Welcome to the first Spetses Summer School on
Chromatin & Transcription

Course poster

The Spetses Summer School on epigenetics and transcription addresses the state-of-the-art and recent advances in the chromatin field. It will be an attractive educational and networking opportunity for the next generation of scientists.

To maximize interaction between the participants and the expert scientists, the Summer School comprises lectures, afternoon discussion groups, journal clubs, evening dinner groups and ample social time. 

The Summer School is suitable primarily for younger researchers, allowing them to receive expert advice on their research projects, develop new collaborations, and receive guidance on their careers.

Topics:

• Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
• Structure and regulation of RNA polymerase
• Histone modifications and histone variants
• Centromeric silencing and VDJ recombination
• Histone chaperones and nucleosome structure
• ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling
• Epigenetics and X-inactivation
• RNA processing
• DNA repair and recombination
• Genome-wide and structural analysis of transcription and chromatin biology