session V: Regulation of development and disease

Pombo, Ana - Dphil, Prof.

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Inst. for Medical Systems Biology, Humboldt University Berlin
Berlin, DE
e-mail: Ana.Pombo[at]mdc-berlin.de
https://www.mdc-berlin.de/de/pombo

Guest speaker
Session I: Nuclear architecture and chromatin remodeling

Rao, Anjana - PhD, Prof.

Dept. of Signaling and Gene Expression, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
La Jolla, US
e-mail: arao[at]liai.org
http://www.lji.org/faculty-research/labs/rao/#overview

Guest speaker
Session V: Regulation of development and disease

Reik, Wolf - Prof. Dr. med.

Epigenetics Programme, Babraham Institute
Cambridge, UK
e-mail: wolf.reik[at]babraham.ac.uk
https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/wolf-reik

Guest speaker
Session V: Regulation of development and disease

Reinberg, Danny- PhD, Prof.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU Langone School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
New York, US
e-mail: danny.reinberg[at]nyumc.org
http://reinberglab.com/

Guest speaker
Session III: Transcriptional and posttranscriptional control

Tanay, Amos - PhD, Prof.

Epigenomics and Evolution, The Weizmann Institute
Rehovot, IL
e-mail: amos.tanay[at]weizmann.ac.il
http://compgenomics.weizmann.ac.il/tanay/

Guest speaker
Session I: Nuclear architecture and chromatin remodeling

Torres-Padilla, Maria Elena - PhD

Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells (IES), Helmholtz Zentrum Munich
Munich, DE
e-mail: torres-padilla[at]helmholtz-muenchen.de
https://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/ies/index.html

Guest Speaker
Session III: Transcriptional and posttranscriptional control

Vakoc, Christopher R - MD PhD, Prof.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, US
e-mail: vakoc[at]cshl.edu
http://vakoclab.labsites.cshl.edu/

Guest speaker
Session IV: Epigenetic strategies for therapeutic intervention

Vaquero, Alejandro - PhD

Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL); Chromatin Biology Lab
Barcelona, ES
e-mail: avaquero[at]idibell.cat
http://www.idibell.cat/en/content/chromatin-biology

Guest speaker
Session IV: Epigenetic strategies for therapeutic intervention

Xie, Xiaoliang Sunney - PhD, Prof.

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Cambridge, US
e-mail: xie[at]chemistry.harvard.edu
https://bernstein.harvard.edu/

Guest speaker
Session I: Nuclear architecture and chromatin remodeling

Young, Richard A - PhD, Prof.

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, US
e-mail: young[at]wi.mit.edu
http://younglab.wi.mit.edu/

Guest speaker
Session II: Phase separation in transcriptional regulation