Program
The symposium will last 2 ½ days and has morning and afternoon sessions with research talks by invited speakers, as well as short and flash talks selected from abstracts. There will be two dedicated poster sessions and a ½ day workshop “Challenges for the field of epigenetics” at the end (separate registration).
Day 1: Wednesday August 27, 2025
8:45 – 9:00 Opening by Isabelle Mansuy, University and ETH Zurich
Epidemiological evidence and animal models I
09:00 – 09:40
Amanda Fisher, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
New models to study the epigenetic impacts of environmental challenge
09:40 – 10:20
Bart Rutten, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Human studies on gene environment interplay underlying mental disorders: Current status on possible transgenerational impact of traumatic stress via epigenetics
10:20 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30
Ali Jawaid, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland
Differential microRNAs and metabolites in the breast milk of mothers with adverse childhood experiences correlate with offspring temperament
11:30 – 12:00
S Jill Escher, Escher Fund for Autism, USA
Heritable impact of general anaesthesia
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
Transmission mechanisms I
13:30 – 14:10
Petra Hajkova, MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Passage of epigenetic information through the mammalian germline
14:10 – 14:50
Qiaolin Deng, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Maternal diabetes programs sexually dimorphic early-onset cardiovascular dysfunction in metabolically healthy offspring
14:50 – 16:20
POSTER SESSION I & Coffee break
16:20 – 17:00
Lucia Daxinger, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Long-read sequencing to resolve gene cluster (epi)genetics
18:00 – 22:00
Terrace Dinner (upon registration only, limited space)
Day 2: Thursday August 28, 2025
Transmission mechanisms II
09:00 – 09:40
Katharina Gapp, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Epigenetic transmission of trauma-inducible glucocorticoid signalling within the male germline
09:40 – 10:20
Satoshi Namekawa, University of California Davis, USA
Epigenetic programming in the male germline and paternal epigenetic inheritance
10:20 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:40
Pei Hsun Wu, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Small RNAs in male reproduction: spermatogenesis, sperm maturation and paternal influence
11:40 – 12:00
Flash talks by poster presenters (4x5min)
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
Epidemiological evidence and animal models II
13:30 – 14:10
Jo Leroy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Maternal metabolic health and fertility: caring about mother’s and daughter’s oocyte
14:10 – 14:25
Short talk selected from abstracts (1x15min)
14:25 – 15:50
POSTER SESSION II & Coffee break
15:50 – 16:30
Michael Skinner , Washington State University, USA
The molecular mechanisms and biological impacts of epigenetic transgenerational inheritance (online)
17:00 – 19:00
Art Movie "The War in Me" by Sebastian Heinzel (free, upon registration only, limited space)
Day 3: Friday August 29, 2025
Methodologies
09:00 – 09:40
Mitinori Saitou, Kyoto University, Japan
Mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming in the human germ line
09:40 – 10:00
Flash talks by poster presenters (4x5min)
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break
Impact on Society and Evolution
10:30 – 11:10
Michel Dubois, University of Sorbonne, France
Social adversity as a strategic research site for social sciences and epigenetics
11:10 – 11:40
Short talks selected from abstracts (2x15 min)
11:40 – 12:00
POSTER AWARD, ART AWARD & Closing
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