Tuesday, 17th February
47th Lorne Genome Conference 2026
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Session 7: Epigenetics & Chromatin
9:00AM - 10:45AM
Tuesday, 17th February
Heritage Ballroom
Regulation of Heterochromatin
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Bing Zhu
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Ferdinand von Meyenn
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Petra Hajkova
Morning Tea
10:45AM - 11:15AM
Tuesday, 17th February
Convention Centre
Concurrent Session 8A: RNA Biology
11:15AM - 1:00PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Heritage Ballroom
Multi-modal functional transcriptomics reveals isoform-specific and epitranscriptomic regulation by oncogenic lncRNAs
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Martin A Smith
Robust transcriptional homeostasis of RNA polymerase II
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Alexander Gillis
TREX-2 acts as a stationary mRNA export receptor at the nuclear pore.
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Yoona Kim
Revealing gene isoforms in the developing brain: insights into neuropsychiatric disorder risk
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Anran Li
Genetic variation and tissue-specific splicing: Insights from a million GWAS study
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Aaryan Mr Chhabra
Repeat associated non-AUG initiated Translation in C9orf72 FTD/ALS: How it starts
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Peter K Todd
Investigating the role of mRNA transcript diversity in therapy-induced plasticity in melanoma
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Lorey Smith
Concurrent Session 8B: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2
11:15AM - 1:00PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Heritage Dining Room
Chronic corticosterone supplementation alters sperm DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in exposed mice and their male offspring
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Coralina Collar Fernández
Activity-dependent gene regulation in cortical neurons relies on the 3D genome structure mediated by SATB2
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Nico Wahl
BRCA1 vs. 53BP1: Balancing Chromatin Structure and Mobility in DNA Repair
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Jieqiong Lou
H3.3 K27M disrupts neural differentiation through loss of H3.3 serine 31 phosphorylation and aberrant KDM4B activity
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Hsiao PJ Voon
Deterministic principles and global chromatin organisation of ageing mammalian cochlea.
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Alexey V Terskikh
In memory T-cells the quiescent immune system is held in a state of readiness by an ETS1/TCF1 homeostasis gene regulatory network which is silenced during reactivation by TCR signalling.
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Peter Cockerill
Polycomb-based epigenetic memory underlies the irreversibility of p16-mediated cell cycle exit
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Hongpei Li
Lunch
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Convention Centre
Annual General Meeting
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Heritage Ballroom
Student & Invited Speaker Lunch
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Professional Development Session
1:45PM - 2:30PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Heritage Ballroom
Session 9: Novel Approaches to Study the Genome
2:30PM - 3:55PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Heritage Ballroom
Conserved principles of genetic networks revealed through global mapping of genetic interactions in yeast and human cells
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Brenda Andrews
Programming gene expression in plants
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Jennifer A. N. Brophy
The levels of background transcription and splicing in the human genome
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Austen Ganley
Afternoon Tea
3:55PM - 4:30PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Convention Centre
Session 10: Functional Genomics
4:30PM - 6:30PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Heritage Ballroom
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Marian Burr
The Control of Transposable Elements for Genome Engineering in Plants
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Keith Slotkin
Chromatin Associated RNAs Orchestrate Cell Type Specific Gene Regulation
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Hazuki Takahashi
Cryptic polygenic adaptation in the body mass of wild meerkats
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Jenny Tung
Conference Dinner
7:00PM - 11:59PM
Tuesday, 17th February
Lorne Common (Footy Oval)
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