Epigenetics & Epigenomics Symposium

The 10th annual UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences Epigenetics & Epigenomics Symposium

Memorial Union, CD Ballroom. May 20-21, 2025

The 10th Annual University of North Dakota & Symposium will be held May 20-21, 2025, at the Memorial Union on the campus of the University of North Dakota.

We are expecting participants from around the midwestern United States, who will share their research on epigenetic mechanisms in health and disease. Activities will include talks, poster sessions, and opportunities for informal interaction with speakers.

The symposium is sponsored by the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (). The program was established by the National Institutes of Health to promote collaboration among researchers and strengthen research infrastructure at biomedical research institutions. The purpose of the symposium is to bring nationally and internationally recognized experts in biomedical sciences to share their work as well as to highlight the research being accomplished at the University of North Dakota.

Confirmed speakers

• Paul Wade, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, NIH
• Keith Robertson, Ph.D., Professor, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
• Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University
• Christine Cucinotta. Ph.D., Assistant Professor, the Ohio State University
• Yasuhiro Arimura, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Schedule

DAY 1 - Tuesday, May 20

 11:00 – 1:00     Check-In, Registration, and Poster set up

1:00 – 1:15      Welcome and opening remarks:

• Roxanne Vaughan, PhD, Epigenetics COBRE PI, UND
• Colin Combs, Associate VPR, UND
• Marjorie Jenkins, MD, MEdHP, FACP, Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, UND

Session 1 – Chair: Archana Dhasarathy

1:15 – 2:15      The University of North Dakota Presidential Sponsored Speaker

Paul Wade, National Institutes of Health

2:15 – 2:45      Motoki Takaku, UND

2:45 – 3:00      Break

Session 2 – Chair: Keith Henry

3:00 – 3:30      Yasuhiro Arimura, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center     

3:30 – 4:00      Lucia Carvelli, Florida Atlantic University

4:00 – 5:30      Poster Session 1 (Odd numbered posters) & Networking

DAY 2 - Wednesday, May 21

8:00 – 9:00      Continental Breakfast

Session 3 – Chair: Diane Darland

9:00 – 10:00     Keynote address: Keith Robertson, Mayo Clinic

10:00 – 10:15   Break

Session 4 – Chair: Sergei Nechaev

10:15 – 10:45   Christine Cucinotta, Ohio State University.

10:45 – 11:15   Benjamin Roche, UND

11:15 – 11:45   Susan Eliazer, UND

12:00 – 1:00    Lunch (Special musical guest: Ella Henry 12:00- 12:30pm) 

1:00 – 2:30      Poster session 2 (even numbered posters) & Networking

Session 5 – Chair: Junguk Hur

2:30 – 2:45      Melissa Drown, Oxford Nanopore sequencing

2:45 – 3:00      Selected talk from abstracts – Brett McGregor, Staff Scientist, Biomedical Sci.

3:00 – 3:15      Selected talk from abstracts – Arhita Das, Graduate student, Biology

3:15 – 3:30      Selected talk from abstracts – Zachary Bigelow, Graduate Student, Biomedical Sci.

3:30 – 3:45      Selected talk from abstracts – Kaitlyn Gura, Graduate Student, Biomedical Sci.

3:45 – 4:00      Selected talk from abstracts – Jaspreet Osan, Postdoc, Biomedical Sci.

4:00 – 4:30      Closing remarks & Awards

 

The event is free, but registration is required for planning purposes.

Registration deadline is April 28.

Register here!

All conference attendees are encouraged to present a poster. A few talks will be selected from abstracts submitted by post docs, graduate students and undergraduate students.

Deadlines

Registration: Monday, April 28 by midnight (CST)
Abstracts: Friday, May 2 by midnight (CST)

Abstract guidelines

200 words or less (not including authors and affiliations).  Please use Size 12 Arial font.

Formatting Guideline:                                                    Example:

Title (Bold)                                                                     My Abstract for the UND Symposium

Poster Presenter (Bold), Authors – (Italics)                 Jennifer Henry, Other Authors

Affiliation (Italics)                                                            UND SMHS, Biomedical Sciences

Body of Abstract                                                              This section should be 200 words or less

 

Example:

Understanding enhancer formation by the chromatin remodeling factor CHD4 during cell reprogramming

Deepak Balakrishnan Poduval¹, Mika Saotome¹, Sara A. Grimm², Paul A. Wade², and Motoki Takaku¹

¹ UND SMHS, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA

² Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

ABSTRACT 

[Your text here]

Poster dimensions: Maximum – 40 inches tall x 60 inches wide (101 cm x 152 cm)

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

10^th ANNUAL EPIGENETICS & EPIGENOMICS SYMPOSIUM

Memorial Union, CD Ballroom. May 20-21, 2025