Epigenetics and Bioengineering Conference

表观遗传学和生物工程大会(EpiBio 2018)由美国化学工程师学会主办，将于2018年10月4-6日在观澜湾会议中心(加利福尼亚州旧金山)举行。这次会议将聚集生物学家、化学家和工程师，讨论他们的学科如何合作，为限制表观遗传建模和治疗发展的问题找到新的解决方案。会议将把工程科学与生命科学结合起来，鼓励多学科领域的研究和发展，培养下一代青年科学家，并支持尖端科学应对当前和未来的挑战。主题将集中于探索与表观遗传学相关的现象，以及在设计新的治疗方法以及计算和模拟表观遗传变化时应用这一知识。会议将有七个主题，以单轨形式提出。感知表观遗传修饰将侧重于感知各种生物体的表观遗传修饰。编写表观遗传修饰：本课程的重点是了解如何为改变的基因表达编写表观遗传修饰。核组织：本次会议将重点讨论在理解癌细胞和正常细胞中的核组织方面的最新进展。表观遗传学诊断和治疗学：本课程的重点是使用表观遗传学修饰的知识和数据库来更安全和有效地诊断和治疗疾病。单细胞表观遗传学：本次会议将重点分享这一新兴领域的发展。外膜转录组：本次会议将讨论已发现的关于外膜转录组的新发现。表观遗传学中的计算和建模：本次会议将讨论表观遗传学中建模和计算方面的最新进展。经过同行评审的会议记录将在AIChE网站上公布。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Epigenetics and Bioengineering Conference (EpiBio 2018) is sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and will be held at The Mission Bay Conference Center (San Francisco, CA) on October 4-6, 2018. This conference will bring together biologists, chemists, and engineers to discuss ways in which their disciplines can collaborate to find novel solutions to problems that are limiting the development of epigenetic modeling and therapies. The meeting will integrate the engineering sciences with the life sciences, encourage research and development in multidisciplinary areas, educate the next generation of young scientists, and support cutting edge science to answer current and future challenges. Topics will focus on exploring the phenomena associated with epigenetics as well as the application of this knowledge in designing new treatments and computing and modeling epigenetic alterations. There will be seven conference topics, presented in a single-track format. Sensing Epigenetic Modifications will focus on sensing epigenetic modifications in various organisms. Writing Epigenetic Modifications: This session is focused on understanding how to write epigenetic modifications for altered gene expression. Nuclear Organization: This session will focus on discussing the recent advances in understanding nuclear organization in cancer cells as well as normal cells. Epigenetic Diagnostics and Therapeutics: This session focuses on using the knowledge and database of epigenetic modifications to diagnose and treat diseases more safely and effectively. Single Cell Epigenetics: This session will focus on sharing the developments made in this emerging field. The Epitranscriptome: This session will address new findings uncovered about the epitransciptome. Computation and Modelling in Epigenetics: This session will address recent advances made in modelling and computation in epigenetics. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings will be published on the AIChE website.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.