BMCS Hot Topics: Epigenetic and Epitranscriptomic modulation
Event
BMCS Hot Topics: Epigenetic and Epitranscriptomic modulation
Dates
Wednesday 10th March 2027 (afternoon) 13:00 – 17:00 UK Time
Place
Online event, Zoom
Important links and downloads
Social Media – #HotTopicsEpigenetics
Synopsis
The BMCS Hot Topics online meetings are intended to highlight breaking areas of research in fields of science relevant to drug discovery. They will run as stand-alone half-day virtual events, 2-3 times per year. The programme will be targeted towards researchers who would like to enhance their understanding of these nascent or developing fields.
Epigenetics and transcriptomics are of increasing interest in the drug discovery process. To date, nine small molecules that target reversible DNA and histone modifications have received regulatory approval with tens of others in clinical development. Meanwhile, advances in transcriptomics are fuelling RNA therapeutics including the successful COVID-19 vaccines. This meeting will highlight recent progress in epigenetic and transcriptomic modulation, bringing together perspectives from industry and academia. Talks will explore recent developments and case studies across the drug discovery pipeline.
This meeting is in collaboration with RSC Chemical Biology’s latest themed collection on ‘Epigenetics and epitranscriptomics’ which is open for submissions until 30 September 2026. This collection is guest edited by Prof. Arasu Ganesan (Liverpool John Moores University, UK), Prof. Masayuki Sakurai (Tokyo University of Science, Japan), and Prof. Stefanie Kaiser (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany). Find out more and contribute your work here.
Registration
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Confirmed Speakers
David Christianson, University of Pennyslvania
Structural Biology and Chemistry of Histone Deacetylases in Human Disease and Drug Discovery
Lindsey Ingerman James, University of North Carolina
Altering the H3 Methylation Landscape through Degradation of Methyl-Lysine Reader Proteins
Sponsorship
The organising committee are seeking sponsorship from organisations supporting the low registration fees offered to students. Sponsorship booking will be open shortly.
All sponsors will receive the following:
– Logo and URL on the meeting website
– Logo on the holding slides shown during the breaks at the meeting
– Logo included in the delegate handbook
– One static slide to be included in the holding slides
Organising Committee
A Ganesan, Liverpool John Moores University
Daniel O Donovan, AstraZeneca
Alexander Whiteside, RSC
Yaam Deckel, RSC
Laura Ghandi, RSC
Secretariat Contact
Hg3 Conferences Ltd
+44 (0)1423 529333
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