Dutch Chromatin Meeting
21 November 2025
KINO Bioscoop
Gouvernestraat 129
3014 PM Rotterdam
Program
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 – 09:35 | Opening |
| Session I | Chair: Ralph Stadhouders |
| 09:35 – 10:15 | Invited Speaker: Remus Dame (Leiden University, the Netherlands) Structural roles of histones and histone variants in prokaryotic chromatin organization |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Abstract talk 1: Robin van der Weide (Hubrecht Institute, the Netherlands) Single-Cell Mechanisms and Dynamics of Chromatin Inversion in Rod Photoreceptor Cells |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Abstract talk 2: Juliette Aubert (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Single-Molecule Methylation Profiling at the repetitive b1 Paramutation Locus in Maize |
| 10:45 – 11:10 | Coffee &Tea |
| Session II | |
| 11:10 – 11:50 | Invited speaker: Argyris Papantonis (Göttingen UMC, Germany) An abundant chromatin-binder confers transcriptional addiction to anti-senescence programs in cancer |
| 11:50 – 12:05 | Abstract talk 3: Noemi Alonso Saiz (NKI, the Netherlands) A non-canonical binding mode of CTCF promotes transcription |
| 12:05 – 12:20 | Abstract talk 4: Richard Cardoso da Silva (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) Engineered chromatin readers track damaged chromatin dynamics in live cells and animals |
| 12:20 – 12:25 | Company pitch - Arima Genomics (Gold Sponsor) |
| 12:25 – 12:55 | Lunch |
| 12:55 – 14:15 | Poster Session |
| Session III | Chair: Kerstin Wendt |
| 14:15 – 14:55 | invited speaker: Willy Baarends (Erasmus MC, the Netherlands) Meiotic Chromosome Pairing Through Tensioned DNA Tethers |
| 14:55 – 15:10 | Abstract talk 5: Tinka Clement (Free University, the Netherlands) Emulating chromosome segregation in vitro using optical tweezers |
| 15:10 – 15:25 | Abstract talk 6: Jolijn Govers (Hubrecht Institute, the Netherlands) Structural basis of de novo chromatin assembly during DNA replication |
| 15:25 – 16:00 | Coffee &Tea |
| Session IV | Chair: Nitika Taneja |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Abstract talk 7: Ashutosh Choudhury (Erasmus MC, the Netherlands) Replication Stress-Induced Chromatin Loops Protect Forks and Maintain Genome Stability |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Abstract talk 8: Raviprasad Kuthethur (Erasmus MC, the Netherlands) FIGNL1 inhibits Homologous Recombination in BRCA2 deficient cells by dissociating RAD51 filaments |
| 16:30 – 17:10 | Invited speaker: Jessica Downs (Institute of Cancer Research, UK) Impact of SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling on cohesin dynamics |
| 17:10 – 17:20 | Closing remarks & Poster Prize - Kerstin Wendt |
| 17:20 – 18:20 | Drinks & bites |
