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who share a common interest in gene regulation, and gives PhD students and postdocs the opportunity to share their unpublished work with the community, thereby strengthening international collaborations.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: 18 March 2026, 14:00-19:00
- Registration: Registration and abstract submission are open until March 4th, 2026.
- Venue: This meeting will be held at the IGBMC in Illkirch/Strasbourg, France.
Preliminary (Strasbourg, March 2026)
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Opening remarks |
| 14:10 - 14:35 | »5-azacytosine induces transcriptional repression and cytotoxicity via 5-methylcytosine depletion on chromatin-associated RNA in leukemia« Boyang Gao, MPI-IE |
| 14:35 - 15:00 | »Analysis of the chromatin accessibility landscape in patients with localized prostate cancer« Beatriz German Falcon, IGBMC |
| 15:00 - 15:40 | newPI talk »Tracking the journey of histones with rapid protein pulsing« Simon Elsässer, University of Freiburg |
| 15:40 - 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 16:40 | »Staying in contact: visualizing the dynamics of chromatin looping and enhancer–promoter communication« Nessim Louafi, FMI |
| 16:40 - 17:05 | »Gene-specific transcript buffering in mouse embryonic stem cells« Fanny Lebois, IGBMC |
| 17:05 - 17:30 | »SWI/SNF and RNA polymerase II drive distinct routes to chromatin accessibility during zygotic genome activation« Marina Mazina, MPI-IE |
| 17:30 - 17:55 | »Timecourse differential analysis exposes dynamics of developmental loci« Alexander Smith, FMI |
| 17:55 - 18:00 | Closing remarks |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Apéro |
Talks = 20’ + 5’ (Q&A)
NewPI talks = 30’ + 10’ (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 Everyone, especially young researchers and PhD students, are encouraged to submit their exciting new and unpublished work* for presentation.
1 Rue Laurent Fries | BP 10142 | 67400 Illkirch CEDEX
*Abstracts will not be reproduced or made available to participants at the meeting.- Abstract submission & registration start and deadline
Start: 3 February 2026
End: 4 March 2026
Directions to IGBMC
The IGBMC is located in the innovation park in Illkirch-Graffenstaden. Because of its proximity to the city of Strasbourg, which is well served, it is easy to get to our institute, no matter where you come from.
1 Rue Laurent Fries | BP 10142 | 67400 Illkirch CEDEX
Get the directions to the IGBMC 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.