Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at 11:00 am.
Elphège Nora
UCSF, San Francisco
Invited by Claire Rougeulle
“Molecular mechanisms of chromosome folding and enhancer wiring”
The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B). Buffon building, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13th.
Zoom link for remote attendees:
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/86114422072?pwd=VzJ0c2pxcHl4OWppekx3MldlM2Y4QT09
Meeting ID: 861 1442 2072
Secret code: 492809
Contact: sophie.polo@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Relevant publications from the speaker:
Loop stacking organizes genome folding from TADs to chromosomes.
Hafner A, Park M, Berger SE, Murphy SE, Nora EP, Boettiger AN. Mol Cell. 2023 May 4;83(9):1377-1392.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.04.008.
WAPL maintains a cohesin loading cycle to preserve cell-type-specific distal gene regulation.
Liu NQ, Maresca M, van den Brand T, Braccioli L, Schijns MMGA, Teunissen H, Bruneau BG, Nora EP, de Wit E. Nat Genet. 2021 Jan;53(1):100-109. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-00744-4. Epub 2020 Dec 14.
Molecular basis of CTCF binding polarity in genome folding.
Nora EP, Caccianini L, Fudenberg G, So K, Kameswaran V, Nagle A, Uebersohn A, Hajj B, Saux AL, Coulon A, Mirny LA, Pollard KS, Dahan M, Bruneau BG. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 5;11(1):5612. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19283-x.
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