TriRhena Gene Regulation Club
The TriRhena Gene Regulation Club is a one-day symposium that brings together researchers from France (IGBMC), Germany (MPI-IE) and Switzerland (FMI) who share a common interest in gene regulation, and gives PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to share their unpublished work with the community, thereby strengthening international collaborations.
Next club event
- Date: 5 November 2025, 14:00-20:00
- Registration: Registration and abstract submission are open until October 20, 2025.
- Venue: This meeting will be held at the FMI in Basel.
Program (Basel, November 2025)
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Opening remarks |
| 14:10 - 14:35 |
Characterization of SIN3A-HDAC function and recruitment on chromatin
Ana Petracovici, FMI, Basel |
| 14:35 - 15:00 |
PWWP-mutants of the transcriptional cofactor JASPer divert promoter and enhancer activities and suppress position effect variegation in Drosophila
Derek Atkinson, MPI-IE, Freiburg |
| 15:00 - 15:25 |
newPI talk
Anupama Hemalatha, FMI, Basel |
| 15:25 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 16:25 |
LncRNA CISTR-ACT regulates cell size in human and mouse by guiding FOSL2
Katerina Kiriakopulos, University of Toronto & FMI, Basel |
| 16:25 - 16:50 |
Unfolding the Genome: Chromatin Domain Emergence During Early Embryogenesis
Dania Camila Pulido Barrera, Biozentrum, Basel |
| 16:50 - 17:15 |
Optogenetic Dissection of GATA1 Function in Chromatin and Transcription During Erythroid Differentiation
Ngoc Tran Bich Cao, MPI-NAT, Göttingen |
| 17:15 - 17:40 |
newPI talk
Juliane Glaser, MPI-IE, Freiburg |
| 17:45 - 18:45 | Apéro |
Talks = 20’ + 5’ (Q&A)
Practical Information
Register now
Participation is free, but registration is required. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. The symposium offers no virtual participation via streaming.
Abstracts: present your work
A limited number of talk places are available. Everyone, especially young researchers and PhD students, are encouraged to submit their exciting new and unpublished work* for presentation.
*Abstracts will not be reproduced or made available to participants at the meeting.
- Abstract submission & registration start & deadline
Start: 26 September 2025
End: 20 October 2025
Directions to FMI
The FMI is located at the Novartis Campus in the northern corner of Basel.
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Fabrikstrasse 24 | 4056 Basel | Switzerland
Get the directions to the FMI here.
About the event
The “Gene Regulation Club” is a one-day symposium that unites groups at three research institutions for biomedical research on a regular basis:
- Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC, Strasbourg, France)
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI, Basel, Switzerland)
- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology & Epigenetics (MPI-IE, Freiburg, Germany)
The event has an intimate, interactive atmosphere with typically 100-120 participants from the TriRhena region. Each Gene Regulation Club will be dedicated to topics that revolve around the regulation of gene expression, such as chromatin, transcription, or RNA processing. In addition, PhD students and postdocs will present near-final but unpublished work from groups at each of the institutes. With an informal but high quality character of the meeting, we aim to stimulate discussion and inspire new collaborations within the Tri-Rhena area.
The Gene Regulation Club is the successor event for the popular TriRhena Chromatin Club.