School of Science and Technology

Programme

Location: Bilbergska Huset, Örebro University, Fakultetsgatan 1, 70182 Örebro

Date: February 21-22th, 2019

Time: Thursday February 21th: 09:30 – 17:00

Friday February 22th: 8:30 - 14:00

Programme

Day One – February 21th, 2019

08:30 - 09:00

 Registration

09:00 - 09:10

Welcome and IntroductionSteffen Keiter, MTM Research Centre, Örebro University, Sweden

09:10 - 09:30

Long-term and transgenerational effects in zebrafish - why do we need epigenetics information? - Xavier Cousin, IFREMER, France

09:30 - 10:10

Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Past Exposure, Future Diseases - Carlos Guerrero Bosagna, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Sweden

10:10 - 10:30

Investigating the mitotic inheritance of biological effects caused by environmental chemicals in the Zebrafish Liver (ZF-L) cell line Mélanie Blanc, MTM Research Centre, Örebro University, Sweden

10:30 - 11:00

Fika (Swedish coffee break)

11:00 - 11:20

Epigenetics and environmental origins of cancer - Zdenko Herceg, Head, Section of Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, Head, Epigenetics Group, International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, F-69008, Lyon, France

 11:20 - 12:00

Current approaches to analysing (environmental) epigenetics data - Philipp Antczak, Institute of
Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK

 12:00 - 13:00

Lunch 

 13:00 - 13:20

Epigenetic changes as biomarkers for EDC (mixture) exposures and adverse health outcomes Joëlle Rüegg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

 13:20 - 13:50

Epigenetic effects of environmental stress in zebrafish Jorke Kamstra, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Netherlands

 13:50 - 14:10

Epigenetic mechanisms as drivers for environmental stress response, a case study with daphniaJana Asselman, Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Belgium

 14:10 - 14:30

Epigenetic research for understanding toxicity of environmental contaminantsOskar Karlsson, SciLifeLab & Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden

14:30 — 15:00

Fika (Swedish coffee break)

 15:00 - 15:40

Enhancing systematic review and evidence mapping
with shared ontologies and semantic matching; an example from epigenetic research – Michelle Angrish, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

 15:40 - 16:20

Potential regulatory applications of epigenetics: how can we improve the epigenetic data
quality needed for regulatory purposes?
- Miriam Jacobs

 16:20 - 16:50

Future directions in environmental epigenetics - Juliette Legler, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Netherlands

 16:50 - 17:00

Wrap up first day

 18:00 - ...

Drinks and dinner in Rikssalen in Örebro Castle

Day Two – February 22th, 2019

08:30 — 08:45

Briefing and Dividing in discussion groups

08:45 — 11:15

 
  1. Epigenetics in Regulation and AOPs, Miriam + Michelle
  2. Test approaches and Biomarkers - pros and cons, Jorke + Steffen
  3. When is an epigenetic change adverse? Joelle + Melanie
  4. High content techniques and bioinformatics, Xavier + Philip

11:15 - 12:00

Short summaries of the Discussion groups (each 5 min) and final remarks

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Additional information

Location

The Workshop takes place in Lecture Hall B in Bilbergska Huset on Campus Örebro

Hotel

We recommend that you stay at:

Elite Stora Hotellet Örebro, Drottninggatan 1, 701 45 Örebro, info.orebro@elite.se

First Hotel Örebro, Storgatan 24, 703 61 Örebro, boka@hotellorebro.se

Lunch and Dinner

On both days lunch will be served (included in the registration fee).

Dinner at Örebro Castle

The dinner will take place in Rikssalen (on the 2nd floor) in Örebro Castle, beautifully located in the city center.

  • The bus leaves at 17:00 from the university
  • Gathering and aperitif at 18:30
  • Dinner at 19:00

There will be a bar (credit card or cash payment).

Travel to the campus from the main station

By bus 2 and 3 (Brickebacken), 9, 10 and 20 (University)

Contact

Practical questions and questions about the registration are answered by the event officer Ulrika Franzén: ulrika.franzen@oru.se or +46 19 303070.

Questions about the conference content are answered by Steffen Keiter: steffen.keiter@oru.se or +46 19 303604.