Virtual Symposium: Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition
Join us for our fourth season of a virtual symposium about the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition (MZT) (previously called the 'Genome Activation Symposium')! The goal of the symposium is to provide researchers with a platform to share their latest work in MZT. This will help reinforce and build connections in our field, and our hope is that the virtual format will allow scientists from around the world to participate. The symposium is free of charge. Each session will last 1.5 hours and will feature several short presentations from faculty and trainees.

Registration is required.

Zoom Registration Link (2024-2025)

Next Session
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)

Luis Hernandez-Huertas | Lab of Miguel Moreno-Mateos
Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), Spain
CRISPR-RfxCas13d screening uncovers Bckdk as a post-translational regulator of the MZT in teleosts

Minh Tam (Nina) Le | Lab of Angela Stathopoulos
California Institute of Technology, USA
Visualization of chromatin conformation at a single locus using PIRC

Ken Cho
University of California, Irvine, USA
H3K27me3 Deposition During ZGA in Xenopus tropicalis

Symposium Schedule, 2024-2025

Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)
Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)
Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US)

Speaker List (2024-2025)

Alice Sherrard
Ana Boskovic
Annemarie Branks
Chloe Briney
Christof Niehrs
Haseeb K Qureshi
Ida Marie Astad Jentoft
Jillian Ness
Katherine Lee
Kelli Fenelon
Lior Fishman
Ken Cho
Luis Hernandez-Heurtas
Manuel Irimia
Matthew Hurton
Meghana Oak
Minh Tam (Nina) Lee
Ser van der Burght
Shivali Dongre
Shruti Venkat
Sijie (Jessie) Chen
Shubhangini Kataruka
Theodora Koromila

Previous Seasons

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Symposium Organizers

Antonio Giraldez | Giraldez Lab
Professor, Department of Genetics
Yale University School of Medicine

Melissa Harrison | Harrison Lab
Professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Mina Kojima and Caroline Hoppe
Postdocs, Laboratory of Antonio Giraldez

Eliana Torres Zelada
Postdoc, Laboratory of Melissa Harrison