2017
March 8th
March 15th
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International course

Epigenetics

13th edition

The success of the course relies on the active contribution of participants who are expected to be proactive and to participate in all of the events organized including:

  • presentation of their own scientific project with a poster
  • participation in the Journal Club to both present and review key articles proposed by the speakers,
  • participation to the "career development" workshop during the Saturday morning and the "epi-Courses" such as the “Art & Science” workshop.
     

A special session will be devoted to 2 or 3 alumni who have gone on to successful careers in the field of Epigenetics.

Keynote speakers

  • Harmit MALIK
  • Rob MARTIENSSEN
Cours en English
6 ECTS
Registration deadline

Intervenants

  • Marcus BUSCHBECK
  • Giacomo CAVALLI

Plus d’informations

Objectifs

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of epigenetic mechanisms and their link to chromatin dynamics. The different functions of the nucleus involving the genome and its organization will be discussed with an emphasis on technological limits and the new experimental approaches being developed today. Links between the disruption of nuclear functions and the development of human pathologies will be discussed.

Infos pratiques

Audience:

This course is open to:

- M2 or PhD students (up to 12) of Parisian universities: 5 positions are reserved to Master 2 students from UPMC

- Master or PhD students from France and all over the world (up to 12)

This course extends over 7 days and can be validated by 6 ECTS for Master 2 students by UPMC.

This course is part of the training offer from PSL*.

Infos sur les ECTS

6 ECTS for Master 2 students by UPMC.

Research themes

Public(s)

Undergraduate student
Medical student
PhD student

Partenaire(s)

Selection result
Beginning January 2017
There is no registration fee for this course

Effectif maximum

Nombre de places max.
30 people

Organisation

Organizers: Geneviève Almouzni, Nathalie Dostatni
UPMC contact: Nathalie Dostatni
Student teacher: David Sitbon

Lieu
Bâtiment de Biologie du Développement
11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie
75005, Paris - France