EPICON 2019
International Conference and Workshop on Epigenetics
Speakers
Prof. Jonathan Mill
Professor of Epigenetics, University of Exeter Medical school, UK
Dr. Emma Dempster
Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical school, UK
Dr. Joana Viana
Research fellow, University of Exeter Medical school, UK
Prof. Vani Brahmachari
Professor, ABCR, University of Delhi
Dr. Arpita Mukhopadhyay
Division of Nutrition, SJRI, Bangalore
Conference Schedule
Day 1
9:30 am: Introduction
9:45 am - 11:00 am : Keynote: Epigenomic pathways to neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disease – Prof Jonathan Mill, Professor of Epigenetics, University of Exeter Medical School, UK
11:00 am - 11:15 am : Tea
11:15 am -12:15 pm : Epigenetics of schizophrenia: from twins to cells –Dr Emma Dempster, Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School, UK
12:15 pm- 1:15 pm : Mining the Human Genome for Epigenetic Tool kit - Prof Vani Brahmachari, Professor, ABCR, University of Delhi
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm : Lunch and Poster Session
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm : Nutrition: An epigenetics perspective -Dr Arpita Mukhopadhyay, Division of Nutrition, SJRI, Bangalore
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm : Modelling antipsychotic exposure in zebrafish - Dr Joana Viana, Research fellow, University of Exeter Medical School, UK
Workshop Schedule
Day 2 - Day 3
Introduction to epigenetic epidemiology and study design
Introduction to profiling methods, with specific focus on Illumina array
Introduction to R
QC of data using Exzweter pipeline (hands-on)
Normalisation and basic analysis
Problems in EWAS
Interpreting results and pathway analysis
Technologies for validating and confirming findings
