Behavioral Epigenetics: Conserved Mechanisms in Diverse Model Systems
This conference brought together leading researchers interested in the molecular, cellular, behavioral and clinical roles of epigenetic mechanisms in the nervous system. There has been a rapid pace of discovery in the new scientific sub-discipline referred to as Behavioral Epigenetics. The time was perfect to gather a foundational group to discuss and debate emerging themes concerning the role of epigenetics in neural, glial, cognitive and behavioral function and dysfunction. Thus, we assembles a group of principal researchers covering this area comprehensively, but with great scientific depth, including both established and early-career investigators. The meeting focused on recent breakthrough advances in the field of behavioral and neural epigenetics, current challenges and future directions. Presentations described the biological characteristics and role of molecular epigenetic processes in a diverse array of model systems and in various research areas, including epigenomics, molecular neurobiology, development, cellular physiology and biochemistry, synaptic and neural plasticity, and behavioral models. We enjoyed generating a unified synthesis of information concerning the broad role of epigenetic mechanisms in nervous system function.
Organizers
Ulrike Heberlein, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Michael Meaney, Douglas Institute/McGill University
Eric Nestler, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
David Sweatt, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Invited Participants
Ted Abel, University of Pennsylvania
Schahram Akbarian, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Paul Albert, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Tracy Bale, University of Pennsylvania
Tallie Z. Baram, University of California, Irvine
Margarita Behrens, Salk Institute
Alison Bell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shelley Berger, University of Pennsylvania
Elisabeth Binder, Emory University School of Medicine
Timothy Bredy, University of Queensland
Anne Brunet, Stanford University
Frances Champagne, Columbia University
Jeremy Day, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Catherine Dulac, HHMI/Harvard University
Michael Greenberg, Harvard Medical School
Paul Kenny, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – New York
Farah Lubin, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ian Maze, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Courtney Miller, Scripps Research Institute - Florida
Lisa Monteggia, UT Southwestern
Paolo Sassone-Corsi, University of California, Irvine
Anne Schaefer, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hongjun Song, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Amy Toth, Iowa State University
Li-Huei Tsai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gustavo Turecki, McGill University
Anne West, Duke University Medical Center
Marcelo Wood, University of California, Irvine
