Programme

Registration and Welcome cocktail (apericena) at Bosone Garden (Via della porta, Gubbio)

Registration, welcome and opening of the meeting

Igor Sharakhov
Developmental dynamics of the chromatin architecture in the malaria mosquito

Maria Sharakhova
Heterochromatin expansion in the mosquito genomes by transposable element activities

Coffee break

Argandita Meiftasari
Histone H4 variant (His4r) is a novel Su(var) gene regulating heterochromatin establishment in early development of Drosophila melanogaster

Katalin Fejes Toth
Beyond the histone code: an unexpected function of SetDB1 in heterochromatin spreading and maintenance

Emmanuel Gonzalez Sqalli
Functional analysis of the histone variant macroH2A in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Lunch

Victoria Meller
X marks the spot, but heterochromatin calls the shots

Lori Wallrath
Journey from the nuclear envelope back to heterochromatin

Pamela Geyer
Centrosome dysfunction contributes to stem cell loss in a nuclear lamina mutant

Visit to the medieval town of Gubbio and “panoramic” dinner

Prim Singh
HP1-driven phase separation: an in vitro artefact or an in vivo organizing principle?

Derek Atkinson
JASPer is a novel Su(var) factor that regulates transcription of the white gene and pericentric satellite repeats

Alexei Aravin
A battle between canonical and non-canonical transcription in the piRNA pathway

Coffee break

Yang Yu
RNA polymerase II stalling facilitates termination and piRNA-guided heterochromatin formation

Maria Ninova
SUMOylation “hot spots” in Drosophila heterochromatin and transposon silencing pathways revealed by diGly proteomics

Tatyana Kolesnikova
Otu and Rif1 double mutant enables analysis of satellite DNA and piRNA clusters  in polytene chromosomes of ovarian germ cells in Drosophila melanogaster

Lunch

Kevin Wei
Suppression of recently expanded retroelements through restricted H3K9me3 nucleation during embryogenesis in Drosophila miranda

Maria Pia Bozzetti
Investigating the role of transposable elements during development of the Drosophila melanogaster nervous system under normal and stressful conditions

Poster Session and coffee break

Free time for dinner (not included in the package)

Yikang Rong
The Ptch methylase installs an m3U modification on 28S rRNA for efficient protein synthesis in flies and men

Keith Maggert
Insights into ribosomal DNA (rDNA) dominance and magnification

Coffee break

Mia Levine
Rapid protein coevolution preserves the establishment and maintenance of telomere protection

Brandt Warecki
Ubiquitous connections between the telomeres and subtelomeres of segregating chromosomes aid in maintaining euploidy

Lunch

Departure to visit Perugia

Amanda Larracuente
Rapid turnover of centromeric DNA reveals signatures of genetic conflict in Drosophila

Jan Larsson
Painting of fourth interacts with CENP-C and is involved in chromosome segregation

Coffee break

Priscila Santa Rosa
Histone 4 lysine 20 mutation elevates mitotic recombination in heterochromatic regions in Drosophila melanogaster

Kent Golic
Mechanisms of mitotic pairing in Drosophila melanogaster

Lunch

James Baldwin-Brown
Chromosome pairing loss in Drosophila hybrids

Maurizio Gatti
Replication stress and heterochromatin stability in Drosophila

Hunter Hill
Dicentric chromosomes display unique breakage patterns based on centromere origin

Coffee break

Alison Mills
Bridging broken bonds: exploring a role for ultrafine DNA bridges in preserving genomic integrity

Marieke Wensveen
Double-strand breaks in facultative heterochromatin require specific movements and chromatin changes for efficient repair

Wolfgang Miller
To kill or not to kill: evolutionary long-term relationships with facultative Male-Killing Spiroplasma in neotropical Drosophila flies

Free time for dinner (not included in the package)

Arthur Hilliker
A genetic map of the heterochromatin of the major autosomes

Patrizio Dimitri
Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatic genes controlling different steps of the cell-cycle

Doris Bachtrog
Dynamic gene content evolution on Drosophila Y chromosomes

Coffee break

James Birchler
The inverse effect through the phyla and the implications for dosage compensation of the Drosophila X chromosome

Cara Brand
Intra-genomic coevolution between a DNA satellite and Topoisomerase II triggers an inter-species incompatibility

Ching-Ho Chang
Genetic conflicts shape rapid evolution of young Drosophila protamines

Lunch break

Jackson Bladen
The speed and complexity of the evolutionary arms race of a Sex-Ratio chromosome

Cécile Courret
SR drive and the evolutionary history of the Y chromosome in Drosophila simulans

Jackson Ridges
Overdrive is essential for targeted sperm elimination by Segregation Distorter

Coffee break

Raphaelle Dubruille
Establishing paternal chromosome identity in the Drosophila male germline Katalin

Helen Salz
An X-linked heterochromatin mini-domain stabilizes female germ cell identity

Farewell Banquet in Gubbio!