EpiGenetic Conference BIU
June 2019
Program
Day 1
JUN 25, Tuesday
8:30-9:30
Registration
09:30-10:00
Greetings
10:00-11:30
Plenary I-
Epigenetic alterations in Holocaust offspring
11:30- 11:45
Coffee break
11:45-13:15
Session I:
The epigenetics mechanism and
the ‘incubation’ phenomenon
Chairs: Zehava Solomon, Yavin Shaham
Incubation of drug craving: past, present, and future
Delayed PTSD: Longitudinal studies of Israeli veterans and ex-POWs
Epigenetics of incubation of Stress And Addiction: Overlaps and therapeutic Implications
13:15-15:00
Lunch+Poster's Presentation
15:00-16:30
Early life adversity and epigenetics
Session II:
Chairs: Gustavo Turevki, Erin Dunn
Modeling the effects of early life adversity on DNA methylation
Molecular adaptations to early-life adversity: Insight from human postmortem brain studies
Stress-induced early-life epigenetic changes influence resilience or vulnerability to stress
later in life
From group average to personalized analysis of the impact of juvenile stress as a risk factor of psychopathologies
Day 2
JUN 26, Wednesday
09:00-10:30
Plenary II-
Is DNA methylation a genomic mechanism for long term adaptation to
social environments?
10:30-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:45
Pre and Posttranscriptional modifications of resilience
Session III:
Chairs: Hermona Soreq, Joseph Zohar
Can we influence resilience? Lessons from translational research
The epigenome as a vector of inheritance: Evidence in mammals involving the germline
The role of non-coding RNA in stress-related disorders
A-to-I RNA editing, brain transcriptome diversifier: application in stress disorders
12:45-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:15
Trait or state? Transgenerational epigenetics
Session IV:
Chairs: Nikolaos Daskalakis, Chris Pierce
The sins of the fathers: Transgenerational effects of paternal cocaine
Trangenerational inheritance of stress in adolescence: a rat model
Late-Life Manifestations of Ancestral Trauma
Dissecting the Systems Biology of vulnerability and resilience to stress
Day 3
JUN 27, Thursday
09:30-11:00
Evolution of social epigenetics in diverse societies and personalities
Session V:
Chairs: Menachem Ben-Ezra, Albert Pinhasov
Paleo-epigenetics: the use of ancient DNA methylation as environmental and psychological
sensor
ICD-11 disorders associated with stress in Africa: preliminary results and comparison to
western societies
Are PTSD and autism related? A first examination among Israeli adults
Connections between personality traits and addictive tendencies
11:00-11:15
coffee break
11:15-13:15
Implications of epigenetics in precision and personalized medicin
Interactive Panel:
Rachel Yehuda, Moshe Szyf, Paula Roska, Ronen Tal Botzer
Chair: Avi Weizman
13:15-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:30
Closing Remarks