Programme
51st Course
Chromatin landscapes: Linking physical reality with biological destiny
Course Programme
The scientific programme of the 51st Course, including lecturers and lecture titles, is presented below.
The programme includes lectures, scientific discussions, social activities and opportunities for interaction between lecturers and participants.
Opening of the 51st Course
Venue: Aula P.M. Dirac - San Domenico.
Learning from failure: Life as an education.
Bruce Alberts
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco, USA
Participants are expected to arrive in Erice on Thursday, 15 October, in time for the Opening Remarks at 18:15 and the Opening Lecture by Bruce Alberts at 18:30.
Dinner · Marsala Room
Andrew Belmont
The relationships between nuclear organization and genome function
Andrew Belmont
Re-imagining the relationship between nuclear organization and gene expression via nuclear speckle, perispeckle, and gene dynamics.
Coffee Break - Poster
Spartaco Santi
The Journey of DNA Beyond the Genome: from Chromatin Architecture to Cellular Fate and from Extracellular DNA to Intercellular Communication.
Lunch
Walter Rocchia
Continuum Electrostatics for Chromatin: From Poisson–Boltzmann Theory to Multiscale Models
Walter Rocchia
Electrostatics of the Nucleosome: From Histone–DNA Forces to Chromatin Compaction
Coffee Break - Poster
Valeria Vetri
Biomolecular condensates: mechanisms of formation and maturation.
Discussion
Dinner · Marsala Room
Ranieri Bizzarri
A short microscopy course for the adventurous naturalist.
Christoph Cremer
Imaging of the Chromatin Landscape: Why do we need Super-Resolution Microscopy?
Coffee Break - Poster
Paolo Bianchini
Resolving chromatin: nanoscopy tools to see its three-dimensional organisation
Lunch
Nicole Francis
Mechanisms to maintain chromatin information through the cell cycle.
Nicole Francis
Protein polymerization and phase separation in Polycomb function.
Coffee Break - Poster
Ranieri Bizzarri
Condensates for better or for worse: an evolutionary dynamic paradigm rooted in biophysics.
Dinner · Marsala Room
Christoph Cremer
Quantitative Analysis of the Chromatin Landscape by Super-Resolution Microscopy
Elizabeth Hinde
Seeing the Chromatin Landscape: Quantifying Chromatin Architecture with FLIM and FRET
Coffee Break - Poster
Francesca Cella Zanacchi
Quantitative single-molecule localization microscopy and radiobiology applications.
Lunch
Excursion & All Together Dinner
Destination: Segesta
All Together Dinner: La Torre di Nubia
Irene Farabella
Reconstructing the 3D Genome: From Ensemble Views to Single-Cell Chromatin Tracing and Modelling.
Stefano Manzo
Theoretical lecture: Chromatin Dynamics at the Nuclear Periphery.
Coffee Break - Poster
Mario Nicodemi
Phase transitions in the nucleus of cells shape chromatin 3D architecture and functions.
Lunch
Elizabeth Hinde
Navigating the Chromatin Landscape: Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy of DNA Target Search
Ines Delfino
Vibrational Micro-Spectroscopy of Chromatin under Stress: From Molecular Changes to Nuclear Reorganization. Method.
Coffee Break - Poster
Ines Delfino
Vibrational Micro-Spectroscopy of Chromatin under Stress: From Molecular Changes to Nuclear Reorganization. Application.
Flash Talks & Discussion
Dinner · Marsala Room
Stefano Manzo
Practical course: Genomic Approaches to Study Genome Structure.
Davide Mazza
Dynamics of diffusible factors in the eukaryotic nucleus: transcription factor search mechanism.
Coffee Break - Poster
Aldo Pagano
The extreme plasticity of neoplastic cells in solid tumors and changes in chromatin structure in response to plasticity/transdifferentiation events in neuroblastoma.
Lunch
Luca Lanzanò
Investigation of chromatin organization in live cells by advanced imaging techniques and labeling with fluorescent dyes.
Jurek Dobrucki
Interaction of photons of various energies with DNA, and consequences for live cells
Coffee Break - Poster
Jurek Dobrucki
What fluorescence imaging and next generation sequencing reveal about DNA damage and repair.
Flash Talks & Closing Remarks
Dinner · Marsala Room
Departure Day
Departure of participants and lecturers.