Schedule
(Updated as of October 13, 2026)
Important notes:
| 1. | This Conference will be held in face-to-face mode. |
| 2. | Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited. |
| 3. | Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials. |
| Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2026naed@ust.hk. | |
November 4, 2026 (Wed)
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Registration (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Welcome Remarks |
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Session 1: Epigenome Establishment in Development Session Chair: Danny LEUNG (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Invited Talk#110401 - Establishing the Epigenome in Early Mammalian Development Wei XIE (Tsinghua University) |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Invited Talk#110402 - Aging Causes Heritable Epigenetic Changes in Oocytes Azusa INOUE (RIKEN Center for Integrative Medicine Sciences) |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Invited Talk#110403 - Chromatin Remodelers in Development: How do Remodeler Mutations Lead to Developmental Disorders? David GORKIN (Emory University) |
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| 11:15 - 11:45 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session 2: Chromatin Regulation in Cell Fate Determination Session Chair: Ichiro HIRATANI (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) |
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| 11:45 - 12:15 |
Invited Talk#110404 - NuRD-enabled CTCF-TET Crosstalk Orchestrates Epigenome Reprogramming and Genome Architecture Jian YAN (City University of Hong Kong) |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 |
Invited Talk#110405 - Speckle-genome Interplay: Cause, Consequence, or Both? Inkyung JUNG (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) |
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| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Short Talk#110406 - TBC TBC |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
Poster Session I (Venue: 1/F, IAS) |
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session 3: Heterochromatin Formation and Regulation Session Chair: Jian YAN (City University of Hong Kong) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Invited Talk#110407 - 3D Genome and Epigenome of the Human Centromere Ting WANG (Washington University in St. Louis) |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Invited Talk#110408 - EMBO Global Investigator Lecture Hyperactivation of the ALT Pathway Causes Persistent Telomeric Bridge Formation Dennis KAPPEI (National University of Singapore) |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Invited Talk#110409 - Regulation of Heterochromatin Bing ZHU (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
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| 17:30 - 17:45 |
Short Talk#110410 - TBC |
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| 17:45 - 18:00 |
Short Talk#110411 - TBC |
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November 5, 2026 (Thu)
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Event
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Session 4: DNA Replication and Transcriptional Kinetics Session Chair: Kui-Ming CHAN (City University of Hong Kong) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Invited Talk#110501 - Unraveling Genome Architecture Dynamics Through Single-cell DNA Replication Profiling Ichiro HIRATANI (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk#110502 - Parental Histone Recycling Caught at Replication Forks Yuanliang ZHAI (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Invited Talk#110503 - Mechanical & Soft Matter Properties of the Nucleus Control DNA Damage Response & Transcriptional Kinetics Yekaterina MIROSHNIKOVA (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Invited Talk#110504 - RNA Pol I Inhibition Alters Chromatin Landscape Sriharsa PRADHAN (New England Biolabs) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session 5: Retrotransposons and Regulation Session Chair: Inkyung JUNG (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Invited Talk#110505 - Hidden in Plain Sight: How Retrotransposons Shape the Epigenome and 3D Genome Architecture Danny LEUNG (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Invited Talk#110506 - Multilayered Control of Human Retrotransposons Safeguard Development Nian LIU (Tsinghua University) |
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| 12:30 - 12:45 |
Short Talk#110507 - TBC TBC |
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| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Short Talk#110508 - TBC TBC |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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Meet the Editor Session Session Chair: Sabrina TAM (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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| 14:30 - 14:40 |
Presentation by Editor Jie WANG (Nature) |
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| 14:40 - 14:50 |
Presentation by Editor Tiago FAIAL (Nature Genetics) |
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| 14:50 - 15:00 |
Presentation by Editor Yuming HU (Advanced Genetics) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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Session 6: Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer I Session Chair: Jason WONG (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Invited Talk#110509 - EMBO Global Investigator Lecture Decoding TNFR-driven Long Non-coding RNA Functions to Design New Therapeutics for Treatment-refractory Cancers Yinghui LI (A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Invited Talk#110510 - Thyroid Cancer-associated EZH1 Q571R Mutation Drives Chromatin Compaction and H3K27me3 Invasion into Active Chromatin Chul-Hwan LEE (Seoul National University) |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session 7: Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer II Session Chair: Alfred CHENG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Invited Talk#110511 - 3D Chromatin Remodeling by Cross-species Interaction of Human and Epstein-Barr Virus Genomes in Solid and Hematopoietic Malignancies Atsushi KANEDA (Chiba University) |
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| 17:30 - 18:00 |
Invited Talk#110512 - Using Artificial Intelligence to Decode the Dynamic 3D Genome in Cancer Melissa FULLWOOD (Nanyang Technological University) |
