Welcome

The main theme of this year's SIBBM Seminars is "Epigenetics in Development and Disease". In particular, we are organising specific sessions on:

• Environment, Stress & Epigenetics
  Sergio Pimpinelli (Sapienza University of Rome)
  Fabrizio D'Adda di Fagagna (IFOM-IEO, Milan)
  Stefan Schoeftner (IFO, Rome)
• Chromatin Modifications & ncRNA
  Marco Bianchi (DIBIT, Milan)
  Tiziana Bonaldi (IFOM-IEO, Milan)
  Davide Gabellini (DTI-DIBIT, Milan)
• Epigenetic Signaling in Development, Differentiation & Reprogramming
  Maria Pia Cosma (CRG, Barcellona, Spain)
  Michelangelo Cordenonsi (University of Padua)
  Valerio Orlando (DTI-Santa Lucia, Rome)
• Functional Epigenomics
  Amos Tanay (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot)
• Epigenetics, Disease and Regenerative Medicine
  Irene Bozzoni (Sapienza University of Rome)
  Vania Broccoli (DIBIT, Milan)
  Gabriella Minchiotti (IGB-CNR, Naples)
• Science & Society
  Giuseppe Testa (IFOM-IEO, Milan)
  Giuseppe Macino (Sapienza University of Rome)
  David Alamo (EMBO Journal, Heidelberg, Germany)

The SIBBM Seminars gather every year up to 200 participants and, since their start in 2004, have become one of the most successful scientific events in Italy. The scope of these annual meetings is to survey the most recent advances in the field of Molecular Biology and related topics. They also offers an exciting opportunity for young researchers and PhD students to talk about their work and experiences. Nearly 50% of the talks will be selected from participants' submitted abstracts.

A highlight of the SIBBM Seminars is the "Chiara D'Onofrio Giovani" award, the most prestigious prize in Biomedical Sciences in Italy, awarded to the best oral presentation by a young scientist.

Our Society has recently established a joint programme with EMBO. Thus, we expect to have several international speakers including EMBO and EMBO YIP members, as well as Harvard-Armenise Foundation fellows. Editors of leading journals will also be invited to attend the meeting.

 

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