Epigenetic mechanisms in health and disease – from Biology to Medicine

Chromatin biology and epigenetics is a fast growing field at the frontier of modern biology, with considerable impact on fundamental mechanisms of human health and disease. On November 13th and 14th 2008 a symposium titled ‘Epigenetic mechanisms in health and disease – from Biology to Medicine’ is being organised by members of several departments of Oxford University (Structural Genomics Consortium/Clinical Medicine, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Systems Biology). This symposium aims to bring together clinical and preclinical scientists at the forefront of epigenetics and chromatin biology research to discuss the latest results. We aim to explore future trends in epigenetics and related fields of gene regulation, development, molecular recognition and signalling, with an emphasis on prospects of translation into clinical applications.

If you would like to attend, please find the registration site which contains full details of the symposium including programme at:

http://www.sgc.ox.ac.uk/symposium