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| 18:00 - 18:15 |
Short Talk#110513 - TBC TBC |
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| 18:15 - 18:30 |
Short Talk#110514 - TBC TBC |
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November 6, 2026 (Fri)
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Session 8: Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer III Session Chair: Melissa FULLWOOD (Nanyang Technological University) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Invited Talk#110601 - Epigenetic Diversification Through Bivalent Chromatin Resolution Drives Clonal Evolution in Synovial Sarcoma Martin HIRST (The University of British Columbia) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk#110602 - Structural Variants and Multi-contact Chromatin in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Jason WONG (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Invited Talk#110603 - Elucidating the Role of Chromatin Remodeling in Immunotherapy Resistance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Alfred CHENG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Short Talk#110604 - TBC TBC |
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| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Group Photo Taking and Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session 9: Chromatin Organization and Epigenetic Mechanism I Session Chair: Huating WANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Invited Talk#110605 - EMBO Global Investigator Lecture Systematic Identification and Characterization of Transcribed Enhancers Across the DISCO Single-Cell Atlas Jinmiao CHEN (National University of Singapore) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Invited Talk#110606 - Paraspeckle Dynamics: From Senescent Nuclear Architecture to Molecular Control of NEAT1_2 Youngdae GWON (Sungkyunkwan University) |
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| 12:30 - 12:45 |
Short Talk#110607 - TBC TBC |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Short Talk#110608 - TBC TBC |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
Poster Session II (Venue: 1/F, IAS) |
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session 10: Chromatin Organization and Epigenetic Mechanism II Session Chair: Wei XIE (Tsinghua University) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Invited Talk#110609 - Controlling CpG Islands Dirk SCHUBELER (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research) |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Invited Talk#110610 - Tethering-mediated Recruitment of Pioneer Factors Enables Signal Dependent Gene Activation and Protects Cell Identity Joshua BRICKMAN (University of Copenhagen) |
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| 17:00 - 17:15 |
Short Talk#110611 - TBC TBC |
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| 17:15 - 17:30 |
Short Talk#110612 - TBC TBC |
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| 17:30 - 18:00 |
Invited Talk#110613 - Exploring the Mechanisms of Chromatin Looping and Transcription Regulation in Human Cells Yijun RUAN (Zhejiang University) |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 |
Short Break |
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| 18:30 - 20:30 |
Banquet (Venue: China Garden, G/F) |
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| 20:30 - 23:00 |
Networking Session (Venue: University Lounge) |
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November 7, 2026 (Sat)
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Event
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Session 11: RNA regulation Session Chair: Yuanliang ZHAI (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Invited Talk#110701 - Enhancer RNAs in Activity-Dependent Genome Regulation Tae-Kyung KIM (Pohang University of Science and Technology) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Invited Talk#110702 - Repeat-derived RNAs Instruct Mammalian Pericentromeric Heterochromatin Yoichi SHINKAI (RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Invited Talk#110703 - Temporal and Cell Type-specific Remodeling of the 3D Epigenome and RNA Splicing during Human Cortical Development Yin SHEN (University of California, San Francisco) |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Short Talk#110704 - TBC TBC |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Short Talk#110705 - TBC TBC |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session 12: Spatial Temporal Gene Regulation I Session Chair: Chul-Hwan LEE (Seoul National University) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Invited Talk#110706 - Spatiotemporal Transcriptomic Mapping of Midfacial Morphogenesis Reveals Niche-Dependent Osteogenic Dysregulation Woo-Jin KIM (Seoul National University) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Invited Talk#110707 - Integrative Single-cell Analyses Reveal a Comprehensive Spatial Organization Program Directing the Formation of Cellular Communities in the Human Brain Quan ZHU (University of California, San Diego) |
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| 12:30 - 12:45 |
Short Talk#110708 - TBC TBC |
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| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Short Talk#110709 - TBC TBC |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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Session 13: Spatial Temporal Gene Regulation II Session Chair: Jiguang WANG (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Invited Talk#110710 - Single-molecule Spatial Genomics Reveals the Multi-scale Organization and Plasticity of Extrachromosomal DNA in Glioblastoma Bogdan BINTU (University of California, San Diego) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Invited Talk#110711 - Algorithms to Identify Chromatin Structures and Higher-order Interactions Over Time Minji KIM (University of Michigan) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Invited Talk#110712 - Decoding Enhancer-promoter Communication in Space and Time Through Live-cell Imaging Wulan DENG (Peking University) |
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| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Short Talk#110713 - TBC TBC |
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| 16:15 - 16:30 |
Short Talk#110714 - TBC TBC |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Best Poster/Presentation Awards & Closing Remarks |
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