
Genome Integrity Discussion Group February 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
The New York Academy of Sciences
The greater New York metropolitan area has become a leading center for research on chromosome biology and function, as well as for research at the interface between chromosome integrity and cell cycle regulation.
The Genome Integrity meetings are a part of the Frontiers of Science Program at the New York Academy of Sciences, under which the Academy is starting a series of discussion groups in many frontier areas of science. Meeting four to five times each year, this group provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and form research collaborations among investigators active in the field.
Program
2:00-2:05
Welcome
Rodney Rothstein, Columbia University
2:05-2:35
SUMO Modification During DNA Replication
Christopher D. Lima, Sloan-Kettering Institute
2:35-3:05
Regulating Rad51 Recombinase Through DNA Helicases and SWI/SNF Proteins
Hannah Klein, New York University School of Medicine
3:05-3:35
RNA Repair
Stewart Shuman, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
3:35-3:55
A Histone Methyltransferase Modulates Antigenic Variation in African Trypanosomes
Luisa Figueiredo, Rockefeller University (Cross Lab)
3:55-4:30
Break
4:30-5:00
Crossover Control in Mouse Meiosis
Maria Jasin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
5:00-5:30
The MRN-ATM Pathway
Jean Gautier, Columbia University
5:30-5:50
Programmed Slowing Down of the Replication Fork: A Novel Mechanical Checkpoint for DNA Damage in E. Coli
Chiara Indiani, Rockefeller University (O'Donnell Lab)