14th Asia Epigenome Meeting (AEM) / 3rd Taipei Epigenetics and Chromatin Meeting

​A three day conference on the latest discoveries within epigenetics research 

​​Summary​​
The Asia Epigenome Meeting is an annual event that rotates in South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan ROC​, Singapore and India. It is to engage world leading scientists and outstanding Asia researchers to promote Asia science in the field of epigenetics, in particular, epigenetic regulation in development and disease. The exciting three-day conference will discuss the cutting edge research of epigenetic mechanisms and epigenetic impact in embryonic development, cell differentiation and reprogramming, cancer, aging and neurodegenerative disease, etc. Prizes will be given to the top three posters.

Discussion topics will include:

• Histone, RNA and DNA modification
• Chromatin dynamics
• X inactivation
• Epigenetics and disease
• Non-coding RNA
• ​Epigenetics in embryo, stem cell and reprogramming

Confirmed speakers

• Karen Adelman (Harvard University, US)​
• Sung Hee Baek (Seoul National University, South Korea)
• Shelley Berger (University of Pennsylvania, US)
• Howard Chang (Stanford University, US)
• Hongkui Deng (Peking University, China)
• Luciano Di Croce (Center for Genomic Regulation, Spain)
• Francois Fuks (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)​
• Kenichiro Hata (National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Japan)
• Kristian Helin (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, US)​
• Cigall Kadoch (Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center, US)
• Lark Kyun Kim (Yonsei University, South Korea)
• Tapas Kundu (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, India)
• Jeannie Lee (Harvard Medical School, US)
• Haifan Lin (Yale School of Medicine, US)
• Jong Hoon Park (Kyung Hee University, South Korea)
• Shyam Prabhakar (A*Star, Genome Institute of Singapore)
• Danny Reinberg (New York University, US)
• Robert G. Roeder (The Rockefeller University, US)
• Ullas Kolthur Seetharam (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)
• Che-Kun James Shen (Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC)
• Ali Shilatifard (Northwestern University, US)
• Bin Tean Teh (Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore)
• Toshikazu Ushijima (National Cancer Center, Japan)
• Jerry Workman (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, US)
• Kou-Juey Wu (China Medical University, Taiwan ROC)
• Wei Xie (Tsinghua University, China)
• Guoliang Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• Yun-Gui Yang (Beijing Institute of Genomics, China)
• Yi Zhang (Harvard Medical School, US)
• Bing Zhu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Scientific organizers

• Li-Jung Juan (Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC)
• Tony Kouzarides (University of Cambridge, UK)

Local organizing committee

• Pao-Yang Chen (Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC)
• Che-Kun James Shen (Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC)
• Hsiu-Ming Shih (Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC)
• Yi-Ching Wang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan ROC)
• Kou-Juey Wu (China Medical University, Taiwan ROC)
• Muh-Hwa Yang (National Yang Ming University, Taiwan ROC)​

Call for abstracts

Short talk and poster presentation places are available. Abstracts can be submitted during online registration.

• Talk deadline: May 24, 2019
• Poster deadline: July 19, 2019

Download abstract guidelines

Registration

The registration fee includes:

• Attendance to the scientific sessions
• Conference materials
• Refreshments and lunches during the conference

* The 'Taiwan ROC' rates are only available to people who work/live in Taiwan ROC. People who do not work/live in Taiwan ROC should register at the 'delegate' or student' rate.​

** All rates are shown and charged in US dollar.

Confirmation note: All registered attendees will receive an email confirmation from events@abcam.com within 48 hours of registering. If you do not receive this confirmation, please contact the Abcam Events Team to confirm your registration.

Program

Start: October 16, 2019 - 9:00am    Finish: October 18, 2019 - 5:00pm

*Note, these times are provisional and are subject to change.

Venue

​The conference will take place at the Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan ROC.

• Address: No. 128, Section 2, Academia Rd, Nangang District, Taipei City, 11529, Taiwan ROC

Accommodation

Information about accommodation options in Taipei are available on the Taipei Tourism Bureau website.

*Important Note*
Abcam does not have an affiliated hotel agency for this event. Please be careful of direct approaches from companies offering hotel reservations for thi event. Reservations made by unaffiliated organizations may appear to be for lower rates, however they may be illegitimate. have unreasonable cancelation or change penalties, or be completely non-refundable. Please be aware of, and report any unauthorized solicitation to Abcam.

Terms and conditions

• Delegates are advised to ensure they have the required visa for nationals of their country, plus adequate travel insurance to cover their attendance of the conference in case of incident, or cancellation due to circumstances beyond Abcam's control.
• All fees payable to Abcam are non-refundable.
• Substitute delegates can be made at any time by contacting Abcam Events Team.

Frequently asked questions

• ​How can I submit and abstract?
  ​Abstracts can be submitted through the online registration process.
• What happens if I've registered but cannot attend?
  Substitute delegates can be nominated at any time by contacting the Abcam Events Team.
• Do I need insurance?
  As before any travel, delegates are strongly advised to ensure they have adequate medical and travel insurance.
• What do I need to get into the country?
  Please ensure you have an up-to-date passport before booking travel and are aware of any visa requirements which may be in operation for nations of your country.
• Are there exhibition and/or sponsorship opportunities?
  Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are available for this conference. If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting, please email the Abcam Events Team for more information.

Have a question?

Please contact the Abcam Events Team.