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Welcome Address

"We are more than just the sum of our genes", and that biological complexity depends less on gene number, and more on how those genes are used (expressed), which is largely due to epigenetic mechanisms. Epigenetics is an emerging frontier of science that involves the study of changes in the regulation of gene activity and expression that are not dependent on gene sequence. Epigenetic study aims to provide the answers to the questions such as  how patterns of gene expression are passed from one cell to its descendants, how gene expression changes during the differentiation of one cell type into another, and how environmental factors can change the way genes are expressed.  Epigenomic studies address these questions at the genome-wide scale. There are far-reaching implications of epigenetic research for agriculture and for human biology and diseases, including our understanding of stem cells, cancer and ageing.

On the 50th  anniversary for the discovery of the double strand structure of DNA in 2003, James Watson stated: "The major problem (of genetics today), I think, is chromatin… you can inherit something beyond the DNA sequence. That's where the real excitement of genetics is now."  In the same year, the 1st Shanghai International Symposium of Epigenetics in Development and Diseases {Cell Research, 2003, 13(5), Oct. issue} was organized. In this one day meeting, there were 6 international and 6 domestic speakers and over 90 participants. This meeting has made a great impart to the epigenetic studies in China.  This time, we bring 33 international authorities in epigenetics to share their cutting edging studies and visions of the future of the field with 170 or more active researchers in the 2nd  meeting (3 to 7, July).  This meeting is also the 3rd Annual Meeting of Asian Epigenome Alliance, an organization aiming to promote the epigenetic researches in Asia that was established by four Asian members of the AACR Epigenome Task Force Committee in Dec, 2006 in Seoul, Korea.

There are five consecutive scientific sessions to cover the major disciplines of the epigenetics from both basic and translational perspectives:      1.  Epigenetics (-omics) in Development ( Morning 4, July);  2.  Nuclear architecture: (Afternoon, 4, July) ; 3.  Histone modifications (Morning 5, July) ; 4,  DNA methylation (Morning 6, July)  and 5.  Non-coding RNAs (Morning 7, July).  14 short  oral presentations have been selected from the submitted abstracts (Afternoon 6, July).  To emphasize the latest technologic advance, a special session (The Cutting Edging Technologies for Epigenetic(-omic) Research) is organized( Afternoon 5, July).

We are privileged and delighted to welcome you to attend this meeting, the success of which depends fully on your active participation.  With a sound scientific program and the tailored mechanisms for the better communication, we are hoping this meeting to bring you a rewarding and pleasant experience. Finally, we would like to give our thanks to all the funding bodies and companies who have given the needed financial supports.


Jingde Zhu，Lin He，Yang Shi

LIST OF SPEAKERS

1, Stephan Beck (London, UK)
2, Haifan Lin (Yale, USA)
3, Yang Shi (Harvard, USA)
4, Yi Zhang (North Carolina University, USA)
5, En Li (Novartis, USA)
6, Rudolf Grosschedl (Freiburg, Germany)
7, Thomas Jenuwein (Vienna, Austria)
8, Xiaodong Cheng (Emory, USA)
9, Xiaofeng Cao (Beijing, China)
10, Yongfeng Shang (Beijing, China)
11, Depei Liu (Beijing, China)
12, Zhu Chen (Shanghai,China), yet to be confirmed
13, Erwei Song (Guangzhou, China)
14, Jingde Zhu (Shanghai, China)
15, Qian Tao (Hongkong, China)
16, Toshikazu Ushijima (Tokyo, Japan)
17, Yutaka Kondo (Nagoya, Japan)
18, Haruhiko Koseki (Yokohama, Japan)
19, Hiroyuki Sasaki (Mishima, Japan)
20, Young-Joon Kim (Seoul, Korea)
21, Sung Hee Baek (Seoul, Korea)
22, Rho Hyun Seong (Seoul, Korea)
23, NG Huck Hui (Singapore)
24, Edwin Cheung (Singapore)
25, Wei Chia Lin (Singapore)
26, Tapas K. Kundu (Bagalore, India)
27, Rakesh K Mishra (Hyderabad, India)
28, Yi-Ching Wang (Taipei, China)
29, Li-Jung Juan (Taipei, China)
30, Susan J. Clark (Sydney, Australia)
31, David M. Gilbert (Florida, USA)
32, Henk Stunnenberg (Nijmegen, Netherland)
33, Sung Hee Baek (Seoul, Korea)
34, Yijun Qi (Beijing, China)
35, Zicai Liang(Beijing,China)
36, Zhihu Zhang (Beijing, China)

ORGANIZERS

The contact information of the local organization committee:

Dr. Jingde Zhu zhujingde@shsci.org, zhujingde@gmail.com and Mr. Hongyu Zhang (hyzhang@shsci.org)
Tel/Fax: 00 86 21 64224285 ,
Website: http://www.shsci.org/eyjz3.html

ORGANIZERS

Jingde Zhu (Shanghai, China)
Lin He(Shanghai, China)
Yang Shi (Harvard, USA)

Toshikazu Ushijima (Tokyo, Japan)
Young-Joon Kim (Seoul, Korea)
NG Huck Hui (Singapore)
Tapas K. Kundu( Bagalore, India)
James Shen(Taiwan, China)

HONORABLE ORGANIZERS

Zhu Chen, Gang Pei, Zuoyan Zhu, Yan Shen, Guoping Zhao, Depei Liu, Jianren Gu, Shengli Yang, Hongyang Wang and Huanming Yang

SYMPOSIUM VENUE

Conference Hall, Mindao Building,
Shanghai Fudan Medical School,
138, Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China

HOUSING

Pine City Hotel (Four Star Rating)
777, Zhao Jia Bang Road, Shanghai 200032, China
Tel: 0086 21 64433888
Fax: 0086 21 64431800
E-mail: pinecity@public8, sta.net.cn

A special rate has been negotiated by the meeting organizer with the hotel. A single occupancy of the room is 550.00 RMB per night. The double occupancy of the room is 275 RMB each. The rate includes the breakfast and all of the services (including the internet connection). The number of room booked in limited and their occupancy will be on the first come, first serve basis.